About Me
I live in Portland, OR and play an early 1900's Lyon & Healy pedal harp. My early lessons were with Rebecca Anstine Smith in Maryland, from whom I learned Salzedo method. Recently, I studied with Denise Fujikawa here in Portland.
My interest in the harp started in music classes in elementary school. After seeing a harp in a film about orchestras, I thought it was the coolest. thing. ever. At home that night, my dad asked me if I wanted to do anything like take ballet or karate lessons. I excitedly said, "Yes! I want to play the harp!" Since I was nine at the time and thinking/hoping this was a passing phase, he decided to ask me again in a month, just to make sure I really wanted to play a we'll-need-to-buy-a-van-to-move-it instrument. And today, many years later, I can't begin to imagine life without it.
- Northern Virginia Youth Symphony Orchestra: 1986-1989
- Suite No.1 from Peer Gynt, Op. 46, Grieg
- Suite Espagnole, Lecuona
- Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Debussy
- Swan Lake Suite, Tschaikovsky
- Capriccio Espagnol, op.34, Rimsky-Korsakov
- Romeo and Juliet Overture and Fantasy, Tschaikovsky
- Ballet Suite from The Nutcracker, Tschaikovsky
- The Pines of Rome, Respighi
- Wedding ceremonies/rehearsal dinners since 1992
- Pendleton Orchestra, The Planets, Holzt, Summer 2003
- Festival Chorale Oregon, Hodie, Ralph Vaughan Williams, December 2003
- Friendship Tea, Grace Place, April 2004
- Mother's Day Party, St. Andrew's Care Center, May 2005
- Recitals with flautist Jas. Adams, May 2006
- Apres un reve, Faure
- Reverie, Debussy
- Sicilienne, Faure
- Baja la Reja, de Roxlo
- Sonata in A, Rust
- Serenade No. 10, Persichetti
- Grand Opening of Union Rose, August 2007
- Browncoat Ball 2009, October 2009
I have been a member of the American String Teacher's Association since 1986.
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