The World Harp Congress, Inc. is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to players of the harp

Harp

The harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...

, with members in over 50 countries around the world. It was established in 1981.

The organization holds an annual harp festival (which is also called the World Harp Congress) and promotes the performance of new music for the harp.http://www.worldharpcongress.org/projects/new_music.html The eleventh World Harp Congress will take place in Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

 in July 2011.

The World Harp Congress also publishes a biannual journal entitled the World Harp Congress Review.http://www.worldharpcongress.org/review/index.html