The All Harp
Tribute to Metallica
Harptallica started in early 2006 when Ashley Toman, a graduate student at the Eastman School of Music decided to arrange "Fade to Black" for two harps. Somehow this turned into nine Metallica Songs and a full CD recorded by Toman and fellow Eastman grad Patricia Kline. Originally they weren't even planning on really selling the CD, just distributing to family and friends, but demands for the CD to be made available to the public soon followed. The band was also requested to tour and has been doing so since 2007.
Harptallica has recently added some new songs, branching out to include works by Black Sabbath, Megadeth, and Iron Maiden.
In 2009 Houston based harpist Mollie Marcuson joined the group to replace Patricia, who went back to school to pursue a doctorate in harp performance.
Harptallica has performed live on radio and TV stations throughout the country, as well as at the 2007 Metallibash in Long Beach California. The band maintains an active touring schedule when they aren't at home busy being "classical" harpists. The girls hope to tour Europe sometime in the fall of 2009.
