Susanna Campbell was recently appointed professor of harp at Stephen F. Austin State University, following the retirement of esteemed harpist, Emily Mitchell. Says Campbell, “It was my privilege to study under Emily Mitchell at Stephen F. Austin State University for...
Michelle Gott was recently appointed to the harp faculty at the University of Arizona. Gott will begin her appointment in August, succeeding Carrol McLaughlin, who taught at Arizona for over 30 years before passing away in March 2018. “I am completely thrilled and...
Elizabeth Steiner was recently named executive director of Lyra Society, a music nonprofit based in Philadelphia. This position was previously held by Lyra Society’s founder and Philadelphia Orchestra principal harpist Elizabeth Hainen, who is now serving as the...
Jacqueline Pollauf was recently appointed coordinator of the harp department at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. The harp program was founded and run by Avis Heger and later coordinated by Gretchen Brumwell Johnson. Pollauf has been teaching at Blue Lake for the past four...
The American Harp Society has announced that Leslie Shortlidge has been named Executive Editor for its biannual publication, the American Harp Journal, with Emily Laurance serving as Associate Editor. Shortlidge and Laurance will replace Laura Sherman who served as...
Marguerite Lynn Williams joined the faculty at Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music in Jan. 2018. She succeeds Elizabeth Cifani, who retired at the end of 2017 after 36 years of teaching at Northwestern. Williams is also on faculty at Chicago College of...
Brigham Young University in Idaho has just announced that, as of this fall 2017, they will be expanding their course offerings to include a complete four-year bachelor's of music degree in harp performance. Heading the harp program is Dr. Alicia Duncan McQuay, and...
The Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music has appointed Kirsten Agresta Copely to teach harp at its Nashville, Tenn., campus. Copely, who is an active performer and teacher in both Nashville and New York City, succeeds Marian Schaffer, who recently retired after...
German harpist Florence Sitruk is the new harp professor at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She replaces distinguished professor of harp, Susann McDonald, who taught at the school for decades. “Florence has built an international profile as one of the...
Met Orchestra principal harpist Emmanuel Ceysson has joined the faculty at Mannes School of Music as a professor of Harp. The school is part of The New School, based in the Greenwich Village section of New York. Ceysson's position begins August 28, 2016. “We are...
