Bill Taylor is a specialist in the performance and scholarship of ancient harp repertoires from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Originally trained as an art librarian in the USA, he later made Early music performance his focus and now plays lyres, gut-strung medieval harps, renaissance bray-harps, and wire-strung clàrsachs. His study of the Robert ap Huw manuscript, the earliest harp music known in Europe, underpins much of his teaching and performance. Taylor is teacher-in-residence at Ardival Harps in Strathpeffer, guest-lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and leads workshops throughout the UK, Europe, and the USA. His discography spans more than 30 recordings on major Early music labels, including the solo albums Musica and Two Worlds of the Welsh Harp. He also contributes to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

Nancy Thym is a storyteller-harper, performer, and scholar whose work unites historical harps with traditional narrative arts. A California native now based in Germany, she earned her BA in Theatre, Dance, and Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, and her MA in Folklore at the University of California, Los Angeles, later deepening her expertise through fieldwork in Scotland and Ireland. Her research focuses on medieval and Scottish song traditions, the harp in narrative performance, German hook harp, and the Norwegian krogharpe – an area in which she is widely recognised. Thym has won major Scottish harp prizes, including first place and the Caledonian Trophy at the Santa Rosa Highland Games, and first place at the Golden Gate Scottish and Irish Festival. She has performed at multiple World Harp Congresses. Her discography includes two LPs and the CD Noah’s Dove. She also maintains the Museum and Archive for Harp History in Freising.

Christos Terzis is a postdoctoral researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austrian Archaeological Institute, working with the Ancient Music research group. His doctoral research, at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, produced a critical edition of Dionysios’ tēchnē mousikḗ and contributed to understanding of ancient Greek music theory. His research combines textual philology, Greek palaeography, digital humanities, and the study and reconstruction of ancient musical instruments, notation, and performance. Terzis has published on topics including the Bacchius fragment and pairs of auloi from Megara, and he has contributed chapters on Greek and Roman musical instruments to major reference works. His collaborative work (with Maria Stamatopoulou) on fragmentary stringed instruments from Hellenistic Demetrias combines archaeological evidence and geometrical reconstruction, refining modern understanding of ancient Greek harp design and construction.

Maria Stamatopoulou is a classicist specialising in ancient Greek literature and culture, with particular interests in lyric poetry, choral performance, dance, and ritual. She is a Lecturer in Greek at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Worcester College. Her research explores the interaction of text, movement, and music in archaic and classical Greek poetry, with a focus on embodied performance and communal song. She has published on ancient Greek dance and choreia, and teaches across Greek language, literature, and performance culture. Her recent collaborative research (with Christos Terzis) on Hellenistic grave finds from Demetrias has contributed to a clearer understanding of ancient Greek harps through surviving instrument remains, moving beyond reliance on iconography alone.

Barnaby Brown is a performer-researcher whose work bridges scholarship, instrument reconstruction, and creative practice. Internationally recognised for reviving ancient polyphonic pipes and early Scottish bagpipes, he combines deep historical knowledge with a passion for performance. His collaborations span universities, conservatoires, and leading ensembles, where he shares expertise in ancient musical craft, tuning systems, and vocabelising: how to “sing” the pipes. A co-founder of Lotos Lab, he creates projects that bring ancient soundscapes to life, balancing rigorous research with imaginative artistry.