2017 Concert Series presented by

Young Artist’s Harp Seminar and

YAHS Preparatory DivisionProviding intensive harp training to students around the world since 2002.

June 30–July 15, 2017 Rabun Gap, GeorgiaRearden Theater of the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School

Founders and Artistic DirectorsSusan Bennett Brady • Kimberly Rowe

YAHS 2017 Guest ArtistBridget Kibbey

YAHS FacultyEmily Levin • Angela Schwarzkopf

YAHS Prep FacultyKathryn Andrews • Kristi Shade

Welcome to the 2017 Concert Series of the Young Artist’s Harp Seminar

and Preparatory Division

Thursday July 6, 7:00 p.m. YAHS opening concert featuring soloists and small ensembles

Friday, July 7, 2:00 p.m. Preparatory Division solo and ensemble concert

Sunday, July 9, 2:00 p.m. Guest Artist and YAHS Faculty concert

Thursday, July 13, 7:00 p.m. “Harping in Highlands” benefit concert (Highlands, N.C.)

Friday, July 14, 7:00 p.m. YAHS soloists in concert

Saturday, July 15, 2:00 p.m. YAHS Gala Grand Finale featuring large ensembles with selected soloists.

Please join us for a reception in the lobby following the concert.

Master Classes with Bridget Kibbey Monday July 10 and Tuesday July 11 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Ticket Informationindividual Concerts: $15 per person

Children 10 and under and Seniors with iD: $12master Classes: $20

PackagesAll concerts (excluding master classes): $50

master Classes and all first week concerts: $40

100% of ticket proceeds go towards the YAHS Scholarship Fund!

Thank you for attending the 2017 concerts of the Young Artist’s Harp Seminar and YAHS Preparatory Division. We appreciate your support of this unique program. Since its inception in 2002, YAHS has nurtured the talents of top harpists around the world. Our alumni have pursued careers in harp at major music schools and conservatories such as the Curtis In-stitute of Music, the Cleveland institute of music, the Juilliard School, the Paris Conservatory, the Manhattan School of Music, Oberlin Conserva-tory, and Indiana University, to name just a few. other YAHS alumni have pursued careers outside of music but continue to keep the harp and music an important part of their life. Together with the Young Artist’s Harp Com-petition, we have welcomed harpists from throughout the u.S., Canada, europe, Asia, Australia, and Central America to Rabun Gap, Ga. Please join us in welcoming our 2017 young artist’s to Rabun Gap this summer!

About the YAHS Program

Beylih Beale, HIAlexandra Bernstein, NYLorraine Cain, GA Amari Carpenter, GAMilly Criswell, GA+Emily DeLia, NJDella Goines, GAIsabel Guerra, FL*Sara Hancock, GALan Ni Harris, NYv

Anna Lien, AK*Margaret McAllister, NCMegan Moran, GAAva Nicoletti, NCCatherine Opsahl, GAOmkara Patel, FLBethany Patton, FLSarah Pearson, GAEliza Peterson, GAMalaya Tapp, AR

2017 YAHS Preparatory Division Participants

Aubrey Adams, LA Samantha Bittle, MDIris Brown, FL Audrey Deigaard, TX LeAndra Douds, GAAbby Franklin, ALLily el Nacash, NCMatthew Gillespie, NCOlivia Higgins, MDKathleen Hopkins, TX Allison Jacob, OHAshleigh Jones, NCSophie Kim, MD

Arya Knapp, NY*Amanda Melton, GAErin O’Gorman, NJJenna Price, UTLily Primus, COLydia Pruitt, GAIsabelle Scott, FL+Sophia Shedd, VAPeter Stigdon, MDAshley Su, KY*Amy Thompson, TNElizabeth Trent, OH

2017 Young Artist’s Harp Seminar Participants

*Counselor, +Intern

YAHS Founders and Artist FacultyA graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Susan Bennett Brady performs extensively in the Southeast as a classical free-lance harpist and soloist. She is principal harpist in the Atlanta Opera, Columbus Symphony and Macon Symphony Orchestras and has performed regularly as harp soloist with the Atlanta Boy Choir. She is the founder/director of the nationally acclaimed Atlanta Harp Ensemble. Susan also teaches at the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University and is a mentor for the National Music Festival. YAHS co-founder

Kimberly Rowe is founding editor and web editor of Harp Column magazine. She currently resides in Czech Republic where she oversees the company’s web presence while also performing with regional Czech orchestras. Originally from Philadelphia, she has performed numerous times with the Philadelphia orchestra and other top ensembles. Kimberly attended the Cleveland institute of music as a student of Alice Chalifoux.

YAHS FacultyEmily Levin is the Principal Harpist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Bronze medal winner of the 9th USA International Harp Competition. The youngest principal harpist of a major American orchestra, Emily has performed extensively, including Festpiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the World Harp Congress, and the Aspen Music Festival. She is a winner of the 2016 Astral Artists auditions. Her first CD, entitled Something Borrowed, will be released in fall 2017.

Canadian native Angela Schwarzkopf concertizes throughout North America as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral harpist. The first harpist to receive a Doctorate of Music in harp performance in Canada, she has also served as President of the Toronto Chapter of the American Harp Society since 2012. Angela is a course instructor at the University of Toronto and the Glenn Gould School of Music, and maintains a studio of private students in Toronto. www.angelaschwarzkopf.com

Preparatory Division Faculty —Duo ScorpioDuo Scorpio, comprised of harpists Kathryn Andrews and Kristi Shade, is a New York City based harp duo on a mission to expand the duo harp repertoire by commissioning new works from innovative composers and discovering modern masterpieces already composed for this unique instrumentation. Duo Scorpio has been the recipient of a Classical Commissioning Grant, three grants from The American Harp Society and an award from the Classical Recording Foundation. They have

Artistic Staff

commissioned over ten works from composers such as Nico Muhly, Andy Akiho and Paul Patterson. The duo has two albums on The American Modern Recordings Label: Scorpion Tales (2012) and Two Bridges (2017). Scorpion Tales was on the ballot nomination for the 2013 Grammy® awards. Coincidentally, Katie and Kristi were both born on November 5, making them both Scorpios. They met in New York City while studying at the Manhattan School of Music, where they both received their Masters Degrees. They have embraced their Zodiac alignment by using their talent and passion to team up and form this unique duo. Read more at www.duoscorpio.com.

Guest Artist Bridget KibbeyLauded for her compelling artistry and virtuosity, harpist Bridget Kibbey is gaining a reputation for showcasing the broad range of her instrument through multiple-genre performances—drawing diverse audiences through new collaborations and platforms. Bridget is a recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Classical Recording Foundation’s Young Artist Award, a 2015 Salon de Virtuosi Grant, and the only harpist to win a position with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Society II. She is a winner of Concert Artist Guild’s International Competition, Astral Artist Auditions, and Premiere Prix at the Journées de les Harpes Competition in Arles, France. She tours internationally as concerto soloist, recitalist, and collaborator with some of today’s most compelling artists.Bridget’s debut album, Love is Come Again, was named one of the Top Ten Releases by Time Out New York. She was most recently featured with tenor Placido Domingo, in a new album entitled Encanto del Mar—released on SONY Records this past year. She can also be heard on Deutsche Grammaphon with soprano Dawn Upshaw, in Luciano Berio’s Folk Songs and Osvaldo Golijov’s Ayre. Bridget is featured annually with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, is a principal artist with Camerata Pacifica in California, and has appeared as featured soloist and chamber artist at the Bravo!Vail, Chamber Music Northwest, Bridgehampton, Aspen, Bay Chamber Festivals, Pelotas, Savannah Music Festival, among others. With a passion for commissioning new repertoire for the harp, Bridget recently spear-headed a five orchestra concerto-commissioning consortium with Juno-Award winning composer Vivian Fung. Bridget performed five world-premiere performances with The Karlsruhe Badische Symphoniker (Germany), The Phillips Camerata in Washington, DC, The Alabama Symphony, The San José Chamber Orchestra, and the Metropolis Ensemble.

About the YAHS Program

Thanks to our sponsorsMany thanks to the Virginia and Atlanta Harp Centers and Angelica Hairston and the Urban Youth Harp Ensemble of Atlanta for assistantce with rental harps. Special thanks to the Atlanta Harp Center and Lyon & Healy Harps for providing the Lyon & Healy harp that Bridget Kibbey is using this summer at YAHS. Many of these harps are for sale; information is available in the lobby. Thank you to our friends at the rabun Gap-Na-coochee School for their help with facilities, logistics, and dining.

Sponsors

Ian Altman VideographyRichard Brady Transportation, ConductingHugh Brock Technology ConsultantHolly CarlileAdministrative Assistant

David D’Arville rental HarpsAngelica Hairston rental HarpsCarol Stokes TransportationEdward Bennett Photography

Friends of YAHSthank you to our many special friends for their help with YAHS projects

Susan Bennett Brady PresidentKimberly Rowe Vice PresidentRichard Brady SecretaryHugh Brock treasurer

Angela Schwarzkopf Director of DevelopmentKathryn AndrewsJoni HoffmannAnn SiochiRobbin Gordon-CartierJudy Loman

YAHS Board of Directors

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As Founders and Artistic Directors of YAHS, we would like to welcome you the 16th season of the Young Artist’s Harp Seminar. We first met as teens at an intensive summer orchestra camp not far from rabun Gap. The musical opportunities, fabulous teachers and mentors, and talented peers drew us back year after year, and it was there that we began building a musical foundation that would carry us into our professional careers.

Llater in life our paths continued to cross as we became professional harpists with performing careers and highly-regarded private studios. YAHS was born out of a great friendship, similar work ethic, and desire to give today’s young harpists an experience of a lifetime modeled after the positive experiences we received as young musicians.

We are excited to see that YAHS alumni are being recognized at top schools, international competitions and orchestral auditions, and continue to share their love of the harp, music, and the friendships that developed at YAHS.

Susan Benntt Brady and Kimberly Rowe

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