Katelyn Croft is pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts in harp at the Cleveland Institute of Music under Yolanda Kondonassis. She began studying harp at the age of nine and has performed in concert halls around the USA, Europe, and China. Deeply interested in both classical and Chinese traditional music, Katelyn was a 2021 Fulbright Scholar in Taiwan where she researched the interaction between western classical music and Chinese traditional music. Katelyn is a passionate teacher and has a large in-person and virtual harp studio. In her free time, she enjoys being outside in nature and playing with her puppy.