Celtic Harp

Joanna Mell has been performing in the East Coast Metropolitan area for 25 years. She has won numerous first place awards for singing in English and Gaelic and was one of ten finalists in the Sean Nos category of singing in the All-Ireland Championships in 1985. With her vibrant and warm presence, Joanna has the ability to establish an immediate intimate rapport with her audience. In addition to being an accomplished harpist and singer, she is a gifted storyteller, drawing both on her knowledge of Celtic lore and her imagination to enhance her performances of Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Breton pieces. Joanna is equally fluent in traditional and contemporary interpretations of Celtic music.

Joanna has been a featured performer at the Philadelphia Irish Festival, the Celtic Classic, Bethlehem Musikfest, the Minstrel Coffeehouse, and other Celtic festivals on the East Coast. She is also a composer of Celtic songs and tunes.

Joanna has an extensive Celtic repertoire and has delighted audiences at the following venues:

• Celtic Fest, Bethlehem, PA
• Music Fest, Bethlehem, PA
• The Minstrel Coffeehouse, Basking Ridge, NJ
• Princeton Library, Princeton, NJ
• The Kutztown Folk Song Society, Kutztown, PA
• Godfrey Daniels Coffeehouse, Bethlehem, PA
• The Green Lane Irish Scottish Festival, Green Lane, PA
• The Michigan Harp Center, Detroit, MI
• The Lower Makefield Performing Arts Society, Yardley, PA
• Bucks County Free Libraries, Bucks County, PA
• Philadelphia Free Libraries, Philadelphia, PA
• Montgomery County Free Libraries, Montgomery County, PA
• Donegal Square, Bethlehem, PA
• The Somerset Folk Harp Festival, Somerset, NJ
• Sussex County Community College, Newton, NJ
• The Philadelphia Irish Festival, Philadelphia, PA