New Album: "A Winter's Dance" is available after August 19, 2022! Anne is the harpist on the 2015 GRAMMY® Award Winning Best New Age Album.
"Beautiful music!"--United Airlines In-flight Music Service
"Anne plays what is without a doubt the finest Celtic Harp version of Stairway to Heaven ever made." -- Ian Chillag, Producer and Co-Host, NPR's "How to Do Everything" radio show,
"The Celtic harp is a wonderful instrument, and in the hands of Anne Roos, is absolutely mesmerizing." -- Corey Taratuta, co-host of the Irish Fireside Podcast
For booking information, visit Anne's website. Also, feel free to contact Anne's booking representative, Roxane Fritz at rrfritz2@gmail.com
Anne Roos' music flew around the world on United Airlines. Anne played for dignitaries, such as the Lord Mayor of Dublin Ireland. And her performances at concerts, corporate events, wineries, festivals, and weddings number in the thousands. Anne Roos continues to play her eclectic mix of music on the Celtic harp for gazillion years.
Her live TV performances received thousands of views on YouTube. Anne's good-natured versatility on the harp won the hearts of TV anchors, who seem to find great delight in placing Anne in odd situations to play the harp--inside an elevator for live elevator music, and inside a shower (no water running!). When Anne asked Cody Stark, the host at Good Day Sacramento, if the station had a helicopter where she could play, he retorted, "Don't tempt me to put you on the roof of the TV station next time!"
Anne is comfortable playing the harp just about anywhere--on stage in front of large audiences and for small, intimate gatherings, such as house concerts. Not the picky diva, she can perform with a finely crafted wooden harp, or a state-of-the-art lightweight, ten-pound carbon fiber harp, which can go places that no harp could go before. "I'm waiting for someone to ask me to play the harp in a hot air balloon!" she says.
Anne's love of music dates back to childhood, when her father took her to the Hollywood Bowl to experience the L.A. Philharmonic perform their annual summer programs. "I remember those magical nights, where I'd lie my head down on my dad's lap and watch airplanes zigzag far above overhead while listening to classical music." Anne loved it so much that years later, while attending UCLA, she worked in the Hollywood Bowl Box Office as her summer job. "My favorite part of that job was spending lunch break watching rehearsals."
Her attraction to English and Celtic music blossomed as a child and young teen at the Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Fair, the nation's first Ren Faire. She sang in madrigal groups, performing period music in period costume. And then came the Celtic harp...
While employed at an incredibly stressful job, Anne serendipitously met the foremost Celtic harpist and arranger Sylvia Woods at a booth filled with little harps at a Winter Solstice Festival. "I needed an outlet. That job was driving me crazy." So, Anne signed up for a rental harp and began taking private harp lessons. Next, she took music theory courses at UCLA, and Anne eventually taught music for the Los Angeles Unified School District. Anne continues to teach: She offers Celtic harp lessons to anyone in the world via Skype, FaceTime, and WhatsApp.
Her ability to play a wide variety of music on the Celtic harp is what sets Anne apart from other musicians. Her repertoire ranges from the expected--traditional Celtic, Early, Renaissance, folk, world and classical music--to the unexpected--modern popular music, including Broadway standards, movie themes, country, and Disney themes. Then there's the uber-unexpected tunes that often cause jaws to drop when Anne plays them: tunes by the Beatles, Metallica, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, Sting, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Death Cab for Cutie, and more. Her skilled renditions and flexibility make Anne a popular and much sought after musician for all types of events. She particularly enjoys being challenged with audience requests.
Anne's six commercially available albums are unique--Several of them are packaged as little books with CDs tucked neatly into the back page. She recognizes that her listeners enjoy reading about the background of the music on her CDs. Anne also collaborated with an ensemble of musicians on these albums, and she looks forward to playing with other musicians on stage and in the recording studio. "It's fun to hear the creation of music organically, just for a specific performance. I love to see how the Celtic harp will blend with other instruments."
View Anne's ever-growing repertoire list at her website. Her CDs are also available at Amazon.com. Downloads can be found at iTunes, too. Booking representative: Ed Miller, Wild West Promotions, (530) 525-5201.
