Maydine Bellot is a harpist from Milwaukee WI, currently studying with Joan Holland at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor.  She studied with Johanna Wienholts her senior year of high school, after studying with Mary Keppeler for four years.

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Maydine has played harp in the Symphony Band, University Philharmonia Orchestra, and Chamber Choir at the University of Michigan. She is also the harpist of the Halyard Quintet, a newly formed quintet of students from the School of Music.

 

In high school, she was a winner of the Civic Music Milwaukee High School Competition and honorable mention in the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Concerto Competition. She was the harpist in the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra's Senior Symphony and Chamber Orchestra, as well as the 2022 WSMA High School Honors Orchestra. She traveled with the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra on a tour to Belgium and the Netherlands, where they played at several venues including the world-famous Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

 

Maydine Bellot was part of a violin harp duo from, which represented the Milwaukee Youth Orchestra at various events around Milwaukee. She has played at events for organizations including WISN-12, Milwaukee County Historical Society, Rockwell Automation, Quarles & Brady LLP, and United Way.

 

She also produces videos of her own personal spin on well-known Christmas Music. She uses different instruments to showcase their qualities, which when combined and used effectively, create an entirely new musical experience for the listener even if the song is familiar.

 

These experiences of playing music from unique perspectives and in different contexts have greatly influenced and shaped her playing.