For many years I dreamed of moving to Ireland and studying for a Master’s Degree in Irish Traditional Music Performance at Maynooth University. I wished to study harp with Gráinne Hambly and Michael Rooney and play…

Are you interested in learning the harp? I thought I would compile six under appreciated benefits of learning the harp at any age! Harp music has been proven to lower heart rates and reduce stress, making it…

I was recently invited to speak to the music department at my Alma Mater. For a portion of my presentation I gave them my version of a TED talk and told them the top twelve things…

Early Revival: Mary O’HaraIf it weren’t for Máirín Ní Shéaghdha and the serendipitous happenstance that she chose to learn the harp while in school, perhaps the biggest proponent of Irish harp accompaniment of the twentieth century…

Why the Irish Harp as Accompaniment Instrument?‘The harp that once through Tara’s hall,/The sound of music shed, /Now hangs as mute on Tara’s walls, /As if that soul were fled’.[1] This quote by the famous poet,…

In 2020, I had the privilege of receiving a Fulbright research award to move to Ireland to pursue a Master’s Degree in Irish Traditional Music Performance at Maynooth University, as well as research Irish Harp Accompaniment…

Your house is overtaken by music. Sheet music. Music playing. Humming music. So much music. You randomly find harp strings in various bags. Your purse, a tote bag you haven’t used since that one gig last…

Let’s be honest, for most harpists memorizing music is hard. Really hard. “I want to give up and never memorize any piece of music ever again” hard. I’m here to tell you to know that you…

In 2018 I recorded an entire album of songs in the Irish language with harp accompaniment. For those of you who enjoy the album completely digitally I wanted to make the song translations available to you…

I figured that I am long overdue in updating this blog of mine for my family, friends, and followers. I know for all of us, it has been a long and weary past six months with…

I thought I’d invite you into my living room (virtually) and let you in on the process I’ve been experiencing this past year from deciding to record an album all the way through releasing it in…

I am delighted to announce the launch of my Kickstarter campaign “Ceol agus Cláirseach” or “Song and Harp;” A solo album of Traditional Irish songs in the Irish language with harp accompaniment.

Suitcase (check!) Harp (check!) Camera (check!) I’m almost ready… T-minus seventeen days until I hop on a plane and head back to Ireland for the summer. Where has time gone?

A list of suggested pieces from Hannah’s repertoire for each part of the ceremony. This is not a comprehensive list, merely a guide from which a couple might go about choosing the music they want to…