by Harp Column Staff | Dec 29, 2021
Cindy Horstman is an active performer, teacher, award-winning composer, arranger, and a member of the Board of Directors for the American Harp Society. The best way to know if a tip jar is appropriate at a gig is to determine the situation. If you are playing in a...
by Harp Column Staff | Dec 29, 2021
Editor’s note: This is the final installment of Get Booked, our four-part series where author Heather Cornelius explores music-related books. The entire series is available to read here. As you look ahead to the new year, equip your teaching studio with children’s...
by Harp Column Staff | Dec 28, 2021
Editor’s Note—In our Practice Makes Harpist series, we are following nine harpists over the next several years to see how their practice evolves and shapes their musical experience. This installment takes us to Boston, Massachusetts, where Jenny Ogan is working...
by Harp Column Staff | Dec 28, 2021
9/10 Katherine Siochi, harp. Lyon & Healy Records, 2021. Gold medalist of the 2016 USA International Harp Competition, Katherine Siochi began studying piano years before her hands ever touched a harp. She kept up those studies at Juilliard even as she made harp...
by Harp Column Staff | Dec 28, 2021
9/10 Pelléas Ensemble: Oliver Wass, harp; Henry Roberts, flute; Luba Tunniclife, viola. Linn Records, 2021. During the First World War and while dying from cancer, Claude Debussy set out to compose a cycle of sonatas for various instruments. He intended to write...