WILLMAR -- Music shimmers forth as Donna Jo Kopitzke gently plucks the strings of her Reverie Harp. The sounds linger, then slowly fade. Rice Hospice recently began using the soothing notes of the ...

Moving carefully — to keep from ripping the IV line out of her left arm — Annette Blanchette tucked a small oval harp under her chin and tentatively plucked a few strings. She closed her eyes and ...

Wherever "Chaplain Ann" Bergstrom strolls, heads pop up and smiles break out. Nice as she is, the warm welcome is aimed mostly at the small, rounded stringed instrument she's plucking. The reverie ...

A local hospital is turning to the healing powers of music for its patients. About a year ago, harpists started going into some patients rooms and together they would strum the instrument as part of ...

When Geneva Fergusson was diagnosed with terminal bone cancer, she was told she had three to six months to live. That was three years ago. “I started to proceed to do things you’re going to do if ...

Marcie Swift will enchant and relax us with her Celtic harps on Sunday, Sept. 30, from 2 to 3:30 p.m., at the Simsbury Public Library, 725 Hopmeadow St. The program features a wide range of beautiful ...

WASHINGTON -- Harpist Marcie Swift will present "The Magic and Allure of the Celtic Harp: Healing and Transformation" on Saturday, May 14 at the Gunn Memorial Library and Museum. The performance will ...