Update: Addi & Jacq are the winners! Harp and vocal duo Addi & Jacq are battling it out in New York City on Friday, March 27. The duo will represent the borough of Queens in The Ultimate Battle of the Boroughs, which begins at 7:30 p.m. at The Green Space....
Lavinia Meijer has released her new recording "Voyage" for Sony Classical. The recording includes works from French composers including the harp staples Introduction and Allegro, by Ravel, and Danses Sacree et Profane, by Debussy. On her website Meijer describes her...
Abigail Kent is the First Prize harp winner in the Senior Division of the American String Teachers Association's 2015 National Solo Competition. Senior Division finalists also included Chelsea Lane, who received Second Prize, and Elisabeth Zosseder, who received...
Registration is now open for the 11th AHS Institute, to be held June 21–24 at Utah State University, in Logan, Utah. The event designed for students is sponsored by the American Harp Society and is held in alternate years from the AHS National Conference. The...
The USA International Harp Competition (USAIHC) has announced their 5th Solo Harp Composition Contest, to take place in conjunction with the 10th USA International Harp Competition to be held in summer, 2016. Over 250 composers from 40 countries have participated in...
The Met Orchestra Muscians welcomed back their oldest retiree, harpist Reinhardt Elster, for a visit to his former workplace at the Metropolitan Opera House. Elster, now 100, served a 38-year stint as harpist with the orchestra from 1948–1986. "By the time he retired,...
The American Harp Society (AHS) has appointed Kathryn McManus its new Executive Director. "I am thrilled to be appointed as the Executive Director of the American Harp Society," says Kathryn McManus in an announcement issued by the AHS. "To be able to combine my...
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...
