Lori Gemmell

Lori Gemmell pursues a simultaneous career as an orchestral musician, chamber musician, soloist, and teacher. A graduate of the University of Toronto, where she studied with the renowned harpist Judy Loman, she is principal harpist of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. She has also performed regularly with the Nouvel Ensemble moderne de Montréal, accompanying them on tours in Europe and Japan. She has been a guest soloist with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Edmonton and Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestras, and Orchestra London Canada. In 2000, she won second prize at the Canadian Concerto Competition, and in 2001, she participated in the 14th International Harp Competition in Israel. Lori Gemmell teaches at Wilfrid Laurier University, while also dedicating time to teaching at her studio in Toronto.