Name: Ruth Wickersham Papalia Scholarship Award Winners in Recital 🍁🪐
Start: 2026-08-03T11:30:00-0400
End: 2026-08-03T12:30:00-0400

Ruth Wickersham Papalia Scholarship Award Winners in Recital 🍁🪐

Monday August 3, 2026 11:30 - 12:30 EDT

Birchwood Ballroom

A solo harp recital featuring two recent recipients of the AHS Ruth Wickersham Papalia Scholarship.
Maya Lai: A program exploring the harp’s capabilities through color, texture, and atmosphere— including works by Takuma Itoh, Jean Cras, and Marcel Grandjany.
Zora Evangeline: A recital-presentation aimed to present research on Black women harpists and promote contemporary, multi-genre harp music. Featuring works by Alice Coltrane, Brandee Younger, Dorothy Ashby, Germaine Tailleferre, Adolphus Hailstork, and Caroline Lizotte.

Presenters

Zora Evangeline

Zora Evangeline is the recipient of the 2024 American Harp Society Ruth Wickersham Papalia Scholarship Award and holds the Bachelor of Music degree from Temple University, studying with Elizabeth Hainen. Zora is passionate about diverse programming and community engagement. She performs... Read More →

Maya Lai

Maya Lai is a harpist at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, studying with Yolanda Kondonassis. Winner of the 2025 Mitchell-Hogg Competition, she appeared as a featured soloist with the Houston Symphony performing the Ginastera Harp Concerto. Maya has performed... Read More →

Monday August 3, 2026 11:30 - 12:30 EDT
Birchwood Ballroom

Performance, Solo Harp

One Harp World

Zora Evangeline

Maya Lai

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One Harp World

Zora Evangeline

Maya Lai

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