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Interviews
The Many Strings of Anne-Marie O’Farrell
Irish harpist, composer, educator, and ordained minister Anne-Marie O’Farrell defies easy categorization—and wouldn’t have it any other way.
Feature
What’s a CRM (and do I need one)?
How professional harpists are using customer relations management software to take their business to the next level.
Feature
Be a Pro
Smart tips to bring polished professionalism to every aspect of your harp life.
July-August 2026
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Columns and more
Sounding Board
From Craving to Creating
Imagining what classical music’s institutional shift means for the modern harpist.
Tear-out Tunes
A Song for Soster
Find rest in music’s simplicity with a new work for lever or pedal harp
Advice
How do I know when to raise my rates?
What’s the right time to raise your rates?
Our experts share their advice.
Strange But True Harp Stories
Making an Entrance
—Eleanor Medcalf As a teenager I played A Ceremony of Carols for a performance in a big, beautiful chapel in London. The piece was second in the concert, and the director of music had this vision of a seamless atmospheric transition from the end of the first piece straight into the plainchant processional of the […]
Reviews and extras
Recording Review
Terra Infirma
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp; Interlochen Center for the Arts Orchestra & Chorus, Andrew Grams, conductor and Carter Smith, choral director. Azica, 2026.
Recording Review
Also of Note
New recordings by Oksana Sidyagina and Eli Shane are worth a listen.
Music Review
Around the World
New collections highlight traditional
Honduran, Celtic, and Dutch music.