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Moss publishes new book on lever harp regulation

Moss publishes new book on lever harp regulation

Harp technician Steve Moss has published a new book entitled How to Regulate Your Lever Harp, Book One: The Loveland Lever. The book is available now in paperback and e-book editions at the author’s website. This book is the first volume in a planned series on lever...

New book features articles by Japanese harpist

New book features articles by Japanese harpist

A new book written in Japanese features a collection of magazine and newspaper articles by Japanese harpist Yoshie Abe, compiled and edited by her last student, Kyoko Tanaka. Abe was a student of Ksenia Erdeli, Marcel Tournier, Henriette Renié, and Lily Laskine, and...

Yolanda Kondonassis releases new book

Yolanda Kondonassis releases new book

Yolanda Kondonassis has released her fourth book, A Composer's Guide to Writing Well for the Modern Harp. Published by Carl Fisher Music, it is billed as "a comprehensive guide and conversational text on composing idiomatically for the harp." With 22 chapters, the...

English translation of Guide to the Contemporary Harp published

English translation of Guide to the Contemporary Harp published

Indiana University Press has released an English translation of the 2013 French text, Guide to the Contemporary Harp. Written by Mathilde Aubat–Andrieu, Laurence Bancaud, Aurélie Barbé and Hélène Breschand, the book covers organology, notation, composition, and...

One Stone to the Building

One Stone to the Building

A new biography of Henriette Renié (1875-1956), by Jaymee Haefner, promises to illuminate the life of this legendary French harpist. One Stone to the Building chronicles Renié's life's work. What can readers expect from One Stone to the Building? "This book is a...

A Persian Reflection

Persian composer Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour has documented a recording session for his new harp concerto A Persian Reflection in a video released on YouTube. The piece was commissioned ten years ago by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and was premiered in February, 2006, with...

New Work Honors Jeanne Chalifoux

New Work Honors Jeanne Chalifoux

The Lafayette Square Duo, comprised of Rebecca Anstine Smith, harp, and Michael Lodico, organ, performed their newly commissioned work Fantaisie in an April 23 tribute performance honoring Jeanne Chalifoux. The piece was composed by Peter Mathews and was "dedicated in...

Harp Duo Lilac 94 Commissions New Works

Harp Duo Lilac 94 Commissions New Works

Harp Duo Lilac 94, comprised of Christina Brier and Kathryn Sloat, have teamed up with a trio of composers—Daniel Morel, Alex Cooke, and Bret Bohman—to create three new pieces for harp duo as part of a consortium project to include 21 harp duos. The collection will be...

Unleash the Musician in You

Unleash the Musician in You

Katryna Tan has released a new motivational book for music students.Unleash the Musician in You provides "Secrets to a Successful Music Journey" written by Tan, a harpist and leader of the Rave Harps ensemble in Singapore. The book is intended for parents, music...

Edna Phillips Book Released

Edna Phillips Book Released

One Woman in a Hundred, Edna Phillips and the Philadelphia Orchestra, a book by Mary Sue Welsh that chronicles the life of the iconic harpist, has finally been released after many years in the making. The book has been published by the University of Illinois Press as...