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Mary and her husband spent 6 years in Africa while he was teaching, before returning to their home in England where they spend part of the year.

After searching for many years, the playwright John Misto contacted her for permission to write a play based on her autobiography The Scent of the Roses.

Harp on the Willow has played to sold-out crowds in Australia and received excellent reviews!  Mary herself has sometimes appeared onstage after nightly performances to answer questions.

In 2007, Mary released a 2-CD compilation of early Irish music which she herself chose ~ the 1st time in her career that she has ever done so and the result is a wonderful selection that is treasured by her fans everywhere.

 

In the past couple of years, Mary has released several books of her harp accompaniments entitled Travels with My Harp. 

It is because of these that Mary is still invited to give lectures and multi-media presentations to audiences all over the world.

She was recently in Ottawa, Halifax, New York and Boston and it was to Boston College that she donated her harp as well as most of her papers, documents, correspondence, posters, etc. Her 1st husband, Richard Selig's papers had all been donated to Harvard University, so it seems appropriate.

It would seem that although Mary would prefer to settle out of the limelight and retire with her husband, she is still in demand for yet more of these presentations, so, the door has been left open . . . at least for just a little longer.

Read an interview with Mary in Ottawa at the inaugural Northern Lights HarpFest.