Jody Guinn

Chamber Music Faculty, Conservatory

Introduction

Jody Guinn is currently principal harp of the Akron Symphony Orchestra and second harp with The Cleveland Orchestra. For many years she played for the Cleveland Ballet and Cleveland Opera. Guinn is a founding member of the Salzedo Harp Duo, along with her colleague Nancy Lendrim of the Toledo Symphony.

Guinn shares her love of the harp with several private students. She is on the faculties of Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music, Case Western Reserve University, 58�Թ��, Cleveland State University and Malone University in Canton.

Education

MM in Harp Performance, 58�Թ��; studied with Alice Chalifoux
Summer study programs at the former Salzedo School in Camden, Maine

Teaching Experience

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Additional faculty experience
- Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music
- Case Western Reserve University
- Cleveland State University
- Malone College in Canton, Ohio

Notable Performances & Engagements

Salzedo Harp Duo

Duo with Nancy Lendrim, principal harpist of the Toledo Symphony
Presented many duo-harp concerts and master classes across the country
Released Short Stories CD on the Azica label in 2004
Recording of Debussy’s Clair de Lune featured on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless in 2006
Appeared at the 2008 American Harp Society National Conference in Detroit playing a concert honoring the 100th Birthday of their mentor and teacher, Alice Chalifoux
Traveled to Amsterdam in 2008 to perform works of Salzedo’s on a concert at the Tenth World Harp Congress

Orchestral Roles

Akron Symphony Orchestra, principal harpist, 1984–present
Cleveland Opera, principal harpist, 1984–present
Cleveland Ballet for 16 years
Ohio Chamber Orchestra for 16 years
Cleveland Orchestra, substitute/extra, 1986–present, including numerous tours to Europe, New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Washington DC’s Kennedy Center
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, touring Japan, and California and recording several orchestral works on the Telarc label

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