The 2024 WeddingWire Couple’s Choice Awards® Names Harpist Anne Roos a Winner!

January 18, 2024, WeddingWire.com—Anne Roos is honored to be announced as a 2024 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards® winner, awarded to only the top local wedding pros that demonstrate superior quality, responsiveness, service, and professionalism. WeddingWire.com, a trusted online wedding vendor directory, distinguished harpist Anne Roos as a top wedding service provider.

To receive this award, WeddingWire analyzed user reviews within its wedding directory. Vendors needed to receive at least 7 top-scoring reviews throughout the 2023 calendar year to qualify. This award celebrates top vendors that showcase the qualities that matter most to couples on their wedding planning journey.

Anne Roos is amazed by the outpouring of 5-star reviews and kind testimonials, saying “Thank you to my wonderful 2023 couples! I can’t wait to meet and play for engaged couples in 2024!” Check out Anne’s WeddingWire profile and read more reviews here on Anne’s official website, HarpistAnneRoos.com.

Get started on planning your wedding music by visiting Anne’s wedding section, and give her a call to discuss the perfect live harp wedding music package for your special day at 530-541-2575.




     


Anne Roos Wins the 2024 Best of Zola Award!

January 9, 2024, Zola.com—Harpist Anne Roos is thrilled that she received Best of Zola award for 2024! For the second year in a row, she is honored to be recognized by Zola.com, as a best-in-class wedding service professional as vouched by her clients, colleagues, and Zola ratings across a specific set of criteria. With this award, Zola.com ensures Anne Roos can be counted on to deliver an exceptional experience to future wedding couples.

Anne Roos sends a big thank-you to the amazing 2023 Zola couples that helped her earn this Best of Zola distinction. She’s excited to continue delivering the same excellent service and gorgeous live harp music to engaged couples throughout 2024 and beyond.

To receive the “Best of Zola” award, Anne Roos was selected from a pool of wedding professionals that Zola couples rated as their favorite vendors. By demonstrating a combination of exemplary reviews and a quick response rate to inquiries, Anne was selected as the best-of-the-best wedding service providers on Zola.com once again.

View Anne’s wedding profile on Zola.com, the free-to-use online wedding planner and gift registry, to read her glowing, 5-star reviews. Visit Anne’s wedding section on her official website, HarpistAnneRoos.com, to learn more about featuring live harp music at your wedding, contact Anne at 530-541-2575 for booking information.

About Zola.com: Zola is your one-stop shop for all your wedding planning needs! This wedding planning platform is completely free to use for creating your wedding website, complete with gift registry, designing your wedding invitations, and finding the best wedding service providers for your special day.







Introducing the Newest Album by Harpist Anne Roos and Flutist David Blonski!

August 19, 2022, South Lake Tahoe, CA—Anne Roos is thrilled to announce her new, full-length album "A Winter’s Dance”, available for sale as a digital download and as a physical CD released commercially today!

Anne teams up with flutist David Blonski to blend their creative musical talents together in this newest addition to Anne’s Celtica Recordings label. This original new age album draws inspiration from old-world folk melodies to evoke the spirit of fall, winter, and the holiday season, and can easily be enjoyed throughout the year. Immerse yourself in the playful dance between Anne’s Celtic harp and David’s silver flute, accompanied by sweet sonic additions that add fresh color to the tracks. You’ll be swept away as you dance with the snowflakes and joyfully enter another time and place to celebrate the winter season and beyond.

Enjoy 65 minutes of Anne and David’s distinctive instrumental arrangements—15 tracks in all, enclosed in a unique watercolor artwork package designed by Shel Moore.

Stay tuned for news about upcoming in-person “A Winter’s Dance” album release parties, including live concerts in Sacramento, Placerville, and South Lake Tahoe, California, and in Reno, Nevada.

To Order:

• Get your album download at https://orcd.co/awintersdance
• Get your autographed CD at this secure Square link: https://square.link/u/EOpTXZ3A or place your phone order at 530-541-2575. Check off your holiday list and give your loved ones the gift of soothing, magical music.
• Stock your online or physical store in time for holiday shoppers. Contact Clay Pasternack, Inc. for wholesale orders, and contact Anne directly to receive individually autographed albums for your customers.

About the Artists, Anne Roos and David Blonski

Visit Anne’s official website at https://harpistanneroos.com Anne Roos is the highly sought-after, award-winning harpist known for her recordings, public concerts, and private events. Her ability to play many genres of music on the Celtic harp brings her worldwide recognition, along with a talent to improvise, arrange, direct, and perform as a soloist an in ensembles on a professional level. Anne’s honors include performance on the Grammy® Award winning Best New Age Album for 2015, “Winds of Samsara”. Anne’s own recordings span the range from pop to Celtic to new age music. Her tracks played internationally for passengers on board United Airlines flights, for listeners on NPR (National Public Radio) and even found their way into whimsical animated online e-cards. Anne performs at live events in person, and now livestreaming online. In a teaching career that began with the Los Angeles Unified School District, Anne finds joy in providing private harp instruction to anyone in the world with a harp, webcam, and solid internet connection.

Visit David’s official website at https://timelessproductions.com David Blonski became the creative spirit behind 24 album releases, with nearly a half million sold. He also spent years spearheading the movement to popularize healing music, helping to introduce the new age music genre to the general public through his touring and playing on stage throughout the nation at art shows and festivals. As a multi-instrumentalist adept at playing the silver flute, didgeridoo, Native American Indian flute, keyboards, guitar, and a host of exotic folk, world, and percussion instruments, David actively composes, records, and performs with the intent of spreading beautiful, relaxing, and healing music to new listeners and loyal fans, alike. He also enjoys engineering, mixing, and producing albums for other musical artists to help in their success and the success of his own, independent label.

Bookmark this page and check back often for up-to-the-minute news about additional concerts and shindigs.

Read more about the talented artists involved with the production of "A Winter's Dance" on this website. For press inquiries and information, contact Anne Roos at 530-541-2575.






Anne Roos is Named Harpist of the Year 2022!

May 10, 2022, United Kingdom, UK—Anne Roos is honored to receive the Best Harpist of the Year 2022 Global Wedding Award from LUXlife Magazine! With this award, Anne Roos is singled out for her ongoing commitment to providing exemplary service to her clients. She is recognized as holding herself at the highest standards to exceed the expectations of her clients and couples.

Launched in 2016 and returning again this year, LUXlife Magazine presents their 2022 Global Wedding Awards to reward wedding services around the world that go above and beyond your wildest dreams. LUXlife Magazine pays tribute to the best, most enduringly successful services that deftly apply their expertise to create the perfection necessary for luxury wedding events.

The LUXlife Awards are based on quality and merit, not upon the size of the business. Every winner displays ample evidence of extensive expertise and dedication to client service and satisfaction while committed to innovation for these new wedding times.

Learn why Anne Roos is honored as the Best Harpist of the Year 2022: Check out the Luxury Wedding Services Page on her website, read her 5-star performance reviews, and sample her videos and music. Then reach out to Anne to get the star treatment at your wedding: Call 530-541-2575 (U.S. Pacific Time Zone).

Read LUXlife’s official Global Wedding Awards 2022 press release and view the 2022 winners across all categories. Peruse the entire LUXlife Global Wedding Awards 2022 digital magazine to get magnificent ideas for your red carpet wedding.

LUXlife Awards Coordinator Emma Pridmore painstakingly devoted herself to the process of awarding the crème-de-la-crème wedding services and offers her heartfelt congratulations to all winners of this prestigious award. For more information, email Ms. Pridmore, or reach her by phone at +44 (0) 203-970-6847 (United Kingdom).

LUXlife magazine is published by AI Global Media Ltd. with a global circulation of 238,000. Their mission is to showcase the most cutting edge services, products, attractions and events that appeal to high net worth individuals that treasure the luxury lifestyle.





Harpist Anne Roos Appears on PBS!

March 31, 2022, South Lake Tahoe, CA—Celtic harpist Anne Roos is excited to be featured on PBS Reno’s award-winning ARTeffects television series. Anne’s special segment airs live on Sunday, April 10th, from 6:30-7 pm on PBS Reno.

If you miss the live broadcast, watch online at https://www.pbs.org/video/local-feature-episode-720-bfdgnt/ as part of episode 720. You can also watch it on the PBS Video App by choosing PBS Reno as your local station.

Anne was interviewed in her home to discuss the makings of her music and the evolution of her Insomniac Harp Concert livestreams. Of course, what interview with Anne would be complete without her performance on the Celtic harp!

Anne’s feature will also be available for national PBS distribution by the Public television Major Market Group, a WNET-based initiative that distributes programming to PBS member stations around the nation.



About ARTeffects: Each week, ARTeffects includes at least one local artist or organization, telling their stories of the power of their works. It is a local production of PBS Reno, an independent, community-owned, public television station serving audiences in Tahoe and northeastern California. It also broadcasts to audiences in northern and central Nevada. For more information about the ARTeffects television series, contact producer Rebecca Cronon at rcronon@pbsreno.com and 775-600-0560.

Connect with Anne: Visit Anne Roos’ website at HarpistAnneRoos.com to discover her music and livestreams, and learn about taking lessons and hiring her for your Tahoe wedding and special event.

Watch Anne’s livestreams at CrowdCast, where you’ll find the latest Insomniac Harp Concert Time videos available for viewing live or on demand for replay. Subscribe to watch all of Anne’s livestreams, past and present, at Patreon.





For Harpists and Lovers of Harp Music:
Anne Roos Offers a Free Concert and Free Harp Workshop

December 19, 2021—Anne Roos is excited to announce the premiere of her new harp workshop and concert videos on the YouTube Harp Gathering Harp Festival channel! The videos are free, and so are the worksheet downloads!

• Watch Anne’s “Harp Noodles” workshop, created for intermediate and advanced level harpists that want to learn to improvise on the harp, or take their improvisations up to the next level. Viewers get an easy recipe, and get to do a bit of practice along with the video. From the YouTube description: "Are you noodling around with improvisation on the harp and need some help figuring out where to start? Anne Roos, has just the workshop for you...Harp Noodles!!! Join Anne as she guides you through the ins and outs of improvisation on the fly." Contact Anne to receive the handouts that accompany the workshop

--Intrigued and want to take lessons from Anne? Learn to play the harp!

• Watch Anne perform as part of the Harp Gathering Concert Series created for lovers of harp music, far and wide. Anne performs familiar Celtic, folk, and pop tunes for your listening pleasure. Tune in and watch, sing along with the songs you know and love, and check out the chat comments for answers to some questions you may have.

--Want more concerts? Concerts are live-streamed throughout the month at https://tinyurl.com/OnlineHarpConcerts When you subscribe at Anne’s Patreon page at https://patreon.com/harpistanneroos, you’ll have free access to all her livestreamed concerts and workshops for free!

Anne thanks her sponsor for these Harp Gathering videos, Triplett Harps. She also thanks to Michael Grupp-Verbon for his fantastic video editing work and harpist Denise Grupp-Verbon for inviting me to participate in this year’s Harp Gathering.
Make sure to subscribe to the Harp Gathering Harp Festival YouTube channel. Have fun and learn something new!





Harpist Anne Roos Receives the Best Global Wedding Musical Service Award 2021!

May 29, 2021, United Kingdom, UK— Harpist Anne Roos wins LUXlife Magazine’s Best Global Wedding Music Service Award for 2021! With this award, Anne Roos is recognized for her ongoing commitment to providing top service to her clients. She is recognized as holding herself at the highest standards to exceed the sky-high expectations of her clients and couples.

For the 5th year running, LUXlife presents Global Wedding Awards to seek out the crème de la crème of every aspect of wedding service providers from around the world.

As with all the LUXlife Awards, these honors are based on merit and not just on the number of votes received from some 238,000 online subscribers. Their rigorous process guarantees that award-winners display extensive skill and expertise, along with bend-over-backwards customer service to receive 100% client satisfaction. Award winners must also demonstrate an ongoing commitment to innovation and excellence, and display their dedication to their clients while adapting to the recent difficult times.

LUXlife Awards Coordinator Holly Morris states, “The wedding industry has long been a difficult one to excel in, and all of our winners are made of outstanding stuff. I am proud of each and every one of my winners and I hope to hear more about your success in the years to come.”

Discover why LUXlife bestowed this recognition to harpist Anne Roos—Read her bio, visit the wedding section on her website, read her 5-star performance reviews, and sample her music and videos. Then reach out to her to get the luxury treatment for your wedding at 530-541-2575 (U.S. Pacific Time Zone). You can even text her using her handy online contact form.

Read LUXlife’s official press announcement covering the winners of the 2021 Global Wedding Awards. View all their worldwide award categories. For more information, email Holly Morris or phone her at +44 (0) 203-970-6847 (United Kingdom).

LUXlife magazine is published quarterly. LUXlife informs readers on all aspects of high-end lifestyle. Read more about the Global Wedding Music Awards.






The Celtic Sprite Harp & Chat Interview With Anne Roos

April 7, 2021, Argentina—What better way to learn about Anne Roos than from an interview conducted by a dear friend? Eliseo Mauas Pinto and Anne Roos struck up an long-distance, online friendship back in 2010, and they quickly found common ground. Eliseo is also an accomplished Celtic harpist who was also inspired to take up the harp by Sylvia Woods. So when Eliseo asked Anne to include her in the next featured interview in his Celtic Sprite Blog. Anne was tickled.

Find out about how Anne decided to learn the harp, what type of Harp that Anne plays, and much more in Part One of the Celtic Sprite Blog Interview. Check out Part Two of the interview to discover what inspires Anne, and learn about her current and upcoming projects.

Eliseo Mauas Pinto features all things Celtic at his blog, Find articles, cool links, wallpapers, digital artwork, recordings, his own Branawen Deck and Board Games, and his recent Norse Gael Oracle deck project, Magickal Whispers™. Order his new eBook, “Tree Spirit Healing”, from amazon.

Anne Roos is very grateful to be included on her friend’s popular Celtic blog. She invites you to visit and roam the pages of the Celtic Sprite Blog to discover the magic of Celtic lore.



 

Anne Roos Supports Small Businesses with Livestreamed Mini-Concerts

September 19, 2020 South Lake Tahoe, CA— Since March of 2020, award-winning harpist Anne Roos made a commitment to consistently deliver live harp music concerts via livestream. What began as an experiment to simply keep her “performance chops” sharp has become a fun online concert go-to for fans and lovers of harp music. For just 30 minutes, Anne presents a fun, themed program where attendees can watch privately, without anyone spying on them in a gallery (this is not Zoom—This is Crowdcast at https://tinyurl.com/OnlineHarpConcerts. And audience members can interact with Anne through chat, commenting, asking questions, or just shooting the breeze and saying “Hello!”

Anne is striving to use these concerts as a platform to support businesses as they emerge from difficult times by performing live in your retail store, eatery, wedding venue, office, and wherever you welcome customers. Even if your company is closed to physical visitors and is only open online, for pick-up, or for delivery, Anne will happily perform a show where you do business to promote your products and services.

She performed livestreamed shows inside South Lake Tahoe’s Fragrance Vault store and Placerville’s Cuppa Coffee and More café, and she can perform in your shop or retail establishment, too!

What do you get out of it, besides free promotion? You’ll have screen time to say a bit about your company to attract new customers to your doorstep. Anne will also send you a recording of the show to use for your own commercials and promotions.

Tickets are priced at just $7 per person (her Patreon members that subscribe at https://patreon.com/harpistanneroos get to attend for free with their monthly donation). Anne only requests that retailers that host a show mail samples to her top patrons and those that attend the livestream after the show airs.

Here's how to be included in Anne's livestream business promotions: Have  a solid Internet connection (Ethernet is best) and be within driving distance from Anne Roos’ residence in South Lake Tahoe, California, then contact Anne to schedule your promotional livestream at 530-541-2575.





Anne Roos Hosts a Special Celtic Harp Music Podcast Episode

June 13, 2019, South Lake Tahoe, CA--Harpist Anne Roos guest-hosts the award-winning Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, one of the Top 40 music podcasts on Apple podcasts.

In the hour-long episode, Anne demonstrates that the versatility of the Celtic harp goes beyond the realm of the expected –She plays tracks where the Celtic harp sneaks into the standard orchestra, into music ensembles, and into the lands of jazz and world music. Anne also shares tunes by musicians that inspired her to take up the Celtic harp, along with tunes by well-known and emerging Celtic harpists. You’ll even hear a yet-to-be-released track that Anne Roos recorded with Grammy® Award Winning music arranger, Ricky Kej.

As a previous announcer at Sacramento’s NPR radio stations, Anne guides you expertly into the realm of Celtic harp music. You’ll hear a polished, professional delivery of fascinating information along with Anne’s carefully curated selections of music for this particular episode.

Anne Roos is thrilled that Marc Gunn, the regular host of the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast, invited her to sit in and host an episode of a podcast that regularly receives over 20,000 downloads per show. Marc Gunn, known as The Celtfather, started his podcast back in 2005 to share the luscious world of independent Irish and Celtic music. His goal is simple: to celebrate Celtic culture through music.

Enjoy the magical allure of the Celtic harp on Anne Roos’ special episode of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, Episode 413. Download and listen to it for free. You’ll also hear it syndicated on many internet and terrestrial radio stations, too.

Anne plays her favorite tracks from her albums in this Celtic Harp Music podcast episode—Listen to more at her website at HarpistAnneRoos.com. There, you can also sign up for a free Celtic harp music download and subscribe to Anne’s newsletter mailing list. Also find out how to invite Anne Roos to play for your house concert. For more info, phone 530-541-2575.

Learn more about the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast and listen to archived shows. Your Celtic music discoveries are waiting for you at Marc Gunn’s website at CelticMusicPodcast.com.




Anne Roos Receives the LUXlife Best Recording Collection Award in the USA!

April 8, 2019, United Kingdom, UK—Anne Roos’ albums win the LUXlife magazine 2019 Vinyl and Record Award! Her record label, Her works, recorded under her company name Celtic Harp Music, is bestowed this honor for showcasing the Best Recording Collection for 2019 for the highest quality music and packaging in the recording industry.

The LUXlife Vinyl and Record Awards reveal the most remarkable contributors of the production and distribution of recordings from across the music industry. These awards are a celebration of their determination and innovation to preserve this valuable audio medium. Anne is delighted to receive this honor.

Recipients are carefully selected for this distinction. After reviewing Anne Roos’ catalog of outstanding recordings, an independent judging panel presented her with the LUXlife 2019 Vinyl and Record Award!

To learn why LUXlife gave this recognition to Anne Roos’ recordings, check out her bio and sample her music. Buy tracks and complete albums at Amazon.com and at your favorite music store. Order personalized, autographed records at 530-541-2575 (U.S. Pacific Time Zone) for any albums in Anne’s catalog.

Retailers: Looking to stock your store with uniquely packaged, superior harp recordings from Anne Roos? Clay Pasternack, Inc. handles wholesale distribution for Anne’s recording label, and for all of her albums. Phone him at 440-333-2208.

View LUXlife’s official press release describing the Vinyl and Record Awards for 2019 and view the complete list of this year’s award winners. Published quarterly, LUXlife is the online magazine authority on every aspect of sophisticated lifestyle living. See all their worldwide award categories. Email Edward Faulkner, or phone him at +44 (0) 20-3970-0023 (United Kingdom), for more information.

 

Anne Roos Wins Harpist of the Year Global Wedding Award!

October 8, 2018, United Kingdom, UK--Harpist Anne Roos is LUXlife Magazine Global Wedding Awards Wedding Harpist of the Year 2018 for the USA, With this award, Anne Roos is recognized for her ongoing commitment to providing top service to her clients.

The LUXlife Global Wedding Awards reveal the brightest and best businesses from across the wedding industry, businesses that create unique experiences that their clients will treasure forever. Anne is tickled to receive this distinction.

The awards process is rigorous, and only the cream-of-the-crop rise to the top to receive the ultimate LUXlife Magazine Global Wedding Award distinction. Initially, the voting form is posted live on the LUXlife website for just over three months to their readership base of over 230,000 worldwide. Winning nominees must display to an independent judging panel evidence of their focused expertise, dedication to customer service and client satisfaction, and an ongoing commitment to excellence and innovation.

After reviewing Anne Roos’ online information--performance history, wedding services, article written, press releases, music reviews, images and samples of her work, client testimonials, and more—the judging panel presented Anne the Wedding Harpist of the Year 2018 Global Wedding Award for her work in the USA!

Discover why LUXlife bestowed this recognition to harpist Anne Roos—Read her bio, visit the wedding section on her website, read her 5-star performance reviews, and sample her music and videos. Then reach out to her to get the luxury treatment for your wedding at 530-541-2575 (U.S. Pacific Time Zone). You can even text her using her handy online contact form.

Read LUXlife’s official press release covering their Global Wedding Awards for 2018. Published quarterly, LUXlife informs readers on all aspects of high-end lifestyle. View all their worldwide award categories. For more information, email Laura Hunter or phone her at +44 (0) 203-970-0029 (United Kingdom).

Anne's Newest Album!

September 8, 2017, South Lake Tahoe, CA--Harpist Anne Roos announces her new, gorgeous 2-CD album, "Blue Jeans & Velvet: Pop Solos on the Celtic Harp" is now available on Amazon.com and iTunes.

This collection of nearly 50 songs, previously released as separate albums, always belonged together as a set of cherished standards and cool pop. In this stylish art deco package, Anne's fans now have a keepsake containing their fondest musical memories.

The tracks are representative of the most requested songs from Anne Roos' huge repertoire. On the Blue Jeans disc, enjoy renditions of rock and pop hits that you'd never expect to hear performed on the Celtic harp. On the Velvet disc, revisit your music from your favorite movies, animated films, and Broadway classics.

Order today on Amazon.com, and your purchase will begin shipping September 22nd. Anne Roos' "Blue Jeans & Velvet" 2-CD collection will be available from additional retailers soon, just in time for holiday gift-giving.

Place your phone order at 530-541-2575 for personalized autographed copies.

For wholesale orders, contact Anne's CD distributor, Clay Pasternack, Inc., to get "Blue Jeans & Velvet: Pop Solos on the Celtic Harp" on your shelves in time for your holiday shoppers. Contact Anne directly to receive individually autographed albums for your customers.

Preview this new album on Spotify:





         

 

Anne’s Exciting GRAMMY® Experience!

February 8, 2015, Los Angeles, CA—“Winds of Samsara” wins the Grammy® Award for Best New Age Album at the 57^th Annual Awards! Harpist Anne Roos performed on track #8, “Eyes of Wonder”. This beautiful album, featuring over 120 artists from around the world, was conceived and created by keyboardist and composer Ricky Kej with flutist Wouter Kellerman. This musical tribute to Mahatma Ghandhi and Nelson Mandala continues to top the Billboard Charts in New Age Music sales. Purchase your copy on Amazon.com.

“I’m very grateful to Ricky Kej and Wouter Kellerman for inviting me to be part of this beautiful album,” says Anne. She also thanks her friend and recording engineer, Michael Eardley, of Tanglewood Productions, for his fine work on this project.

Anne Roos is continuing to work with Grammy® winner Ricky Kej on future projects. Be a part of Anne’s upcoming recordings—You can donate to help fund Anne’s upcoming recording fees securely through PayPal with the credit card of your choice.

Enjoy these photo memories from Anne’s trip to the GRAMMY® Awards:


Anne Roos at the entrance of the 57th GRAMMY® Awards


Anne Roos getting seated at the GRAMMY® Awards


Anne Roos and recording engineer Michael Eardley posing at the close of the Awards


On the red carpet: recording engineer Michael Eardley, performer and arranger Ricky Kej, and Anne Roos

Update: May 9, 2015, New Orleans, LA—“Winds of Samsara” wins for “Album of the Year” and “Best World Album” at the ZMR (Zone Music Reporter) Awards, voted on by radio broadcasters and music reviewers from around the world. Congratulations again to Ricky Kej and Wouter Kellerman!