about Nancy Harder
i’m interested in:
- integrating mind, body + spirit
- stoking a fire for passion, freedom + abundance
- living confidence, vision + moxie
- creating mastery, adventure + innovation
- performing expressively, soulfully + brilliantly
why I’m here:
INSPIRE
to spark creativity and action. to elicit the courage to toss out the status quo and step into the irresistible, authentic experience you’re meant to live.
i’ve been there. i’ve performed around the world with ecstasy, fallen into the abyss of burnout, learned more from my failures than my successes, healed and transformed, and over 20+ years charted my own way in the amazing, bewildering world of professional music-making.
i now mentor musicians, encouraging them (YOU!) to live and work with passion, purpose and prosperity.
a little bit more about me:
- i’m convinced it’s all about Love.
- my dog makes me a better person.
- i’m a student of consciousness. the mind is magical.
- i’ve traveled to 32 countries. my favorite places on earth are Mongolia, Bali + the arms of my man.
- of all the things i’ve written for publication, i’m most proud of my article on BSL and breed prejudice.
- my ideal dinner party would include Maya Angelou, John Lennon, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Dave Chapelle, Olivier Messiaen, Desmond Tutu + Jay-Z.
- i’ll never turn down daffodils, massages, or beautiful stationary.
- i’m a woman who runs with wolves.
my musician bio:
Described by the Classical Voice of North Carolina as showing “guts and passion” and being “emotive and artful”, Nancy Harder has performed across the U.S. and Europe. Nancy holds a Masters of Music in Accompanying from the University of North Carolina Greensboro.
Select performances, in both piano and voice, have included collaborative artist recitals in Austria with the American Institute of Musical Studies; soloing with the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra (as the only person in the history of the competition to win the Richard R. Deas Concerto Competition twice); performing the operatic role of “Prince Orlofsky” in Die Fledermaus, and participating in masterclasses with Barbara Bonney and Harold Heiburg.
She was also a recipient of a research fellowship for her work on a critical edition of an original Liszt manuscript at Yale University.
Nancy is currently an active performer, workshop leader, teacher and mentor. She is also on the faculty at Virginia Tech’s Department of Music.
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