Overview
Work History
Education
Summer Festivals
Audition Experience and Awards
Primary Instructors
Timeline
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LILY PRIMUS

HOUSTON,TX

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Guest Principal Harp

Colorado Springs Philharmonic
01.2024 - Current

Substitute Harp

New World Symphony
01.2024 - Current

Substitute Harp

Houston Symphony
01.2023 - Current

Chamber Musician

Monarch Chamber Players
10.2024 - Current

Chamber Musician and Board Member

Colorado Chamber Players
01.2016 - Current

Private Harp Teacher

01.2019 - Current

Education

MASTER OF MUSIC - HARP PERFORMANCE

Rice University | Shepherd School of Music
05-2026

BACHELOR OF MUSIC - HARP PERFORMANCE, JEWISH STUDIES

Rice University | Shepherd School of Music
05-2024

Summer Festivals

  • Aspen Music Festival, 2024
  • Texas Music Festival, 2023
  • Round Top Festival Institute, 2022
  • Young Artists Harp Seminar, 2017, 2018, 2021

Audition Experience and Awards

  • Semi Finalist, San Francisco Opera Principal Harp Audition, 2024
  • Absolute First Prizewinner, Third Edition of the Fanny Mendelssohn International Competition, 2024
  • Finalist, Korea International Harp Competition, 2024First Prizewinner (College Division), Mildred Milligan Harp Scholarship Competition, 2021
  • Finalist, Cynthia Woods Mitchell-Ima Hogg Young Artist Concerto Competition, 2023
  • Winner, Denver Young Artists Orchestra Concerto Competition, 2020
  • Prizewinner, American Harp Society National Competition, 2015, 2017, 2019

Primary Instructors

  • Paula Page
  • Mary Kay Waddington
  • Nancy Allen
  • Katherine Siochi

Timeline

Chamber Musician

Monarch Chamber Players
10.2024 - Current

Guest Principal Harp

Colorado Springs Philharmonic
01.2024 - Current

Substitute Harp

New World Symphony
01.2024 - Current

Substitute Harp

Houston Symphony
01.2023 - Current

Private Harp Teacher

01.2019 - Current

Chamber Musician and Board Member

Colorado Chamber Players
01.2016 - Current

MASTER OF MUSIC - HARP PERFORMANCE

Rice University | Shepherd School of Music

BACHELOR OF MUSIC - HARP PERFORMANCE, JEWISH STUDIES

Rice University | Shepherd School of Music
LILY PRIMUS