Dawning of the Day CD by Laurie Rasmussen: Celtic Harp CDs

Laurie plays her exquisite Dusty Strings FH-36B harp made from bubinga wood on this beautifully mellow recording. This collection of traditional melodies from Ireland and Scotland features the subtle inter-weavings of cello and flute.

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After graduating from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1985, Laurie found her calling when she fell in love with the sound of the Celtic harp and built her first instrument from a kit. This piqued her interest in the building and design aspects of the harp so she moved to California and spent two years working as a luthier. She discovered that she enjoyed playing harps more than building them. Time spent living and traveling in the British Isles and studying with native players instilled in her a love of the traditional Celtic genre. Consequently, her passion has become interpreting this music on the harp.

Laurie has gone on to experience the life of a traveling musician: playing in various traditional Celtic music ensembles in California, Montana and Oregon, and living in Italy for three years while touring around Europe as a soloist and in collaboration with a variety of international musicians. Currently, she plays concert tours and is in demand as a workshop teacher around the United States, Canada and Europe. When she's not on the road, she makes her home in Ventura, California where she teaches privately, records and publishes arrangements for the harp.