Carly Nelson, Harpist
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Education
Master of Music, Harp Performance Class of 2013
Rice University, student of Paula Page
Bachelor of Music, Harp Performance Class of 2011
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
High School Diploma, Co-Valedictorian Class of 2007
Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI
Ensemble Experience
Shepherd School of Music Symphony/Chamber Orchestras, rotating principal 2011-Present
Baytown Symphony (Baytown, Texas), Principal 2012
Victoria Symphony (Victoria, Texas), 2nd Harpist 2011
Baton Rouge Symphony, 2nd Harpist 2011
Oberlin Symphony/Chamber Orchestras, rotating principal 2007-2011
Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra/Band, rotating principal 2005-2007
Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra, Philharmonic, princip al 2002-2005
Summer Festivals
The Pierre Monteux School, Hancock, ME 2012
Bowdoin International Music Festival, Brunswick, ME 2010
Texas Music Festival, Houston, TX 2010
Oberlin in Italy Music Program, Arezzo, Italy 2009
Eastern Music Festival, Greensboro, NC 2008
Saratoga Harp Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY 2006
North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC 2004
Interlochen Arts Camp, Interlochen, MI 2002
Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory, Steamboat Springs, CO 2001,2003,2004
Additional Teachers
Yolanda Kondonassis, Instructor of Harp at Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Joan Raeburn Holland, Instructor of Harp at Interlochen Arts Academy
Naoko Nakamura Stromberg, Private Harp Studio in Dallas, Texas
June Han, Professor of Harp, Yale University
Anna Kate Mackle, Principal Harpist of the Florida Orchestra
Elizabeth Hainen, Principal Harpist of the Philadelphia Orchestra
Nancy Lendrim, Principal Harpist of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra
Ellen Ritscher Sackett, Former Professor of Harp, University of North Texas
Jacquelyn Bartlett, Instructor of Harp at North Carolina School of the Arts
Dewey Owens, Guest Instructor at Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory,
former Professor at Vassar College
Olive Bernard, Instructor of Harp at Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory
Honors and Awards
Helen Lawrence-Toombs Scholarship in Music, Rice University 2012
Ellie W. Long Prize, Rice University 2011
Anne Adams Awards Finalist 2010
Harp Performance Scholarship to Eastern Music Festival 2008
Oberlin Conservatory Dean s Talent Award 2007-2011
Co-Valedictorian of graduating high school class 2007
Lucile Lawrence Scholarship to Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory 2004
Jobs
Peregrine Investments (Dallas, TX) Summer 2011
Harp Assistant to Yolanda Kondonassis, Oberlin Conservatory of Music 2010-2011
Peregrine Group (Dallas, TX) Summer 2009, 2010
Hunt Petroleum Corporation (Dallas, TX) Summer 2007, 2008
References Furnished upon Request