May-June 2026 | Harp Column

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Ben There

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Kimberly Rowe

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Thirteen years after we first interviewed teenage wunderkind Ben Creighton Griffiths, we catch up with the Welsh harpist to find out how he found his groove in jazz and filled his calendar with gigs.

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Selfless Service

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Alix Raspé Gray

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Take a lesson from the yoga world and find out how practicing seva—selfless service—can transform your harp life.

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Around the World in 47 Strings—part 2

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Heather Cornelius

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Join us as we tour unique harp cultures of 25 cities in the second installment of a two-part series.

May-June 2026

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From the Editor

Rule Breakers

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Alison Reese

Rule breakers and rule shapers.

Sounding Board

Center Stage

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Alexander Boldachev

Pushing the harp to pull its weight on the world’s biggest stages.

Tear-out Tunes

Connect to Your Creativity

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Maeve Gilchrist

Connect to your creativity in Maeve Gilchrist’s new tune “Three Buds.”

Reviews and more

Recording Review

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Alison Young

Nebulæ

Valerie Milot, harp. 2xHD, 2025.

Metamorphose

Sarah Pagé, harp; Shawn Mativetsky, tabla; Amir Amiri, santur. Fifth House Records, 2026.

Also of Note

A new recording by Alex Tibbits is worth a listen.

Music Review

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Haley Rhodeside

Thoughtful Collections

Guest reviewer Haley Rhodeside looks
at three new thoughtful collections.

Advice

How do I develop a sense of inner pulse?

Bridget Kibbey

Yolanda Kondonassis

Anne Sullivan

Strange But True Harp Stories

For Whom the Bell Tolls

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