After writing his third symphonic piece for harmonica and orchestra, two words crowded the thoughts of bluesman Corky Siegel: Never again. The work of writing for a symphony was too tedious, too ...

Yolanda Kondonassis has played a lot of contemporary harp concertos. Her new recording, American Rapture, features the world premiere of one written especially for her by American composer Jennifer ...

World-class harpist Yolanda Kondonassis flew into Tucson last winter to rent a harp. When you play an instrument that stands 6 feet and weighs nearly 100 pounds, it’s not as if you can stow it in the ...

Tucson native Claire Thai wanted to show a different side to the harp when she composed her Harp Concerto for the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. The first movement of the two-movement work casts the ...

It’s not every concert in which you find yourself tapping your foot … to the rhythm of a harp concerto. The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra’s always-intriguing Focus Series returned to The Plaza Live ...

Alabama Symphony: The Classical Edge; Justin Brown, conductor; Bridget Kibbey, harpist. Ives, "Ragtime Dances" 1 and 4; Fung, "Aqua"; Haas, " . . .in finisci già ...

Villa-Lobos: Harmonica Concerto and shorter works (Robert Bonfiglio, harmonica; New York Chamber Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, cond.; RCA Victor). New artists who play the harmonica do not come along very ...

Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay, the resident classical orchestra of the Norris Center for the Performing Arts, will give its fourth concert of the 2008-09 season at 8 p.m. on Sunday, March 8. The ...