The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m., and tickets are available online, by phone at 518-523-2512 and at the LPCA box office, open every day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A complimentary meet the artist reception follows the performance.

The evening’s featured soloist is harpist Gretchen Van Hoesen, principal harp of the Pittsburgh Symphony and daughter of former Sinfonietta bassoonist, David Van Hoesen. She will perform Ravel’s lyrical and evocative “Introduction and Allegro.” Also on the program is a rendition of Gustav Mahler’s beloved “First Symphony.”

Gretchen has been principal harpist of the Pittsburgh Symphony since 1977. She has appeared as soloist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on numerous occasions, both on the subscription series and on tour. She has appeared as soloist with conductors Andr Previn, Lorin Maazel, James Conlon, Zdnek Macal, Sergiu Comissiona, Pinchas Zukerman and Manfred Honeck, and has collaborated with flutists James Galway, Bernard Goldberg, Jean-Pierre Rampal and Emmanuel Pahud.

Gretchen has performed as a soloist with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Orchestral Association, the Greenwich Philharmonia and the Westmoreland Symphony. She has concertized in the metropolitan New York area at Carnegie Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall and the Brooklyn Museum, and has been a recitalist throughout the Pittsburgh area. She has frequently served as a judge for National Competitions of the American Harp Society and is currently the president of the organization’s Pittsburgh Chapter. Van Hoesen served as a coach for the 2015 National Youth Orchestra of the United States and was selected as the inaugural Harp Forum editor for theAmerican String Teacherand harp master class clinician at the ASTA National Conference in 2016.

Gretchen is a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon and Duquesne universities and has given master classes and been an artist-lecturer around the world. Her students have won numerous national and international awards and prizes. She graduated from The Juilliard School of Music earning both B.M. and M.M. degrees in harp as a scholarship student of Marcel Grandjany and Susann McDonald. She is also a graduate of the Eastman School of Music Preparatory Department with highest honors in piano and harp, where she was a student of Eileen Malone. She further studied with Gloria Agostini.

On Wednesday, July 19, at 7 p.m., the Sinfonietta will present a Park Concert: “Now You See It …” The concert is in Mid’s Park, Main Street, Lake Placid, and admission is free. In the event of rain or temperatures below 65, the concert will be moved to the sanctuary of St. Agnes Church on Saranac Avenue in Lake Placid. The rain site concerts will begin at 7:15.

On Friday, July 21, at 10:30 a.m., the annual Lake Placid Sinfonietta Children’s Concert will be held in the gymnasium of St. Agnes School, Hillcrest Avenue, Lake Placid. This free concert for children of all ages and their adult friends, will feature eye-level seating to enable kids to really watch the musicians and their instruments at work. The concert will feature rousing and fascinating selections designed to open ears and inspire young listeners.

For more information about the Lake Placid Sinfonietta, including the complete schedule, visit the website at www.lakeplacidsinfonietta.org.