Name: Spanish Reflections II
Start: 2026-08-01T15:00:00-0400
End: 2026-08-01T15:45:00-0400

Saturday August 1, 2026 15:00 - 15:45 EDT

Concert featuring works arranged by Susann McDonald and Linda Wood Rollo from the Spanish Music collections that have expanded harp repertoire worldwide.

Moderators

Clíona Doris

Clíona Doris is a Professor at TU Dublin Conservatoire where she lectures in harp, performance studies, and artistic research. She is a member of Ireland’s National Concert Hall Board and the WHC Board of Directors and Corporation. She was the Host Committee Chair when Ireland... Read More →

Presenters

Jaymee Haefner

International Harp Archives

Jaymee Haefner (DM, MM, BM), is the University Distinguished Research Professor of Harp and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. She has premiered works by composers Libby Larsen, Paul Patterson, and Gary Schocker; taught masterclasses in the... Read More →

Baltazar Juarez Davila

Baltazar Juarez Davila is the Principal Harp of the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico and Founder and Artistic Director of the Mexico International Harp Competition and Festival. He´s invited as a concert artist and to give Masterclasses in different parts of the world. As a... Read More →

Anabel Guitérrez Orraca

Anabel Guitérrez Orraca founded the Asociación Latinoamericana del Arpa in 2021, to expand access to education for harpists across Latin America. She holds advanced degrees from McGill University in Montreal; the Bachelor of Music degree in Music Performance from the Indiana University... Read More →

Nadia Pessoa

Nadia Pessoa resides in Washington, D.C., where she performs as a guest musician for the Baltimore Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, the American Pops, and at the Kennedy Center. She earned her B.M. and Performer Diploma at Indiana University, and has won awards from the National Society... Read More →

Florence Sitruk

Florence Sitruk has been a professor of harp at the universities of Vilnius, Geneva, Krakow, Tokyo Tech, and more recently at Indiana University, Bloomington (2017-2020) following Distinguished Professor Susann McDonald. With Susann McDonald, Florence created the USA-Israel exchange... Read More →

Elzbieta (Ela) Szmyt

Elzbieta Szmyt is Professor of Music and Chair of the Harp Department at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. A native of Poland, she has given master classes, judged competitions and performed recitals in Europe, Canada, Asia, and the United States. She has been a featured... Read More →

Naoko Yoshino

London-born Japanese harpist Naoko Yoshino started her solo career after winning First Prize at the Ninth International Harp Contest in Israel, in 1985. Her solo engagements with the world’s top orchestras have included the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra... Read More →

Saturday August 1, 2026 15:00 - 15:45 EDT
Grand Ballroom Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

Performance, Solo Harp

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