Harp Duo Lilac 94, comprised of Christina Brier and Kathryn Sloat, have teamed up with a trio of composers—Daniel Morel, Alex Cooke, and Bret Bohman—to create three new pieces for harp duo as part of a consortium project to include 21 harp duos. The collection will be...
If you missed the Chicago Harp Quartet at any of the recent summer events, you'll be pleased to know they've just put up several live performance videos, including this one from the Lyon & Healy Festival on July 6. Their performance of "Rubric" from Glass Works,...
Atlanta harpist Mason Morton is featured on America's Got Talent with his group Sons of Serendip, who performed for the show's Quarter Finals on Tuesday, August 12. The bandmates met while attending graduate school at Boston University, where Morton studied with Ann...
The Somerset Folk Harp Festival awarded Sam Milligan their third Lifetime Achievement Award on July 31. The honor was bestowed in recognition of "his efforts to expand the harp world with his pioneering harp books, his role as the first editor of the American Harp...
Stella Castellucci tells the story of her life in Diving Deep for Sea Shells, her new memoir co-authored by Edgar Amaya. Born in Los Angeles in 1930 to musician father Louis Castellucci, Stella went on to continue and further his legacy. She joined Peggy Lee’s touring...
The Congress in Sydney was totally incredible. Not only were some of the biggest stars in the harp world there, but in concerts one after another. Remy, Naoko, the Isabelles, DHC, Sivan, Alice!  Speaking of Alice Giles and her amazing Australian team, they were...
After six exciting days, the 12th World Harp Congress officially ended in the morning on the 26th. The last evening concert was on Friday, July 25th at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, an unbelievably gorgeous hall, with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra featuring...
At the World Harp Congress, not only harp companies like Lyon&Healy, Salvi, and Camac brought their gorgeous harps to showcase and to sell, I also had the chance to see different kinds of...
It has been wonderful to listen and watch other harpists perform and learn from them at the World Harp Congress, and today (July 25th), I finally got to participate. MarÃa Luisa Rayan-Forero gave a masterclass at the Ballroom at For Seasons Hotel this afternoon...
Wow!  What an amazing week it has been.  The World Congress has been such a blast.  It has been great to meet so many incredible harpists from all around the world.  The conference has been so well organized and packed full of wonderful presentations, masterclasses...
