St Catharines Harpist 2

This St Catharines Harpist is a harpist based in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. She has performed at many different venues in the area, including The Prince of Wales Tea Room, Art by the Falls, The Welland Food Festival, The Regal Beagle Pub, The Sheraton Hotel, The Minolta Tower, Hernder Estate Winery, and many others. Engagements further afield have included the Old Mill in Toronto, and the Rockton Celtic Festival.

This St Catharines Harpist has performed at over 220 weddings in the last 5 years. As a visual artist with a degree in Art and Art History, she learned to play the harp later in life.

St Catharines Harpist own words

"It would be safe to say that I did not choose the harp, but the harp chose me. It all started with a New Year's resolution, one of the few I've ever made, and within three weeks I had a harp in my living room and a teacher ten minutes away...not easy when you live in the country."

This St Catharines Harpist began her professional harping career by playing a wedding for a friend at the famous Old Mill Restaurant in Toronto. One wedding turned into four the following year, and so on, to over thirty weddings that she performs at every year. In addition, she is a much-sought-after solo performer, and has performed as a guest soloist with the Peninsula Strings Orchestra, Chorus Niagara, and the Rainbow Ringers Bell Choir.

St Catharines Harpist festivals

This St Catharines Harpist has performed at many festivals including the Amherst Museum Scottish Festival with the Glengarry Bhoys and Hobson's Choice. Other festivals include Art By the Falls, the Rockton Celtic Festival, the Balls Falls Thanskgiving Craft Fair, and shared the stage with the famous Irish singer Seamus Kennedy.

This St Catharines Harpist is very proud of being a two-time winner of the Knowne World Harp Competition in Pennsylvania, with her renditions of 'Sometime' and 'Neil Gow's Lament' , both of which are on her C.D. 'red spirit rising'. Her debut CD, "red spirit rising", was released to critical acclaim and was sold out in the first month.

This St Catharines Harpist has also played in restaurants such as the Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls, the Pillar and Post in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and the former Shipman's Cafe,as well as for The Wild Flower Restaurant, Fonthill.

“The distinctive sound of the harp can be joyful, melancholy, regal, spiritual, merry, romantic, and quieting. [Her] talent is that she can elicit ALL these sounds and moods from her chosen instrument, making it seem elegantly easy.” - Tribune