Rhett Barnwell has a varied musical career as a classical and Celtic harpist, composer, conductor, cellist, French horn player, and organist. As a harpist, he has focused on music for healing, sacred, and meditative purposes. He is a sacred music specialist on Harp Column Academy and has been a featured presenter and performer at harp festivals and conferences including the 2016 American Harp Society National Conference, Southeastern Harp Conference, Somerset Folk Harp Festival, Harp Journeys, Beginning in the Middle, The Harp Gathering, and others. He regularly presents workshops and concerts for American Harp Society chapters throughout the U.S., and has organized biannual Liturgical Harp Conferences since 2007, which have drawn harpists from all over the country. Barnwell is an internationally known composer and has published a number of original works and arrangements for the harp, through Seraphim Music. He regularly receives commissions from organizations and individuals for new harp works and arrangements.