{"id":72,"date":"2024-03-29T03:59:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T03:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabeththeharpist.com\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2025-07-03T01:17:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T01:17:25","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elizabeththeharpist.com\/index.php\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-site-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elizabeththeharpist.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"home\">Elizabeth Johnson Currier, Harpist<\/a><\/h1>\n\n<nav class=\"is-responsive items-justified-center wp-block-navigation is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Header navigation\" \n\t\t data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" 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href=\"https:\/\/elizabeththeharpist.com\/?page_id=153\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Performance Schedule<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/elizabeththeharpist.com\/?page_id=213\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Media<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/elizabeththeharpist.com\/?page_id=186\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Repertoire<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/elizabeththeharpist.com\/?page_id=38\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Contact<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n\n\n<div 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As I got older, I discovered my love of performing and I realized that I wanted to pursue music as my career. This journey has been long and winding, but it has taken me to so many incredible places like Interlochen Arts Academy, Oberlin Conservatory and other places during my educational years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During my time at Oberlin, I had the honor of performing with the Oberlin Orchestra in Carnegie Hall along with performing an concert orchestra production of the Pulitzer-Prize winning opera <em>Omar<\/em> at the Maltz Center in Cleveland. I also had the opportunity to participate in a variety of other productions including being in the pit orchestras for <em>Candide <\/em>and <em>Albert Herring<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am also a budding music theorist with a minor in Music Theory as well as a minor in History. Both of these academic pursuits have a large impact of my music making and how I approach the creative and artistic process. 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