ABOUT STEPHANIE

Stephanie Curcio has a well established reputation in the world of harp.  Born, bred and trained in New York City, she attended the High School of Music & Art (currently the Lincoln Center School For The Arts) as a pianist. She chose harp as her second instrument and found that she loved it.  Within months she began lessons with Lucile Lawrence and later coached with Carlos Salzedo privately and at the Camden Harp Colony.  After having obtained multiple degrees in music (harp and piano) and in psychology (human learning), she went on to build a career as a soloist, ensemble player, and orchestral harpist, as well as a teacher, arranger, and composer.  In 1969 she moved to New Hampshire where she taught as adjunct faculty for many years at the University of New Hampshire, Phillips Exeter and Phillips Andover Academies, as well as privately. Her students have attended the finest conservatories such as Juilliard, Curtis, New England Conservatory, and more—won major competitions—and currently perform and teach across the United States.  Her compositions and arrangements are recognized and performed Internationally.  In 1989 Stephanie launched Stephanie Curcio Publications (SCP) which currently offers over 95 works for harp.

In 2014, one of her students was declared a Presidential Scholar in Music.  Stephanie was recognized as a Master Teacher by the U. S. Secretary of Education.  In 2008, the New Hampshire House of Representatives presented her with an award for --”40 years of service and contribution to the enhancement of the art of music in New Hampshire”.  Currently, Stephanie teaches privately, gives workshops, writes new works (many on commission) and often writes articles for major harp journals.

In 2021 she published her book, American Harpist, an historical biography of her life in the world of harp.

She may be contacted at: scpron@comcast.net