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Our Owners
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David and Mary Jane D'Arville: Owners of AHC & VHC After successfully opening 2 harp retail stores in the Mid-Atlantic region, owners David and Mary Jane D’Arville realized a need for the harp community in the Southeast region. Atlanta Harp Center opened its doors in Alpharetta, Georgia in 2007 and has been proudly serving the harp community since then. We offer the largest selection of harps in the South by some of the finest lever and pedal harp makers in the world including Camac, Dusty Strings, Lyon & Healy, and Salvi. Our commitment to providing the highest quality customer service to harpists everywhere is reflected by our knowledgeable, friendly and ever-helpful AHC staff. |
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Our Staff
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Rhett Barnwell: Manager Rhett Barnwell is a composer, arranger and performer, and the founder of Seraphim Music, which publishes sacred, classical and meditative music for lever and pedal harp. He has concertized extensively in the United States and in Rome, Venice, and Florence, Italy, and Ireland. A specialist in classical and sacred music for the lever harp, he has been in demand as a presenter and performer at conferences such as the Southeastern Harp Conference, Somerset Folk Harp Festival, Harp Journeys, Beginning in the Middle, Harp Gathering and others. He has organized biannual Liturgical Harp Conferences since 2007. He has given workshops and concerts for American Harp Society Chapters in Washington, D. C., Minneapolis, Nashville and New Orleans, and is regularly commissioned to write new works. Mr. Barnwell earned a Master of Music degree from St. Louis Conservatory and did post-graduate Doctoral study at the University of Georgia. In addition to the harp, he also plays the cello, French horn, and organ, and has performed with the Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife, AIMS Festival Orchestra in Austria, South Carolina Philharmonic, Charleston Symphony, and other orchestras. He has served as a Director of Music and Organist for churches in the Southeastern U. S. since 1983. |
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Katherine Cook: Assistant Manager Katherine Cook is a graduate of Kennesaw State University where she studied clarinet performance. She has performed internationally in China and South Korea and studied abroad at Hanyang University in South Korea with clarinetist Changhee Lee from the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. A local of Metro-Atlanta, Katherine has taught clarinet lessons in the Forsyth County area and enjoys arranging classical works for clarinet ensemble in her free time. She is excited to begin her journey on harp and to share her passion for music in all its forms. |
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Julie Koenig: Harpist-in-Residence According to legend, Julie Koenig was the Atlanta Harp Center's first customer. These days she works part-time at the store tuning showroom harps, restringing consignment harps, and filling orders for strings and music.
In her spare time, Julie can usually be found walking the world's most beautiful golden retriever. |