The USA International Harp Competition (USAIHC) has announced contestants who will participate in the organization's 10th competition to be held June 8–18, in Bloomington, Ind. The competition includes three stages of performance, culminating in a final stage...
The Bay Area Youth Harp Ensemble, directed by Diana Stork, will set out to tour the Garberville area in Northern California from June 29 - July 5. The ensemble will present programs of harp music from around the world to raise awareness for saving the ancient...
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...
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...
Spring and summer festival season will soon be upon us, so we've rounded up a list of the biggest and best harp events happening across the globe. From Tulsa, Okla. to Ancenis France, to Rio de Janeiro, something on this list is bound to appeal. Know about a festival...
Looking for a harp festival on the West Coast this spring? You're in luck. Harps Etc.'s Jessica Siegel is putting the finishing touches on the International Harp Festival, which will take place May 26–29 over Memorial Day weekend in Danville, Calif. The lineup...
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...
On February 5, 2016, Welsh harpist Claire Jones released Royal Harp Strings, originally released in the UK as Journey. This album for harp and string orchestra features classical and folk arrangements, as well as a bonus track recording of a solo harp version of the...
Camac has announced details for the Harpes au Max international festival, which will take place May 13–15, 2016, in the district of Ancenis, France. The location is near Camac's factory, in Mouzeil, and in 2012 was home to the company's fortieth anniversary festival....
The USA International Harp Competition has just named Jeremiah Siochi winner of its 5th Solo Harp Composition Contest (read more). We caught up with him to find out more about his winning composition, Sublimation. What inspired you to enter this contest? My sister...
