The May-June 2014 issue of Harp Column has hit the stands, and with it we say happy birthday to Chicago-based harp manufacturer Lyon & Healy Harps, who turns 150 this year. As you may have heard, Lyon & Healy is throwing their own party this June, so we...
Camac Harps has announced the results of the Camac Harp Competition, London, which took place May 4 and 5, 2014. The competition, which was part of the 2014North London Festival of Music, Drama and Dance, was open to harpists up to age 30 living or studying in the...
Dusty Strings has just unveiled a new harp model, so we figured it was time to catch up with the people behind the product, company founders Ray and Sue Mooers. We asked them to tell us more about their new harp and other things. What prompted you to design a concert...
Folk harp manufacturer Dusty Stringshas just introduced the company's first concert-tension lever harp, the Boulevard Classic model. The 34-string harp is designed "specifically for classical players and students," says Dusty Strings. "The concert-tension gut strings...
—by Marguerite Lynn Williams The Chicago Harp Quartet is excited to be presenting our first LIVE from WFMT radio broadcast tonight, April 28 from 8-10pm CST. We will be performing a program of works from our debut CD set to be released on May 29th and will include the...
Grace Browning is the new Principal Harpist with the Dallas Opera orchestra, following an audition on March 9, 2014. She'll join the orchestra for their 2014–2015 season beginning with Strauss'Salome. "I couldn't ask for a much better way to dive into the job," says...
The American Harp Center, founded by Lynne Aspnes, enters its second season in July. Aspnes hopes the idyllic Northern Michigan location will be a place where "pressures of external evaluation are removed from the equation," and harpists can "pursue their own...
Last month I had the rare opportunity to be a part of The Philadelphia Orchestra's first ever "PLayIN for Harp" on the mainline. Thirty-three harpists ranging in age from 5 to adult participated in the event, which also included principal harpist Elizabeth Hainen and...
The five-day Edinburgh International Harp Festival runs April 4–9 in Edinburgh. The event, which began in 1982 through Pilgrim Harps, is now overseen by The Clarsach Society. Workshops and concerts are scheduled throughout the day and evening featuring well-known...
The new issue of HC is out! And we couldn't be more pleased at how our interview with the legendary Germaine Lorenzini turned out. If you're not familiar with this famed French pedagogue, now is your chance to get an inside look at the woman who carries on the French...
