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09:30 EDT

Valentina V. by Timothy Roy, for Solo Harp and Immersive Electroacoustic Sound

Friday July 31, 2026 09:30 - 10:05 EDT

Valentina V. is a powerful and evocative new work for harp and immersive electronics exploring the dramatic and tragic life of Valentina Visconti.

Presenters

Timothy Roy

Electronics

Timothy Roy composes music steeped in imagery and allusion, which seeks to elicit a sense of time, place, and feeling. His music has been presented at such venues and events as the National Theater of Taipei, Music Biennale Zagreb, ZKM Karlsruhe, Los Angeles County Arboretum... Read More →

Hope Cowan

Hope Cowan performs and teaches throughout the Houston area as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician, and event harpist. Active as both an orchestral and chamber musician, she is principal harpist with the Symphony of Southeast Texas and is a core member of the chamber music... Read More →

Friday July 31, 2026 09:30 - 10:05 EDT
Birchwood Ballroom

Performance, Multimedia

09:30 EDT

Steel6ix 🍁

Friday July 31, 2026 09:30 - 10:30 EDT

Grand Ballroom

Harpist Heidi Bearcroft and flutist Kelly Zimba Luckic, offer an program spanning evocative 19th Century French lyricism to polyphonic African Pygmy chants.

Presenters

Heidi Bearcroft

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Heidi Bearcroft is the Principal harpist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Sun Valley (Idaho) Summer Symphony. Ms. Bearcroft is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where she studied with Nancy Allen. She is the winner of numerous U.S. national competitions, and... Read More →

Kelly Zimba Lukić

Flute, Steel6ix

Kelly Zimba Lukić joined the Toronto Symphony Orchestra as Principal Flute in 2017. She teaches at the Glenn Gould School, the University of Toronto, and the OAcademy Orchestra Institute. She has served on the faculties of NYO Canada, NYO-USA, Atlantic Music Festival, Orford Winds... Read More →

Ensembles

Steel6ix

Steel6ix, a duo of harpist Heidi Bearcroft and flutist Kelly Zimba Lukić, blends two iconic representations of our hometowns: Steel for our beloved Pittsburgh roots, and 6ix for the six boroughs of Toronto, our new home.

Friday July 31, 2026 09:30 - 10:30 EDT
Grand Ballroom Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

Performance, Chamber Music

10:30 EDT

The Italian Triple Harp as a Solo Instrument

Friday July 31, 2026 10:30 - 11:15 EDT

Birchwood Ballroom

“The Italian triple harp as a solo instrument” is a 45-min performance on the Italian triple harp.

Presenters

Lise Vandersmissen

Lise Vandersmissen was one of the Classical Radio Artists in Belgium and won the Supernova Chamber Music Competition with her Aglica Trio. Lise won the First Prize at the 5th International Slovenian Harp Competition and Second Prize at the 5th International Harp Competition in Hungary... Read More →

Friday July 31, 2026 10:30 - 11:15 EDT
Birchwood Ballroom

Performance, Solo Harp

11:15 EDT

Original Voices: New Works for Organ & Harp

Friday July 31, 2026 11:15 - 12:15 EDT

Metropolitan United Church

Aaron David Miller and Rachel Brandwein present a stellar program of originally composed and newly arranged works by the performers, for harp & organ.

Presenters

Rachel Brandwein

Rachel Brandwein has toured the United States and Asia as a soloist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist. She is on the faculty of St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, and is the recipient of multiple first prizes in performance competitions as well as receiving grants and... Read More →

Aaron David Miller

Organ

Aaron David Miller is Director of Music and Organist at House of Hope Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. He concertizes regularly throughout the U.S., and is a forensic musicologist for Donato Music. Mr. Miller is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, studying organ... Read More →

Friday July 31, 2026 11:15 - 12:15 EDT
Metropolitan United Church 56 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M5C 2Z3, Canada

Performance, Chamber Music

12:30 EDT

Stringing Waters

Friday July 31, 2026 12:30 - 13:00 EDT

Open Stage, Vide Lobby

A flowing journey through Slovenian heritage and global classics, uniting water’s motion, reflection, and emotion in a narrative for harp quartet from Škerjanc to Piazzolla.

Presenters

Maria Gamboz

SIH4rps

Slovenian native Maria Gamboz grew up in Tokyo, Japan, where she studied with Sumire Kuwashima. Maria has won several scholarships and international competitions including the Victor Salvi Competition and the TIM, Salon de Provence, France, competition. She released the CD R... Read More →

Tea Plesničar

SIH4rps

Tea Plesničar is a graduate of the Academy of Music in Ljubljana studying with Ruda Ravnik Kosi, and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels studying with Jana Bouškova. Tea is an avid chamber musician and has performed at festivals in Belgium, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, and... Read More →

Sofia Ristic

SIH4rps

Since 1996 Sofia Ristic* has been the Principal Harpist of the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra. Her recordings of Handel, Mozart, and Gliere performed with the RTV Slovenia Symphony orchestra are frequently broadcast throughout most major european national radios. Sofia graduated... Read More →

Urška Križnik Zupan

SIH4rps

Urška Križnik Zupan graduated from the Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana in 2003 and is currently the solo harpist in the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra. She performs as a soloist and in various chamber groups including for the Festival Ljubljana, Piran Music... Read More →

Ensembles

SIH4rps, Slovenian Harp Quartet

SIH4rps is a Slovenian harp quartet of concert artists—Urška Križnik Zupan, Maria Gamboz, Sofia Ristic, and Tea
Plesničar—active in major orchestras and conservatories. They have commissioned works from Bec and Naumovski Potisk, a Škerjanc arrangement by Maerz, and pieces by Maria and Tea. Their concerts, many recorded by RTV Slovenia, are heard across Slovenia and Croatia, and they will... Read More →

Friday July 31, 2026 12:30 - 13:00 EDT
Open Stage, Vide Lobby

Performance, Harp Quartet

14:00 EDT

Evelyn Huber - Magic of Harp

Friday July 31, 2026 14:00 - 14:45 EDT

Willow

Evelyn performs originals and favorites with loop station and improvisations, blending jazz, world music and contemporary classical for a distinctive and personal harp style.

Presenters

Evelyn Huber

Evelyn Huber earned her Master’s degree in Munich under Professor Helga Storck. Drawn to jazz, she studied in the U.S. with Carrol McLaughlin and Deborah Henson-Conant, earning recognition at the International Jazz Harp Competition in Arizona. She has taught at the University of... Read More →

Friday July 31, 2026 14:00 - 14:45 EDT
Willow Willow West + Willow Centre

Performance, Contemporary Styles

14:00 EDT

Music Unearthed from the Silk Road 🍁

Friday July 31, 2026 14:00 - 14:45 EDT

Grand East

Historical background of the Konghou and demonstrations of contemporary and traditional repertoire featuring various techniques unique to the instrument.

Presenters

Nathania Ko

Nathania Ko is Canada’s first Konghou performer and an educator in both Harp and Konghou. A faculty member at the Vancouver Academy of Music and conductor of the B.C. Youth Chinese Orchestra, her award-winning Konghou compositions are now part of Shenyang Conservatory’s undergraduate... Read More →

Friday July 31, 2026 14:00 - 14:45 EDT
Grand East

Performance, Lecture Recital

14:00 EDT

Nico Muhly's The Street

Friday July 31, 2026 14:00 - 15:15 EDT

St. Thomas Anglican Church

The Street is fourteen meditations on the Stations of the Cross, music composed by Nico Muhly, text/libretto by Alice Goodman. The Street was commissioned by King’s College, Cambridge, with the generous support of the American Harp Society, the Association of Anglican Musicians, Michael Davidson and Benedict Cadbury. First performed on April 16, 2022 and recorded by Parker Ramsay. The first performance was given on 16 April 2022.

Note: This church is approximately a 40 minute walk from the Sheraton. It is 16 minutes by Metro.

Walk 4 minutes to the Osgoode Metro Station.
Take train 1 Yonge-University to Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Station. Trains every 3 minutes. 6 min, 4 stops:

St Patrick
Queen's Park
Museum
St George EXIT HERE
3. Walk about 6 min (483 meters, 0.3 mi) to St. Thomas's Anglican Church, 383 Huron St,

Presenters

Parker Ramsay

Parker Ramsay has forged a career that defies classification. Whether premiering, rediscovering, or transcribing, he dedicates himself to expanding the harp’s repertoire, bringing the instrument to conversations — and audiences — it had never before known.

Friday July 31, 2026 14:00 - 15:15 EDT
St. Thomas Anglican Church 383 Huron Street, Toronto

Performance, Multimedia

14:30 EDT

In Memoriam: Daphne Boden 🍁

Friday July 31, 2026 14:30 - 15:15 EDT

Grand Ballroom

Tribute to Daphne Boden (1942 – 2025).
Daphne Boden served on the Corporation and Board of Directors of the World Harp Congress from 2002-2025. For many Congresses (until 2014) she managed the Focus on Youth program.

Itheia Bong & Natalie Lee, Singapore
Deborah Henson-Conant (1953) - Baroque Flamenco (1994)
Meredith Hau, UK
Pearl Chertock (1918-1981) - Around the Clock Suite: Ten past two, Beige Nocturne, Harpicide at Midnight, The morning after
Viktoria Smetana, Ukraine
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) - Le Grand Tango (1988) with Armand Morelli, violoncello
Momoko Komori, Japan
Albert Zabel (1834-1910) - Fantasie on a Theme from Gounod’s opera Faust

Yi Wei Ng & Chew Yi, Singapore
Caroline Lizotte (1969) - Stellae Saltantem (harp duo)

Moderators

Ernestine Stoop

Ernestine Stoop studied with Edward Witsenburg in Amsterdam. She then studied for two years with the legendary harpist Pierre Jamet. She is harp-professor at the Royal College of Music in the Hague. She initiated the 3rd and 5th European Harp Symposia (1995 and 2001) in Amsterdam... Read More →

Presenters

Itheia Bong

Itheia Bong, who has recently turned 8, absolutely loves music. Under the tutelage of Ms Katryna Tan and Ms Cheryl Tan of Rave Harps, Itheia started performing on the harp at age 4. Itheia’s harp journey has taken her to Germany for solo, ensemble, and orchestra performances, and... Read More →

Meredith Hau

UK-based harpist Meredith Hau studies with Gabriella Dall’Olio, and is a music scholar at Godolphin & Latymer School in London. Meredith achieved distinctions in ABRSM Grade 8 harp and piano at age 10, was harpist with the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain for four... Read More →

Viktoria Smetana

Focus on Youth

Viktoria Smetana is a versatile harpist with a passion for exploring a wide range of styles and genres. She began studying the harp at the age of seven in Kharkiv, Ukraine, under the guidance of Larisa Klievtsova. Since then, she has been recognized as a laureate of numerous Ukrainian... Read More →

Momoko Komori

Momoko Komori attended the Toho Gakuen Music High School and Toho Gakuen College, studying with Kazuko Shinozaki, Ayako Shinozaki, and Mieko Inoue. Currently she studies at the Norwegian Academy of Music with Isabelle Perrin. Momoko is the recipient of multiple awards including from... Read More →

Ng Yi Wei

Focus on Youth

Ng Yi Wei was born and raised in Penang, Malaysia, and migrated to Singapore at 13, where she is a year 12 student in an international school. Her parents instilled an early interest in music, and her harp lessons, beginning at the age of 6, under Rave Harps Academy. Ng Yi chose the... Read More →

Armand Morelli di Popolo

Cello, Focus on Youth

Cellist Armand Morelli di Popolo is completing the Bachelor of Music degree this year at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Since 2023, Armand has participated in the orchestra academy of the Jong Metropole Orkest in the Netherlands, and in 2024 as solo cellist. Armand participates in projects... Read More →

Friday July 31, 2026 14:30 - 15:15 EDT
Grand Ballroom Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

Performance, Focus on Youth

15:00 EDT

How the Light Gets In: Poetry in Music

Friday July 31, 2026 15:00 - 15:50 EDT

Birchwood Ballroom

Cosmic Fragments: Words and Music About Life, the Universe, and Everything (Amy Nam): A sweeping, whimsical, and sincere survey of human experience and the cosmos, “Cosmic Fragments” pairs poetry with contemporary harp works exploring impermanence, wonder, and possibility.

The Listening of Light — a poetic study for solo harp (Uno Alexander Vesje): A new minimalist project for solo harp by Uno Vesje, inspired by light’s shifting forms, exploring resonance and color in a space of deep listening.

Presenters

Amy Nam

American harpist and composer Amy Nam uses music to ignite curiosity and express wonder. 2nd Prize Winner of the 2024 Dutch Harp Festival World Harp Competition, she was also named 2025 Guest Composer at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Her award-winning music has been featured... Read More →

Uno Alexander Vesje

@unoharp

Uno Alexander Vesje is a Norwegian harpist and composer with a distinctive artistic voice. Combining artistic curiosity with a rich and varied sonic palette, he creates music that resonates emotionally and invites reflection — challenging conventions and encouraging deeper listening... Read More →

Friday July 31, 2026 15:00 - 15:50 EDT
Birchwood Ballroom

Performance, Solo Harp

19:15 EDT

Music Generation Laois Harp Ensemble

Friday July 31, 2026 19:15 - 19:45 EDT

Metropolitan United Church

Composition process, original music created by children and young people in collaboration with a professional musician. The program includes excerpted movements from The Day of Seven Storms and White Horse.
Aoife Buckley
Emily Breslin
Kiêu Conroy
May Jo Faherty
Lucy Molloy
Eunice Grobler
Ciara Kennedy

Presenters

Siobhan Buckley

Music Generation Laois

Siobhan Buckley is a harper from Co Cork who has performed nationally and internationally at festivals including Electric Picnic. Siobhan has collaborated and performed with various groups and musicians, and features on singer songwriter John Spillane’s album ‘One Hundred Snow... Read More →

Ensembles

Music Generation Laois Harp Ensemble

Established in 2015,the Music Generation Laois Harp Ensemble, directed by Siobhan Buckley has collaborated with Catriona McKay, Michael Rooney, Maeve Gilchrist and Ernestine Healy. Live performances include a Tour of Japan, US Ambassador to Ireland’s Residence, Edinburgh International... Read More →

Friday July 31, 2026 19:15 - 19:45 EDT
Metropolitan United Church 56 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M5C 2Z3, Canada

Performance, Harp Ensemble

22:00 EDT

Exploring the Harp in Jazz through Standards and Original Compositions

Friday July 31, 2026 22:00 - 22:30 EDT

Grand Ballroom

Exploring the harp in jazz through standards and original compositions, this session blends classical forms with improvisation, highlighting the instrument’s expressive potential across harmonic, rhythmic, and stylistic boundaries. This session explores the creative fusion of classical and jazz traditions through original compositions for harp that incorporate improvisation as a central element. Drawing from both structured classical forms and the spontaneity of jazz, the performance offers a fresh perspective on the harp’s expressive potential beyond conventional boundaries. The presentation will include live performances of original pieces that demonstrate how improvisational techniques can coexist with through-composed structures. Each piece reflects a unique synthesis of styles, from rich harmonic textures rooted in classical music to
rhythmically vibrant and harmonically adventurous passages inspired by jazz.

Presenters

Klara Poznachowska

Klara Poznachowska is a harpist and composer from Poland with Ukrainian heritage, known for her versatility across many forms and genres of music. She has performed both in Poland and internationally, collaborating with orchestras and choirs. In 2020, Klara attended Berklee College... Read More →

Friday July 31, 2026 22:00 - 22:30 EDT
Grand Ballroom Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

Performance, Contemporary Styles