American harpist Jacqueline Pollauf is a dynamic young performer with musical sensitivity and maturity beyond her years. Praised for playing with “glittering beauty” (Lawrence Budman, critic for the Miami Herald) and a “steady and most satisfying elegance” (The Toledo Blade), Ms. Pollauf made her solo debut at age sixteen with the Perrysburg Symphony Orchestra. She performs frequently as a soloist and her debut solo album, Bouquet, was released in 2009.
Ms. Pollauf is on the faculties of the University of Maryland Baltimore County and the Baltimore School for the Arts. She is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory where she studied with Ruth K. Inglefield.
For more information about Jacqueline Pollauf, please visit www.jpharp.com
Noah Getz is a jazz and classical saxophonist based in Washington, DC. He has performed at major venues throughout the United States, including at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, The Phillips Collection, The National Gallery of Art, the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago, the Music Center at Strathmore, World Saxophone Congress XIII, and as the guest soloist for the MOSA Concert Series Saxophone Summit in New York City. Dr. Getz received a first-round Grammy nomination for his contribution with the New Hudson Saxophone Quartet to America’s Millennium Tribute to Adolphe Sax, Vol. V, and was a finalist in the Haverhill International Soloist Competition in the United Kingdom. His solo album Crosscurrents is available through Albany Records.
Dr. Getz is a Musician-in-Residence at American University and on the faculties of The Levine School of Music and the National Cathedral School. He has given masterclasses and recitals at universities across the country, including the University of Oregon, University of California at Berkeley, Mannes – The New School for Music, and the Conservatory of Puerto Rico. He is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, The Manhattan School of Music, and Florida State University.
For more information about Noah Getz, please visit www.noahgetz.com