LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Triskela Harp Trio is returning to Lake County in October for the third year in a row, performing their Celtic and Latin harp music at the Soper Reese Community Theatre.

The trio will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23.

General admission seats are $20; reserved $22.

This vibrant group’s beautiful, handmade harps and fresh arrangements are complimented by lush vocals, flute, penny whistle and percussion.

Your heart-strings will be touched by their romantic Irish airs and ballads, and by the exciting rhythms of South America.

“California Celtic” is a term which can be used to describe Triskela Harp Trio's sound: a fusion of world folk traditions, early music and original works.

Triskela's arrangements for three lever harps, voice, Irish whistle, flute and percussion transport listeners to an other-worldly, yet richly familiar, place

While the trio never fails to delight audiences with lively jigs, reels and other classic Celtic fare, the ladies of Triskela always have a surprise up their sleeves with unexpected music from Latin America, the Middle East and beyond.

Since 1997, Diana Stork, Shawna Spiteri, and Portia Diwa have played their eclectic repertoire throughout Northern California, performing at Grace Cathedral, the Festival of Harps at the Dorothy Spreckels Performing Arts Center, the SF Celtic Music Festival, and even at SF City Hall.

In 2008, Triskela's recording of Diana Stork's uplifting piece “Wedding Bells” (from their debut CD, Voice of Tara) was selected for the feature documentary “Reclaiming the Blade,” narrated by “Lord of the Rings” star John Rhys-Davies.

Named after the triskele – an ancient Celtic symbol consisting of three interlocking spirals -- riskela combines harp music and spirit, using the beauty of music to bring harmony to the world.

Sunday’s show will include a special “History of the Harp” presentation at 1:15 p.m.

Ever wondered about where the harp originated, or had questions about the construction of a harp? Here is a chance to have your questions answered.

Opening for Triskela is the a cappella group, Il Mio Divas, singers of Renaissance-era madrigal songs. The group is made up of women from the Lake County under the direction of Claudia Listman.

The group is composed of seven and is an outgrowth of The Noble Singers, the group that sings at the annual Renaissance Christmas Pageant & Feast in Middletown every December. These women, who come from a variety of musical and dramatic backgrounds, just didn’t want to quit singing when the pageant was over so they formed Il Mio Divas.

They now perform annually at the Lake Renaissance Festival in Lower Lake on Memorial Day Weekend (costumed as wenches), as part of The Nobles Singers in the Renaissance Christmas Pageant in December (costumed as nobles), and at various local theatrical productions, parties and wineries. Most recently you saw them in the Vintage Productions presentation of “Romeo and Juliet” at the Soper Reese.

Tickets are on sale now, available online at www.SoperReeseTheatre.com; at the Theatre Box Office, 275 Main St., Lakeport or by calling 707-263-0577.

The box office is open Thursdays and Fridays, 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and on the day of the show for two hours before show time.