Alison Vardy (born 1952) is a Canadian harpist and composer living in Victo… Read Full Bio ↴Alison Vardy (born 1952) is a Canadian harpist and composer living in Victoria, British Columbia. She performs extensively as a full-time local/regional professional musician on the Paraguayan and Celtic harps for concerts, weddings, conferences, corporate, community and private events. As a composer, Vardy is inspired by the rhythmic and melodic diversity of music from many cultures to create original and captivating compositions. Alison truly enjoys playing with the harp's sound for it is the "sound" that truly matters for her. She is attracted to strong rhythms and builds this love into her compositions.

Vardy's repertoire is constantly expanding as she explores the many voices of the harp. Initially Celtic, then Celtic and Latin and then music of the world translated and arranged for harp. Her current compositions reflects her passion for this multicultural music.

She began playing the harp at age 32 after she and her husband emigrated from Canada to New Zealand in 1984. In 1997, Vardy and her family re-emigrated to Canada with two boxed harps in cargo. Her parting tribute to Aotearoa was her CD, Harping On. She subsequently self-produced two more solo harp CDs; Apasionada in 2000 and Island Suite in 2003.