Elaine Barber, Harp

 

 

 

 




Elaine Barber is principal harpist of the Austin Symphony and Austin Lyric Opera Orchestras, and a regular guest with the San Antonio Symphony. She presented the premiere performance of James Sclater’s Four Etudes for Solo Harp at the 1998 American Harp Society National Conference. She has performed with Spoleto USA, the Chamber Soloists of Austin, Cactus Pear Music Festival, Conspirare, Round Top Festival, Victoria Bach Festival, and Salon Concerts. She can be heard on recordings by David Byrne and James McMurtry as well as the Spy Kids 2 soundtrack. Ms. Barber has a Master of Music Degree from the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University.

She has twenty years of experience playing for weddings, receptions, dinners & brunches. For these events she can play classical music (from Bach and Pachelbel to Debussy and Satie) or a classical/classic jazz mix (George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Leonard Bernstein).