Felice Pomeranz, harpist, is a performer, teacher, entrepreneur, and recording artist, and the Philippos Nakas Conservatory has the honor to host her during her second visit to Greece on 22 & 23 March for a woskshop with the harp students. She holds advanced degrees from New England Conservatory of Music, in both classical and jazz harp. Felice is the first and only harpist at New England Conservatory to receive a Masters’ Degree in Jazz Studies. Ms. Pomeranz is Professor of Harp at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. She began the Harp Program in the String Department at Berklee College in 2002.
Ms. Pomeranz has been a clinician and performer at festivals throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, and the Caribbean. Her classical and popular arrangements for harp are available widely through harp outlets, as are her teaching DVD, Jazzy Beginnings and CD/workbook, Harp in the Band, Vol 1. Her newest book, Berklee Harp, serves as an etude and exercise book for harpists hoping to improve their pedaling, chord symbol reading, and improvisation skills. It is the first harp publication by Berklee Press, and is widely available through major harp outlets and Amazon. Recently her second book "Contemporary Etudes for Harp" was published.
Ms. Pomeranz directs the popular harp referral network, The Gilded Harps, organizing events throughout New England and beyond.
She is very active in the American Harp Society having served as New England Regional Director , Chair of the Lifetime Achievement Award, Chair of Conference Evaluations, and as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Her AHS Foundation Award, Kids for Camp, serves to provide a summer camp experience for needy and underprivileged youth.
