Check out Harp Column’s 2025 competition rundown below to find out about upcoming opportunities at a glance. Anne Adams Awards May 2026Find out more details. Concours Français de la Harpe 2026 Feb. 13–15, 2026Application deadline: Jan. 11 (Excellence division) or Jan....
The Rave Harps International Prestige Award has announced its 2025 event, consisting of a harp chamber competition and composition competition, open to all nationalities. The event will be held online, with a live Prestige Award winners’ concert...
The Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Chile has announced auditions for a contractual position for principal harp; the successful applicant will fill this temporary position from March 3, 2025, to August 21, 2025. Harpists must send applications by email to...
Composer and Harp Column Music artist Daniele Garella passed away on Nov. 12, 2024. Born in Florence, Garella graduated in composition and choral conducting and in counterpoint harmony and fugue from the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory in Florence. In addition to...
Canadian harpist and composer Kalen Smith is the winner of the 8th USA International Harp Competition (USAIHC) Ruth Inglefield Composition Contest with his composition Bioluminescence. According to a press release from the USAIHC, the jury also acknowledges and...
With her husband and children by her side, Ruth Anne Myers-Brown passed away on July 20, 2024, in Victoria, B.C., after a long illness. Growing up in a musical family, Ruth played piano and bassoon, then, while at summer music camp in 1969, she fell in love with the...
Harpist Amy Christine Ley McIntosh passed away peacefully at home on November 9, 2024, following a courageous two-year battle with breast cancer. Amy was a beloved member of the musical communities in both her home state of Michigan and her adopted province of...
The Phoenix Harp Center (PHC), which serves the harp community in the Southwest United States, will transition to new ownership, effective Jan. 1, 2025. According to a press release, PHC co-owners Stephen R. Hartman (a longtime harpist) and Willard E. White have...
The harp and electronica duo FitkinWall recently released its new album Uist on the NXN label. Now available on major streaming platforms, the recording features Scottish harpist Ruth Wall on concert, electro, and wire-strung harps, as well as composer Graham Fitkin’s...
The Boston Conservatory at Berklee has appointed Krysten Keches assistant professor of harp, effective fall 2024. “I’m thrilled to be working with Boston Conservatory’s harp students and am excited to support their diverse interests alongside fellow harp faculty...
