Greta Asgeirsson is the new Principal Harp with the United States Air Force Concert Band, a position formerly held by Eric Sabatino. Asgeirsson joined the band in June, 2016, after two months of basic training. "I've always enjoyed bands and have a history in them,"...
Lavinia Meijer releases The Glass Effect with a video trailer about the project. Lavinia Meijer's new collaboration with Philip Glass, The Glass Effect has just been released on the Sony Classical label. The two-CD set includes 10 piano etudes by Glass, arranged by...
German harpist Silke Aichhorn has recently released her twenty-second CD, "Miniaturen 3," on her own record label – Hörmuzik. It is available on her website. Aichhorn is also a featured artist on Harp Column Music, where her arrangements for harp can be purchased for...
Harp legend Judy Loman is celebrating her 80th birthday with a concert at The Royal Conservatory, in her hometown of Toronto. The concert, which takes place Sunday, Oct. 30 at 2:00 p.m., also serves as the CD launch of Ariadne’s Legacy, the complete works for harp by...
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...
