Rosanna Moore

Originally hailing from the UK, Rosanna Moore is a doctoral candidate at the Eastman School of Music, kindly supported by the Eileen Malone Scholarship.

Her primary teachers have been Kathleen Bride and Eira Lynn  Jones. She was the first harpist to become a finalist in RNCM’s Gold Medal Weekend (the highest accolade offered for solo performance) and the first harpist to be awarded the Stan Barker Memorial Prize for jazz improvisation. Additionally, she placed third in the Welsh International Jazz&Pop Harp competition. Recently she was awarded the Wayne Barlow Award, Performer’s Certificate and UKHA bursary.

As an avid collaborator, Rosanna is founding member of the “daring and unconventional” Trio Alexander and Sticks & Strings duo. Additionally, she performed with Grammy winning Kathleen Battle on her Underground Railroad tour.

Rosanna is Principal Harp with the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes and Second Harp with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.