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Betsey O'Hagan, Harpist, Descriptive Summary

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Betsey O'Hagan
Education
  • Master of Music, Harp Performance and Bachelor of Music, The Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM), Cleveland, Ohio
Mission and vision
  • Harp performance
  • Mentor, coach and train the Salzedo technique and Carlos Salzedo’s musical compositions
  • Conduct harp ensemble
  • Expand public appreciation for the harp, awareness of Cleveland, Ohio harp tradition
  • Represent/advocate for music education institutions, employment and job creation
  • Increase public music access, education, appreciation and engagement
  • Leverage collaborative technologies, content, media relations and social networks
  • Advance cultural arts programming for community, workforce and economic development 
Technical skills training 1977-1997
  • Student of Alice Chalifoux, Principal Harpist, Cleveland Orchestra (1931-1974) and protege of Carlos Salzedo
  • Salzedo School Scholarship Student, The Cleveland Institute of Music, 1977-1983
  • Extensive performance training, coaching and mentoring with Alice Chalifoux on Salzedo technique, solo, harp ensemble, and instrumental ensemble repertoire, and in harp repair
  • Assisted Alice Chalifoux at the Salzedo Summer Harp Colony, in Camden, Maine, 1977-1987
  • Recitalist, Salzedo Summer Harp Colony, Camden, Maine, 1979-1987 
  • Founder & Director, CIM Preparatory Harp Department & Preparatory Harp Ensemble
    • 35 students, competition and concerto awards, managed touring student harp ensemble 
  • Guest and Recitalist, People’s Republic of China, Alice Chalifoux Teaching Residency at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in Shanghai, China, 1985
  • Co-Organizer and Performer, Salzedo Centennial Celebration, American Harp Society National Conference, Columbus, Ohio, 1985
  • Managing Director and Harpist, Coryton & Co., a not for profit performance ensemble, national tours, concerts and residencies, supported by the Ohio Arts Council, Arts Midwest, Ohio Arts Presenters Network (OAPN), 1985-1997
Development projects
  • Collaboration development with national artists, writers, composers, and local community
  • Strange New World Festival-Lake Erie College, Coryton & Co., Huun-Huur-Tu and Ted Levin, Randall Davidson, composer; St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, Ohio; Cleveland Composers Guild; music librettist, historians, writers and critics, 1997
  • Public-private partnership development with organizations, business and government
  • Local instrument supplier partnership established between CIM, Mattlin-Hyde Piano and Lyon-Healy Harps
  • Designed Public Radio/89.7 WKSU FM, Lake Erie College and Coryton & Co. collaboration resulting in a multi-state listener expansion
  • Innovative community residency programs for student education, public appreciation and community building
  • Thematic programing, i.e., “The French School: Impressionists in Music”, U.S. campaign
  • John D. Drinko Musical Arts Residency, Lake Erie College, Morley Music Hall, Painesville, Ohio 1995, 1996, 1997
  • National chamber music concert tours, including University of Alaska Teaching and Performance Residency, Fairbanks, AK
  • Chamber music performance and arts in education services throughout Ohio and neighboring states
Leadership in state and national associations
  • The American Harp Society, member, Salzedo Centennial Committee and co creator Salzedo Centennial Exhibit
  • The Salzedo Summer Harp Colony, Board Member
  • American Chamber Music Society, member
  • Arts Midwest, member
  • Ohio Arts Council Arts Touring Artist 
  • Ohio Arts Council, Presenting/Touring Panel for Public Art, Member 1992-1995
  • Ohio Arts Presenters Network Artist Affiliate Advisory Committee, Chair
  • Ohio Arts Presenters Network Award of Merit, 1995
Communications, design and marketing
  • Coryton & Co., management, operations, sales and marketing campaigns, personnel relations, concert program design
Public speaker and workshop leader
  • “Artist to Artist: A Business Seminar”, supported by the Ohio Arts Council and State of Ohio Office of the Governor, serving multidisciplinary artists statewide 1992-1997; Arts Midwest National Conference
New music commissions and performance
  • University of Akron, American Music Center, independent composers, international ensembles
  • Fundraising events-
    • The Cleveland Institute of Music, Asia Society Benefit, 1983
    • The Cleveland Institute of Music Art Song Festival, multiple years
    • Salzedo School Benefit Concert
Press
  • The Plain Dealer. "Chamber Group Thrives on Risks" by Donald Rosenberg, Plain Dealer Music Critic, Sunday, March 9, 1997.
  • The News-Herald. "Arts at Home at Lake Erie" by Jennifer Owens, Sept 27, 1996.
  • Northern Ohio Live. "To Market" by David Sowd, November 1991. Article comparing innovative marketing techniques of a small entrepreneurial chamber music ensemble with a large business enterprise, the Cleveland Orchestra, Creative Design: Darby Scott, Nottingham Spirk, Kalman & Pabst Photo Group.

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