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Q and A with Valerie Sim

Q and A with Valerie Sim

Give us some background: when did you start playing, what's your current age, and who do you study with? I am 12. I started playing the piano at 4 under Rob Diefendorf who taught me how to express myself in music. I had my first harp lesson at 5 under Constance Tsang....

Q and A with Milo Harper

Q and A with Milo Harper

Leading up to the 13th World Harp Congress this July in Hong Kong, we’re talking with performers for the ever-popular WHC Focus on Youth showcase concerts. Check in each week as we present insights from these talented young artists. Give us some background: when did...

Q and A with Renée Murphy

Q and A with Renée Murphy

Leading up to the 13th World Harp Congress this July in Hong Kong, we’re talking with performers for the ever-popular WHC Focus on Youth showcase concerts. Check in each week as we present insights from these talented young artists. Give us some background: when did...

Harp Column Podcast Episode 23

Harp Column Podcast Episode 23

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 Megan Metheney, mother of three and author of the feature article Balancing Act in our May-June 2017 issue. For more...

Q and A with Saphire Ho

Q and A with Saphire Ho

Leading up to the 13th World Harp Congress this July in Hong Kong, we’re talking with performers for the ever-popular WHC Focus on Youth showcase concerts. Check in each week as we present insights from these talented young artists. Give us some background: when did...

Q and A with Danielle Nam

Q and A with Danielle Nam

Leading up to the 13th World Harp Congress this July in Hong Kong, we’re talking with performers for the ever-popular WHC Focus on Youth showcase concerts. Check in each week as we present insights from these talented young artists. Give us some background: when did...

Erin Brooker-Miller joins Des Moines Symphony

Erin Brooker-Miller joins Des Moines Symphony

Erin Brooker-Miller is the new principal harp with the Des Moines Symphony following an early-May audition. She will start the position in fall 2017, coinciding with the ensemble's 80th season. Brooker-Miller is also Executive Director of the USA International Harp...

Q and A with Tjasha Gafner

Q and A with Tjasha Gafner

Leading up to the 13th World Harp Congress this July in Hong Kong, we’re talking with performers for the ever-popular WHC Focus on Youth showcase concerts. Check in each week as we present insights from these talented young artists. Give us some background: when did...

Q and A with Nicolette Chin

Q and A with Nicolette Chin

Leading up to the 13th World Harp Congress this July in Hong Kong, we’re talking with performers for the ever-popular WHC Focus on Youth showcase concerts. Check in each week as we present insights from these talented young artists. Give us some background: when did...

Q and A with Nanako Hirai

Q and A with Nanako Hirai

Leading up to the 13th World Harp Congress this July in Hong Kong, we’re talking with performers for the ever-popular WHC Focus on Youth showcase concerts. Check in each week as we present insights from these talented young artists. Give us some background: when did...

Q and A with Jasmine Shek

Q and A with Jasmine Shek

Leading up to the 13th World Harp Congress this July in Hong Kong, we’re talking with performers for the ever-popular WHC Focus on Youth showcase concerts. Check in each week as we present insights from these talented young artists. Give us some background: when did...

Katherine Siochi joins Sarasota Orchestra

Katherine Siochi joins Sarasota Orchestra

Katherine Siochi is the new principal harpist with the Sarasota Orchestra following an early May 2017 audition. She will begin the position in September. "I’m really excited to be joining the Sarasota Orchestra as their principal harpist in the fall!," says Siochi....

Debussy Trio wins award

Debussy Trio wins award

The Debussy Trio has received the 2017 National Federation of Music Clubs Centennial Chamber Music Award and $1,000 prize. The Federation—which includes 6,500 music clubs and organizations throughout the U.S.—called the trio's latest recording Three by...

Q and A with Noa Gabay

Q and A with Noa Gabay

Leading up to the 13th World Harp Congress this July in Hong Kong, we’re talking with performers for the ever-popular WHC Focus on Youth showcase concerts. Check in each week as we present insights from these talented young artists. Give us some background: when did...

Harp Column Podcast Episode 22

Harp Column Podcast Episode 22

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 Marguerite Lynn Williams and John Wickey on the topic of performance anxiety. Read more in our January-February 2017...

Q and A with Maria Bubnova

Q and A with Maria Bubnova

Leading up to the 13th World Harp Congress this July in Hong Kong, we’re talking with performers for the ever-popular WHC Focus on Youth showcase concerts. Check in each week as we present insights from these talented young artists. Give us some background: when did...

Q and A with Claudia Lucia Lamanna

Q and A with Claudia Lucia Lamanna

Leading up to the 13th World Harp Congress this July in Hong Kong, we’re talking with performers for the ever-popular WHC Focus on Youth showcase concerts. Check in each week as we present insights from these talented young artists. Give us some background: when did...

Q and A with Lise Vandersmissen

Q and A with Lise Vandersmissen

Leading up to the 13th World Harp Congress this July in Hong Kong, we’re talking with performers for the ever-popular WHC Focus on Youth showcase concerts. Check in each week as we present insights from these talented young artists. Give us some background: when did...

Cristina Montes Mateo Releases Solo Album

Cristina Montes Mateo Releases Solo Album

Cristina Montes Mateo – Principal Harpist of the Valencia Opera House and Royal Harpist to the King and Queen of Spain – has just released her second solo album, "Voyage," with Cid Records. Winner of numerous harp competitions and awards, both international and...

Q and A with Claire Thai

Q and A with Claire Thai

Leading up to the 13th World Harp Congress this July in Hong Kong, we’re talking with performers for the ever-popular WHC Focus on Youth showcase concerts. Check in each week as we present insights from these talented young artists. Give us some background: when did...

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