Harvard at the ASO:
Private Reception with Harpist and Alum Elisabeth Remy Johnson
Harvard goes to the Symphony!
Please join us for this very special evening at the ASO, which features Christina Smith and Elisabeth Remy Johnson, AB'95 performing the Mozart Concerto for Flute and Harp, plus Beethoven Symphony No. 8. Donald Runnicles is the Principal Guest Conductor.
There will be a post-concert dessert reception (with cash bar) with Elisabeth in the elegant Shaw Room.
Date: Saturday, October 10.
Time: The pre-concert chamber music recital starts at 6:45 pm, and the concert itself starts at 8 pm.
Pricing:
Member, Main Orchestra: $62.80
Non-Member, Main Orchestra: $72.80
Member, Premium Orchestra: $106.80
Non-Member, Main Orchestra: $116.80
Elisabeth Remy Johnson was appointed principal harpist of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) in 1995. She holds the endowed Delta Air Lines Chair and also held the honorary UPS Community Service Chair from 2006-07. With the ASO, Ms. Remy Johnson has performed concertos by Debussy, Handel, Mozart and Ginastera. Her studies were with Ann Hobson Pilot in Boston and with Alice Chalifoux at the Salzedo Summer Harp Colony in Camden, Maine. She graduated from Harvard University Phi Beta Kappa with a double major in Music and French.
Ms. Remy Johnson has recorded extensively with the ASO. Her first solo CD, “Whirlwind,” was released in fall 2000, and a flute and harp recording with ASO principal flutist Christina Smith, "Encantamiento," was released in fall 2008.
In addition to frequent solo and chamber music recitals in the Atlanta area, Ms. Remy Johnson has performed with the Atlanta Chamber Players, the Carolina Chamber Music Festival and is a frequent guest at the Meeting House Chamber Music Festival. She was the featured guest solo artist at the 2012 Mid Atlantic Harp Festival.
Ms. Remy Johnson teaches harp privately through the ASO Talent Development Program and at several universities in the Atlanta area. She coaches the harpists of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra and is an artist affiliate at Emory University, Artist in Residence at Kennesaw State University and Adjunct Instructor at Georgia State University. In fall of 2009, Ms. Remy Johnson was awarded the Atlanta Business Chronicle's "Up & Comers Award,” showcasing young community leaders in Atlanta.