The Rock City Falls Trio released its debut album, SIGNAL, on Aug. 28 on Adhyâropa Records. According to a press release, the album comes from the long-time collaboration between Alex Chang (electric harp and electronics), Jason Handron (string bass), and Adam Forman...
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) is holding recorded auditions for the position of principal harp. These auditions are only open to candidates with the right to work in New Zealand for the NZSO at the time of application. All audition materials are due by...
The Italian Harp Association has announced the winners of its 15th International Harp Contest in Italy Suoni d’Arpa, held Aug. 25–30 at the Fondazione Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento Musicale in Saluzzo, Italy. Eve Lung of China won first prize in the top division,...
The Vermont Symphony Orchestra (VSO) will hold auditions for principal harp on Oct. 28. Applications and audition deposits are due by Sept. 30. The VSO is a unionized, part-time, fully professional, per-service orchestra. Travel, per diem, and housing are provided per...
Zoe Vandermeer recently released her solo soprano and triple harp album, Angel’s Wine: The Songs of John Dowland, on Centaur Records. The recording features songs from Dowland’s First and Second Bookes, A Musical Banquet, and Pilgrim’s Solace. The album takes its name...
The Atlanta Ballet Orchestra has announced an opening for principal harp. Applicants must send a one-page resume by email to musicoperations@atlantaballet.com by Jan. 9, 2027. Auditions for this tenure-track position will be held in January 2027. For more information,...
Australian harpist Alice Giles is the newly appointed chair of the World Harp Congress. We talked with her on July 30, 2026, at One Harp World in Toronto. Tell us why the World Harp Congress is important. For me, the World Harp Congress is really important because it...
French harpists Agnès Bérard and Primor Sluchin have co-founded a new charity organization called 1%HARP to gather and distribute resources to provide more opportunities to play the harp. “We all know we play a wonderful instrument that is still difficult to access...
Harpist Oliver Wass has released a new recording on Tactus Records, titled simply Harp music · Chamber music · Harp concerto, which features works that Wass commissioned from Misha Mullov-Abbado and pairs them with works from primarily Italian composers from the 16th...
At the conclusion of One Harp World, the World Harp Congress (WHC) announced the location and dates of its next event, which will take place July 10–16, 2029, in Berlin. Australian harpist Alice Giles is the newly appointed chair of the WHC, becoming the first...
