 What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? It came in phases for me, but I first knew I wanted to play the harp when I was 9 years old. I went to a symphony concert in my hometown and saw a harp for the first time. I was in awe...
 What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? When I first switched from piano to harp at age 10.  What’s your absolute favorite piece to play on the harp and why? There is more than one! One of them is Brahms...
Park Stickney performs on Friday, June 6. What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? I was playing a lunch gig in NY, while working on my Masters at Juilliard, when suddenly it hit me that I really liked playing the harp. I was...
Complete this sentence: If I weren’t a harpist, I’d be… If I were not a harpist I would have loved to be an architect. I love building projects and reimagining space.  The most important element of good harp technique is: Good...
 What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? When I was five years old, sitting on the swing in the garden of my mother's friend, I suddenly heard a beautiful sound through the open window upstairs. I ran up as fast as I could and...
"I love to garden, play golf, read thrillers and walk and play with my dogs Baby (left, a Teacup Poodle) and Mopsy (right, a Morkie). Susann McDonald will give a masterclass on the works of Renie on Thursday, Jun 5.  What was the moment you knew...
Sivan Magen performs July 6 and 7 at the Lyon & Healy 150th Birthday Festival.  What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? It's hard to choose one moment —but I think I started realizing that that's really it when I finished...
Judy Loman performs on June 5 at the Lyon & Healy 150th Birthday Festival. What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? The minute I started playing.  What’s your absolute favorite piece to play on the harp...
Naoko Yoshino performs at the closing concert on June 7 at the Lyon & Healy 150th Birthday Festival; she will also perform on June 6.  What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? I really cannot think of a specific moment....
Carol Robbins performs at the Lyon & Healy 150th Birthday Festival on Friday., June 6.  What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? I saw a harpist playing in a hotel in Canada on a trip with my family when I was eight. The...
Marie Pierre Langlamet performs at the Lyon & Healy 150th Birthday Festival on Thursday June 5 and Friday June 6.  What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? The moment I stepped into Elizabeth Fontan Binoche's (my first and...
Angel Padilla will perform opening night (Wed. June 4) at the Lyon & Healy 150th Birthday Festival.  What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? When I was 5 years old and I listened to my first harp concert. Nicanor Zabaleta...
Stephanie Gustafson Amfahr is the new principal harpist with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, following an audition that took place May 23. 14 harpists auditioned for the per-service position, which begins with the 2014-2015 season. "It sounds like the conductor...
In case you haven't heard, harp-maker Lyon & Healy is throwing a birthday party in June. The company turns 150 this year, and in addition to coming out with a new harp model (the Style 150, of course) they'll be featuring a star-studded line up of harp concerts...
Kudos to Maeve Gilchrist for her shout-out in the The Telegraph's May 5 list of Folk Music: Treats for Spring. Gilchrist is set to release her album 20 Chandler Street on May 20, and she "proves that the harp can take its place as a instrument to drive an album of...
Camac Harps has announced the results of the Camac Harp Competition, London, which took place May 4 and 5, 2014. The competition, which was part of the 2014North London Festival of Music, Drama and Dance, was open to harpists up to age 30 living or studying in the...
—by Rebekah Atkinson Set in the Southern charm and unique culture of New Orleans, LA, the 41st American Harp Society National Conference will be an exciting, Mardi-Gras themed celebration of the harp and harp music that you won’t want to miss! Here are a few of the...
Dusty Strings has just unveiled a new harp model, so we figured it was time to catch up with the people behind the product, company founders Ray and Sue Mooers. We asked them to tell us more about their new harp and other things. What prompted you to design a concert...
Folk harp manufacturer Dusty Stringshas just introduced the company's first concert-tension lever harp, the Boulevard Classic model. The 34-string harp is designed "specifically for classical players and students," says Dusty Strings. "The concert-tension gut strings...
—by Marguerite Lynn Williams The Chicago Harp Quartet is excited to be presenting our first LIVE from WFMT radio broadcast tonight, April 28 from 8-10pm CST. We will be performing a program of works from our debut CD set to be released on May 29th and will include the...
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