The Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) Young Artists Showcase celebrates Ann Hobson Pilot in a performance at 1:30 p.m., July 24 at Seiji Ozawa Hall. Hobson is the former principal harpist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and directed the BUTI Young Artists Harp Program from 2002–2021. The concert features the world premiere performance of Valerie Coleman’s “Ashé,” commissioned by BUTI and conducted by Joseph Conyers; “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson with harpist Charles Overton; “Homunculus C.F.” by Julia Perry; excerpts from Valerie Coleman’s “Concerto for Woodwind Quintet;” “Strum” by Jessie Montgomery; “Adoration” by Florence Price; “Non Nobis Domine” by Rosephanye Powell; and a performance by guest harpist Angelica Hairston.
Additionally, harpist Franziska Huhn has been named director of the Young Artists Harp Program at BUTI after serving as assistant director of the Harp Seminar since 2003. Huhn serves as harp faculty at the New England Conservatory, Boston University College of Fine Arts, and Longy School of Music of Bard College.
