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Christine Mazza - Harpist




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CHRISTINE MAZZA

Christine Mazza teaches harp to University and Community Music students at West Virginia University. She performs regularly with the Pittsburgh Opera and the Pittsburgh Ballet Orchestras. She is also principal harpist with the Johnstown Symphony.

Mrs. Mazza performs with The Latshaw Pops Orchestra, touring Midwest and East Coast venues. Past credits include the Wheeling W.V. Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, the Cleveland Opera Orchestra, and the Cincinnati Ballet. She performs for schools and hospitals with her students and is featured in the West Virginia Arts in Education Program.

She is also founder and director of the Morgantown Harp Ensemble and the Morgantown Chapter of the American Harp Society. Christine Mazza studied harp with Alice Chalifoux at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she received her Master’s Degree in Harp Performance.

MORGANTOWN HARP ENSEMBLE

The Morgantown Harp Ensemble represents the Morgantown Chapter of the American Harp Society. It was established in 1995, founded by the director, Christine Mazza. Members include harpists varying in age and in musical background.

The ensemble has commissioned composers for new works for harp and provided scholarships for harp study. The group performs monthly concerts at Village at Heritage Point Retirement Community in Morgantown. The ensemble also performs for schools and churches in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Western Maryland. Venues have included the Penn Alps Summer Recital Series, Tamarack, the St. Thomas à Becket (Morgantown) Christmas Series, the Drummond Chapel (Morgantown) Christmas Concerts, and the Greenbrier Resort.

The Morgantown Harp Ensemble was the major contributor for the 2009 restoration and yearly maintenance of the WVU concert grand harp. In 2013, the ensemble accepted a donation of a Lyon Healy model 15 pedal harp to be used by the community and university students.This harp will be maintained by Morgantown AHS Chapter treasury funds.

Watch a video of the MHE performing here!











MUSIC


If your favorite piece is not included in this list, just ask!


WEDDING
A Time For Us from Romeo and Juliet - Rota
Air from Watermusic - Handel
Allegro from Concerto in Bb - Handel
Allegro from Sonata in D - Parry
Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms
Canon in D - Pachelbel
Claire De Lune - Debussy
First Arabesque - Debussy
Fraicheur (Zephers) - Salzado
Hornpipe from Watermusic - Handel
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - Bach
March of the Priests from Alceste - Gluck
Ode to Joy - Beethoven
One Hand One Heart from West Side Story - L. Bernstein
Prelude in C
from Well Tempered Clavier - Bach
Rejoicing - Handel
Reverie and Carillon - Salzedo
Rigaudon from Idomenee - Campra
Rondeau from Suites de Symphonies - Mouret
The Rose - McBroom
Spring from The Seasons - Vivaldi
St. Anthony Choral - Haydn
Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof - Harrick
Trumpet Tune - Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke
Try to Remember from The Fantastiks - Schmidt
Wedding March - Mendelssohn
Wedding March
from Lohengin - Wagner


CHRISTMAS
Interlude from Ceremony of Carols - Britten
Jingle Bells - Traditional
O Tannenbaum - Traditional
Silent Night - Gruber
What Child is This (Greensleeves) - Traditional


ROMAN CATHOLIC MASS
Agnus Dei from No Greater Love - Joncas
Celtic Alleluia - Walker
Glora - Haugan
Lamb of God from Mass of Creation - Haugan
On Eagles Wings - Joncas
Our Father (Chant)
Pie Jesu from Requiem - Webber
Sanctus, Memorial Acclamation and Amen - Haugan
Sanctus, Memorial Acclamation and Amen - Joncas
Shepherd Me Oh God (Responsorial) - Haugan
STANDARDS AND POP
Autumn Leaves - Mercer
As Time Goes By - Hupfield
Can’t Help Lovin Dat Man from Showboat - Kern
Danny Boy - Traditional
Edelweiss - Rodgers/Hammerstein
Fascination - Marchetti
Happy Birthday / Anniversary Song
La Donna e Mobile from Rigoletto - Verdi

La Vie En Rose - Luiguy
Memory from Cats - Webber
Misty - Garner
My Heart Will Go On from Titanic - Horner
Mussetta’s Waltz from La Boheme - Puccini
O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi - Puccini
Satin Doll - D. Ellington
September Song - Weill
Stairway to Heaven - Page/Stardust/Carmichael
Take Five - Desmond
Think of Me from Phantom of the Opera - Webber
Un Bel Di from Madame Butterfly - Puccini


CELTIC
O’Carolan’s Quarrel with the Landlady - Carolan
O’Carolan’s Concerto - Carolan
Women of Ireland - Traditional
Glenlivet - Traditional
So Bheag Si Mhor - Carolan
Morrison’s Jig


HEBREW
Do di Li - Traditional
Erev Shel Shoshanim / Hatikvah - Traditional
Havah Nagila - Traditional
Mazeltov - Traditional
Oseh Shalom - Traditional
Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen - Goldfaden


VIOLIN & HARP
LUCIAN MAZZA, VIOLINIST
Ashokan Farewell - Ungar
Bouree - Bach
Gavotte - Bach
Morrison’s Jig - Traditiona
Si Bheag Si Mhor - Carolan





SHEET MUSIC


Please email or call me to purchase my unique harp music arrangements.

They are also available at Harp Column Music and VA Harp Center.



Volume I - Harp Parts
$12
Volume I - Harp Ensemble Scores
$12
1. The Chimes/Joy to the World
2. We Three Kings/My Little Welsh Home
3. O Sanctissima
4. Good King Wenceslas/Ding Dong Merrily On High/The Holly and the Ivy





Volume II - Harp Parts
$12
Volume II - Harp Ensemble Scores
$12
1. Carol of the Bells
2. The First Noel
3. Greensleeves
4. Go Tell It on the Mountain





Volume III - Harp Parts
$12
Volume III - Harp Ensemble Scores
$12
1. Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
2. Taladh Chriodsa (Christ Child Lullaby)
3. Greensleeves
4. Sing We Now of Christmas








LINKS


HARP RESOURCES
Harp.com
Sylvia Woods Harp Center
Harping For Harmony
American Harp Society
Lyon Healy Harps
Vanderbilt Music
VA Harp Center

Harp Column
WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia University Music
West Virginia Division of Culture



PENNSYLVANIA
Johnstown Symphony Orchestra
Pittsburgh Opera
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

Latshaw Productions


CONTACT



CALL ME


304-598-2569



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