The Midwest Harp Festival is in full swing this week at The University of Tulsa's Lorton Performance Center. The annual event—now in its 16th year—grew from a local gathering put together by Lorelei Barton, who continues to serve as the festival's director. We caught...
Fresh out of grad school, Welsh harpist Anne Denholm landed a dream job—official harpist to HRH the Prince of Wales. Only a couple months into her career, Denholm has a title to top all titles on her resume, "Royal Harpist." She's the fifth harpist to hold the title...
As most people know every two years the American Harp Society holds a competition. With 5 divisions that are divided by age, beginning at the Junior division which allows for harpists up to the age of 12, all the way to the Young Professional division which allows...
Harpists are abuzz with talk of the recent Metropolitan Opera Orchestra audition, where Emmanuel Ceysson emerged victorious to fill the Principal Harpist vacancy left by the late Deborah Hoffman. Between winning a dream gig and releasing a new CD, it's been quite a...
Looking for a harp regulation in Texas? Harp technician Jim Pinkerton is back in action (pun intended) and ready to serve! I caught up with him this week to find out what he's been up to… You're a professional harpist, harp technician, and a nurse. Talk about a varied...
If you watched the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, you've already heard harpist Claire Jones, who served as Royal Harpist to HRH Prince of Wales from 2007–2011 and got to perform for the legendary ceremony in 2011. (See a list of other Royal...
Who was that harpist who played with Usher on the Grammy's you may be wondering? Turns out it was 18-year-old Melody Tai, who got the opportunity of a lifetime to play the live tribute version of Stevie Wonder's "If It's Magic" with the pop star on the 57th Grammys...
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...
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...
