- Date
- July 6, 2025
- Time
- 12:30 p.m.
- Location
- Mead Witter Lobby, Chazen Museum of Art
- Description
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Johanna Wienholts is a harpist and creative artist celebrated for her authentic, expressive sound and joyful stage presence. A passionate educator, she currently serves on the string faculty at University of Wisconsin’s Mead Witter School of Music, and previously taught at Lawrence Conservatory of Music in Appleton, Wisconsin. Johanna is the principal harpist of the Madison Symphony Orchestra and performs regularly with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra.
Johanna also plays with Madison Opera and has been featured as a soloist on Wisconsin Public Radio. Beyond her roles as a soloist and orchestral musician, she is a sought-after performer for chamber music festivals, including the Green Lake Chamber Music Festival, Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society, Willy Street Chamber Players, Interharmony Festival in Italy, and most recently Eastern Shore Chamber Music Festival. Her commitment to expanding the classical canon and performing new music is woven into all her projects. Before settling in Madison in 2017, Johanna was a freelance harpist in New York City and Toronto, performing with ensembles across the United States and Canada.
Johanna holds a bachelor’s degree in classical harp performance from University of Toronto and a graduate degree in performance from Manhattan School of Music. She trained at Interlochen Arts Academy under Joan Holland, professor of harp at the University of Michigan. In Toronto, she studied with the renowned harpist Judy Loman, one of the last pupils of Carlos Salzedo.
Musicians
Johanna Wienholts, harp
Sahada Buckley, violin
Trace Johnson, cello
Katherine Floriano, violin
Kayla Patrick, viola
Jeff Takaki, bass
Program
Navajo Vocable No. 12; Connor Chee arr. Angelica Hairson and Johanna Wienholts
Fantaisie for Violin and Harp, Op. 124; Camile Saint-Saëns
Romanze for Cello and Harp, Op. 243; Richard Strauss
Trio for Harp, Violin and Cello; Henriette Renié
Alyssum; Leila Adu-Gilmore
Danse sacrée et danse profane; Claude Debussy
- Contact
- 608-263-2246, events@chazen.wisc.edu
- Tags
- Performance-Music, Sunday Afternoon Live
