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A Fiery Wedding Story
everal years ago, I was playing in a lovely chapel for a Christmas wedding. The church windows contained a decorative display of poinsettieas and evergreens, all perfectly arranged with advent-color candles. All was perfect until the minister...
New issue, with Paula Page
The new issue of Harp Column is out, featuring our interview with Paula Page, who recently retired from her 30-year career as principal harpist with the Houston Symphony. We know you're going to love reading Paula's insights on teaching and her relationship with...
AHS Seeks Executive Director
The American Harp Society is seeking a full-time Executive Director. The job requires management and financial administration for the organization; planning of programs and events; working with the AHS Board of Directors; support of AHS committees; resource...
Anneleen Lenaerts releases new CD with Brussels Philharmonic
Belgian harpist Anneleen Lenaerts has released a CD of harp concertos with the Brussels Philharmonic, conducted by Michel Tabachnik. The disc, which has been released on the Warner Classic label, includes harp concertos by Reinhold Glière (op. 78) and Joseph Jongen...
Sivan Magen up for Warner Music Prize
Sivan Magen is one of 16 contenders in consideration for the new Warner Music Prize, established by the Warner Music Group in association with Blavatnik Family Foundation and Carnegie Hall. The $100,000 cash award "will be given to a classical musician aged 18 to 35...
Grace Bauson appointed harp instructor at JMU
Grace Bauson has been appointed harp instructor at James Madison University School of Music beginning this fall. Bauson studied with Elizabeth Richter at Ball State University, where she received her Bachelor of Music in harp performance. She received a fellowship to...
Alice Giles Plays “Whirlwind”
Alice Giles appeared Oct. 29 on Richmond's Virginia this Morning local news show to promote her Oct. 30 concert at Grace Baptist Church. If you can suffer through the commercial and endless questions and stereotypical angel references by the reporter, you'll be...
Perpignan 2014
Did you miss the annual Camac Festival, held this year in Perpignan, France? No worries, they've created a highlight video with performances and interviews from the week-end long event, held Oct. 17–19, 2014. Read more about it on their harpblog.
Laskine Competition Update
Photos courtesy of Anne Fouchard-Chamayou Update (10/28/14) The complete results of the 2014 Lily Laskine Competition are: Grand Prize de la Ville de Paris : not awarded Second Prize: Coline...
Complete Recordings of Lily Laskine
Warner Classics has just released Lily Laskine—The Complete Erato and HMV Recordings, a 14-CD set that spans the 23-year recording career of the famous French harp virtuoso. The collection includes Laskine's first recording—of Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp,...
Annabelle Taubl wins SF Ballet Audition
Annabelle Taubl was named Principal Harp with the The San Francisco Ballet Orchestra following an audition on October 16. (The October audition followed one in July, 2013, won by Adrianna Horne; however, Horne subsequently left after winning the National Symphony...
New Issue Preview
The November-December 2014 issue of Harp Column goes to print this week! We think you are going to love Nancy Lendrim's feature interview with Paula Page, who just retired from her 30-year career as principal harpist with the Houston Symphony. "The world is changing...
Bridget Kibbey in the News
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has featured Bridget Kibbey in an Artist Profile video. Kibbey is a Season Artist on the CMS roster and will perform on their Dec. 9 Baroque Remix concert at Alice Tully Hall. Â She has also been named a Principal Artist for...
Lyon & Healy Announces Summer Concert Series
Lyon & Healy has announced a Summer Concert Series to take place in Chicago July 8–11, 2015. Scheduled to appear are Sylvain Blassel, Elizabeth Hainen, Bridget Kibbey, Sivan Magen, and Remy van Kesteren, and the Chicago Harp Quartet. The event will also feature a...
World Harp Festival in Paraguay
The 8th World Harp Festival in Paraguay takes place Oct. 3–5, 2014, in Asuncion, Paraguay. The event includes three days of concerts, workshops, and master classes by over 50 national artists performing on traditional harps, as well as international artists from North...
Tatiana Alquati Takes Top Prize in Saint Petersburg Harp Competition
Results are in for the 3rd International Harp Competition—Golden Harp—held Sept. 15–22, 2014, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The winners are: First prize: Tatiana Alquati (Italy) Second prize: Alexandra Tikhonova (Russia) Third prize: Agne Keblyte (Lithuania) and Joel...
Megan Conley named Principal Harp in Houston
Megan Conley is the new Principal Harpist with the Houston Symphony, following an audition process that began in February, 2014. The audition included four rounds: two rounds in February were screened, followed by two unscreened rounds in April. "The semi-finals...
Marianne Channon Welshman dies at 102
Harpist Marianne Channon Welshman died on August 18, 2014, at 102. Marianne began playing the harp at 14, studying with Frances Calder in Providence, R.I. At age 19, Marianne went on to the Fontainebleau School of Music, in France, where she studied with Marcel...
2015 Lyon & Healy Awards Announced
Lyon & Healy President Antonio Forero issued an invitation to harpists to participate in the 2015 Lyon & Healy Awards, to be held June 19 and 20 prior to the American Harp Society Student Institute at Utah State University in Logan, UT. The award competition...
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