Rhiannon Ramsey-Brimberg, who attended Boothbay Region Elementary School and graduated from North Yarmouth Academy in 2015, recently received the Iain Macleòid Young Composer Award from The Clarsach Society and will be performing at the Edinburgh International Harp Festival.

“The Clarsach Society and the Edinburgh International Harp Festival are proud to announce that the 2021 winner of the Iain Macleòid Young Composer Award is Rhiannon Ramsey-Brimberg. We’re overjoyed that Rhiannon’s composition will be part of our festival this year,” read the announcement.

Ramsey-Brimberg is a lever harpist from Stonington, Connecticut, U.S.A.. While earning a performance degree from Berklee College of Music, she studied under harpists such as Maeve Gilchrist and Mairi Chaimbeul. 

She will be attending the University of Limerick in September for an MA in Irish Music Studies. Rhiannon (stage name, Rhiannon Skye) began playing the harp for others soon after she began her lessons nine years ago, and has only recently begun to write for the harp. Her goal with each piece is to tell a story, while still remaining true to the genre’s stylistic origins.”

When living in East Boothbay, Rhiannon could often be heard playing her harp at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, the Gregory Wing at St Andrews, Boothbay Region Elementary School, and the Methodist Church in Damariscotta,; as well as house concerts and weddings.