Project Alunir is a duo of Haley Rhodeside and Seok Hee Jang. With a harp and several clarinets packed in a humble but mighty Toyota Prius V, we aim to bring unique and vibrant programming to communities everywhere. Project Alunir performs an eclectic mix of old and new classical music paired with a wide variety of other genres. Our mission is to bring audiences into music they might not otherwise experience. Based in Orlando, FL where we are both members of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, we travel throughout Florida and beyond.
Meet the Musicians
Harpist Haley Rhodeside makes her home in Orlando but regularly performs throughout the United States. She is currently the Principal Harp of the Orlando Philharmonic, and other ensembles she has performed with include the Royal Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, Florida Orchestra, Sarasota Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony, and the Charleston Symphony. As a soloist, she was a first-prize winner of the Young Artists Harp Competition, a winner of the Miami Music Festival’s concerto competition, and a prizewinner in the American Harp Society’s national competition, among other awards. Haley is also a dedicated teacher, serving as harp professor at University of Central Florida. She holds a Masters degree in Harp from Yale, and a BM in Harp and BS in Mathematics from Indiana University. Her major teachers were Dr. June Han, Susann McDonald, and Jan Jennings. Outside of music, she is an enthusiast of tea, sewing, running, and cats.
Born in South Korea and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Seok Hee Jang is the Second Clarinet of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and is also the Adjunct Professor of Clarinet at Southeastern University in Lakeland. Seok Hee has shared the stage with many of today’s leading artists such as Yuja Wang, Anthony McGill, Chris Thile, and Emanuel Ax, and has performed in concert halls across North America as well as parts of Europe and Asia. As an orchestral clarinetist in high demand, he is regularly asked to play with orchestras across Florida including the Jacksonville Symphony and The Florida Orchestra. He has earned degrees at McGill University in Montreal, DePaul University in Chicago and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of North Texas. His principal teachers include Alain Desgagné, Stephen Williamson and Phillip O. Paglialonga.
