Sunday, April 26, 2026
Registration Deadline: April 1, 2025
Registration Fee: $35 – includes lunch and a t-shirt
Extra Lunches: $10 – for non-participating companions
(Vegetarian options will be available)
The sooner you register, the more time you have to practice.
Join us for Fredonia Harp Day – designed for harpists of all ages and all levels. This stress-free day includes harp ensemble rehearsals & a performance, a special guest recital to inspire you, lunch & a t-shirt (included), and the opportunity to meet and mingle with other harpists! Play as many or as few of the pieces as you
like … Harp ensemble repertoire will be sent when registration is received – so the earlier you register, the more time you will have to practice!
About Fredonia Harp Day
· All ages and all levels welcome
· Stress-free and informal
· Harp ensemble rehearsals and a performance
· Play as many or as few of the pieces as you like
· Original Harp-Art Gallery with prizes
· Special guest recital to inspire you
· Make new harp friends!
Hosted by Fredonia harp professor, Sonja Inglefield, all events will take place at the Fredonia School of Music. Mason Hall is a harp-friendly building with plenty of handicap access. Music stands and chairs are provided. If you prefer to use a bench, please bring one along with your harp, music, and a tuning key. Display your original harp-art in our gallery for a chance to win a prize!
Tentative Schedule
9:00am – check-in
9:30am – welcome and tuning
10:00am – ensemble rehearsal
11:30pm – lunch at Cranston Marché (included with registration); change into Harp Day t-shirt
*1:00pm – Special Guest Recital: Maya Lindsey
Made possible by the Emerging Artists program and the Western New York chapter of the American Harp Society, Inc.
2:00pm – ensemble rehearsal and group photo
3:30pm – retune the harps for the finale
*4:00pm – grand finale ensemble performance and harp-art prizes
(Events marked with a * are free for members of the general public to join the audience.)
Questions? Sonja.Inglefield@fredonia.edu
Maya Lindsey is an undergraduate student at the Curtis Institute of Music currently studying with Elizabeth Hainen and Noël Wan. She began her musical studies at the age of 4 on the piano, but found her true passion when she started playing the harp at 14. In 2023, she was selected as one of two harpists for Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra, with which she
toured North America under the direction of Sir Andrew Davis. She has served as the principal harpist of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and Pennsylvania All-State Orchestra, and has played as a substitute musician with the New World Symphony and the Philadelphia Orchestra. She has spent summers at the National Orchestral Institute, Miami Music Festival, and the National Repertory Orchestra, where she was featured as a concerto soloist. Most recently, she was awarded the grand prize at the Basel International Harp Competition, and second prize at the American Harp Society National Competition. Her former teachers include Maryanne Meyer and Katherine Siochi.