For this all-American program, the MSO features its principal harpist, Melanie Young, in a performance of Ennanga by William Grant Still. This rarely heard work for harp, strings, and piano is a vivid reflection of the ennanga, an African harp-like instrument. Played on a modern harp, the piece has a calming, restorative quality that gently soothes the soul. The program continues with Edward MacDowell’s Suite No. 2, which draws on motifs from the Iroquois, Iowa, and other Native American tribes to evoke Indigenous life, and concludes with Ferde Grofé’s iconic and sweeping Grand Canyon Suite.

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Sonic America With Melanie Young, harp

Hylton Performing Arts Center

For this all-American program, the MSO features its principal harpist, Melanie Young, in a performance of Ennanga by William Grant Still.

This rarely heard work for harp, strings, and piano is a vivid reflection of the ennanga, an African harp-like instrument. Played on a modern harp, the piece has a calming, restorative quality that gently soothes the soul.

Melanie Young

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Mar 7, 2026

Sonic America With Melanie Young, harp · Hylton Performing Arts Center

Mar 7, 2026

Sonic America · Manassas Symphony Orchestra

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Harp in Ennanga by Still

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