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The Performers
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Lori Pappajohn

Winter Harp director

BC Touring Artist of the Year Nominee

As a soloist and with her ensembles, Lori Pappajohn has performed in Canada, the United States, Chile, Britain, Ireland and Greece. Her Britain tour included performances in St. Martin’s-in-the-Field and Lincoln Cathedral. Lori Pappajohn has also toured for Community Concerts, a division of Columbia Artists, New York. In 2008 she was nominated BC Touring Artist of the Year by the BC Touring Council for her “artistic and performance excellence with Winter Harp,” which she directs.

Lori Pappajohn, as seen on the back cover of her album entitled Celtic Harp for Christmas

Lori Pappajohn is one of the leaders in the harp world, breaking away from traditional classical styles and exploring jazz, blues and Latin styles. So unique is her music that Lori Pappajohn has been featured at the world’s most prestigious harp events -- the World Harp Congress, the International Jazz and Pop Harp Conference and the International Folk Harp Conference. She is also a member of the hosting committee for the World Harp Congress which will be held in Vancouver in 2011.

Lori Pappajohn’s performances of ancient Greek music on harp garnered her an invitation to play for the reinstating of the games in Delphi, Greece with dancers from the Isadora Duncan Institute of New York City.

A composer and an award-winning journalist, Lori Pappajohn has eight recordings, six of which she produced herself. Two of these were nominated for awards, including a West Coast Music Award nomination. Four of her CDs have been released internationally.

Lori Pappajohn has produced a documentary about the history of the harp, and has been featured in a music video for Bravo Television. Her Winter Harp Ensemble has been showcased on television and radio, including on CBC Television’s prestigious Opening Night series. Lori Pappajohn is on the faculty of B.C.’s International Celtic Harp School which features acclaimed harp teachers from around the world. She has also performed with jazz-pop great Deborah Henson-Conant, and one of the world’s leading Celtic harpists Kim Robertson.

Joaquin Ayala

medieval instruments

Joaquin Ayala's talents span both the musical and writing fields and most recently oil painting. The award-winning writer is a classical pianist and plays a number of other instruments including the harpsichord. Joaquin and his rare medieval instruments have been featured numerous times on radio and television. Also a composer, Joaquin’s works have been used in film.

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