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History

The Naples Harp Ensemble began as a group of seven harpists in the Naples area directed by Ralph Thomas, presenting a concert of their own arrangements in 1994, as the Palm Coast Chapter of the American Harp Society. Three of those harpists have remained with the ensemble: Leslie Gregory, Barbara Kraichy, and Laura Lou Roth. The three selections from that concert chosen to be viewed here as they were performed then include "Pavane" by an anonymous 17th Century composer, "Adoration" from The Holy City by English organist Alfred Gaul (d. 1913), arranged by founding member Mary Johnson; and "Temptation" arranged by Laura Lou's mother Laura Erb from the hit song by Nacio Herb Brown in the 1933 movie Going Hollywod, ingeniously combined with Rimsky-Korsakov's Rhapsody Espagnole. The four other performers are Amanda Clute, Mary Johnson, Linda Griffin, and Ralph Thomas, who contributed many of their arrangements.  

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