New York City Harpist 1

This New York City Harpist is based in New York City. She began playing the harp at the age of two and has since become one of the preeminent emerging harpists in the industry. A diverse performer, she performs in a variety of musical settings including classical, jazz, pop, Broadway and contemporary.

New York City Harpist awards

This New York City Harpist received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Miami, where she studied with Valerie Whitcup. She went on to study with Susan Jolles at the Manhattan School of Music, where she received her Master of Music degree in 2007. She has been a participant of the National Orchestral Institute and the Henry Mancini Institute. Awards include American Harp Society Awards (1988, 1990, 1991), a Downbeat Jazz Award (2006) and an ASTA Award as Competition Winner for the state of Florida (2005).

New York City Harpist duo

This New York City Harpist is the Principal Harpist with The Chamber Orchestra of New York, with which she has recorded five albums on the Naxos record label. She is a member of the flute-viola-harp trio, Hat Trick, and the harp duo, Duo Scorpio. Duo Scorpio released their debut album, Scorpion Tales, in the fall of 2012 on the American Modern Recordings label and were featured performers at the 50th Anniversary American Harp Society Conference in New York City. Their album, Scorpion Tales, was included on the 2012 GRAMMY nomination ballot in three separate categories. Duo Scorpio were featured performers at The World Harp Congress in Sydney, Australia in July 2014, where they premiered their commissions by composers Nico Muhly and Andy Akiho. Duo Scorpio also performed at the World Harp Congress in Hong Kong in July 2017, where they premiered their commission by composer Paul Patterson. Duo Scorpio's second album, Two Bridges, was released in the spring of 2017 and consists entirely of pieces commissioned by the duo.

This New York City Harpist is a frequent performer with The Knights and American Modern Ensemble. She has been a guest artist with The Baltimore Symphony, The Miami Symphony, The Florida Philharmonic, The Albany Symphony Orchestra, The Columbus Symphony Orchestra, The Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra and The Brooklyn Repertory Orchestra. Her solo engagements have included performances of Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez with The Miami Symphony, Ravel's Introduction and Allegro with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas, Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro and Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp with Ensemble 212, as well as Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp with the Astoria Symphony. This New York City Harpist was the Principal Harpist for the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas, with which she toured Mexico and North America, recorded an album for Sony Classical and appeared live on television for the Mexican Bicentennial Celebration in September 2010.

Passionate about new music, this New York City Harpist has premiered several new pieces for solo harp. Most notably, she premiered and recorded the harp concerto, Ángel Mestizo, which was dedicated to her by composer Juan Pablo Contreras. The piece was premiered in Mexico City in 2014 and this New York City Harpist performed it again in 2015 in the Teatro Degollado in Guadalajara, Mexico.

This New York City Harpist has performed on Broadway for several shows, including Paradise Square, Carousel, Hello Dolly, starring Bette Midler and Bernadette Peters Dr. Zhivago, Cinderella, Wicked, A Little Night Music, starring Angela Lansbury, Catherine Zeta Jones, Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch, Gypsy, starring Patti LuPone, and The Apple Tree, starring Kristin Chenoweth. This New York City Harpist can also be heard on the Official Broadway recording of Anastasia and Goosebumps the Musical.

This New York City Harpist has made numerous television appearances, including The Today Show, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and All My Children. This New York City Harpist has performed with artists such as Florence + The Machine, The All-American Rejects, The Killers, Jónsi from Sigur Rós, John Legend, Carlos Santana, Patti LaBelle, Sean Lennon, The Fab Faux, Il Volo, Pink Martini, Itzhak Perlman, Chris Noth and Will Ferrell.

This New York City Harpist currently resides in Manhattan where she maintains a vigorous performance and teaching schedule. She has been on faculty at the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division since 2007 and is the Harp Instructor at The Spence School and The Brearley School. This New York City Harpist served as the Vice President of Metroharp, the New York Chapter of the American Harp Society, from 2010-2015.