Lights and Shadows #1 CD by Stella Castellucci: Romantic Harp CDs

Stella Castellucci was one of the earliest jazz harp pioneers. She toured with Peggy Lee in the 1950's, and has been one of the major Hollywood studio harpists for the past 35 years. These wonderfully dreamy solo harp collections of standards are performed by Stella in her own unique laid-back style. Her intricate chord progressions make these CDs a lush delight for the ears.

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Stella Castelluci, internationally known concert harpist, composer, teacher, lecturer, and author, is a native of Los Angeles, California. Miss Castelluci reached the pinnacle of her profession as a jazz harpist and composer through multiple avenues, beginning in radio as a staff musician for the American Broadcasting Company in Hollywood when she was nineteen. After two years at ABC, Miss Castelluci entered with an eight year association with famed singer Peggy Lee, playing harp in the jazz sextets and quintets that backed Miss Lee on her tours throughout the United States. Since 1974, Miss Casteluci's deep interest in conducting workshops in jazz harp has added a new dimension to her career. She has appeared as a guest lecturer and recitalist for schools of music at colleges and universities across the country. She was an invited soloist at the 1987 World Harp Congress in Vienna, and at the American Harp Society conferences of 1985 in Columbus, Ohio and 2000 in Cincinnati, Ohio. In summer 2001 she is on the jazz harp faculty of Susan Allen's Summer Harp Course at the California Institute of the Arts.