Registration

• Admission for this program is $325.

• Please check your spam folder for your email confirmation. If you have questions, please call (215) 732-1600 or email rsvp@rosenbach.org.

• This program is for those 18 and older.

• Scholarships may be available for this program. Please email Alex Ames, Curator & Senior Director of Collections Engagement, at alames@rosenbach.org to inquire. 

Description

Join the Rosenbach, Chef Adam Diltz of Elwood Restaurant, and talented musicians from the Philadelphia Orchestra for a “Philadelphia tea party” in honor of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.   

Your afternoon voyage through history, gastronomy, and music will begin with a special collection presentation in the historic Rosenbach library focused on manuscripts and printed works related to the history of the Boston Tea Party led by Dr. Alexander Lawrence Ames, Senior Director of Collections Engagement at the Rosenbach. Then, you will settle into the Rosenbach’s beautiful and historic dining room, where flautist Olivia Staton, Second Flute of The Philadelphia Orchestra, and Elizabeth Hainen, Principal Harp of The Philadelphia Orchestra, will perform pieces for harp and flute, many with Philadelphia and Rosenbach connections. A special highlight in the afternoon’s performance repertoire is the Serenade No. 10 for Flute and Harp by Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987), a Philadelphia native and instructor at the Curtis Institute who lived near the Rosenbach.  Afternoon tea will be served in the Rosenbach’s Denworth Room, curated by Chef Adam Diltz of Elwood Restaurant.  

Program:  

Damase, Variations “Early Morning”   

Persichetti, Serenade No. 10 Op. 79  

Solo Harp work   

Solo Flute work  

Saint-Saens, Romance Op. 37  

Meet the Musicians

Elizabeth Hainen has earned an international reputation as one of classical music’s great harp ambassadors. Hailed by the Washington Post for her “unusual presence with silky transparency” and by the New York Times for her “earthy solidarity,” Hainen has thrilled audiences throughout the world with programs showcasing the diversity—and virtuosity—of her modern-day instrument. As Principal Harp with The Philadelphia Orchestra for over twenty-five years, she has presented numerous featured performances to captivated audiences and has been praised by the Philadelphia Inquirer for “her ability to blend and color the musical line,” and “to find transparency in an almost timeless atmosphere.” In high demand as a guest artist, Ms. Hainen has collaborated with such eminent conductors and musicians as Joshua Bell, Hilary Hahn, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Michael Tilson Thomas, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Michael Stern and the Juilliard String Quartet. In addition to The Philadelphia Orchestra, she has appeared as concerto soloist with the City of London Sinfonia, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Bulgaria National Radio Orchestra, Mexico State Symphony, and has appeared regularly with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. As an international juror, she has adjudicated for the Baltimore International Guitar Competition, Korea International Harp Competition (Seoul) Lily Laskine Competition (Paris), and Suoni d’Arpa (Saluzzo) as well as appearing at festivals in Cartagena (Colombia), OZ (Australia), Lyon & Healy “Harptacular” (Chicago) and Shanghai Arts Festival (China). Her most recent recording, Home, was described by The Irish Times as “utterly gorgeous.” A champion of new music, Ms. Hainen gave the US, China, European and Australian Premieres of Nu Shu: Secret Songs of Women, written especially for her by Tan Dun. The Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Ms. Hainen toured extensively throughout China bringing Nu Shu to millions via concert halls and Hunan TV.  

Elizabeth Hainen’s extraordinary progress took her to Indiana University School of Music, where she received Bachelor and Artist Diploma degrees as a student of Susann McDonald. She serves as the Artistic Director for the USA International Harp Competition in the very organization founded by her teacher as well as being the Silver medalist in the first competition in 1989. Hainen holds the Maryjane Mayhew Barton Chair in Harp Studies for the Curtis Institute of Music and also teaches on the faculty at Boyer School of Music, Temple University. As Founding Artistic Director of the Lyra Society, an organization to promote new works for the harp and educate young harpists, she has provided educational outreach to hundreds of school children in urban Philadelphia.  

Olivia Staton was appointed Second Flute of The Philadelphia Orchestra at the start of the 2018-19 season at the age of 21, becoming the orchestra's youngest member at the time. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School where she received a Bachelor of Music degree and studied with Jeffrey Khaner. Upon graduating, she was awarded the Peter Mennin Prize for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Music. Her previous teachers include Aaron Goldman and Jennifer Lapple.  

Olivia performed as acting principal flute for the Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2023 European Tour with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and can also be heard as principal flute on the orchestra’s recent albums with Deutsche Grammophon. She has appeared as guest principal flute with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, and has also performed with the National Symphony Orchestra and New World Symphony. In 2018 Olivia was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts, and for three previous summers she attended the Aspen Music Festival and School where she served as principal flute of the Aspen Conducting Academy for two summers.  

As a soloist, Olivia most recently performed the Reinecke Concerto with conductor Andrew Constantine and the Reading Symphony. She has also appeared as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Nicholas McGegan, and the Main Line Symphony Orchestra with Don Liuzzi of the Philadelphia Orchestra. As a chamber musician, Olivia has performed with the Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble and Network for New Music. During the summer, Olivia performs with Archipelago Collective, a chamber music series on San Juan Island (WA) where her family lives. Previously, Olivia performed in the New York Philharmonic Biennial as a member of the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, as well as Juilliard’s “ChamberFest”. Olivia has performed with various chamber ensembles in Alice Tully Hall, David Geffen Hall, Seiji Ozawa Hall, the Metropolitan and Whitney Museums of Art, and the Aspen Art Museum.  

Olivia has served on the faculties of the Philadelphia International Music Festival and Metropolitan Concert Artists, both summer music intensives. Olivia has also coached Philadelphia's All-City Orchestra, Philadelphia Sinfonia, and been a guest at the University of Delaware, Penn State University, the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Interlochen Arts Academy, Luzerne Music Center, and the Curtis Institute of Music. In 2022 Olivia was the featured Guest Artist for the Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia's annual Flute Fair giving a masterclass and solo recital. During the year, Olivia is a regular coach for the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra (PYO) Music Institute and teaches lessons privately.  

Olivia is a Yamaha Performing Artist.