The Arizona State University School of Music and the Mesa Public Schools Harp Program have announced a new partnership offering unique opportunities for a graduate student majoring in harp performance. In addition to performance opportunities in solo, chamber, and...
The International Harp Contest in Israel announced the repertoire for its 21st competition, scheduled to take place Oct. 4–14, 2021, in Akko. The event, which is held every three years, hosted its 20th contest in October 2018, with Lenka Petrovic (Serbia) winning...
The Friends of the Minnesota Orchestra named harpist Grace Roepke the grand prize winner in its 60th Young Artists Competition, held Jan. 20 in the Twin Cities. With a cash prize totaling $8,500, Roepke was also awarded a concerto performance with the Minnesota...
Harpists Angelica Hairston and Elizabeth Steiner will be participants in the Sphinx Organization’s inaugural program, SphinxLEAD. Created to empower arts leaders of color in the United States, the program offers a membership network, a year–round curriculum, and...
Sidsel Walstad released her debut album, Sidsel, on Oct. 12, 2018. An experimental record, the album features Walstad on electric harp, Arild Torvik on percussion, and Marcus Lewin on drums. “I am a classical harpist who has always listened to pop music,” says...
Mallory McHenry was recently named a young artist with American Public Media’s program, Performance Today. Broadcast on nearly 300 public radio stations across the country, Performance Today reaches approximately 1.4 million listeners per week and focuses on “the...
2019 has arrived, so it's time to make good on those harp resolutions. These upcoming festivals are sure to inspire, chock full of performers and clinicians with music to play and wisdom to share. With programs geared towards harpists interested in jazz, pop, folk,...
The Italian Harp Association has announced details regarding their ninth international harp competition, “Suoni d’Arpa.” To be held in the medieval town of Saluzzo, Italy, the 2019 contest will take place Aug. 30 – Sept. 4 at the Fondazione Scuola di Alto...
The USA International Harp Competition announced that Uno Vesje is the winner of the 2018 composition contest. As part of their mission to expand harp repertoire, the sixth contest received 90 applications by composers from 33 countries. Other finalists include...
Ukrainian–Polish harpist Alina Bzhezhinska was interviewed in DownBeat, following the release of her debut album, Inspiration, in June. The album is a tribute to Alice Coltrane, a mix of favorites from the Alice and John Coltrane songbooks and Bzhezhinska’s original...
