Liz Player

Executive and Artistic Director @The Harlem Chamber Players Inc

New York, NY, US

The Harlem Chamber Players is an ethnically diverse collective of professional musicians dedicated to bringing high caliber, affordable and accessible chamber music to the people of Harlem and beyond. Additionally, The Harlem Chamber Players seek to build an audience for classical music through community and educational outreach.Harlem’s highly acclaimed chamber music series Music at St. Mary\'s began in 2008 as a partnership between clarinetist Liz Player and violist Charles Dalton, who met while performing at a Black History Month gala concert at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Encouraged by Janet Wolfe, founder of the New York City Housing Authority Orchestra and long-time patron of minority classical musicians, Ms. Player and Mr. Dalton created a summer music festival in the neighborhood of Manhattanville/West Harlem that provided dynamic chamber music concerts. Following the enthusiastic reception of the festival, the Rev. Dr. Earl Kooperkamp of the historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church welcomed and supported the creation of an ongoing series. Music at St. Mary’s has been called a series “of which we can be proud” by The New York Amsterdam News, which also singled out the artistry of Liz Player, Charles Dalton and pianist Evelyn Golz as “lovely” and “breathtaking.” The 2014 – 2015 season marks the seventh year of Music at St. Mary’s regular concert series, one that is accessible and affordable to people right here in the community.

Rutgers University

BA

City University of New York-Queens College

B.Mus