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Gloria Galante
Instructor — Harp

Room 255, Swope Music Building
Phone: 610-436-2653
ggalante@wcupa.edu

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Education
B.S., West Chester University; M.M., VanderCook College of Music, CMP Certified Music Practitioner

To see Gloria Galante is to be galvanized by the infinite magic of possibility. Indeed, this petite dynamo is a chameleon harpist She plucks, strums, jizzles and practically dances on those strings to create almost any kind of music her audience desires- classical, jazz, Latin, African, and pop. Galante has performed with Jose Feliciano, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Jr., and Luther Vandross, just to name a few. She has toured internationally as a solo artist, chamber musician, and member of jazz and Afro- Cuban ensembles,currently with Odean Pope Tenor Sax and Gloria Galante Harp- Duo as well as Kusangala with Basssist Tyrone Brown, Percussionist Duke Wilson , Drummer Jim Miller, and vocalist Rosella Clemmons Washington.

Gloria has released 30 recordings and produced 2 therapeutic harp CDs raising funds for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer foundation research for the cure.

She is a certified music practitioner CMP from the Music for Healing and Transition program and a mentor for this program. Currently Gloria is working on a CMP medical research project.

In addition to performing, Gloria Galante is a composer of works and transcriptions for harp, and is equally dedicated as an educator. Galante is the professor and creator of the harp program at West Chester University (WCU), Director of the WCU Harp Ensemble, a Musicopia (formerly Strings for Schools) ensemble leader, and on the prestigious roster of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Finally, Galante has been a member of the American Harp Society and Folk Harp Society since 1986, contributing many articles to their journal.

Visit her professional web site at www.gmgstudios.com

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