Stephanie Curcio's new book, American Harpist: An Historical and Personal Journey, is now available from Stephanie Curcio Publications. We caught up with Curcio to find out what inspired her project. What was your personal motivation for writing American Harpist? I...
A Harpist's Guide to Effortless and Organic Playing, a new method book by Heidi Lehwalder, is now available from Vanderbilt Music. Lehwalder, who was the last student of legendary pedagogueCarlos Salzedo, gained fame in the harp world by winning a prize at the...
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jess Garland's new experimental film, Harp and Sol, will be released for online viewing May 29. Presented by the Dallas-based arts organization AURORA, the work, which sheds light on environmental injustice through the arts,...
Norwegian harpist and composer Uno Alexander Vesje was awarded first prize at the Dutch Harp Festival's World Harp Competition finals, held May 15–16, and broadcast from Utrecht, The Netherlands. Second prize and the audience award went to Dutch harpist Romy Wymer;...
The USA International Harp Competition has announced repertoire and is accepting applications for its 12th contest, which will take place June 29–July 9, 2022. The competition takes place every three years in Bloomington, Ind. and is open to harpists of all...
The USA International Harp Competition (USAIHC) will present its Spring Benefit Concert on Saturday, May 22 at 2:00 p.m. EDT. The livestreamed concert, 3x the Gold, features three gold medalists from previous USA International Harp Competitions. Maria Krushevskaya...
Jana Boušková’s new album Má vlast, released on Supraphon on May 14, interprets the great music of Czech composers for solo harp. Boušková has transcribed the music she loves to make it shine on her instrument. With music from Smetana, Dvořák, and Suk, she pays homage...
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with host Kristina Finch. In this episode, we talk with Liana Alpino, author of A Music Call to the Polls in our January-February 2021 issue. For more practical harp news and information...
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with host Kristina Finch. In this episode, we’re having a listening party featuring some of our favorite works available for download at Harp Column Music. Hear our host Kristina Finch...
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with host Kristina Finch. In this episode, we talk with Angela Schwarzkopf, featured in the September-October 2020 issue of Harp Column. For more practical harp news and information visit...
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with host Kristina Finch. In this episode, we talk with Grace Browning, author of How to Host a Harpy Hour in the July-August 2020 issue of Harp Column. For more practical harp news and...
—by Alice Giles Judith Liber, harpist and beloved mentor to many, passed away in Israel on 19th August. A musician of great integrity and depth, she was considered by many conductors, including Leonard Bernstein and Zubin Mehta, to be one of the world’s leading...
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with host Kristina Finch. In this episode, we talk with Kela Walton, author of Keeping the Beat and Fine Tuning in recent issues of Harp Column. For more practical harp news and information...
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with host Kristina Finch. In this episode, we talk with Rosanna Moore, creator of @365daysofharp on Instagram and author of our Sounding Board column in the May-June 2020 issue of Harp...
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with host Kristina Finch. In this special episode, we talk with the winners of our first Harp Column Music New Music Contest. Find out more and purchase the winning compositions at...
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with host Kristina Finch. In this episode, we talk with Rachel Lee Hall, author of the feature article Recording in Progress in our March-April 2020 issue. For more practical harp news and...
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with host Kristina Finch. In this episode, we talk with Sam Hickman, author of the feature article Sing Us a Song in our March-April 2020 issue. For more practical harp news and information...
UPDATED March 13, 2020 As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread around the world and throughout the United States, we wanted to know what harpists are doing to protect themselves and their students, and how restrictions on large public gatherings and travel is...
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with host Kristina Finch. In this episode, we talk with Beth Henson, who gave tips on attending a harp summer camp in our January-February 2020 issue. For more practical harp news and...
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with host Kristina Finch. In this episode, we talk with Megan Bledsoe Ward of Pacific Harp Project, whose recording Play was reviewed in our January-February 2020 issue. For more practical...
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