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Boston Harp Festival 2015

Boston Harp Festival 2015

written by Gretchen Sheetz and Amber Mecke, photo credit: Gretchen Sheetz On September 26th, 27th, and 28th, The Boston Conservatory Harp Department co-hosted the 2015 Boston Harp Festival with TBC extension programs. The festival was founded in 2010 by TBC Harp...

Guide to Fall Festivals

Guide to Fall Festivals

Just when we think we've heard about everything going on in the harp world, up pops another festival we didn't know about. Maybe you haven't heard about them either. Enter our handy guide to what's going on around the world of harp this fall. Best of all, most...

Countdown to Harpfest Singapore

Countdown to Harpfest Singapore

Harpfest Singapore 2015 kicks off on Sept. 4 with three days of competitions, masterclasses, workshops, and performances. Events take place at Singapore's University Cultural Center Theater, NUS. Catrin Finch headlines the guest artist lineup with her closing...

Edinburgh Harp Festival Announces 2016 Dates

Edinburgh Harp Festival Announces 2016 Dates

The Edinburgh International Harp Festival will take place April 1–6, 2016. The annual harp event, now in its 35th year, takes place at Merchiston Castle School, in Edinburgh, and is sponsored by the The Clarsach Society. The full program will be announced in January....

Boston Harp Festival Announces Lineup

Boston Harp Festival Announces Lineup

The Boston Harp Festival has announced the lineup for their 2015 festival, which takes place September 25–27, 2015. The festival is hosted by The Boston Conservatory harp department—where Ina Zdorovetchi serves as Coordinator of Harp Program—and includes three days of...

WHC 2020 to be Held in Cardiff

WHC 2020 to be Held in Cardiff

The World Harp Congress has chosen Cardiff as its 2020 international congress location. "The artistic committee looks forward to working together, with harpists from across the UK, to present a successful and inspiring Congress," said organizers on their Facebook...

Reunion at Somerset!

Reunion at Somerset!

If you think Harp Column is just for pedal harpists, think again! This week we're at the Somerset Folk Harp Festival, in Parsippany, N.J., and when we realized how many former Harp Column cover models were here, we knew we just had to get them all together for a...

Chicago Harp Quartet to Perform Live from Kennedy Center

Chicago Harp Quartet to Perform Live from Kennedy Center

The Chicago Harp Quartet will perform live from the Kennedy Center Millenium Stage on Sunday, June 21, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. EST; the free concert will be broadcast online via live stream as well as archived for future viewing. The program will include: Brandenburg...

Festival Camac Nancy

Festival Camac Nancy

Camac Harps has announced details for their annual Festival, held every fall in a different France location. The 2015 festival, which also marks the event's 10th anniversary, will take place October 16–18 in the town of Nancy, located in the country's North East...

Jana Bouskova to Host “Harp Days” Festival

Jana Bouskova to Host “Harp Days” Festival

Jana Bouskova will host the first "Harp Days" Festival in her native Czech Republic June 18-20, 2015. The festival takes place at the Chateau of Žďár nad Sázavou—about two hours by car from Prague and three hours from Vienna—and is part of the Concentus Moraviae...