The Académie de musique française in Kyoto is now accepting applications for its 2015 Academie to take place March 20–April 1 at the Insitut Français in Kyoto. The deadline to apply is January 31, 2015. Now in its 25th year, the Academie began including harp in its...
This week Ann Hobson Pilot releases Astor Piazzolla: Escualo, her new recording with Lucia Lin and JP Jofre on the Harmonia Mundi label featuring the works of Astor Piazzolla. I asked the former Boston Symphony Orchestra principal harpist to tell us about the...
Looking for some harp inspiration this year? Lucky for you, harp mini festivals are all the rage. (We've defined a mini festival as 4 days or less.) Here are a few of our favorites coming up in the earlier part of 2015: Camac Harp Weekend in Cardiff, Wales Camac Harps...
Cynthia Price-Glynn retired in December as Chair of the Harp Department at Boston Conservatory. Price-Glynn developed the school’s unique collaborative harp department, "which offers teachers, training, and experiences in a wide range of career possibilities for...
U.K.-based harp quartet 4 Girls 4 Harps has announced plans for the British Harp Chamber Music Competition 2015 for U.K. residents with a goal "to inspire future generations of harpists and as a platform to showcase the harp within diverse ensembles," according to...
Isabelle Moretti, harp instructor at the Paris Conservatory, will teach at the Académie musicale de Villecroze, in the South of France, from March 31–April 11, 2015. The Académie sponsors master classes for various instruments from April through October. "Candidates...
French harpist Ghislaine Petit-Volta has released Hommage à Rameau, a collection of "varied viewpoints on Jean Philippe Rameau" according to the disc's liner notes. In addition to Petit-Volta's transcriptions of the nine movements by Rameau in his first book of Pieces...
First-time sponsor Atlanta Harp Center has announced the lineup for the next Atlanta Harp Festival, set to take place Feb. 27–March 1, 2015, in Roswell, Ga. Bridget Kibbey and Kim Robertson will be the featured artists, along with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra principal...
I just love it when something new appears on my harp radar. Harpist Jacqui Kerrod has managed to do just that with her eclectic folk duo Addi and Jacq. Take one look at the pair's casually chic album cover or their laid back-yet-trendy website, and I'm sure you'll...
It's been a little over two years since we featured Duo Scorpio in our September-October 2012 issue. Since then the Scorpions Kristi Shade and Katie Andrews have been very busy touring the globe and working on new commissions for harp duo. This Sunday the pair...
