The Pacific Harp Project is in the news on Hawaii Public Radio. The ensemble features harpist Megan Bledsoe Ward, along with Noel Okimoto (vibraphone), Jon Hawes (bass), and Allan Ward (drums). The ensemble combines traditional harp classics with jazz, like their take...
Young harpists between the ages of 8 and 18 may be interested in the Young Artist Award offered by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation and the National Public Radio show "From the Top." Each year, 20 "high-achieving, low-income musicians" are awarded up to $10,000 toward...
"The evening was a star turn for the harp, but the rest of the ensemble held its own," said Musical Toronto in its review of Canadian harpist Sharlene Wallace's Oct. 5 performance with the Burning Bridge String Quartet, Kenneth Hall, and Michael Westwood at Gallery...
Katy Wong, the Juilliard harpist who has played for Katy Perry and New York Fashion Week is in the news again. Wong was featured in an ABC News video profile for their Asian American section. Watch it...
Interlochen Public Radio's Nancy Deneen interviewed Joan Raeburn Holland. Holland is harp instructor at the Interlochen Arts Academy and University of Michigan. Listen to the interview here:...
Following their debut concert on Oct. 15 2016, the Dallas Harp Quartet got reviewed by Theater Jones North Texas performing arts news. The quartet is comprised of (from left) Grace Browning, Emily Levin, Cheryl Losey Feder, and Karen Abrahamson Thomas. "I entered a...
Vienna Philharmonic harpist Anneleen Lenaerts' new recording "Schumann & Schubert" has just been released on the Warner Classics label. The album also features clarinetist Dionysis Grammenos. The two perform 13 tracks of unusual transcriptions of works by the two...
Oct. 15 marks the inaugural performance of the Dallas Harp Quartet, whose powerhouse members include (from left) Grace Browning (Dallas Opera), Emily Levin (Dallas Sympohny), Cheryl Losey Feder (Sarasota Orchestra), and Karen Abrahamson Thomas (Baylor University...
Ginastera: One Hundred—the latest project by recording artist Yolanda Kondonassis—has just been released by Oberlin Music with distribution by Naxos. Kondonassis is the executive producer of the new album, which celebrates the 2016 centennial of the iconic Argentine...
The Lyra Society has announced the 4th annual Costello Competition for Composition, with first stage entries due Nov. 17, 2016. The two-stage competition is open to U.S. citizens currently studying at a university. After a review of first stage works, three finalists...
