Constance Koo

CONSTANCE KOO is an orchestral, chamber, and solo artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Constance performs with a variety of ensembles throughout Northern California including the Livermore Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, Santa Cruz Symphony, and California Symphony. During her conservatory training at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Constance played throughout the Midwest with the Youngstown Symphony, Cleveland and Erie Philharmonics, and Richmond (IN) Symphony, and has performed under the direction of conductors including Michael Stern, Leonard Slatkin, and the late Marvin Hamlisch. In addition, to live ensemble performance, she has been the recording harpist for film and game scores at Skywalker Ranch Sound and is in regular demand for performing at private events. Off the concert stage, Constance is equally passionate about building relationships with others and sharing the harp and her music with the community, leading educational events and performing in churches, schools, and retirement communities. Most recently, Constance served as a principal harp for Lorin and Dietlinde Maazel’s Castleton Festival is adjunct faculty for the Merritt College Department of Music, and the harp faculty of Valley Christian School Conservatory. Constance has been a featured artist on American Public Radio and the Maine Public Broadcasting Network, is a two-time recipient of the Alice Chalifoux Prize in harp, and a recipient of the Fannie Kopald Stein Memorial Award in music. Constance has performed in music festivals throughout the United States including the Roundtop International Festival, Pierre Monteux School, and the National Orchestral Institute. She trained under Grammy-nominated solo and recording artist Yolanda Kondonassis at the Cleveland Institute of Music and is a former pupil of Agnes Lee, San Francisco Symphony’s Douglas Rioth, and world-renowned harpist Judy Loman of Toronto, Canada.