Favorite food: Something tasty still to be experienced. The most important element of good harp technique is: Flexibility with creativity and artistry. What was your first harp? A Lyon & Healy...
10 Things you don’t know about Susann McDonald
"I love to garden, play golf, read thrillers and walk and play with my dogs Baby (left, a Teacup Poodle) and Mopsy (right, a Morkie). Susann McDonald will give a masterclass on the works of Renie on Thursday, Jun 5. What was the moment you knew...
9 things you don’t know about Sivan Magen
Sivan Magen performs July 6 and 7 at the Lyon & Healy 150th Birthday Festival. What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? It's hard to choose one moment —but I think I started realizing that that's really it when I finished...
10 things you don’t know about Judy Loman
Judy Loman performs on June 5 at the Lyon & Healy 150th Birthday Festival. What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? The minute I started playing. What’s your absolute favorite piece to play on the harp...
Harp Traditions of Latin America Festival
The Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center will present a Latin American Harp Festival and Concert June 25–28, in Santa Ana, Calif. Master harpists from México, Paraguay, and Colombia, accompanied by international ensemble musicians, will present three days...
6 things you don’t know about Naoko Yoshino
Naoko Yoshino performs at the closing concert on June 7 at the Lyon & Healy 150th Birthday Festival; she will also perform on June 6. What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? I really cannot think of a specific moment....
10 things you don’t know about Carol Robbins
Carol Robbins performs at the Lyon & Healy 150th Birthday Festival on Friday., June 6. What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? I saw a harpist playing in a hotel in Canada on a trip with my family when I was eight. The...
10 things you don’t know about Marie-Pierre Langlamet
Marie Pierre Langlamet performs at the Lyon & Healy 150th Birthday Festival on Thursday June 5 and Friday June 6. What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? The moment I stepped into Elizabeth Fontan Binoche's (my first and...
10 things you don’t know about Angel Padilla
Angel Padilla will perform opening night (Wed. June 4) at the Lyon & Healy 150th Birthday Festival. What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a harpist? When I was 5 years old and I listened to my first harp concert. Nicanor Zabaleta...
Lyon & Healy 150th Birthday Festival
In case you haven't heard, harp-maker Lyon & Healy is throwing a birthday party in June. The company turns 150 this year, and in addition to coming out with a new harp model (the Style 150, of course) they'll be featuring a star-studded line up of harp concerts...
