While the harp is best known for its angelic sound and beautiful chords, it can also really groove!
For today’s Daily Joy, teenage harpist Shaylen Joos is showing off a different side of the harp with her fiery performance of Tango & Rumba for harp.
Somersworth, New Hampshire Shaylen performed on Show 394 from Boston, Massachusetts.
Shaylen Joos (harp), 16, hails from Somersworth, New Hampshire. She is homeschooled and studies harp with Erica Driscoll. Shaylen has competed and placed in several local competitions, performed with the Nashua Chamber Orchestra, and is a member of Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. One of her recent proudest accomplishments was placing second in the Intermediate II Division at the American Harp Society National Competition. Outside of music, Shaylen enjoys traveling, reading, and writing.
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