May 17, 2026
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:...May 7, 2025
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...May 14, 2024
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...Jan 11, 2024
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...Mar 30, 2021
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...Dec 17, 2020
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...