Cheryl Losey Harp Dinner 2012

Friday, January 20, 2012, 6 PM:  Cheryl Losey Harp Dinner Concert, “An Evening in Paris” by reservation only, please contact Paul Dankers at (970) 300-1330 or paul@snowmasschapel.org.  This formal dinner concert will feature delicious meat and vegetarian entrees.  Be sure to make your reservation early, because seating will be limited!  Cheryl Losey has earned distinction as one of America’s leading young harpists, receiving national and international awards, and performing in diverse settings around the world. She was recently awarded the Alice Rosner Prize in the 2009 Munich International Competition. Other awards include first prize and Grandjany Prize in the American Harp Society’s National Solo Competition, first prize in the American String Teachers Association National Solo Competition, winner of the Cleveland Institute of Music Concerto Competition, and prize winner in the Corpus Christi International Young Artists Competition. Festival credits include summers performing at the Pacific Music Festival in Japan, the Spoleto Music Festival, National Repertory Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Festival, and with the Youth Orchestra of the Americas throughout South America. She is performing as the harp fellow at the Aspen Music Festival in 2009-2010. Ms. Losey has appeared as soloist with the New England Symphonic Ensemble in eleven different countries, and with orchestras including the National Repertory Orchestra, CIM Orchestra, and in 2010, the Sarasota Orchestra. She received her Bachelor and Masters Degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of Yolanda Kondonassis, and is a native of Harpswell, Maine. In May 2008, Ms. Losey was appointed Principal Harp of The Sarasota Orchestra.