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Katy Wong

Katy Wong

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...

Joan Raeburn Holland

Joan Raeburn Holland

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:...

Dallas Harp Quartet

Dallas Harp Quartet

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...

Q and A with Gerard Carroll

Q and A with Gerard Carroll

 Northern Ireland singer Gerard Carroll is the first to admit that taking up the harp started out as only a hobby. But now that his "Shut up and Dance" video has gone viral—gaining the attention of Mashable, Belfast Telegraph, and others—Carroll says he may "take...

Q and A with Hannah Lash

Q and A with Hannah Lash

Harpist Hannah Lash has also been composing music since she "was really tiny," says the Cleveland Institute of Music/Harvard trained/now professor of composition at Yale University School of Music. If that sounds like a run-on sentence, it's only because it's pretty...

Natalie Lurie in the News

Natalie Lurie in the News

Nashville harpist Natalie Lurie is in the news leading up to the March 25 release of her EP No Mercy in the Night. The Indiana University-trained harpist (formerly Natalie Salzman) described forging a new career path after tendonitis forced her to take a step...

American Idol Harp Sighting

American Idol Harp Sighting

We couldn't help but notice singer/harpist Jeneve Rose Mitchell featured on this week's episode of "American Idol." Although the focus was clearly on Mitchell's voice and not her laid-back accompaniment, we still have to give her props for putting harp in the...

Joanna Newsom Lands on Two “Best of 2015” Lists

Joanna Newsom Lands on Two “Best of 2015” Lists

Shout out to Joanna Newsom, who landed a spot on NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums of 2015 for her recently released Divers recording. "How can a storyteller confront experiences that defy narrative: generation, death, the stringlike bendability of time? Newsom's songs,...

Q and A with Katy Wong

Q and A with Katy Wong

Hashtag, #dreamgigs. That's pretty much the only way to describe New York harpist Katy Wong's recent experience as a backup musician for pop superstar Katy Perry at New York Fashion Week. Even spin.com took note of the harp on stage. Check out their video to hear Wong...

Q and A with Emilie & Ogden

Q and A with Emilie & Ogden

The world was mesmerized a few weeks ago with Emilie & Ogden's cover of Taylor Swift's "Style." We wanted to find out more about Emilie Khan, the harpist behind the music. Here's what she had to say… So, overnight you have become an internet sensation. Tell us...