Flute Center Presents

Chelsea Knox Recital 

featuring Hannah Cope Johnson on Harp

Live at FC New York | December 16, 2025 | 6PM

Free Auditor Tickets

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Chelsea Knox is the principal flutist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. A sought-after performer, Ms. Knox has held positions as assistant principal flute of the Baltimore Symphony and principal Flute of the New Haven and Princeton Symphonies. She has been hailed by the New York Times for her warmth, precision, and clarity, as well as by the New York Classical Review for her “expressive life and full tone.”

An active orchestral and chamber musician, Ms. Knox has appeared with numerous orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and IRIS Orchestra. Ms. Knox has performed concertos with the Baltimore Symphony, Princeton Symphony, and Hartford Symphony. As a chamber musician, she has performed with the MET Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and the ETA3 flute, clarinet, and piano trio. Ms. Knox is a Yamaha performing artist.

Ms. Knox serves on the faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. She earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Juilliard School in New York City as a student of Jeffrey Khaner. A native of Litchfield, CT, she received her early training at the Hartt School of Music, where she studied with Greig Shearer. In her spare time, she is an active visual artist, and her work has been displayed in galleries in New York and Connecticut.

Hannah Cope Johnson is Principal Harp of the Metropolitan Opera. She was previously Principal Harp of the Sarasota Orchestra. She has appeared with many ensembles in New England including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, and Rhode Island Philharmonic among others. Recent career highlights include a debut solo recital for the American Harp Society in New York City and guest artist features with Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota and Boston Chamber Music Society.

Hannah spent many years in the harp competition circuit and took home first prizes at the American Harp Society National Competition, the Lyon and Healy Awards, the Grandjany Memorial Competition, and most recently took 2me Prix at the 2022 Concours International de Harpe Félix Godefroid in Belgium. She has also won fellowship positions at summer orchestra festivals including Tanglewood Music Center, Marrowstone Music Festival and Brevard Music Center.

Hannah grew up in Salt Lake City, UT where she studied harp with Kimberly Dunford and ShruDeLi Ownbey. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Brigham Young University in Provo, UT with Dr. Nicole Brady, and obtained a Master of Music degree and a Graduate Diploma from New England Conservatory of Music, under the tutelage of Jessica Zhou of Boston Symphony Orchestra. She enjoys spending time with her husband Ben and their two beloved cats, Hobbes and Zeus. When she’s not on her harp bench, she loves hiking, trying new recipes, and playing Mario Kart.