DEANNA CIRIELLI is a classically trained harpist and music theorist. As a Boston native she grew up in the city’s vibrant orchestral music scene, and through that ensemble background crafter her approach to musical practice as a communal tradition of storytelling shared amongst performers and audiences. At the harp she regularly performs at home in New York – most recently joining forces with Mark Morris Dance Company, Talea Ensemble, and Heartbeat Opera for a variety of contemporary chamber projects this past season – and concertizes across the globe, including tours through England, Spain, Germany, and the Czech Republic; summers at Tanglewood Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival and School, Bowdoin International Music Festival, and Brevard Music Center. In music theory her research focuses on Gottfried Weber’s concepts of Mehrdeutigkeit and Tonnetz maps as applied to Schubert’s late instrumental repertoire, and is using that research to work toward her doctorate degree at The Juilliard School.