JACQUELINE KERROD / HARP

Described as ‘exceptionally virtuosic and sensitive’ harpist Jacqueline Kerrod maintains a varied career as soloist, chamber and orchestral musician, creative collaborator and educator. Jacqueline has performed in some of the major venues in the United States and Europe including Carnegie Hall, , , Madison Square Garden, SF MoMA, the Royal Albert Hall, and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Jacqueline has been a guest artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Alarm Will Sound, and the Argento Chamber Ensemble. As a native South African, she is passionate about commissioning and performing music written by South African composers and has performed over a dozen works written for her.

Jacqueline is a member of the pop duo, Addi & Jacq (www.addiandjacq.com) who were crowned ‘Best Emerging Band’ in City by NPR-WNYC. The duo has created a diverse and compelling body of music and with the help of looping pedals and vocal processors they create a sound that easily competes with a full band.

Jacqueline’s discography includes Greg Spears’s Requiem (New Amsterdam Records), Robert Paterson’s Star Crossing and Book of Goddesses (American Modern Recordings) and MAYA - In The Spirit (Perspectives Recordings). Other notable recordings that feature Jacqueline include Tristan Murail’s Winter Fragments (AEON) and the single “” by Antony and the Johnsons (Secretly Canadian/Rough Trade Records). Her latest recording, "Candlelight Carols" with Grammy nominated vocal ensemble Seraphic Fire debuted at #11 on the Classical Billboard charts.

Jacqueline enjoys teaching children of all ages and adults and has maintained a private teaching studio for the past 10 years. She also gives workshops on Creative Collaboration and Using Looping/FX Processors and has taken these workshops to Princeton, Pasadena, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Atlanta.