The Heavenly Harp duo, featuring harpists Karin and Joy Gunderson, will be in concert at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 4, at Peace Lutheran Church, on the Foley Beach Express, just south of County Road 12.

This unusual concert opportunity is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be received.

This remarkable mother and daughter duo from Phoenix, Ariz., offers “music to soothe and enrich the soul.”

Concert goers will enjoy a combination of harp duets, solos, inspirational stories from Karin’s work as a hospice harpist and peaceful music featuring flute and vocals along with harp.

Joy Gunderson, at age 11, was already performing the Handel Harp Concerto; and now at age 21, is one of the top three harpists in the Phoenix metro area. She has just finished her junior year at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. where she won the Philharmonia Concerto Competition.

From an early age, Karin Gunderson’s life has been filled with music and faith. A graduate of Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., she is an accomplished vocalist, harpist, pianist and flutist. Her musical career has included work as a public school music teacher, a private music instructor, a church musician and a performer. Singing songs of faith is her passion, and she has performed as a vocal soloist in concert halls and churches alike.

Karin served as a Harp Practitioner in hospice facilities for the past 11 years and is fondly known as the “singing harpist.” She specializes in integrative therapies that bring greater levels of wholeness and wellness to body, mind and spirit. Her non-profit organization is called Karing (caring) Journey.

For more information, contact Peace Lutheran Church, at 251-974-2545, or visit the church web site peacelutheranal.org.