Harp Performance - Instruction - Ensembles

Wendy LeBlanc is an accomplished and award winning concert harpist and currently concertizes extensively with her award winning trio called "Wyndfall", and her duo/trio "Timeless Elegance Music ", performing with her sister Tracy Harris, Yamaha Performing Artist and Concert Flutist, and her sister-in-law Svetlana Harris, concert pianist . Ms. LeBlanc is also a harp instructor, and currently teaches in her private studio in Tulare County. In addition, she owns her own retail business dedicated to the beauty, elegance and long history of the harp called CraftyHarp. Ms. LeBlanc designs all of the original artwork in the Gallery and personally manufactures exclusive gifts and crafts for the harp and music industry. www.CraftyHarp.com

Ms. LeBlanc combines extensive experience as a soloist, duo with flute, orchestral, show and chamber musician, performing in concert halls and private venues across the country, as well as for a wide array of events including weddings and parties for Hollywood royalty, holiday events, church services and events, fund raisers for symphony orchestras, university chancellors, major health causes, food drives, museum openings, theater inaugurations, fashion shows, and much more.  As an accomplished soloist and orchestral musician, Wendy has performed concertos or has held principal chairs with many different ensembles including: Coastal Valley’s Symphony Orchestra, the Pacific Coast Chamber Orchestra, the Santa Maria Symphony, the Santa Ynez Valley Orchestra, Santa Barbara Harp Ensemble, the Prisms New Music Ensemble, the Music Academy Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Barbara Opera Theater, the Lompoc Performing Arts Society, the Town and Gown Chamber Music Series at the Faulkner Gallery, and the Tulare County Symphony Orchestra to name but a few. In addition, Wendy has made recordings with the Pacific Coast Chamber Orchestra and the PCPA Theaterfest and is currently recording with the Wyndfall Trio.

Wendy has performed classic and premier pieces with highly acclaimed artists including pianist Andre Watts, actor Fess Parker, Varujan Kojian of the Utah symphony and the Santa Barbara Symphony as well as guest conductor with the New York Philharmonic, highly acclaimed actor, author, and Oscar nominated producer Gabriel Byrne, and Giles Apap winner of the 1985 Prestigious Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition.

Ms. LeBlanc was invited to attend the Juilliard School of Music when she was just 15, and attended the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. She is also a graduate of the famous Music Academy of the West. Ms. LeBlanc has won many local and national honors including; winner of the National Society of Arts and Letters grant competition, winner of the Pillsbury Foundation scholarship competition three years in a row, winner of the UCSB Music Affiliates award, the Music Academy of the West scholarship award,and the New England Conservatory of Music scholarship award, to name a few. Wendy is also a member of the Golden Key National Honors Society, as well as the prestigious American Harp Society.

Ms. LeBlanc studied harp with master teachers including Ann Hobson-Pilot, renowned recording artist and principal harpist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops as well as harp instructor for the New England Conservatory of Music and Boston University. Ms. Leblanc also studied with Suzanne Balderston, master harpist, recording artist, composer, and author of numerous books on harp instruction, as well as NBC Symphony harpist performing and recording under the baton of Arturo Toscanini. In addition, Ms. LeBlanc also studied with master harpist Mary Jane Barton, a professional RCA studio recording artists and Los Angeles Philharmonic performer. Ms. Barton studied under the world-renowned harpist and composer Carlos Salzedo and played under the baton of Leopold Stokowski of the historically renowned NBC orchestra.

“A wonderful artist and musician. Beautiful sound. Tracy is lucky to have her as her playing partner.”
Tadeu Coelho, World Renowned Flutist and Recording Artist

 “Wendy is an incredible Harp player with rich, beautiful tone and her musical interpretation is world class.”
Suzanne Balderston – Master Harpist, Recording Artist, and Composer. Former president of the American Harp Society.