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Patrice Fisher and Arpa

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    • Wanderings CD
    • Crema de Papaya CD
    • Celtic Magic CD
    • Sunset CD
    • Music of the Three Americas CD
    • Holiday Harps CD
    • Tips Gratefully Accepted
    • Digital Sheet Music
    • "Happy Socks" Featured CD
    • Guatemala Project T-shirts and more
  • Gallery
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“​​​​​​​“There were no longer human figures on the stage. There were only hands running across the strings, beating them rhythmically, repeating something, singing a verse, whispering a secret.” ” - Gustavo Montenegro

— La Republica Guatemala City, Central America

Press Reviews

“There are many sides to this local composer/harpist. It’s not unusual to see her play a staid classical gig in the morning and a smoky music club at night. Strong rhythms form the undercurrent of her instrumental music with Arpa. ...a must see performance.”

Gene Scaramuzzo Gambit newspaper, New Orleans

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“Miss Fisher’s neatly syncopated harp parts gave the music a twinkling surface.”

Jon Pareles, New York Times

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“...an unexpected delight!”

David Fricke, Rolling Stone Magazine

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“What the audience experienced went from the ears right into the heart, as if the sound was coming along with the Mississippi River.” Bernd Geisler, Bergische MorgenPost, Germany

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“The music played by Patrice Fisher & Arpa gave all in the audience the opportunity to “Wander” rhythmically with the group and absorb the lingering benefits of the ensemble’s numerous, harmonious cosmopolitan odysseys.” Crystal Palmer, Bayou Bengal, Eunice, LA

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“You’ve heard Latin jazz. You’ve heard harp (the stringed classical instrument, not blues harmonica). But have you heard them together? Fisher, a classically trained musician, who also plays flute, combines jazz improvisation with melodies & rhythms from around the Americas.”

Scott Aiges, Best Bets for Jazz Fest,

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Patrice Fisher and Arpa Past Tour Performances

2019/20 National & International Performances 

Havana Jazz Festival, Havana, Cuba 

St. Lawrence Family Center, Fairhope, AL 

Café Leon, Guatemala City, Guatemala 

El Viejo Cafe, Antigua, Guatemala 

El Chapiteau, Panajachel, Guatemala 

Trovajazz Club, Guatemala City, Guatemala 

Harp Gathering Festival, Sauder Village, Ohio 

WWL TV live performance, New Orleans, LA 

New Orleans Jazz Pop Harp Weekend Festival,  

Café Istanbul Concert, New Orleans 

WWOZ radio live performance, New Orleans, LA

Rio Harp Festival, Centro Cultural Banco Brazil & Forte Copacabana,  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   

Festival del Centro Historico, Guatemala City 

 

 

2018 National & International Performances  

Rio Harp Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  

Somerset Harp Festival, Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ  

Trovajazz Club, Guatemala City, Guatemala  

Festival  del Centro Historico, Guatemala City, Guatemala  

El Viejo Café, Antigua, Guatemala  

La Galeria, Panajachel, Guatemala  

Mary O’Keefe Cultural Center, Ocean Springs, MS  

 

Major Louisiana Live Performances   

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival1980- present.   

French Quarter Festival-New Orleans, most years since 1988  

East Jefferson Library concert, Metairie, LA  

New Orleans Museum of Art, Maya Symposium  

Womans Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA  

Children’s Museum, New Orleans, LA  

Bach Around the Clock Festival, Trinity Church,   

Thursdays at Twilight Concert Series,  City Park,   

National Jazz Historic Park Concert, U.S. Mint  

Calmes House Concert, Baton Rouge, LA  

Evenings with Enrique Series, City Park, New Orleans

Video from Performance Series

Interviews and Jazz Pop Harp videos

KARLA WILLIAMS FACEBOOK VIDEO about NEW ORLEANS JAZZ POP HARP WEEKEND can be seen here:

BETH STOCKDELL ARTICLE about NEW ORLEANS JAZZ POP HARP WEEKEND can be seen here:

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