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Hangin' with the Harp - Every Third Tuesday, 4PM EST
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Hangin' with the Harp
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 @ 4pm
Meet the Masters
Hangin’ with AHC Festival Faculty
Featuring Dr. Jaymee Haefner & Sunita Stanleslow
We’re excited to welcome two of Atlanta Harp Center Festival’s featured artists, Jaymee Haefner and Sunita Staneslow. Both of these esteemed harpists are internationally recognized as performers and educators. You don’t want to miss this stateside opportunity. Register now for a weekend sure to delight and inspire you!
Remember to sign in early for a pre-talk with Robbin and MJ!
Learn more about our featured guests:
A dynamic performer, scholar, and mentor, Jaymee Haefner brings a globe-spanning career to the festival stage. As Professor of Harp and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of North Texas College of Music, she has built a reputation for inspired artistry and forward-looking leadership.
Her performances have taken her from Hong Kong to New York City, Mexico to the Czech Republic, and across France and Russia—often to premiere new works created for her by celebrated composers such as Libby Larsen, Paul Patterson, and Gary Schocker. A sought-after teacher, she has recently led masterclasses at Indiana University, Eastman, Boston Conservatory, and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and has served on juries for many of the world’s major harp competitions, including Hong Kong, AHS, Lyon & Healy, Young Artist’s Harp Competition, and the Italy International Harp Competition.
Jaymee is equally known for her scholarship. Her research on the legendary Henriette Renié has resulted in two published books and an article for Grove Music Online (Oxford University Press). As a presenter, she has been invited to the World Harp Congress (Amsterdam, Sydney), multiple AHS conferences, and TMEA.
Her Crimson Duo (violin & harp) has released two acclaimed albums and appeared at both the World Harp Congress and American Harp Society national events. Back home at UNT, her ensemble—HarpBeats—has become a showpiece for creative programming, performing everywhere from the Lyon & Healy Summer Concert Series in Chicago to the World Harp Congress in Hong Kong.
Jaymee has collaborated with renowned conductors including Jaap van Zweden, Roger Nierenberg, David Syrus, and David Stern, and her recordings feature performances with the Bloomington Pops Orchestra and artists such as Daniel Narducci, Alfredo Rolando Ortiz, and James Boldin.
When she’s not on stage or in the classroom, you’ll most likely find her outdoors—scuba diving, hiking, and adding new stamps to her passport whenever possible.
Sunita Staneslow is a Minnesota-born, Shetland-based harpist whose lyrical playing, deep musicality, and remarkably accessible arrangements have made her a beloved voice in the folk harp world. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Sunita brings classical roots to a career that gracefully bridges Celtic, Jewish, and contemporary folk traditions—onstage, in the studio, and on the page.
Sunita spent nearly two decades living in Israel, where she taught, performed, and worked for fifteen years as a therapeutic harpist at Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Tel Aviv. This formative work profoundly shaped her expressive, improvisational style and her belief in music as a source of comfort, connection, and healing.
An in-demand instructor and performer, Sunita is a frequent presenter at folk harp festivals and retreats across North America and Scotland. She has been featured in the Virtual Harp Summit, teaches lever harp for Harp Column Academy, and has published fifteen books of harp arrangements with Afghan Press, Seraphim Music, and Mel Bay—played by harpists around the world.
Now based in the UK, Sunita lives with her husband on the remote island of Unst in Shetland, where they are restoring a centuries-old stone house. When she’s not teaching or performing, she can be found walking her dog by the sea, knitting, exploring wild landscapes, or leading boutique harp tours in Scotland and retreats in Shetland and Tuscany. (Yes—this is the same couple who once cycled across Europe for six months… with a harp.)
