Siobhan (shuh-VAHN) Armstrong is one of today's top Irish harpers, and head of the Historical Harp Society of Ireland. She plays the ancient traditional wirestrung Irish harp that was popular from the ...

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Kathy DeAngelo keeps the tradition of Irish music alive through the fiddle and harp. Kathy DeAngelo keeps the tradition of Irish music alive through the fiddle and harp. Each week, she and her husband ...

DULUTH - David Kortier doesn’t claim Irish heritage. But he makes authentic early Irish harps, the kind played by Ann Heymann, an Irish harp music scholar and performer who lives in Winthrop in ...

United Nations decision to recognize Irish harp music as a unique art form will help to protect and spread the Irish skill. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ...

Neo-Irish style harp known as the Royal Portable Irish harp. It is non-pedal but with a sharpening mechanism. The fore pillar is square and of a modified S curve. On the inside of the pillar are 7 ...

Natalie Surina was drawn to the ancient harps of Ireland. She doesn’t know quite what it was that called her to it. But she knows it was undeniable. “I had already been studying ancient Irish culture ...