Meet Judith Ude

Judith Ude is an up-and-coming UK-based singer-songwriter. Last year, she released a song a month, each one featuring her Blevins harp. As a result, she was invited by the BBC to play Latitude Festival and the Dot to Dot Festival in the U.K. They have also featured her songs every month for the last year on multiple radio shows, which led to her being named the 3rd most played artist in the East Midlands.

Judith states, “I like to loop vocals and harp creating a soulful sound with African and electronic influences… I was excited when I came across the Reve 36 Harp, because it has the sound of a wood harp but is very light and portable giving greater practicality and usability for live shows.  As a performer and producer, I love the idea of it being compact and gig-friendly whilst sounding like a much larger harp with greater creative potential. “

To hear a sample of her amazing work, go to:

Insecurities https://youtu.be/tNB6udRKO60

Love https://youtu.be/6guSOfHQJEA

Meet Christina Tourin

Christina Tourin is a second-generation harpist who began playing harp at the age of four. She received Music and Education degrees from the University of Vermont and also studied harp at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria and at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She completed her music therapy studies through Arizona State University. She performs extensively for live audiences, radio and television. She served as harpist for the Vermont Symphony, New Haven Symphony, and off-Broadway theater productions.  Christina performed at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont - the home of the Sound of Music original family - for 17 years. She taught private and public school music for 20 years. In 1982 she founded the Scottish Harp Society of America and currently is the director and founder of the International Harp Therapy Program affiliated with San Diego Hospices and Planetree Hospitals worldwide. As author of books, especially the notable, Harp Therapy - A Cradle of Sound, her other activities include teaching music, performing, composing music and teaching how to become a Rainbow of SoundTM Ensemble Facilitator.

MEET ANGI BEMISS

Angi Bemiss is a lifelong musician. She studied the piano beginning at the age of six and served as a church musician for many years. In 1989 her husband surprised her with a harp (and lessons) for their tenth wedding anniversary. With the harp, Angi realized she would have the opportunity to quietly serve others with the peaceful and unique sound that comes from its strings. Angi is a Certified Music Practitioner (CMP) and has found the experience of playing the harp in medical facilities to be rewarding in ways that are beyond description. She has played for patients at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, GA, since 1998, as well as in other hospitals, hospices and health care facilities. She is a popular workshop presenter at harp conferences, plays for weddings and church services and gives presentations to community groups.  

Today, Angi is best known in the harp world as an arranger/publisher through her company, Simply the Harp. She has published 15 books and 100 pieces of sheet music which contain over 550 music selections, encompassing sacred, popular, theatre, worship, wedding and classical genres. Her pieces are available at simplytheharp.com or anywhere harp music is sold.