Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with host Kristina Finch. In this episode, we talk with Harp Column Academy master teacher Maria Luisa Rayan. For more practical harp news and information visit www.harpcolumn.com, and tune...
Harp Column Podcast Episode 53
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with host Kristina Finch. In this episode, we talk with Catie Canale Pflaumer, author of Finding Your Identity in our July-August 2019 issue. For more practical harp news and information...
Harp Column Podcast Episode 45
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with your host Kristina Finch. In this episode, Kristina talks with Elizabeth Webb, author of Studio Setup from our January-February 2019 issue. For more practical harp news and...
Remembering Mary Bartlett (1915–2019)
Harpist, arranger, composer, pedagogue, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother —by Jacquelyn Bartlett At nearly 104 years old, Mary Bartlett practiced her harp daily. Her final goals were to...
20th Harp Contest in Israel Results
The 20th International Harp Contest in Israel takes place Oct. 15-25, 2018. Check here for the results of each stage leading up to the final round on October 25. October 25, 2018 The results from the final stage of the 20th International Harp Contest in Israel have...
Harp Column Podcast Episode 43
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with your host Kristina Finch. In this episode, Kristina talks with Michelle Gott, newly appointed instructor at University of Arizona and author of Finding the Right Fit in our...
20th International Harp Contest in Israel Preview
The 20th International Harp Contest in Israel begins this week! Curious about the competition? Here's everything you need to know about the event, which takes place Oct. 15-25, 2018. Watch harpcolumn.com for our updates throughout the competition. Quick facts The...
Remembering Jim Pinkerton
Jim Pinkerton (1950 – 2018) will be remembered for his exuberance, kindness, and hearty laugh. He was many things: a concert pianist and harpist, a member of the “President’s Own” Marine Band, fourth place winner in the 1976 Israel Competition, White House performer...
Harp Column Podcast Episode 42
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with your host Kristina Finch. In this episode, Kristina continues celebrating the July-August 2018 25th anniversary issue of Harp Column with the magazine’s current editor Alison Reese....
Harp Column Podcast Episode 41
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with your host Kristina Finch. In this episode, Kristina celebrates the July-August 2018 25th anniversary issue of Harp Column with the magazine's founder Kimberly Rowe. For more practical...
Harp Column Podcast Episode 40
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with your host Kristina Finch. In this episode, Kristina chats with 43rd American Harp Society National Conference planning committee member Lynne Aspnes in advance of the national...
Venus Harps announces major change to its business
W&W Musical Instrument Company, makers of Venus harps, announced in May that the company is shifting its business from building new harps to servicing and maintaining used instruments. The company will continue to produce special-order harps in addition to its...
World Harp Competition announces winners
César Secundino of Mexico was the first prize winner of the World Harp Competition, held May 12-13 in conjunction with the Dutch Harp Festival in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Alice Belugou of France/Switzerland received second prize, and Aimee Hang Yu Lam of Hong Kong/UK...
Harp Column Podcast Episode 39
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with your host Kristina Finch. In this episode, Kristina chats with renowned performer Yolanda Kondonassis about her collaboration with composer Jennifer Higdon, whose Harp Concerto is set...
New Issue Sneak Peek—May-June 2018
Check out the May-June 2018 issue of Harp Column, featuring Osian Ellis. Subscribe now to download this issue or read online. [blog type="alt" heading="March-April 2018" cats="may-june-2018" posts="-1" heading_type="block" /]
We’re looking for reporters!
Update: Meet the reporters! Thank you to all the enthusiastic harpists who applied to be a Harp Column reporter at the upcoming AHS conference in Redlands! We are pleased to introduce you to Amber Burdick and Amy Ahn, who will be reporting for Harp Column from the...
Harp Column Podcast Episode 38
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with your host Kristina Finch. In this episode, Kristina chats with harpist-organist-author Parker Ramsay, author of the feature article We Mean Business in the March-April 2018 issue of...
Remembering Carrol McLaughlin, 1952–2018
—by Dr. Cathy Clayton, student of Dr. McLaughlin, and Kelly Marie Harris, daughter of Carrol McLaughlin In Dr. Carrol McLaughlin’s family, there was a tradition that everyone was to choose an instrument at the age of 4, and she chose the harp. Carrol grew up in...
Harp Column Podcast Episode 37
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with your host Kristina Finch. In this episode, Kristina chats with 30-Day-Practice-Challege-taker Rachel Lee Hall, who wrote the article Resolutions and Rota in the March-April 2018 issue...
Harp Column Podcast Episode 36
Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with your host Kristina Finch. In this episode, Kristina chats with author and wedding harpist Kristen Elizabeth Hoyos about her feature article Off Season Training in our January-February...