Elizabeth Panzer

Elizabeth Panzer is a harpist active in jazz and free improvisation.

Panzer received a degree from The Manhattan School of Music and is principal harpist with Bridgeport Symphony. She has played with new music ensembles including "Speculum Musicae", "North/South Consonance", and the "New Music Consort", with jazz groups such as the ensembles of Reggie Workman and of Butch Morris, and with her own trio, "Talking Harp". She is also a founding member of the electro-acoustic avant-garde band Dadadah. As a performer, she began to work with improvisation, and those experiences ultimately led to composition. Several of her compositions for solo harp are featured on her album "Dancing In Place". She has received commission grants from organizations including "Meet the Composer" and the "New York State Council of the Arts".