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Laura Sherman

How to Grow New Gigs

Tips to get more business and keep it.

March-April 2025

Bach for all

Discover six graded pieces showcasing Bach’s brilliance on the harp

March-April 2024

Bach to the Basics

Before diving into the great Baroque composer’s music, read this guide to get a lay of the land.

March-April 2024

Thoughts of a Competition Judge

The art at the heart of performance

January-February 2024

Give My Regards to Broadway

With five current shows featuring harp in their orchestras, it’s never been a better time to be a Broadway harpist

July-August-2018

Bonus Broadway Fun Facts and Extras

The lowdown on glisses, pedals, and more

July-August-2018

about Laura Sherman

Laura Sherman has performed on Broadway and in concert halls around the world and with artists as diverse as Barbra Streisand, Renée Fleming, Wyclef Jean, and Meredith Monk. She moved to Miami in 2019 after a 34-year career in New York City (including as the original harpist of Wicked and the harpist on the cast recording of Hamilton.) She has built a busy career in south Florida as a performer in all genres and settings, an in-demand teacher, recording artist, writer, editor and publisher, founding Gotham Harp Publishing in 2012 to share her critical performance editions of J.S. Bach’s music on the pedal harp, as well as other harpists’ transcriptions of other Baroque composers’ music and new works for solo harp. When not performing, Laura teaches in person and through her online Sherman Harp Studio. Her website is busytuning.com, and she can be found on social media @busytuning.

photo by Nichole Rohrbach-McKenzie