Salvi Harps has launched the Delta C, a lighter, carbon fiber body version of the Italian harpmaker's Delta lever harp. The new design weighs in at just over eight pounds. "By making the Delta C lighter and easier to play, we have opened a new universe of creative...
Mallory McHenry and her duo partner, flutist Karen Baumgartner, were selected as Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) Class Notes artists for a second year. MPR's Class Notes program chooses chamber groups to perform educational programs in classrooms across Minnesota....
Abigail Kent's harp and voice duo VOXIE is featured in the March–April 2021 issue of Irish Music Magazine and on Dutch radio show Song from Ireland, hosted by William van Gent. The duo, comprised of Abigail Kent, harp, and Lara Brooksbank, voice, garnered praise from...
Harpists Magdalena Hoffmann, Parker Ramsay, Brandee Younger, and Madison Calley received shout outs from The Washington Post in a recent article titled "Beyond Vivaldi, a classical playlist to bring on the spring." The April 2 article by Michael Andor Brodeur praises...
Three new harp albums caught our eye this month. A Danish mother-daughter duo, a contemporary Irish harp duo, and a specialist in the field of jazz harp have all recently recorded music worth a closer listen. Mother-daughter duo Josephine and Trine Opsahl released...
The Christopher Newport University (CNU) Harp Competition named winners of its 2021 event, held virtually in March. Eunice Park, student of Nancy Allen, won first place in the junior division (grades 9–10). Jocelyn Chang, student of Melissa Tardiff-Dvorak, was named...
The American Harp Society, Inc. (AHS) announced the postponement of its 44th National Conference due to the ongoing pandemic. The 44th National Conference, originally scheduled for June 2021 in Orlando, Fla., will now take place in June 2022 in Sioux Falls, S.D....
Harpist Cheryl Losey Feder and husband, cellist Abraham Feder, will perform live on Chicago's WFMT radio on March 31, 2021, at 12:15 p.m. CST. The pair, known as the Feder Duo, will perform works by J.S. Bach, Johann Strauss, Henriette Renié, and Castelnuevo-Tedesco....
French composer Pierick Houdy died in March at the age of 92. He was one of the most prolific composers of his generation for the harp, and many of the pieces he wrote for our instrument have become part of the core classical repertoire. Pierick Houdy fell in love...
Kety Fusco received an invitation from the United Nations to perform at the fifth Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Global Festival of Action. The festival, held virtually this year as a result of the pandemic, will take place March 25–26, and features over 300...
