Meet John

John Carrington is Principal Harpist with the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra and The Auburn Symphony. He is an active freelancer, teacher and recording artist in the Seattle area and can be heard on over 300 motion picture & video game soundtracks. He was solo harpist aboard the World Cruise of Cunard’s legendary ship the Queen Elizabeth 2. He has performed with conductors such as Seiji Ozawa, Charles Dutoit, Leonard Slatkin, Leon Fleisher and John Rutter and also worked with popular performers such as Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban, Johnny Mathis and James Taylor.

Summer Festivals have included The National Repertory Orchestra, Tanglewood, and the Sunriver Music Festival. Carrington also played with the New World Symphony and spent several summers at the Salzedo School in Camden, Maine. He has served as adjudicator and judge for the Washington State Solo Competition, the Seattle Young Artist Music Festival, and the American Harp Society. He has appeared as soloist on invitation to several American Harp Society National Conferences as well as the World Harp Congress. He is currently co-chair of the Salzedo Committee of the American Harp Society.

He received his Master of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music after earning his Bachelor of Music from the University of Washington. His teachers include Pamela Vokolek, Lynne Palmer and Alice Chalifoux.