by Harp Column Staff | Sep 1, 2021
In the summer of 1999, after 14 years of studying the harp in the United States, I boarded a plane for Moscow, Russia, to study with Milda Agazarian. It was a life-changing decision. In the United States, the Russian school of harp playing is largely unknown, even...
by Harp Column Staff | Sep 1, 2021
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by Alison Reese | Sep 1, 2021
As I sat in the audience listening to the final stage of the 2007 USA International Harp Competition in Bloomington, Indiana, I remember being so blown away by one of the performers that I quickly turned to her bio in the program to see who she was. Her name was Maria...
by Harp Column Staff | Sep 1, 2021
“You can be anything you want to be,” the teachers at school promised. “If you work hard enough you could have a musical career,” my piano teacher said. Carefully I mapped out the repertoire I planned to learn, the prizes I would win, the orchestras I would play...
by Harp Column Staff | Sep 1, 2021
In the last couple months, I’ve had fun discovering the history and heritage that all harpists share. As I read the books for the second article in our four-part series exploring good harp reads, I was intrigued by the breadth of cultures that the harp represents, and...