Vice-President: Felice Pomeranz Felice Pomeranz has been performing in the Greater Boston area since 1978. She holds degrees from New England Conservatory in both classical music and jazz, being the first harpist to receive a jazz degree from NEC. She serves on the Board of Directors for the American Harp Society and is currently an officer of the Boston Chapter. In 1982, Ms. Pomeranz founded The Gilded Harps, a music referral network of the best harpists in the New England area. Ms. Pomeranz has been named Associate Professor of Harp at Berklee College of Music in Boston. She is also a regular guest teacher of The Boston Conservatory. Contact Felice Pomeranz Vice-President: Amanda Romano As a 2010 Harp Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, Ms. Romano was privileged to work with John Williams, Michael Tilson Thomas, Raphael Fruhbeck de Burgos, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Robert Spano and Oliver Knussen among others. As well as keeping a private studio, Ms. Romano holds faculty positions at the Brookline Music School and Four Strings Academy. Ms. Romano received her Bachelors degree from the New England Conservatory of Music and Masters degree at Boston University studying with former Boston Symphony Orchestra harpist Ann Hobson Pilot. Contact Amanda Romano Treasurer: Marilinda Garcia Marilinda Garcia holds a B.M., with Distinction in Performance and Academic Honors, from New England Conservatory of Music, and a B.A., cum laude, from Tufts University. Upon graduation in 2006 she was nominated to the Pi Kappa Lambda Honor Society. Ms. Garcia was Principal Harp for the Washington National Opera Young Artists Program under the artistic advisory of Placido Domingo and has toured across Central and South America and Europe with the Youth Orchestra of the Americas. Highlights include a live recording of the Verdi Requiem, directed by Placido Domingo, under the Deutsche Grammophone label and an American Music program as the opening concert of the Berlin Young-Euro-Classic Festival. Marilinda has performed extensively with orchestras and choruses in the Northeast and with her sister, flutist Bianca Garcia, has been a guest recitalist, conducted master classes and performed the Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto in the US and abroad, such as, at the International Flute Festival in Costa Rica and with the Rome Festival Orchestra. Ms. Garcia considers herself fortunate to have had the opportunity to perform in venues, such as, Boston’s Symphony Hall, New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, and Harvard University’s Sander’s Theatre, Carnegie Hall of NYC, the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, the Gran Sala of Sao Paolo, Brazil and at the European Union in Strasbourg, France. Ms. Garcia is the Harp Instructor at Phillips Exeter Academy and has also previously taught at St. Paul’s School and Gordon College. Marilinda is a Public Service Fellow and completing graduate studies in public policy at Harvard University, and she is serving her second term as a State Representative for the state of New Hampshire. Communications Coordinator/News: Jessica Schaeffer Contact Jessica: jessschaeffer@gmail.com |
