Going Out On A Glissando: BSO Harpist Retires

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October 01, 2009

Andrea Shea

Harpist Ann Hobson Pilot, the first African-American woman to play in the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is retiring after 40 years. Composer John Williams has written her a new harp concerto for the occasion.

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