Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras Music Center at Strathmore
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Harp Program
Orchestra & Harp Ensemble


Elizabeth Blakeslee, MCYO Harp Ensemble Director, is a free-lance harpist in the greater Washington, D.C. area and currently plays second harp with the National Symphony Orchestra. She studied with Marjorie Tyre and Marilyn Costello and has held the principal harp positions in the Richmond Symphony Orchestra and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Colombia. She was the harp instructor at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester from 1996-2008, and maintains a private studio of about thirty students in Falls Church, Virginia.

Through a collaboration with the area harp teachers, harpists are recommended and auditioned for each of the four MCYO Orchestras.  Our MCYO Harp Ensemble is in its 5th season.  This included harpists from each orchestra, as well as additional harpists who were not yet placed into our orchestras.  This initiative will reach more young harpists, and develop their ensemble skills.

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