Myanna Harvey, violin and viola

Myanna Harvey, violin and viola, studied primarily with Estelle Kerner and performed in masterclasses with Elmar Oliveira and David Cerone. She was a first place winner in the Bournemouth Music Festival Competition and has premiered works by Ciach, Koprowski, and Clearfield. Myanna has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, and the Philadelphia Academy of Music. She has also performed at the Reading Public Museum, the German Society of Pennsylvania, An Die Musik LIVE!, Sundays at Central, the Trinity Center for Urban Life, and Ethical Society of Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. As part of the Philmore Ensemble, Myanna has performed lecture recitals at Columbia University and Barnard College. Recently, Myanna, as a member of the Harvey String Duo, was profiled in WXPN’s The High Key Portrait Series. Myanna’s playing is featured on the CD releases Duos and Trios from Four Centuries and Grace and Peace; American Hymns.
A dedicated teacher for over 20 years, Myanna maintains a full studio of private violin and viola students. Her students have been accepted into Pennsylvania’s District, Regional, and All-State Orchestras, MENC All-Eastern Orchestra, Delaware County Youth Orchestra, Philadelphia Sinfonia, Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, the Trowbridge Chamber Orchestra, and Pennsylvania’s Governor’s School for the Arts and have been accepted as performance majors at Esther Boyer College of Music, University of Delaware’s School of Music, Carnegie Mellon’s School of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, and San Francisco Conservatory. Myanna has been the strings director at the Upper Moreland Summer Arts Program for over ten years, and was music director and conductor of the Cheltenham Youth Orchestra. She has written over thirty books for strings as well as numerous chamber and orchestral arrangements, published by C. Harvey Publications and sold worldwide. Myanna performs regularly as violinist and violist of the Harvey String Duo and the Musicalia Ensemble.
A dedicated teacher for over 20 years, Myanna maintains a full studio of private violin and viola students. Her students have been accepted into Pennsylvania’s District, Regional, and All-State Orchestras, MENC All-Eastern Orchestra, Delaware County Youth Orchestra, Philadelphia Sinfonia, Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, the Trowbridge Chamber Orchestra, and Pennsylvania’s Governor’s School for the Arts and have been accepted as performance majors at Esther Boyer College of Music, University of Delaware’s School of Music, Carnegie Mellon’s School of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, and San Francisco Conservatory. Myanna has been the strings director at the Upper Moreland Summer Arts Program for over ten years, and was music director and conductor of the Cheltenham Youth Orchestra. She has written over thirty books for strings as well as numerous chamber and orchestral arrangements, published by C. Harvey Publications and sold worldwide. Myanna performs regularly as violinist and violist of the Harvey String Duo and the Musicalia Ensemble.