Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library hosts Harpists for Peace

The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library is hosting a free harp concert of library staff member Jim Mosher and his friends who will play during Harpists for Peace on Sunday, September 22, 3-5 p.m.

Mosher?will be joined by harpists Rob Banks, Jane Hyde, Margaret Kramar, Elizabeth Payne and Erin Woods to celebrate all things harp with a focus on world peace. Members will participate in solos, small ensembles and a full ensemble. It is an afternoon that will keep you humming for days.

Harpists for Peace is an international organization that believes world peace is a possibility. The idea began 15 years ago and has blossomed. Each year, harpists from all over the world gather in many different ways to celebrate and promote world peace.

Music for a Sunday Afternoon is a concert series that has been running for more than 45 years at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library. Four?musicians and library professionals keep this series going: Kyler Carpenter, Liza Charay, Perry Hartmann and Jim Mosher. Carpenter is a guitarist and singer who plays regularly during the library's musical storytime. Charay played violin and sang with Mariachi Estrella and participated in school orchestra and choir. Hartmann’s musical history includes 10 years as a professional trumpet player on cruise ships and road bands. Mosher plays oboe and English horn in the Topeka Symphony Orchestra and the Topeka Woodwind Quintet, and plays harp for hospice and palliative care patients as a volunteer.