The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY), one of New York’s leading cultural venues, presents Parker Ramsay, harp on Friday, May 9, 2025 at 7:30pm ET at Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center and online. Tickets start at $40 for in person and $25 for online streaming and are available at https://www.92ny.org/event/parker-ramsay. Online streaming is available 72 hours following the performance.

The artist pushing the harp – and the repertoire for it – into the future, Parker Ramsay joins for his first 92NY appearance. A musician of tremendous artistry and intellect, Ramsay performs the premieres of new works by three of today’s most forward-looking composers: Marcos Balter, Aida Shirazi, and Artun Çekem, juxtaposing amazing new sound worlds with a transcription of a Baroque work that might have been heard at the court of Louis XIV. Experience the harp’s timeless beauty, mystery, and stunning new sonic possibilities, as Ramsay performs on four different harps, blending their distinctive sounds with electronics on the Shirazi and Çekem works, all bringing new relevance and possibilities to an enchanting ancient instrument.

The program will include:

PARKER RAMSAY, harp
with special guest CHARLOTTE MUNDY, voice

MARCOS BALTER Omolu (New York premiere)

AIDA SHIRAZI A Dream Within a Dream (world premiere)

ROBERT DE VISÉE Suite in A Minor, “La Royalle” (trans. Parker Ramsay)

ARTUN ÇEKEM HARP (Haptic Adaptive Remembrance Processor)
Aida Shirazi’s A Dream Within a Dream was commissioned by The 92nd Street Y, New York.