Julia Ann Scott
Harpist

200 School Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15220-2718
(412) 922-4344  FAX: (412) 922-7040
harpist@whiterose.net

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Substitute with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.  Principal Harpist for Pops Concert with Martin Short, May 2002.  Principal Harpist for Andrea Bocelli Summer Tour to Toronto, Ottowa, Quebec City, Montreal, Greatwoods (Massachusetts) and Madison Square Garden (NYC), July 24 - Aug. 6, 1998. Second Harpist for: Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra at Heinz Hall and the Centennial Tour to Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center, October 1995, Lorin Maazel. Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben at Heinz Hall, Nov. 1995, Marek Janowski. Holst’s The Planets at Heinz Hall, April 1997, with John Williams. 
  
• Substitute with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.  Principal Harpist for July 10, 2002, Subscription Concert.  Mario Venzaga, conductor.
• Acting Principal Harpist, Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra.  From Fall of 2000 to present date.
  
• Principal Harpist, Ohio Valley Symphony Orchestra.  September 1995 to present date. This Symphony, made of professionals from six states, plays much major repertoire. 
• Principal Harpist, Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra. Greensburg, Pa.  1997 to present. 
• Principal Harpist, Butler Symphony Orchestra. Butler, Pa.  1995 to present.
• Principal Harpist, River City Symphony,  Parkersburg, W.Va.   1997 to present.
  
• Principal Harpist/Soloist, American Wind Symphony Orchestra.  Principal Harpist/Soloist during 14-week tour down the Ohio River on the American Wind Symphony Barge, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Decatur, Alabama.  Summer 1993.
  
• Principal Harpist, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional.  Quito, Ecuador.  Sept. 1986 - Dec. 1990. Concertos performed: 
•  W. A. Mozart:  Flute and Harp Concerto in C Major
•  Claude Debussy:  Danses Sacreé et Profane
•  Maurice Ravel:  Introduction and Allegro 
•  G. F. Handel:  Concerto in B-Flat
• Flute and Harp Duo, Myriam Graulus, flute, and Julia Ann Scott, harp.  Sponsored by the American Embassy of Quito, Ecuador,  to concertize in Quito, Cuenca, and Guayaquil.  Ecuador, 1987-1989.
  
• Assistant Faculty. Harp instructor at City Music Center at Duquesne University since 1995.
  
  

• Fulbright Scholarship. Full grant to serve as Principal Harpist of the National Symphony Orchestra of Quito, Ecuador. 1986 - 1987.
  
• Psi Kappa Lambda. In recognition of academic achievement, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 1993.
  
• Concerto Soloist, chosen to perform Debussy’s Danses for President Rodrigo Borja (of Ecuador) for the “Day of the Diplomat” at the National Chancellery, Quito, Ecuador.  May 1990.
  
• Selected Principal Harpist.  For Indiana University’s revival of Leonard Bernstein’s 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. Summer 1992.
  
• Concerto Competition Winner. Performed Pierne’s Concertstücke with the Ohio University Symphony Orchestra, 1983. 
  

• Washington, DC.  Fulbright Association 30th Anniversary Dinner.  Guest list included several State Senators, as well as 13 ambassadors.  March 6, 2002.     
• Indian Lake, Pennsylvania.  Asked by the American Red Cross to provide music for funeral services of US AIR Flight 93,  September 17th and 20th, 2001.  Services rendered gratis. 
• Pittsburgh Premier. Thomas Rajna's "Suite for Violin and Harp" at St. Andrew's Episcople Church,  Highland Park, with violinist Walter Mony, former Assisant-Concert Master of the London Symphony. May 3,  2001. 
• Private Harp Studio Recital, at 200 School Street, Pittsburgh, Pa.   Bastille Day,  2002.
  

• Artist’s Diploma in Harp Performance.
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. May 1997.

• Master’s Degree in Harp Performance.
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.  Graduated summa cum laude, 1994.

• Bachelor’s of Fine Arts
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. 1985. G.P.A.: 3.80

• Master’s in The Arts of International Affairs,
Latin American Studies, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. 1986.

• International Federation of Musicians, AFL-CIO, Pittsburgh Chapter #60-471.  Member of Music Union from 1976 - 1987, and 1990 to present.    
• American Harp Society, Pittsburgh Chapter.  Board member.  Member of National since 1972.
• Daughters of the American Revolution,  James Wood Chapter, Parkersburg, West Virginia.