Harp Column

Welcome to Harp Column Podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with your host Kristina Finch. What's it like to interview one of the greatest harpists in the world? In this episode we talk with Natalie Hoffmann, author of The Great Ambassador, our feature interview with Susann McDonald in our May-June 2016 issue. For more practical harp news and information visit www.harpcolumn.com, and tune in for more podcasts taking you behind the stories in Harp Column.

Welcome to Harp Column podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with your host Kristina Finch. What's your harp age? In Harp Column Podcast Episode 10 Kristina talks with Erin Wood, author of our feature article It's Just a Number in our May-June 2016 issue. For more practical harp news and information visit www.harpcolumn.com, and tune in for more podcasts taking you behind the stories in Harp Column.

Welcome to Harp Column podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with your host Kristina Finch. In Harp Column Podcast Episode 9 Kristina talks with Jaymee Haefner, author of our new regular column Harmonic Curve where we look at the fundamentals of playing the harp and provide strategies and tools to improve your playing. For more practical harp news and information visit www.harpcolumn.com, and tune in for more podcasts taking you behind the stories in Harp Column.

Welcome to Harp Column podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with your host Kristina Finch. In Harp Column Podcast Episode 8 Kristina talks with Rhett Barwell, author of Harp Therapy Explained in our March-April 2016 issue; plus we talk with therapeutic harpist Angie Bemiss. For more practical harp news and information visit www.harpcolumn.com, and tune in for more podcasts taking you behind the stories in Harp Column.

Welcome to Harp Column podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with your host Kristina Finch. In Harp Column Podcast Episode 7 Kristina talks with our March-April 2016 issue Advice column experts Michelle Gott, Anne Sullivan, and Megan Bledsoe Ward about how to work with school orchestra conductors to provide a good experience for students. Plus, snippets from Megan Bledsoe Ward's new Pacific Harp Project recording release. For more practical harp news and information visit www.harpcolumnmusic.com, and tune in for more podcasts taking you behind the stories in Harp Column.

Welcome to Harp Column podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with your host Kristina Finch. In Harp Column Podcast Episode 6 Kristina talks with our International Harp Contest in Israel correspondent Sunita Staneslow who interviewed 19th contest winner Yuying Chen for our March-April 2016 issue. Plus, snippets from The Debussy Trio's recently released album Three by Three, reviewed in this issue. For more practical harp news and information visit www.harpcolumnmusic.com, and tune in for more podcasts taking you behind the stories in Harp Column.

Welcome to Harp Column podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with your host Kristina Finch. In this episode, Kristina talks with Toronto harpist Angela Schwarzkopf, author of our feature article Warmup for Winter, which appears in our January/February 2016 issue. Plus, snippets from Park Stickney's recently released All Harp—Globe Live. For more practical harp news and information visit www.harpcolumnmusic.com, and tune in for more podcasts taking you behind the stories in Harp Column.

Welcome to Harp Column podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with your host Kristina Finch. In this episode, Kristina talks with interviewer Kristi Shade along with our January/February 2016 issue interviewee Emily Levin, who describes her experience playing Wagner's infamous "Magic Fire Music." (Hear Emily play it at the end of the podcast.) For more practical harp news and information visit www.harpcolumnmusic.com, and tune in for more podcasts taking you behind the stories in Harp Column.

Welcome to Harp Column podcasts, where we go behind the stories in Harp Column with your host Kristina Finch. In this episode, Kristina talks with Megan Metheney, author of the feature article Improv for One & All, which appears in our January/February 2016 issue. Download the sheet music for Megan's piece "Green Harp" in this issue, and see more of Megan's arrangements at www.harpcolumnmusic.com. Tune in for more podcasts taking you behind the stories in Harp Column.

In this episode, Kristina talks to Laura Sherman about making the cast album for the hit musical Hamilton. Read Laura’s article “Harp Goes Hip Harp” along with the rest of this issue in the January-February 2016 issue of Harp Column. Special thanks to the producers of Hamilton for the sound clips you hear on this show; hear full clips on our website. Tune in for more podcasts taking you behind the stories in Harp Column.