Arilyn Mitchell, Harpist

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Boston: May - August

Pittsburgh: August - May

Arilyn is a young professional concert harpist currently studying at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Music under Gretchen van Hoesen. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Humanities and Art, with a focus in Psychology and Music Performance. During the course of her thirteen years of study, she has had the privilege to participate in masterclasses with Marisa Robles, Fabrice Pierre, Catherine Michel, Marie-Claire Jamet, Park Stickney, Isabelle Moretti, and Gabriella Dall'Olio. 

For ten of the twelve years that she has been playing, she has worked in orchestras across the United States. In addition, she has toured internationally with Benjamin Zander and the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra multiple times. Through these various musical opportunities, she has performed in halls worldwide including Symphony Hall (Boston), the Musikverein (Vienna), the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), and the Centro Cultural Kirschner (Buenos Aires). Recent highlights of her orchestral work include working with James Blachly for a performance of the Negro Folk Symphony, and the premiere of a variety of student works with the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic.