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Featured Musician

Winifred Garrett – Harp

Principal Harpist, Winifred Garrett holds a Masters Degree from the Manhattan School of Music and a Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of the North Carolina School of the Arts. A versatile performer, Ms. Garrett has performed as soloist with the Winston-Salem Piedmont Triad Symphony, performed the first tour to Japan of the Off Broadway show “The Fantasticks”, and performed on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House with Stevie Wonder. Founder and Artistic Director of “The Harp Studio” based in Durham, NC, Winifred Garrett is the harp instructor for North Carolina State University, Guilford College, and the Duke Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

To Educate. To Entertain. To Inspire.

The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1956 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and is a professional, regional orchestra whose mission is to educate, entertain, and inspire the citizens of the Fayetteville, North Carolina region as the leading musical resource. Praised for its artistic excellence, the Symphony leads in the cultural and educational landscape for Fayetteville and the southeastern North Carolina region.

The Fayetteville Symphony typically performs 8 concerts during any given season performing both at Methodist University and Fayetteville State University. Partnerships with other agencies include collaborative performances with Cape Fear Regional Theatre, chamber concerts at St. John’s Episcopal Church, as well as the city’s annual Independence concert with fireworks. The Symphony brings music to the schools and the community by performing educational concerts, as well as having its own Fayetteville Symphony Youth Orchestra, after school strings and summer music camps.