Welcome to the UNT Harp Studio

• UNT has one of the largest harp programs in the United States, currently with fourteen harpists (BA, BM, MM, DMA and Graduate Artist Certificate programs).
• Harp students participate in weekly lessons and masterclasses, chamber music, harp ensemble, and large ensembles such as Symphony Orchestra and Wind Symphony.

Our students have received accolades at state, national, and international music competitions.

• Seven of our harp majors (Kathryn Horton, Margaret Anne Gunter, Danielle Harmon, Ann McLaughlin, Danielle Cordray, Ruth Mertens and Ula Rucka) have been UNT Concerto Competition winners.
• One of our students (Kaitlin Miller) was a winner in the national Anne Adams harp competition (2020) and was selected as the 2023-2025 American Harp Society Concert Artist (Young Professional Division Winner).
• In the 2023 American Harp Society Concert Artist competition, Margaret Anne Gunter received first prize in the Advanced Division, and Kathryn Horton won fifth prize in the Intermediate 2 Division.
• Additional students have been finalists in national competitions (Paulina Delgadillo, Zoe O'Shaughnessy, and Marti Moreland).

•  Three of our students (Halie Hodson, Anna Jalkeus, Danielle Harmon) have gone on to publish their original harp compositions and arrangements with Lyon & Healy Harps and HarpColumn.com.
• UNT hosted the American Harp Society Summer Institute (June 2011), which brought over 400 harpists to the UNT campus. NBC5 did a feature story about the event.

• The HarpBeats are the harp ensemble at the UNT College of Music.
• Students compose, arrange and lead most of the music for the ensemble.
• The group has performed pieces ranging from Bach to Radiohead (and many in between!)
• The ensemble performed for the 9th American Harp Society Summer Institute (2011, Denton) and National Conference (2014, New Orleans).
• The HarpBeats were featured at the World Harp Congress 2017 in Hong Kong.
• The group gave a concert at the Lyon & Healy Summer Concert series (Chicago) in 2018.
• The ensemble was featured on CBS11 Dallas.