Asni the Harper
General Information
- Harp Spectrum
- General information about the different types of harps, resources, and harp builders
- Wikipedia: Harp
- Some of this Wikipedia article is of somewhat dubious quality
- What harp to get?
- Advice on buying a harp
- The Celtic Harp page
- all sorts of information about Celtic style harps
Harpists Online
- Siobhan Armstrong
- prolific performer on baroque harps and Irish harps - not surprizingly, as she is Irish. :)
- Bill Taylor
- harp maker and performer on historical harps based in Scotland - specializes on bray and wire strung harps
- Helen Webby
- Helen performs with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra here in New Zealand, and is also a very prolific Celtic harper. Her brother Kim Webby makes some of the finest harps on the planet (but he doesnt' have a website, unfortunately)
- Carolyn Mills
- Carolyn is principal harpist with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. She performs as a soloist, and plays chamber music with her duo "Flight"
- Hannelore Devaere
- Hannelore is a historical harp player and musicologist based in Belgium
- Stephan Battige
- Stephan plays celtic and historical harps and is based in Northern Germany
- Isabel Moreton
- modern harp player with an active solo performing career in Germany
- Alison Kinnaird
- Alison plays traditional Scottish music, and she's also a glas artist
- Corrina Hewat
- a Scottish harper and songwriter who rocks. :)
- Maeve Gilchrist
- Maeve is based in the US and plays folk, jazz and alternative music on harp
- Seikou Susso
- Seikou plays West African kora and is based in the UK
- Diego Laverde
- Latin American harper based in the UK
- Dominig Bouchaud
- traditional harper from the Bretagne (and yes, he plays Breton harps) :)
- Harper Tasche
- contemporary cross strung harps
- Myrdhin
- another traditional harper from the Bretagne
Harp Resources
- HarpLore Australia
- Australian based shop and harp resources site
- Harp Resources
- Harp care & maintenance, and how to find a harp
- Harp Mall
- Where to buy stuff
Harp Makers
- Ardival Harps
- Bill Taylor's shop in Scottland. Specializes on medieval, bray and metal strung harps, but othe types of historical and folk harp are on offer. Also offers workshops, and harp kits for self-assembly.
- Beat Wolf
- Harp builder from Switzerland. Specializes in reconstruction and restoration of historic pedal harps (single and double action).
- Eric Kleinmann
- Harp builder based in Germany. Folk harps and historical harps. Rather on the pricey side.
Harp Societies
- Harp Society of New Zealand
- The New Zealand harp society's web page
- Folk Harp Society
- or, as it is officially called, the "International Society of Folk Harpers and Craftsmen"
- American Harp Society
- Mostly modern harps
Harp Festivals & Summer Schools
- Edinburgh International Harp Festival
- The biggest, longest established, most international, and generally greatest - catering to all types of harps. Concerts, workshops, masterclasses, and instrument builder's exhibition
- World Harp Congress
- Focused mainly on modern pedal harp and the "classic" harp repertory. Showcases up and coming talent, or at least those who would like to be considered so, and can pay the rather steep registration fee. (Can you tell that I'm not a big fan?) ;)
- Rencontres Internationales de Harpe Celtique
- Festival for Celtic and folk harps in Dinan, Bretagne .
- Harfentreffen
- Longest running folk harp festival in Germany - used to be "auf dem Mosenberg", now in Lauterberg. Workshops and concerts.
- Wales International Harp Festival
- seems fairly new, but they've got to have one, in Wales.
Harp History & Scholarship
- Harp Spectrum
- General information about the different types of harps, resources, and harp building
- Harp history
- A very brief overview of harp history, with a focus on development of the Gaelic (Scottish and Irish) harp
- Turlough O'Carolan
- a site dedicated to the famous 18th century Irish harper. Contains MIDI files of his music.
- Belfast Harp Festival, 1796
- Wikipedia article about the historic harp festival that brought together the last remaining Irish harpers working in the old oral tradition, to record their repertory (in writing, at the time, not on tape, of course) ;-)
Other Music Links
- Gwendolyn Toth/ARTEK
- I worked with Gwen and her New York based early music ensemble from 1993 to 1999, and am on two of their CD recordings - "L'Orfeo", and Drew Minter's "Love Letters from Italy". ARTEK's approach to early music has shaped my own in a pretty big way.
- Mark Morris Dance Group
- As member of ARTEK, I toured the US wit the Mark Morris Dance Group in 1997, with a choreography of Monteverdi madrigals. Definitely a highlight of my career as a performer!
- Stephen Stubbs
- Of all my former teachers, Stephen has earned my eternal gratitude for safely seeing me to the end of my studies in Bremen. Now he's back in his native Seattle, and running a baroque opera school.
- Hilliard Ensemble
- I attended a summer school with these fellas way back when - about 1990 or 91 I think? - and their recordings, particularly those with Jan Garbarek, have been an inspiration.
- Suzie Le Blanc
- The first time I saw Suzie on stage was in one of Tragicomedia's very first performances, back in the 1980's. She stood out not only as a gifted and intelligent singer, but a striking stage presence. Recently a friend pointed me to her exemplary website. Looks like she has been soaring - not only as a singer, but also as a film actress.
- Belinda Sykes
- I had heard about Belinda well before I got to meet her in the postgraduate "General Ethnomusicology" seminar I attended at SOAS in London in 1999/2000. Recently I spotted her on the soundtrack for "River Queen"
- Alban Gerhardt
- Alban and I went to the same high school in Berlin. He was just a grade or two younger than me, and already the undisputed star of our annual school Christmas concerts. Now he is a world famous cellist.
