Salvi Harps and Lyon & Healy Harps have announced a new line of natural gut pedal harp strings, Sipario GutGold strings. The strings are available individually or in octave sets from Lyon & Healy/Salvi using the string selector on the company’s website. For...
Australian harpist Michael Johnson was recognized in the King’s Birthday Honours List along with 1,191 other respected Australians. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the general division for his service to music as both a performer and a...
Harpist and arranger Ida Louise Frandsen Pratt passed away June 4, 2023, in Manti, Utah, at the age of 95. Louise Pratt was born May 11, 1928, in Clarion, Utah, to Peter Lafayette Frandsen and Ida Caroline Larsen. While attending Brigham Young University, she met and...
The annual An Chúirt Chruitireachta International Harp Festival will take place June 25–30 at An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth, offering daily classes, workshops, and concerts. Students will learn about historical and contemporary aspects of the harp tradition and...
The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (ERSO) has announced an opening for principal harp. Applicants must apply by email and submit video links of required excerpts by Aug. 31. Please see the audition listing for more details. After the video round, selected...
The Basel International Online Harp Competition 2023 will accept applications from Sept. 5 to Oct. 5. The competition is open to contestants of all nationalities and ages, and requires submitting a link to a video hosted on YouTube or BiliBili. Contestants may choose...
Harpist Noël Wan was recently named a winner of the 2023 Astral Artists National Competition, following a live audition round and interview held in Philadelphia. She will join the Astral Artists career mentorship program in the fall as the fifth harpist in the...
Joan Snider passed away at home in La Jolla, California, on February 28, 2023, after 93 grand years of life. She had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure and called on hospice for support in her final days. Joan was born in West Frankfort, Illinois, on October...
A harp formerly owned by Mildred Dilling was donated to Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts by the family of Dilling’s student Mary-Elizabeth Collins, who passed away in January 2021. Collins earned a Bachelor of Music Education from what is now...
The band Little Moon, of which harpist Bridget Jackson is a member, is the winner of National Public Radio (NPR) Music’s 2023 Tiny Desk Contest, an annual competition for independent unsigned artists across the U.S. Out of nearly 6,000 applicants this year, the judges...
