Camden Harp Celebration

Featuring the compositions and transcriptions of Carlos Salzedo 

Five Poetical Studies for Harp Alone
     “(Mirage)”
     “(Idyllic Poem)”
     “(Communion)”

—Douglas Rioth

Pentacle Suite
     Steel
     Felines

Clair de lune, by Claude Debussy, arr. Salzedo

Short Stories in Music
     Mermaid’s Chimes
     Skipping Rope

—The Salzedo Duo

En Bateau, by Claude Debussy, arr. Salzedo

Londonderry Air, trad., arr. Salzedo

“Jolly Piper”—Concert fantasy on the theme of “The Sailor’s Hornpipe”

—Joan Raeburn Holland

Intermission

Five Preludes for Harp Alone
     Iridescence
     Introspection
     Whirlwind
     Lamentation
     Quietude

Variations on a Theme in Ancient Style
     theme, double, tempo di bourrée, staccati, butterfly, chords and fluxes,
     jumps, trills, scales and arpeggios, barcarolle, prelude, fugue, conclusion

—Judy Loman

Recognized as one of the world’s foremost harp virtuosos, Judy Loman graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music where she studied with the celebrated harpist Carlos Salzedo. She became Principal Harpist with the Toronto Symphony in 1960, a post she held until 2002.

As a soloist, Judy Loman has won the admiration of audiences and critics alike across Canada, the United States, Europe and Japan. The Toronto Symphony has featured her as soloist on several tours and she has appeared as guest artist with numerous other orchestras and ensembles worldwide. She has participated in many of North America’s music festivals and several of her performances have been filmed by Rhombus Media and aired on public television.

A prolific recording artist, she has been a recipient of Canada’s Juno Award for best classical recording and the Canada Council’s Grand Prix du disque. Canadien. Her newly released CD, La Harpe Fantastique, is a part of her “80s Project”, in which she is learning and recording all the pieces that she has wanted to do and never had time for.

In addition to performances of traditional harp repertoire, Ms. Loman has commissioned several new works for her instrument by Canada’s foremost composers, including John Weinzweig, R. Murray Schafer, Glenn Buhr and Kelly Marie Murphy. She has introduced these compositions worldwide through her recordings and recitals in North America, Europe, Israel and Japan. Always seeking to add to the harp repertoire, she is active in transcribing classical and baroque works for the harp from the piano repertoire, as well as arranging folk and Christmas music for voice and harp.

Ms. Loman has been a featured recitalist at several American Harp Society Conferences and for the World Harp Congress. She gave the opening recital for the American Harp Society’s Millennium Conference in 2000. A highlight of this concert was the World Premiere of Kelly Marie Murphy’s “Illuminations”, commissioned for Ms. Loman by the Canada Council of the Arts. Her appearances with the World Harp Congress were in Paris, France, Tacoma, Washington, Dublin, Ireland, where she performed R. Murray Schafer’s Harp Concerto, Glen Buhr’s Concerto for flute and harp, and Kelly Marie Murphy’s Harp Concerto, respectively. In her opening recital at The World Harp Congress in Vancouver, Canada, she performed R. Murray Schafer’s Crown of Ariadne, and the premiere of Trio for Flute, Viola and Harp by Kelly Marie Murphy.

A dedicated teacher, Judy Loman taught at The Curtis Institute of Music for several years and continues there as a Visiting Artist on occasion. She is Adjunct Professor of harp at the University of Toronto, and Instructor of harp at the Glenn Gould School of Music, a part of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. She gives Masterclasses worldwide and has adjudicated at the International Harp Contest in Israel, the USA International Harp Contest and The Vera Dulova International Harp Competition in Moscow, as well as composition competitions and young artist competitions held by the American Harp Society and the Fukui Festival.

In June of 2002 Ms. Loman retired from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra to devote her time to teaching, recording, concertizing and the publishing of her arrangements and transcriptions. To celebrate this new turn in her career the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation commissioned the Concerto for harp and Orchestra by the Canadian composer, Kelly-Marie Murphy which she premiered on June 12th. 2002. Ms. Loman subsequently received a grant from the Ontario Arts Council to commission Kelly Marie Murphy’s Trio for Flute, Viola and Harp. She performed the world premiere of this trio at her opening recital for The World Harp Congress held in Vancouver in 2011.

Judy Loman continues to teach, perform, and record. For her 80th birthday she received grants from The Canada Council and Michael Koerner to publish a two CD collection of all of R. Murray Schafer’s 7 works for harp. These CDs include performances by harpists Lori Gemmell, Heidi Krutzen, and Judy Loman.

Loman is a Fellow of the Royal Conservatory of Music and was honoured to become a Member of The Order of Canada in 2015.

Jody Guinn has made Northeast Ohio her professional home for 40 years. Currently, she is playing 2nd harp in the Cleveland Orchestra, including domestic and international tours. She recently retired from her post as principal harp of the Akron Symphony Orchestra after 38 seasons. For many years, Jody played for the Cleveland Ballet, the Cleveland Opera and the Ohio Chamber Orchestra. Other orchestras in which she has appeared include Baltimore, Cincinnati, Detroit, Erie, Florida, Houston, Philadelphia and ProMusica Columbus, under notable conductors including John Adams, Jader Bignamini, Pierre Boulez, Sir Colin Davis, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Charles Dutoit, Jakub Hrusa, Paavo Jarvi, Klaus Makela, and Franz Welser-Möst. Jody can be heard in several Decca and Telarc recordings with the Cleveland Orchestra and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, respectively. She has played with the Three Tenors, the Irish Tenors, Barry Manilow, Ray Charles, Josh Groban, the Beach Boys, the Who, Weird Al Yankovic, and André Bocelli.

Jody is a founding member of the Salzedo Harp Duo, along with her friend and colleague Nancy Lendrim, principal harp of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra. The Duo has released three record albums on the Azica Label: “Short Stories” (music of Carlos Salzedo), “Simple Gifts” (Malaguena, The Ash Grove, Simple Gifts, among others), and “Clair de Noel” (Christmas and Holiday music). Together they have given concerts around the country and have appeared at the World Harp Congresses of 2002 (Geneva, Switzerland) and 2008 (Amsterdam, the Netherlands). Their recording of Debussy’s “Clair de lune” was heard on an episode of the popular CBS daytime drama, “The Young and the Restless.”

Jody received her Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from Colorado State University under the tutelage of Suzann Davids. She received her Master of Music degree in Harp Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music, studying under world renowned harpist and pedagogue Alice Chalifoux. She also spent several summers in Camden, Maine, studying at the former Salzedo Harp School.
Jody shares her love of the harp with many students of all ages. She is on the faculties of Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music in Berea, Ohio, Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Music. She plays a Lyon and Healy Style 23 Concert Grand harp.

Nancy Lendrim is Principal Harpist of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, where she holds the Lois Nitschke Chair for Harp. A graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music, Nancy was a student of renowned harpist Alice Chalifoux, and for 12 summers was a participant at the Salzedo Harp Colony in Camden, Maine.

Nancy has appeared frequently as a soloist with The Toledo Symphony, and has performed as an auxiliary harpist with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, North Carolina Opera, Detroit Symphony and the Atlanta Symphony. She formed the Salzedo Harp Duo in 2000 with Jody Guinn, performing at the American Harp Society National Conference in Dearborn, Michigan and at World Harp Congresses in Geneva and Amsterdam. The Duo has released three CDs on the Azica label, and their recordings are available on Apple Music and Spotify.

For 14 years, Nancy collaborated with Elizabeth Hainen as Director of Harp Ensembles for the Saratoga Harp Colony and Curtis Summerfest. She is also on the faculty of the University of Toledo and the Toledo School for the Arts. Nancy, a Suzuki-Certified harp teacher, coordinates a public school program of harp students in the fifth through twelfth grades in Perrysburg, Ohio, and maintains an active roster of private students. Recent master classes have included the University of Michigan, Tanglewood and the Young Artist’s Harp Seminar. In addition, Nancy has served as both clinician and adjudicator at numerous harp conferences and competitions, including as a preliminary judge for the 2016 USA International Harp Competition, 2018 and 2021 American Harp Society Conferences, and the 2022 Young Artist’s Harp Seminar in Chestertown, MD. Each summer, she is harpist for the MostArts Festival in Alfred, NY, and directs an annual HarpFest, a multi-generational harp camp.In 2017, Nancy was elected to a term on the Board of Directors of the American Harp Society.

Offstage, Nancy enjoys cooking, quilting, her book club and running an occasional 10K or half marathon. She lives in Sylvania, Ohio with husband Roger Greive. Her adult sons Elliot and Oliver call, but not nearly enough 🙂

Joan Raeburn Holland is Associate Professor of Harp for the SMTD of the University of Michigan. Along with her position on the faculty at Michigan, Professor Holland is resident harpist and Instructor of harp at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. In addition to her strong commitment to teaching, she maintains an active career in solo, chamber, concerto performances and orchestral performing. She is currently principal harpist for the Midland (MI) Symphony Orchestra, co-principal of the Traverse Symphony Orchestra, Traverse City, MI, and substitute harpist for a number of Michigan orchestras. Before joining the faculty at Interlochen, she was principal harp for the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Ballet Orchestra. She has performed as substitute harpist for the Cleveland Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, and the Ohio Chamber Orchestra.

An avid chamber musician, Professor Holland frequently performs with her colleagues, with appearances at the SMTD, Interlochen Chamber Music Concerts, at the Lexington Bach Festival, the Manitou Music Festival, the Thunder Bay Arts Council Series, the Dancing Bear Series, and in faculty chamber music series at various Michigan universities.

She has participated in recital programs for the regional and national conventions of the American Harp Society (AHS), appearing in their June 2008 concert honoring Alice Chalifoux, as recitalist for the Philadelphia Harp Festival, recitalist for the Toledo (OH) Chapter of AHS, and recitalist for the opening meeting of the Philadelphia Chapter. She performed the Sonata for Viola and Harp by Arnold Bax for the World Harp Congress and again for the International Viola Congress in Austin (TX), with violist David Holland.

Concerto performances include collaboration with the Midland Symphony Chamber Orchestra, the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra, the Traverse Symphony Orchestra, the Lexington Bach Festival Orchestra, the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra, the Sault Symphony, Sault Ste. Marie (ON), the West Shore (MI) Symphony, the Ithaca Chamber Orchestra, and the Chamber Orchestra of Akron.

As a Board member of the American Harp Society, Joan served two terms and was instrumental in creating an online list and educational resource for the study of theory.

Ms. Raeburn Holland began her harp studies under the tutelage of Eileen Malone in the preparatory department of the Eastman School of Music. From the age of twelve and continuing through college, she studied with Alice Chalifoux, earning a Bachelor’s in Harp Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Joan and her husband David Holland, professional violist and conductor, have two children, Jennifer and her family, and John, both actively involved in music and visual arts.

Douglas Rioth, former San Francisco Symphony principal harpist, joined the orchestra in 1981 and made his San Francisco Symphony solo debut in 1984 with Handel’s Harp Concerto in B-flat Major, with Raymond Leppard conducting. He has performed as soloist with the San Francisco Symphony in works by Mozart, Ginastera, Debussy, and Frank Martin, and he has appeared many times in their Chamber Music Series and in Wondrous Sounds of Christmas concerts.

Born in Missouri in 1953, Mr. Rioth studied with Alice Chalifoux and Elisa Smith Dickon, attended the Interlochen Arts Academy and Cleveland Institute of Music, and studied at the Berkshire Music Center as a fellowship student. Before coming to San Francisco, he was the principal harpist of the Indianapolis Symphony for six years. He has appeared with the Cleveland Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Royal Winnipeg Ballet Orchestra, and in chamber music with the Caselli Ensemble and Chamber Music Sundaes. He has been featured on NBC’s News Overnight, has been a regular participant in the Salzedo Summer Harp Colony in Camden, Maine, and serves on the coaching team for the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra.