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Ms. Kidwell-Fernandes began her musical training at age 3 with the piano. She started playing the harp at age 8 and soon after began studying harp at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. While attending college at Northwestern University, she studied harp with Liz Cifani, the principal harpist of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. She has had considerable experience performing at events such as wedding ceremonies, cocktail hours, parties, corporate functions, political fundraisers, and religious services in New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, Illinois, and Hawaii.
Ms. Kidwell-Fernandes has performed with numerous orchestras, including
the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hamilton Fairfield Symphony
Orchestra, and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago (training orchestra of
the Chicago Symphony). Regionally, she has performed with Albany Pro
Musica, the Burnt Hills Oratorio Society, the Capital Region Wind
Ensemble, the Jubilate Singers, the New York Catholic Chorale, Opera
Excelsior, the Sage City Symphony, and the Windham Orchestra. In the
course of her orchestral playing, she has performed in classical and
pops concerts with such artists as Aretha Franklin, Marvin Hamlisch,
the Canadian Brass, William Warfield, Peter Nero, Sandi Patty, and
Maureen Forrester. She has appeared as a soloist with the Sage City
Symphony, the Capital Region Wind Ensemble, the Schenectady County
Community College Wind Ensemble, and the Music Company Orchestra.
Ms. Kidwell-Fernandes holds a B.A. from Northwestern University and
a Master of Divinity from Yale University.