A native New Yorker, Barbara Allen is sought after as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and orchestral player. As a founding member of the Aureole Trio, she has performed extensively throughout the United States and has recorded the major works for flute, viola and harp on the Koch International label. Since winning second prize in the Seventh International Harp Competition held in Israel, she has appeared as soloist with the Caramoor and Waterloo festivals, Philharmonia Virtuosi, Greenwich Symphony and the Hudson Valley Philharmonic. As a chamber musician, Ms. Allen is a member of Parnassus, the Perspectives Ensemble at Columbia University and L’Opera Francais and has appeared with Tashi, Orpheus, St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble and the New World String Quartet. She was the principal harpist with the San Francisco Symphony for the 1980-81 season, and is currently principal harpist with the American Ballet Theater orchestra and the Greenwich Symphony. She has also performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Pittsburgh Symphony and the American Symphony Orchestra and has recordings on numerous labels. Barbara Allen received a Masters of Music Degree from the Juilliard School as a scholarship student of Susann McDonald, and earned her under¬graduate degree at SUNY Purchase, studying with Pearl Chertok.