Kristi has had a long-standing relationship with First Presbyterian Church, playing for concerts, most notably our annual Christmas concert, and services for many years. Her biography is below.
Kristi Shade is a harpist based in New York City, where she maintains an active performing schedule and private teaching studio. Kristi is the Principal Harpist with The Chamber Orchestra of New York, with which she has recorded four albums on the Naxos label. She is a member of the flute-viola-harp trio, Hat Trick, and the harp duo, Duo Scorpio. Duo Scorpio has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards from Chamber Music America, the Classical Recording Foundation and the American Harp
Society.
Kristi has been a guest artist with the Baltimore Symphony, the Florida Philharmonic, the Miami Symphony and the Albany Symphony Orchestra. She has been on faculty at the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division since 2007 and served as the Vice President of Metroharp, the New York Chapter of the American Harp Society, from 2010-2015.
www.kristishade.com