With guidance and expert video editing by Gracie Sprout (AHS-LA 1st VP & director of events),
several members participated in creating a virtual harp ensemble
(performing arrangements by our President Ellie Choate)
to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day!
You can view it oniine here!
Congratulations to the many participants in this year's Valeria Finzi Scholarship Auditions. The level of playing by everyone involved was amazing. Here are the awards given by the evaluators (two harpists and one non-harpist). This year's recipients are: Robin Yang...
AHS Los Angeles is happy to announce the 2025 Valeria Finzi Scholarship awards. This year's recipients are: Naomi Gesk Emmeline Liu Colin Hong Livia Cheng Robin Yang Max Huang The judges (two harpists, and one non-harpist) were especially struck by the exceptionally...
Congratulations to the five outstanding students who participated in the Valeria Finzi Memorial Scholarship auditions on Sunday, April 7th. The level of musicianship was impressive, and all five received awards.Isabelle BowlerLivia ChengJoshua HoColin HongGrace...
Remembering Maria Casale, 1962-2024 The Los Angeles Chapter is deeply saddened to announce the passing of harpist Maria Casale. Maria Casale was Professor of Harp at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. She was the Gold Medalist of the first USA...
December 2020 Holiday Harp Extravaganza on YouTube (click to view)! This year, we celebrated the holidays in accordance with our new social distancing guidelines. Customarily we meet at Huntington Hospital on a Saturday in December and play all our holiday...
AHS-LA wishes to congratulate the outstanding young harp students who are the recipients of this year's Valeria Finzi Memorial Scholarships: Colin HongGrace HongJoshua HoChloe Bang We look forward to hearing these young artists perform at the upcoming Spring...
Congratulations to the outstanding young students who auditioned for this year's Valeria Finzi Memorial Scholarships! Congratulations also to their families and their harp teachers, who guide them along their harpistic paths. Auditions (organized by AHS-LA 2nd VP and...
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Carrol McLaughlin, a world-renowned Canadian-born harpist and educator, at the age of 65 following a courageous battle with liver cancer. Dr. McLaughlin lived in Los Angeles for a short time after receiving her Doctorate...
In Memoriam of Brad Hufft, composer and husband of harpist Ellie Choate: A devoted harp husband who attended many AHS-LA events, Brad served as a jury member for the AHS-LA Composition Competitions*. (See write-ups of Composition Competition concerts...
The 2017 committee of the Valeria Finzi Memorial Scholarship has selected to recognize: Julianne Jimenez, $1,000 scholarship Annette Lee, $1,000 scholarship and $100 Harp in LA Award. All participants gave performances reflecting high levels of preparation...