It is with great pleasure that I invite you to join us for our 26th Annual HHS Conference & Workshop.  Designed to appeal to harpists, harpers, musicologists, historians (and history enthusiasts) instrument builders, acousticians, linguists, writers and poets, and all kinds of musicians and music lovers, this year's program includes many outstanding scholars and performers from Europe, South America, and North America. It also reflects the ongoing efforts of the HHS to develop and cultivate an appreciation of all aspects of historical harps by seeking out and researching information not only from musical sources but also from other areas such as languages, literature, social and cultural history, art history, and anthropology. 

For the Workshop we decided to take a different approach.  Rather than having classes that meet daily for 5-6 days on one topic, we are offering 15 separate classes, sort of mini workshops.  Each class period will have two choices with the exception of Egberto’s lecture which will be for everyone.  This year we are also making a special effort to reach out to other harp players. Pedal harpists will be thrilled to have the chance to work with Mike Parker from England, one of the world’s experts on early pedal harps.  Wire harp players will have the rare opportunity to study with Bill Taylor on the West Coast of the US.  Lever harp harpers will have the opportunity to work with Therese Honey, Judy Kadar, Nancy Thym and Christa Patton.  For historical harpists we have everything from Medieval to Renaissance to Baroque to Classical harps and music offered.