Harpist Marcia Dickstein has been enticing new audiences to the harp in chamber music and solo with orchestra, and inspiring composers to write new works in classical and jazz genres.
To date, she has commissioned and/or premiered over 175 compositions by American composers. Her performance credits include: soloist with orchestras in Louisville (KY), Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and chamber orchestras in Geneva (Switzerland), South Bay (Los Angeles), and with Los Angeles Master Chorale and over 1000 outreach concerts.
Marcia has recorded numerous chamber music and solo recordings including the award winning 3 Friends, Chamber Music of Arnold Bax and the latest with The Debussy Trio, Angles of Angeles (Klavier, Harmonia Mundi, and RCM labels), and played on over 500 film scores, including Toy Story 1,2,3 & 4, La La Land and First Man, Rogue One and Star Wars IX.
She also plays for Mandalorian, American Dad and Green Eggs and Ham. As Founder/Artistic Director of The Debussy Trio, now in its 31st year, she has performed worldwide: in the US, Canada, Europe, Scandinavia and Japan, over NPR radio, on commercial & PBS TV. She also plays with the Long Beach Symphony and San Luis Obispo Symphony.
Active as a composer/editor, her harp solos, transcriptions, and scholarly editions are sold internationally. Adjunct Professor of Harp at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA, Ms. Dickstein also holds Master Classes throughout the USA and maintains a private studio in Los Angeles.