Judy Loman, Harpist

Judy Loman, Harp
	Recognized as one of the world’s foremost harp virtuosos, Judy Loman graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with the celebrated harpist, Carlos Salzedo. She became Principal Harpist with the Toronto Symphony in 1960. As a soloist, Judy Loman has won the admiration of audiences and critics alike across Canada, the United States, Europe and Japan. The Toronto Symphony has featured her on several tours and she has appeared as guest artist with many noted orchestras, including the Detroit Symphony, the BBC Symphony, and the National Arts Center Orchestra, Ottawa, as well as with several other Canadian ensembles. She has participated in many of Canada’s music festivals and several of her performances have been filmed by Rhombus Media and aired on public television. A prolific recording artist, her most recent CDs include Judy Loman Favorites, (Marquis Classics); Illuminations, (Marquis Classics); Dance of the Blessed Spirits, Romantic Music for Flute and Harp with Nora Shulman, flute, (Naxos); Harp Showpieces, (Naxos), Musique de chambre française, (Marquis Classics) and A Baroque Harp, (Marquis Classics.) She has also recorded for the RCA, Columbia, CBC, (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), Centrediscs, and Aquitaine labels. Through these projects, she has been a recipient of Canada’s Juno Award for best classical recording and the Canada Council’s Grand Prix du disque Canadien. In addition to performances of traditional harp repertoire, Ms. Loman has commissioned several new works for her instrument by Canada’s foremost composers. She has introduced these compositions worldwide through her recordings and recitals in North America, Europe, Israel and Japan. Always seeking to add to the harp repertoire, she is active in transcribing classical and baroque works for the harp from the piano repertoire, as well as arranging folk and Christmas music for voice and harp. Ms. Loman has been a featured recitalist at several American Harp Society Conferences and for the World Harp Congress. She gave the opening recital for the American Harp Society’s Millennium Conference in 2000. A highlight of this concert was the World Premiere of Kelly Marie Murphy’s “Illuminations”, commissioned for Ms. Loman by the Canada Council of the Arts. Her latest appearances with the World Harp Congress were in Paris, France, Seattle Washington and Dublin, Ireland where she performed R. Murray Schafer’s Harp Concerto. Glen Buhr’s Concerto for flute and harp, and Kelly Marie Murphy’s Harp Concerto, respectively. A dedicated teacher, Judy Loman holds the Maryjane Barton Chair in Harp Studies at The Curtis Institute of Music, is Professor of harp at the University of Toronto, and instructor of harp at the Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music. She gives master-classes world-wide and has adjudicated at both the International Harp Contest in Israel and the USA International Harp Contest as well as composers competitions and young artist competitions given by the American Harp Society and the Fukui Festival. In June of 2002 Ms. Loman retired from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra to devote her time to teaching, recording, concertizing and the publishing of her arrangements and transcriptions. To celebrate this new turn in her career the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation commissioned a new work for harp and orchestra by the Canadian composer, Kelly-Marie Murphy which she premiered on June 12th. 2002.

Judy Loman, Harp

Recognized as one of the world’s foremost harp virtuosos, Judy Loman graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with the celebrated harpist, Carlos Salzedo. She became Principal Harpist with the Toronto Symphony in 1960.

As a soloist, Judy Loman has won the admiration of audiences and critics alike across Canada, the United States, Europe and Japan. The Toronto Symphony has featured her on several tours and she has appeared as guest artist with many noted orchestras, including the Detroit Symphony, the BBC Symphony, and the National Arts Center Orchestra, Ottawa, as well as with several other Canadian ensembles. She has participated in many of Canada’s music festivals and several of her performances have been filmed by Rhombus Media and aired on public television.

A prolific recording artist, her most recent CDs include Judy Loman Favorites, (Marquis Classics); Illuminations, (Marquis Classics); Dance of the Blessed Spirits, Romantic Music for Flute and Harp with Nora Shulman, flute, (Naxos); Harp Showpieces, (Naxos), Musique de chambre française, (Marquis Classics) and A Baroque Harp, (Marquis Classics.) She has also recorded for the RCA, Columbia, CBC, (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), Centrediscs, and Aquitaine labels. Through these projects, she has been a recipient of Canada’s Juno Award for best classical recording and the Canada Council’s Grand Prix du disque Canadien.

In addition to performances of traditional harp repertoire, Ms. Loman has commissioned several new works for her instrument by Canada’s foremost composers. She has introduced these compositions worldwide through her recordings and recitals in North America, Europe, Israel and Japan. Always seeking to add to the harp repertoire, she is active in transcribing classical and baroque works for the harp from the piano repertoire, as well as arranging folk and Christmas music for voice and harp.

Ms. Loman has been a featured recitalist at several American Harp Society Conferences and for the World Harp Congress. She gave the opening recital for the American Harp Society’s Millennium Conference in 2000. A highlight of this concert was the World Premiere of Kelly Marie Murphy’s “Illuminations”, commissioned for Ms. Loman by the Canada Council of the Arts. Her latest appearances with the World Harp Congress were in Paris, France, Seattle Washington and Dublin, Ireland where she performed R. Murray Schafer’s Harp Concerto. Glen Buhr’s Concerto for flute and harp, and Kelly Marie Murphy’s Harp Concerto, respectively.

A dedicated teacher, Judy Loman holds the Maryjane Barton Chair in Harp Studies at The Curtis Institute of Music, is Professor of harp at the University of Toronto, and instructor of harp at the Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music. She gives master-classes world-wide and has adjudicated at both the International Harp Contest in Israel and the USA International Harp Contest as well as composers competitions and young artist competitions given by the American Harp Society and the Fukui Festival.

In June of 2002 Ms. Loman retired from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra to devote her time to teaching, recording, concertizing and the publishing of her arrangements and transcriptions. To celebrate this new turn in her career the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation commissioned a new work for harp and orchestra by the Canadian composer, Kelly-Marie Murphy which she premiered on June 12th. 2002.