Meet Hope.
A highly regarded musician and artist, Hope Wilk was most recently named a fellow of The Rebanks Family Fellowship and International Performances Residency Program at The Royal Conservatory’s Glenn Gould School.
Originally from New York; Hope has played harp with The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, and The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Additionally, she has participated in music festivals such as The Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Chautauqua Music School Festival Orchestra, and the Bang on a Can Summer Festival at MASS MoCA.
Hope holds degrees from The Royal Conservatory's Glenn Gould School and New England Conservatory of Music, where she was awarded The John Cage Award for her commitment to contemporary music performance.
As a soloist, she has garnered acclaim for her performance of Ginastera’s Harp Concerto by being titled first runner-up in concerto competitions with The Boston Pops and The NEC Symphony. Additionally, Hope was a prize winner in the American Harp Society's National Competition: Young Professional Division and most recently a quarter finalist in the Dutch Harp Festival’s World Harp Competition.
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