Susan Elizabeth Allen died on Sept. 7, 2015, at Evergreen Hospice Center in Kirkland, Wash. Allen taught harp and served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) until her retirement earlier this year. She was a native...
Olga Erdely April 1, 1927 - October 2, 2015 Olga Erdely, Russia's foremost harpist and Moscow Conservatory Professor for 45 years, died on October 2, 2015, at the age of 88. A funeral service was held at the Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory on October 5. Erdely...
Christian Frederick Voegele 1955–2015 Christian Frederick Voegele, 60, died May 17, 2015, after a long battle with leukemia. He was born Feb. 6, 1955, in the borough of Queens, New York. In 1957 his family moved to Glendale, Calif.. Chris earned a bachelor’s degree in...
Italian news sources have reported the death of harp builder Victor Salvi at age 95. Salvi began his career as a harpist in the U.S. navy. He went on to play for orchestras in Chicago and New York, performing under the baton of renowned conductors including Bruno...
Partrick R. Dougal Patrick R. Dougal, master harp technician and owner of PRD Harp Services, passed away on March 26, 2015, after only 16 hours in hospice care. Pat worked with harps and collaborated with harpists for more than 30 years. After a long tenure with Lyon...
eatrice Schroeder Rose, principal harpist in the Houston Symphony for 31 years, died in October at the age of 91. Rose had a distinguished career spanning six decades. Born in Ridgewood, N.J., her dream of becoming a harpist began at the age of...
enevieve Claire (Duffy) Winkenbach of Oklahoma City, died on Dec. 21, 2014. A renowned harpist, musician, and teacher, she was born on Dec. 30, 1928 in Omaha, Neb. to Dr. Francis and Ruth Duffy of Enid. Ms. Winkenbach graduated from Mt. Carmel...
athy Bundock and I met in Rochester when we were both 17 years old. Kathy was a freshman at the Eastman School of Music studying harp with Eileen Malone. I left my home in Rochester to begin college at the Juilliard School of Music, having spent my...
he harp community has lost a first-class harpist with the passing of Catherine Gotthoffer on Dec. 29. She was a great friend to all of us and worked for 36 years as a very successful and highly respected studio harpist in Hollywood, recording on...
he first time I met Joan Ceo was in a Hartford Symphony rehearsal, for which I had been hired to play second harp for Petroushka. I had only heard tidbits about Joan from my teacher, Phyllis Wright, who preceded her as principal harpist in...
