Louise Trotter

Louise Trotter is a nationally recognized and respected performer, workshop leader, and panelist at harp conferences and other events nationwide. These include the American Harp Society, World Harp Congress, Canadian Folk Harp Society, the Edinburgh, Scotland Harp Festival and International Society of Folk Harpers and Craftsmen.

Louise Trotter award

The latter group awarded Louise Trotter their Lifetime Achievement Award at their 2003 conference for her promotion of the folk harp. She has also been a featured performer at the Lyon and Healy Harp Company's Pop and Jazz Summer Harpfests, and is a regular at the Somerset Folk Harp Festival in New Jersey.

Louise Trotter credits

This harpist grew up in a musical family, with a father who was a high school band director and built her first harp by hand. She had musical training in piano and harp since early childhood, with more advanced studies at Texas Women's University and with Mildred Dilling in New York City. She was harpist with Beaumont Symphony, and Baytown Symphony for a number of years. Louise Trotter's interest in modern harmony led to studies with the leading pop and jazz artists in the country.