Who Played The First Harp?
It is easy to forget, when I sit playing my modern harp, that the instrument has come a long way since the first harps were created, more than 4,500 years ago.
It is easy to forget, when I sit playing my modern harp, that the instrument has come a long way since the first harps were created, more than 4,500 years ago.
Harp music is often thought of as peaceful so the natural progression of that is the Harpists for Peace movement. Every year, harpists all over the world get together and play music of their [...]
What could be nicer than a traditional afternoon tea accompanied by music from a harp? Harpists like myself often play at afternoon tea in Dubai hotels and it is often a very special and [...]
For a lot of parents of children who are interested in music, the last thing they want to hear from their little boy or girl is “Mummy, daddy, I want to play the harp.”
I was very lucky to meet a truly great harpist, Catrin Finch, when she was in Dubai earlier this year. Catrin is the former official harpist to the Prince of Wales and is world renowned for her [...]
For many years, I have been developing a unique form of story-theater that blends dramatically performed stories with music all over the world. In 2011, I was invited to take part in the [...]
I am so excited that Gwyneth Wentink, a harpist from the Netherlands, is playing in Dubai tonight at DUCTAC, Mall of the Emirates.
You are probably wondering why I talking about Valentine’s Day so early. The answer to that is: If you want to surprise that special someone with a performance by a harpist, you need to think [...]
XVA Gallery presents the exhibition The Infusion of Impossible Things at the XVA Art Hotel & Café. The opening night, on the 14th, will be enchant with Barnaby Priest’scompositions, some of [...]
People are saying that we, musicians live in a different world... Well, that was my feeling today, playing in the bubble ! My world, out of all the outside noises, peaceful and fill with [...]