Harp

Noël Wan’s artistic path is shaped by both a deep musical fluency and a zeal for reimagining what the harp can be.

Throughout the Fall 2025 semester, faculty, students, community members, and guest artists have come to the University of Illinois School of Music for intensive one-day programs honing musicianship at Low Brass Day, Double Reed Day, and Illinois Harp Jam.

Noël Wan 萬依慈, twice alumna of the Illinois Harp Program, has been named the 2025 College of Fine and Applied Arts (FAA) Emerging Legacy Award recipient!

Harp Alum wins Principal Harp positions with two orchestras.

Illinois Harp Studio alumna Mary Duplantier and graduate student Jonathan Schneider have won principal harp auditions this fall! Duplantier (BMus 2020) won both the Akron Symphony Orchestra in Ohio and Peoria Symphony Orchestra in Illinois auditions. Schneider won the Jackson Symphony Orchestra audition in Michigan.