Alix Raspé Gray is an award-winning solo and orchestral harpist, chamber musician, educator, and musical entrepreneur.

Ms. Raspé Gray currently serves as Lecturer of Harp at Dartmouth College, Visiting Faculty at Longy School of Music of Bard College, Phillips Academy Andover, and Phillips Exeter Academy. She is also on the faculties of The Groton School and The Governor’s Academy, and in the summer teaches for the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras and Summer at Andover.

A passionate advocate for harp education and mentorship, she is President of the American Harp Society Boston Chapter and Founder and Director of the Dorset Harp Colony, an intensive summer program for harpists held in Dorset, Vermont.

Previously based in the Midwest, Ms. Raspé Gray served as Associate Harpist with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (2017–2023) and as Principal Harpist of the Lima Symphony Orchestra (2021–2023). She also served as Associate Harpist of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago (2017–2018) and currently performs as a substitute harpist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

She has collaborated with a wide range of celebrated artists, including Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bolton, Roger Daltrey (The Who), Jenny Slate, Laufey, Cody Fry, and MAX. Her performances have been featured on Live with Kelly and Ryan, The Late Late Show with James Corden, NPR, iHeartRadio, and she has appeared as a featured soloist on WOSU Classical. Her work can also be heard on the RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 5) soundtrack, and in the major motion picture Reservation Road.

A dedicated advocate for the intersection of wellness and music, Ms. Raspé Gray is a certified 500-hour Yoga Alliance teacher and frequently lectures on musical entrepreneurship and mindfulness in performance. She has presented at the 2024 American Harp Society National Conference, as well as at institutions including New England Conservatory, Dartmouth College, Boston Conservatory, Chamber Music America, Chamber Music Connection, and Arizona State University. In addition, she was recently featured in Harp Column magazine, and the Yoga for All Musician’s podcast. In 2024, she published her first book, The Musician’s Guide to Mindful Practice: The Journal (available on Amazon), offering musicians practical tools for cultivating awareness, ease, and expressive freedom in their work.

As a soloist, she has received numerous honors, including the Annapolis Music Festival Maestro Award for Outstanding Soloist, the NYU Excellence in String Performance and Leadership Award, and the NYU Orchestral Excellence Award. She was the winner of the 2015 NYU String Competition and First Runner-Up in the 2016 New England Conservatory Concerto Competition.

Ms. Raspé Gray has participated in prestigious festivals including the Tanglewood Music Center (Harp Fellow), Aspen Music Festival, Bowdoin International Music Festival, National Orchestral Institute (Harp Fellow), MusicAlp, Saratoga Harp Colony, Symphony Orchestra Academy of the Pacific, and Interlochen Arts Camp. Her performance credits include appearances at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Seiji Ozawa Hall, Symphony Hall (Boston), Juilliard’s Paul and Morse Halls, NEC’s Jordan Hall, and Symphony Space.

Deeply committed to community engagement, she has been awarded two Individual Solo Fellowships and an Ensemble Fellowship from NEC’s Community Performances and Partnerships program, as well as two Entrepreneurial Musicianship grants. She was co-founder of the Dorset Chamber Music Residency, a community-driven classical music festival launched in 2017. Her past administrative leadership roles include Development Director of Caroga Arts Collective (2018), Marketing and Development Director of Chamber Music Connection (2019– 2021), and President of the MetroHarp Young Harpists Alliance (2011–2015).

Ms. Raspé Gray holds a Master of Music in Harp Performance from the New England Conservatory, where she graduated Pi Kappa Lambda under the tutelage of Jessica Zhou. She earned her Bachelor of Music from New York University, studying with Bridget Kibbey and minoring in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Studies. She also attended the Juilliard Pre- College, where she studied with Dr. June Han.

She resides in Hollis, New Hampshire, with her husband Erik, daughter Chloé, and their two miniature Australian Shepherds, Ollie and Indie.