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Join us for a very special 15th edition of the Illinois Summer Harp Class Concert Series. Featuring internationally and nationally distinguished musicians and creativity showcasing the possibilities of the harp, this year’s series highlights unique talents together.

All performances are free and open to the public.
For details on hall locations, please see: www.music.illinois.edu
*subject to change

6/8 7:30 pm Smith Memorial Hall
Illinois Summer Harp Class Opening Concert –
“Barioler les fantaisies” with Molly O’Roark and Noël Wan
Featuring Molly O’Roark (2014 National Anne Adams Award) and Noël Wan (1st Prize, 2010 Dutch International Harp Competition & Special Award, 18th International Harp Contest in Israel) in a fantastic and colorful program featuring Smetana’s The Moldau and Renié’s Ballade fantastique inspired by E.A. Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” as well as Elliot Carter’s Bariolage and works by J.S. Bach, Lara, Prokofiev, and Reinhold.

6/9 12:15 pm Smith Memorial Room
Illinois Summer Harp Class Afternoon Recital – “East Meets West” with the Aletheia Duo
Featuring the Aletheia Duo (Jonathan Keeble, flute | Ann Yeung, harp), award-winning faculty in residence at Illinois, in a program featuring mesmerizing works by distinguished composers Richard Prior and Stella Sung.

6/9 7:30 pm Music Building Auditorium
Illinois Summer Harp Class Evening Concert – “Harp+”
with Natalie Teodori
Immerse yourself in captivating soundscapes seamlessly weaving the familiar with sounds anew. Featuring Natalie Teodori in the full premiere of Anemoi for harp and interactive electronics by Kyle Shaw as well as works by scintillating works by J.S. Bach, André Caplet, and Kaija Saariaho.

6/10 2 pm Music Building Auditorium
Illinois Summer Harp Class Evening Concert – “Young Talents”
with Joshua Lin and Renee Murphy
Featuring dynamic young talents Joshua Lin and Renee Murphy. Joshua has been regularly featured at the Chicago Harp Day annual honors recital at Lyon & Healy Hall and has been Principal Harp of the ILMEA District 9 Senior Large Ensemble. Renee received multiple prizes in the 2013 American Harp Society National Solo Competition and Honorable Mention in the 2016 New World Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition; she has been selected to represent the USA in the 2017 Focus on Youth at the World Harp Congress in Hong Kong this summer.

Joshua will perform the famous Handel Concerto in B-flat and Dussek Sonata in C. Renee will perform delightful works by Rosetti, Hasselmans, and Godefroid as well as Libby Larsen’s Theme and Deviations and Joaquín Rodrigo’s first movement of the Concierto di Aranjuez. The program concludes with an arrangement of Ashokan’s Farewell performed by Renee, her talented siblings Ethan on cello and Faith on flute, and her parents, saxophonist Otis Murphy (Indiana University Jacobs School of Music) and pianist Haruko Murphy.

6/10 7:30 pm Music Building Auditorium
Illinois Summer Harp Class Participants Recital
Featuring the 2017 iSHC Participants and world premiere of  by Julia Kay Jamieson for multiple harps, especially commissioned for the 2017 iSHC Harp Jam!