Ben Creighton Griffiths got a shout-out in the U.K. Jazz Journal for his Nov. 27, 2016, performance at Black Mountain Jazz. "Griffiths does enough to convince that the harp can be a jazz vehicle," said reviewer Nigel Jarrett, whose write up leaves the impression that...
The International Harp Competition in Szeged, Hungary, kicks off Nov. 30, 2016, with an opening concert by Katrina Szederkényi. Originally from Canada, Szederkényi is now co-principal harpist with the Duisburg Philharmonic. She won First Prize at the Szeged...
Winners have been announced at the 2016 Camac Prize Taiwan competition, which was held Nov. 25–27, 2016, at the Wenshui Art and Cultural Center in Taiwan. The competition was organized by the Taiwan Harp Center and sponsored by Camac Harps. Meng-Lu Chiu is the...
On October 30th, 2016, harpists and harp music lovers gathered at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto to hear Judy Loman perform a solo recital in celebration of her 80th birthday. Still just as active and prolific as ever, Loman performed a program of music by Salzedo,...
The famed Cass Tech Harp and Vocal Ensemble celebrated its 90th Anniversary with a benefit concert on Friday, Nov. 18. The ensemble is now under the direction of Lydia Cleaver, who was featured in a radio interview  with WDET's Jerome Vaughn. "The legacy has been...
The 4th International Harp Competition hosted by the Slovenian Harp Association was held November 3-6, 2016, at the Fran Korun Koželjski Music School Hall, in Velenje, Slovenia, with support from Camac Harps and the Harp Masters Academy. This year, 100 young harpists...
French harpist Anaïs Gaudemard has released the new recording Harp Concertos on the Claves Records label. The recording includes Alberto Ginastera's  Harp Concerto; the Concerto for Harp by François-Adrien Boieldieu; and Claude Debussy's "danses sacrée et profane,"...
Harp Column is sad to learn that Pamela Campbell Vokolek, age 76, died of cancer on November 5, 2016 on Bainbridge Island, Wash. Vokolek was harp teacher at the University of Washington School of Music from 1968-2007, during which time she also performed with many...
Greta Asgeirsson is the new Principal Harp with the United States Air Force Concert Band, a position formerly held by Eric Sabatino. Asgeirsson joined the band in June, 2016, after two months of basic training. "I've always enjoyed bands and have a history in them,"...
Lavinia Meijer releases The Glass Effect with a video trailer about the project. Lavinia Meijer's new collaboration with Philip Glass, The Glass Effect has just been released on the Sony Classical label. The two-CD set includes 10 piano etudes by Glass, arranged by...
German harpist Silke Aichhorn has recently released her twenty-second CD, "Miniaturen 3," on her own record label – Hörmuzik. It is available on her website. Aichhorn is also a featured artist on Harp Column Music, where her arrangements for harp can be purchased for...
Harp legend Judy Loman is celebrating her 80th birthday with a concert at The Royal Conservatory, in her hometown of Toronto. The concert, which takes place Sunday, Oct. 30 at 2:00 p.m., also serves as the CD launch of Ariadne’s Legacy, the complete works for harp by...
The Pacific Harp Project is in the news on Hawaii Public Radio. The ensemble features harpist Megan Bledsoe Ward, along with Noel Okimoto (vibraphone), Jon Hawes (bass), and Allan Ward (drums). The ensemble combines traditional harp classics with jazz, like their take...
Young harpists between the ages of 8 and 18 may be interested in the Young Artist Award offered by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation and the National Public Radio show "From the Top." Each year, 20 "high-achieving, low-income musicians" are awarded up to $10,000 toward...
"The evening was a star turn for the harp, but the rest of the ensemble held its own," said Musical Toronto in its review of Canadian harpist Sharlene Wallace's Oct. 5Â performance with the Burning Bridge String Quartet, Kenneth Hall, and Michael Westwood at Gallery...
Katy Wong, the Juilliard harpist who has played for Katy Perry and New York Fashion Week is in the news again. Wong was featured in an ABC News video profile for their Asian American section. Watch it...
Interlochen Public Radio's Nancy Deneen interviewed Joan Raeburn Holland. Holland is harp instructor at the Interlochen Arts Academy and University of Michigan. Listen to the interview here:...
Following their debut concert on Oct. 15 2016, the Dallas Harp Quartet got reviewed by Theater Jones North Texas performing arts news. The quartet is comprised of (from left) Grace Browning, Emily Levin, Cheryl Losey Feder, and Karen Abrahamson Thomas. "I entered a...
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 the experts featured in our September-October 2016 Advice column. (From left) Julie Smith Phillips, Carolyn Munford, and...
Vienna Philharmonic harpist Anneleen Lenaerts' new recording "Schumann & Schubert" has just been released on the Warner Classics label. The album also features clarinetist Dionysis Grammenos. The two perform 13 tracks of unusual transcriptions of works by the two...
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