Harp Players

pedal . lever . electric . Baroque

Canadian harp players have and continue to explore Canada, music and self through improvisation, composition, commissioning of Canadian composers, recording and performing. With a rich history of harpists and and music, explore Canada through the music of the following harp players.

Canadians love to talk about the weather. A lot. And the weather IS a lot up here! Winter snow… Spring rains… Summer heat (the humid kind)… and Autumn leaves. The four fulsome seasons makes Canada all that it is!

Winter is all about snow and wintering trees and fields covered in blankets of white… unless you live in Vancouver, in which case it’s shades of rain. Of course there is outdoor skiing, snowshoeing and skating and sitting by a fireplace with a hot chocolate from Timmies warming you from the -40C bitterness outside.
Spring is a magical blooming time across the country… although in Victoria roses can be blooming in February!!!! The floral scent in the air… wow. Lilacs and hyacinths, lilies of the valley.
Summer is all about heat and humidity and café-surfing and getting together with friends outside and hiking and lake swimming, cottaging and enjoying the outdoors… and hiding from the mosquitos.
Autumn. And then there is the Fall. When the colours of the leaves change into the most beautiful palette of reds and yellows and browns. There is nothing like being on a hiking trail and kicking the fallen leaves and the smell of earthen beauty. And… in the prairies there is the magic of harvesting… and the most incredible storms!!!

For the wondrous reason of the seasons, Canadian harp players are organised by the Season that most speaks to them personally or their music. For those who just couldn’t choose, they are listed under All Seasons. And that is understandable… it is difficult to choose from the wonders of all of our seasons!

Click on a harpist’s name to explore their work and harp life.

Winter

• Angela Schwarzkopf – Ontario
• Caroline Lizotte – Québec
• Elizabeth Volpé Bligh – British Columbia
• Grace Scheele – Ontario
• Lucile Brais Hildesheim – Ontario
• Renée Qin – British Columbia
• Sharlene Wallace – Ontario

Spring

• Erica Goodman – Ontario
• Gianetta Baril – Alberta
• Janelle Nadeau – British Columbia
• Michelle Gott – Ontario / USA
• Miya Otake – British Columbia
• Robin Grenon et Gisèle Guibord – Québec
• Teresa Suen-Campbell – Ontario

Summer

• Alicia Proudfoot – Alberta
• Caroline Leonardelli – Ontario
• Elisa Thorn – British Columbia
• Kristan Toczko – Newfoundland
• Lori Gemmell – Ontario
• Lori Pappajohn – British Columbia
• Matt Dupont – Québec

Autumn

• Alys Howe – Nova Scotia
• Anne Crosby Gaudet – Nova Scotia
• Ellen Gibling – Nova Scotia
• Josh Layne – British Columbia
• Lani krantz – British Columbia

All Seasons

• Carla Furlong – Newfoundland
• Carrol McLaughlin – Alberta / USA
• Deborah Nyack – Alberta
• Dorothy Masella – Québec
• Eralio Gill – Québec
• Ian Hepburn – Ontario
• Jennifer Swartz – Québec
• Joanne Meis – Ontario / Alberta
• John Duncan – Ontario
• Judy Loman – Ontario
• Julia Seager-Scott – Ontario
• Julie Umbrico – Ontario
• Kerri Zwicker – Alberta
• Loreena McKennitt – Ontario
• Marie Lorcini – Québec / Ontario
• Marilyn Rummell – British Columbia
• Richard Turner – Manitoba
• Rusty the Rooster – Canada
• Sarah Pagé – Québec
• Susana Remenyi – Ontario
• Terry McDade – Alberta