The concert harp is famous for its heavenly image. It hasn’t always had a place in orchestral music, but since the 19th century composers like Ravel and Debussy have been in love with the instrument ...

There are two ways to describe the tone of a harp when you have young children playing: ooh and ouch. That's what Lydia Cleaver, the harp instructor at the storied Cass Tech harp program says, anyway.

With a love for beautiful melodies, orchestral harp repertoire and finding modern pop music that suits the harp, they relish every opportunity to bring excellent harp music to audiences.

There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put together, and they are very often at the heart of the music. The harp has existed for hundreds of years and was played in ...