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Kimberly Rowe, Harp

One of Philadelphia’s most active and versatile harpists, Kimberly Rowe has performed with the region’s top ensembles including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. She is well known among harpists as founder, editor, and designer of the internationally distributed Harp Column magazine.

Rowe has been a featured performer at major harp events around the world including the American Harp Society National Conference, Lyon & Healy’s International Jazz and Pop Harpfest, and the World Harp Congress, in Geneva, Switzerland. She has given presentations for regional chapters of the American Harp Society and has been a guest speaker on business and the arts at institutions such as the University of Michigan.

Rowe is co-founder and artist faculty of the Young Artist’s Harp Seminar and Competition as well as the Beginning in the Middle seminar for adult harp students; she is adjunct faculty in harp at Rowan University and also serves on the faculty of the Saratoga Harp Colony, founded by Philadelphia Orchestra Principal harpist Elizabeth Hainen.

Kimberly Rowe attended the Cleveland Institute of Music where she received Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees studying with renowned harp pedagogue Alice Chalifoux.