| Brandee Younger |
| Monday, 05 November 2007 | |
 photo: Ryan Handt Extending her musical education into her college years, Younger earned a bachelor's degree in Music Performance and Management from the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford. There, she studied under Rebecca Flannery. Younger complemented her studies at the Hartt School with lessons from renowned harpists Susan Jolles and Karen Lindquist. Spanning an array of orchestras from the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra to the Red Bull Artsehcro, a "non-conformist" orchestra convened by the Austrian energy drink company, Younger's performance resume reveals her as a remarkably adaptable young harpist. She is, however, not easily typecast as the harpist of yore. Working with jazz greats like bassist Nat Reeves and saxophonist Kenny Garrett, she has summoned an inner reservoir of sheer spunk on several lively occasions. Bravely testing the limits of her art, yearning for a career 'outside of the box', Younger has worked with producer, Ryan Leslie and can be heard caressing chords for Bad Boy recording artist, Cassie on Just One Nite, track six of the pop star's newly released album. She can also be heard on hip hop artist Common's album, Finding Forever. Brandee Younger is currently on faculty at the University of Hartford and is soon to be a graduate of New York University. She will also be featured on Ravi Coltrane's upcoming album. Stay tuned! Attend all three of her public performances this month. (1) The CT Chapter of the American Harp Society presents a special program of the music and life of Harpist Marcel Grandjany on Sunday, November 4th at 3:00 p.m. Free. Performances of his music for harp solos, duos and trios performed by professional harpists from across CT including Grace Cloutier, Wendy Kerner Lucas, Susan Knapp Thomas, Emily Oppenheimer, Megan Sesma and Brandee Younger. Plus performances by some of CT's finest harp students, a video of Marcel Grandjany performing and recollections of his extraordinary life. Reception Following. Stratford Public Library - Lovell Room, 2203 Main Street, Stratford, CT 05515; 203-385-4164. (2) Flute & Harp Recital with Nicole Camacho, Flute Saturday, November 10, 8pm; Christ First Presbyterian Church , 353 Fulton Ave., Hempstead, NY. (3) Graduate Harp Recital; Saturday, November 17, 4:00pm; Gott Harps' Salon, 311 West 138th St., New York, NY. Works by Faure, Grandjany, CPE Bach, Andres and Debussy. For additional information on any of these events, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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