featured in this issue
Interviews
Torch Bearer
Nearly 20 years after her first trip to Bloomington as a student, Florence Sitruk is back. Except this time she’s the teacher.
Feature
Making the Switch
Tales of seven harpists who ditched paper for pixels and how you can digitize your library too.
Feature
Off-Season Training
Take advantage of your winter downtime by getting your wedding game ready for next season.
January-February 2018
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Columns and more
Sounding Board
Artist and Advocate
Challenge the Stats founder Angelica Hairston shares her journey as an artist advocate.
Student Scenarios
Theoretically Possible
Finding ways to work musicianship training into your lessons.
Advice
How not to get lost in long tacet sections
Not getting lost in long tacet sections is one of the hardest parts of being an orchestral harpist. Find out how the experts manage to keep their place.
Strange But True Harp Stories
A Load-in Dilemma
I was playing a wedding gig at a venue in downtown Stillwater, Minn., that was new to me. Upon arrival I made a few unsuccessful passes along the main drag, hoping to secure one of those few coveted parking spots in the front of the building. No success. Stillwater isn’t one of those towns where […]
Reviews and extras
Recording Review
Fantasie
Fantasie—Duo Venandi, Vonda Darr, harp; and Wendy Cohen, flute.
Recording Review
Indigo
Indigo—Lune Bleue Trio: Clotilde Trouillaud, harp; Erwan Bérengue, guitar; Jean-Marie Stephen, percussion
Music Review
Revisiting Renié
Jan Jennings takes a look at a new book on the life of Henriette Renié, as well as two original compositions.