{{Short description|American harpist and professor}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Jaymee Haefner | image = | caption = | birth_place = | genre = Classical | occupation = Harpist, music educator | instrument = Harp }}
'''Jaymee Haefner''' is an American harpist, recording artist, and music educator. She is a University Distinguished Research Professor and professor of harp at the University of North Texas College of Music. Her work includes performances and recordings as a soloist and chamber musician, publications on the French harpist and composer Henriette Renié, and service in harp organizations.
== Career ==
=== Academic === Haefner joined the University of North Texas (UNT) College of Music in 2006 as a lecturer in harp. She was appointed assistant professor in 2016, promoted to associate professor in 2020, and in the same year was appointed Director of Graduate Studies for the College of Music.<ref name="University of North Texas - 30 June 2020 - Jaymee Haefner Appointed as Director of Graduate Studies">{{cite web |title=Jaymee Haefner Appointed as Director of Graduate Studies |url=https://music.unt.edu/news/jaymee-haefner-appointed-director-graduate-studies |publisher=University of North Texas |access-date=November 20, 2025 |date=June 30, 2020}}</ref> She became a full professor in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaymee Haefner |url=https://music.unt.edu/people/jaymee-haefner.html |website=University of North Texas College of Music |language=en}}</ref>
In 2025, UNT named Haefner a University Distinguished Research Professor in Instrumental Studies.<ref>{{cite web |title=University Distinguished Research Professorship |url=https://vpaa.unt.edu/fs/recognition/faculty-awards/research.html |website=University of North Texas |access-date=17 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref>
=== Performance === Haefner performs internationally as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral harpist. She is principal harpist of the Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, The Dallas Opera, and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.
She has appeared as concerto soloist with the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra,<ref name="The Saginaw News - January 13, 2025 - Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra plans February performance, 'Symphonie Fantastique'">{{cite news |last1=Engel |first1=Justin |title=Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra plans February performance, 'Symphonie Fantastique' |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-bay-city/2025/01/saginaw-bay-symphony-orchestra-plans-february-performance-symphonie-fantastique.html |access-date=November 20, 2025 |work=The Saginaw News |publisher=MLive Media Group |date=January 13, 2025}}</ref> Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra, University of North Texas Symphony Orchestra, Texarkana Symphony Orchestra, and at the Crested Butte Music Festival. Her chamber collaborations include performances with Chamber Music International, the Crimson Duo,<ref>{{cite news |title=Violin and harp duo tonight {{!}} Texarkana Gazette |url=https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2018/sep/05/violin-and-harp-duo-tonight/ |work=Texarkana Gazette |date=5 September 2018 |language=en}}</ref> and the Dallas Harp Quartet.
Haefner has premiered works by Libby Larsen, Paul Patterson, Kirsten Broberg, Gary Schocker, Joseph Klein, Patricio da Silva, and other contemporary composers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaymee Haefner, Professor of Harp, University of North Texas College of Music |url=https://harpcolumn.com/blog/teacher/jaymee-haefner-professor-of-harp-university-of-north-texas-college-of-music/ |publisher=Harp Column}}</ref>
=== Professional service === Haefner serves on the board of the USA International Harp Competition as treasurer and chair of the finance committee.<ref>[https://usaihc.org/board-of-directors Board of Directors] USA International Harp Competition</ref> She served as treasurer of the World Harp Congress Board of Directors from 2011 to 2022.
In 2024, the International Harp Archives were relocated to the University of North Texas, with Haefner appointed as archivist. The move was announced by the American Harp Society<ref>{{cite web |title=UNT Welcomes the International Harp Archives Relocated from Brigham Young University |url=https://www.harpsociety.org/news/International-Harp-Archives |website=American Harp Society |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=International Harp Archives |url=https://music.unt.edu/strings/harp/international-harp-archives.html |website=Unt.edu |language=en}}</ref> and the World Harp Congress.<ref>{{cite web |title=UNT Welcomes the International Harp Archives Relocated from Brigham Young University |url=https://worldharpcongress.com/archives/ |website=World Harp Congress |language=en |date=15 July 2021}}</ref>
== Recordings == * ''Fantaisie: Music for Violin and Harp'' (Crimson, 2015) * ''Better Than One: Works by Gary Schocker'' (Albany Records, 2016) * ''Renderings: Modern Music for Violin and Harp'' (MSR Classics, 2019) * ''Patricio da Silva: Music for Violin and Harp'' (Panhandle Records, 2019) * ''Henriette Renié Retrospective: Historical Harp Recordings 1927–1955'' (MSR Classics, 2025)
== Books == * ''The Legend of Henriette Renié'' (editor, 2006) * ''One Stone to the Building: Henriette Renié’s Life Through Her Works for Harp'' (2017)<ref>{{cite web |title=Revisiting Renié |url=https://harpcolumn.com/blog/article/revisiting-renie/ |publisher=Harp Column}}</ref>
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