About Paula

Atlanta harpist Paula Fagerberg serves metro Atlanta, North Georgia, and beyond, bringing very rare handmade harps and the highest standards of quality to grace weddings, parties, and private events of all kinds.

MEDIA
Paula has been praised by The Washington Post for a “striking set of improvisations ... featuring sensitive interplay” and singled out by the Frederick, Maryland News-Post as “the harpist who charmed everyone in last fall’s concert.” An invited recitalist to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Paula was also featured as an expert on the history of the harp in the PBS documentary Harp Dreams.

ABROAD
Paula's performances abroad include a private performance for the American ambassador to Sweden at his Stockholm residence; a live Christmas concert for Westdeutscher Rundfunk Radio in Germany; a recital on antique single-action pedal harps at Oxford University, England; and several tours of South America on the very rare Spanish baroque double harp.

SPECIALIZATION
Paula is one of America’s foremost historical harpists, specializing in the harps of the late Renaissance and Baroque eras, and has toured abroad and performed around the country with many of the nation’s finest early music ensembles and baroque orchestras. Paula has also appeared with MinnOrch, The Minnesota Symphony Orchestra.

RECORDINGS
She is a founding member of Armonia Celeste, an ensemble specializing in the music of the early Italian Baroque; the group was a finalist in the Naxos/Early Music America recording competition, and has released two recordings on the Centaur label. Her playing appears on numerous other recordings as a guest artist.

EDUCATION
Paula attended graduate school on full scholarship at Indiana University’s Early Music Institute, where she studied the art of continuo (improvised accompaniment) with lutenist Nigel North and historical harps with Andrew Lawrence-King. She earned a B. Mus. in historical harp performance, graduating magna cum laude from Clayton State University, where she was named a Spivey Scholar as well as The University System of Georgia Outstanding Scholar, an honor bestowed on only one student per graduating class.