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featured in this issue

Sarah Bullen sits on a couch with her two dogs.

Interviews

Principled Principal

—by Alison Reese

Sarah Bullen wrote the book on orchestral harp playing...three books, actually. We caught up with the newly retired principal harp of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to talk about her performing career, her new book, and her next act.

Feature

Build Your Brand: Get With the Program

—by Heather Cornelius

In the latest installment of our Build Your Brand series, we’ll show you how to get with the program.

Feature

Summer Harp Camp Roundup 2024

—by Danielle Kuntz

We’ve got 44 ideas for where you can level up your playing this summer.

January-February 2024

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Columns and more

Alison Reese

From the Editor

Sarah’s Secret Sauce

—by Alison Reese

Expecting perfection in every performance.

Sounding Board

Thoughts of a Competition Judge

—by Laura Sherman

The art of interpretation.

Tear-out Tunes

Music For Peace

—by Rhett Barnwell

A musical prayer for peace.

Advice

What can I do with all the unsold CDs I have? 

People aren’t buying CDs anymore. What can I do with all the unsold CDs I have? I don’t want to add them to the landfill. People are actually still buying CDs, as technology never leaves us completely—the resurgence of vinyl record sales is proof of the phenomenon. CDs and vinyl sound much better than downloaded […]

Strange But True Harp Stories

Trunk Treasure

—by Mynde Turner In 2021 at the spring antique show in Round Top, Texas, I traded another dealer (from Oregon) for an old wooden harp case. I’ve had it in storage and didn’t get around to cleaning it up for two years. I opened it up to sweep it out for the first time since […]

Reviews and extras

Recording Review

Ennanga 

—by Alison Young

Ashley Jackson, harp. Bright Shiny Things, 2023

Recording Review

Something Like This

—by Alison Young

Emily Granger, harp, and Sally Walker, flute. Avie Records, 2023.

Recording Review

Also of Note

—by Alison Young

New recordings from Lily Neill and Awena Lucas are worth a listen.

Music Review

Heaps of Hymns

—by Jan Jennings

Three collections of hymn arrangements for harp.

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