Faculty

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Brooklyn-based harpist Dr. Chelsea Lane graduated magna cum laude from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in Music, completed her Master of Arts in Harp Performance with grote onderscheiding (“high honors”) at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels, and received her D.M.A. in Music Performance from The Graduate Center, CUNY in NYC.

A versatile musician, Dr. Lane is equally at home performing on Broadway (Wicked, Sweeney Todd, Paradise Square, Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes), as she is in classical symphonic settings as a guest artist for ensembles such as the Czech Philharmonic, The Metropolitan Opera, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, and Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, among others.

As a prizewinner in several national and international competitions, including the American Harp Society’s Young Professional Competition, the Anne Adams Awards, the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Concerto Competition, the Lyon and Healy Awards, and the ASTA National Solo Competition, Dr. Lane is well-equipped to prepare harp students in her private studio and at higher-level institutions for musical success. Dr. Lane’s research publications (“The Feminine Harp as Feminist Tool: Early Professional Footing for Women in Mid-Twentieth-Century America”, Doctoral Diss, CUNY Academic Works; "'A Pastime Costing Money': The Parlor Harp and Harpist as Representations of Wealth in Nineteenth-Century America", American Harp Journal) further inform her teaching as Harp Instructor at Mannes Prep, Adjunct Artist in Harp at Vassar College, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Harp, Chamber Music, and Music History at the College of Staten Island, CUNY, as well as her innovative solo and chamber concert programming.