April 5, 2025 at 11 am
Steinway Recital Hall
1201 N Loop 1604 W Suite 107, San Antonio, TX 78232
Open to the public, tickets are $15
About Kathryn Horton:
As the fifth prize winner of the American Harp Society National Competition, Kathryn
Horton is a part of the nationally recognized Emerging Artist Program. She was also selected for the
2024 World Harp Congress Focus on Youth Program, and won 1st place at the JS Fest Online
Competition. She was a recent winner of the William Gammon Henry Concerto competition and
performed the third movement of the Ginastera Concerto with the University of North Texas Concert
Orchestra. She has performed at various conferences with the UNT HarpBeats harp ensemble,
including the Texas Music Educators Association Convention and the American Harp Society
National Conference. Kathryn also enjoys working with composers and performing new works for
harp, including a premiere of new compositions as a part of a harpist and composer collaboration at
UNT.
In addition to her experience in performing, Kathryn also has a strong interest in music
business. She is currently interning with the Lewisville Lake Symphony assisting in various concerts
and events, and as an accounting assistant. She loves seeing the “behind the scenes” of the music
industry and what it takes to organize the incredible live performances that she has attended or
performed in. She is also a passionate teacher in both piano and harp, and loves introducing the harp
to new students.
Kathryn Horton began studying music at age five with piano lessons. She soon developed an
interest in the harp, and began taking harp lessons with Alice Spero Keene, a former harp professor at
the University of Illinois. She made the decision to pursue the harp as a profession after attending a
harp festival during the summer, and enjoyed hearing many different professional harpists speak
about their careers with the harp. Kathryn Horton is currently a third year Harp Performance major
studying under Dr. Jaymee Haefner at the University of North Texas. During her time at UNT, she
has had the privilege to perform for internally known harpists such as Sylvain Blassel, Caroline
Lizotte, and Parker Ramsay. Now that she has performed across the nation, she looks forward to
continuing to broaden her performance horizons.
