2024 Student Education Sessions March 3, 2024

SVCAHS Fall Kickoff
September 22, 2024
Featuring Amelia Romano

Our chapter hosted its annual Fall Kick-Off with a captivating performance by lever harpist Amelia Romano (www.ameliaromano.com). Amelia delighted us with a concert featuring classical pieces she arranged for the lever harp, along with some of her original compositions. Her fluid and skillful maneuvering of the levers to change the strings' pitches was truly impressive!

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Graduating Senior's Recital
Featuring Viviana Alfaro & Hannah Chen
June 2, 2024

Two of our chapter graduating seniors performed on June 2, 2024, in the "Graduating Senior's Recital," an annual event honoring our high school and college graduates. Viviana Alfaro played Memory of Trees (from Five Minutes for Earth)- Gary Shocker and Concertstücke (Concerto) for Harp and Orchestra- Gabriel Pierné. The following recording is Viviana playing Memory of Trees. Hannah played Le Jardin Mouillé - Jacques de la Presle and Sonata for Harp - Paul Hindemith Massig schnell (Very fast), Leghaft (Lively) and Lied (Song). The following recording is of the first movement of Paul Hindemith's Sonata for Harp. We are very proud of these young ladies who will further their studies in the fall at Eastman (Viviana) and at Curtis (Hannah.)

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The recital took place at the beautiful home of our webmaster, Tamara Mead, in Palo Alto. Members and friends enjoyed an afternoon of delightful music on a perfect summer day.

​2024 Student Education Sessions
Dr. Jennifer Ellis, Adjudicator
​March 3, 2024

The 2024 Student Education Sessions were held March 3, 2024 at the New Community Church, 1100 Middle Ave, Menlo Park, CA.  Eighteen student members participated in this year's Student Education Sessions (SES). SES is part of the American Harp Society, Inc.'s Music Education Auditions and Evaluations Program. The students record two varying pieces that are evaluated by an adjudicator. After a month of practicing and using the comments to improve, they perform in a recital. This is a wonderful opportunity for the students to play their pieces and to hear the other students play. We are very proud of their progress. Dr. Jennifer Ellis was our adjudicator this year. (D.M.A. University of Michigan, M.M. Cleveland Institute of Music, B.M. Oberlin. harpellis.com). SES was coordinated by Sonya Yu, our chapter SES Director and Youth Ensemble Director. Special thanks to our chapter teachers Esther Lee, Dominique Piana, Janice Ortega, Linda Rollo, Sonya Yu, and Dan Levitan for encouraging their students to participate.

Enjoy the Photos and Information About the Performers

Samantha Aki Pascual, Sofia Lui, Choko Gu, Swara Divya Prithvi, Milana Rubio, Noelle Tan, Haruka Maeda, Sunnie Yan, Aaditya Amin, Emeline Halsted, Sofia Mohammed, Chloe Huang, Elena Tong, Danju Kuo, Vivienne Voorhies, Zahara Arora, Camille Chu, Olivia Nam, Charlotte Trinh, Liliana Abraham and Melody Chien.