Echo Shen
Houston harpist Echo Shen is an active musician in Houston, Texas. Classically trained to a very high standard, she has performed at many prestigious venues world-wide, and performs regularly for weddings and corporate events in top hotels. She has performed numerous private events and is known for her variety of musical styles, with an extensive repertoire ranging from classical, baroque, jazz, folk, Broadway show tunes to the most current popular hits.
Echo has appeared on Fox Local Morning News for the Valentines Special program and was invited back for Christmas programs. As a concert musician, Echo has recently performed at the Sydney Opera House in Australia. She has appeared as a soloist with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra in Sweden, engaged in numerous concerts at the Beijing Music Festival and performed with the China Philharmonic Orchestra. She has also played with the Tulsa Opera, Cleveland Pops Orchestra, Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, Houston Doctors Orchestra, Houston Children’s Chorus, Cantare Houston, Laredo Philharmonic, South Bend Symphony Orchestra, just to name a few.
A native of Beijing, China, Echo began her harp studying at the age of eleven. After receiving her diploma with honors from Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, she attended the Salzedo Harp Colony in Camden, Maine. Echo holds a Bachelor of Music from Cleveland Institute of Music and a Master of Music from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University where she studied with Houston Symphony harpist, Ms. Paula Page. Her other teachers have included Alice Chalifoux, Yolanda Kondonassis, Suzann Davids and Joan Holland.
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