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Hailing from Detroit, Michigan, harpist Rizpah
is taking this ancient instrument to new levels. A graduate of the University
of North Texas, Rizpah gives the harp a unique and brilliant sound through
expression of various musical styles. Prior to completion of her degree
in Music Education, she had already participated in such events as the
Texas Music Festival and played in the University of Houston Symphony
Orchestra at the Texas Music Educators Association annual conference.
She was also one of
the first harpists to attend the Jamey Abersold Jazz Arts Workshop.
Rizpah was also the only jazz harpist
to be selected out of 52 states and 15 countries to be a part of the
Henry
Mancini Institute in Los Angeles, California. Rizpah has played harp
with the Metropolitan Wind Symphony and a variety of groups around
the Dallas Metroplex and beyond. For two seasons, Rizpah was the principal
harpist of the Detroit Civic Symphony Orchestra under the direction
of Lang Shui while attending Cass Technical High School.
Rizpah's early training included attendance
at the prestigious music institutions of Interlochen Arts Camp and
Tanglewood Music Institute in Lennox, Massachusetts. The melodious
strains of the harp are food for every human's soul. For this reason,
Rizpah continues to stretch boundaries with her music and expand the
definition of a harpist incorporating classical, jazz, and avant-garde
in her style known as "Organic Jazzy Soul". |
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