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Voice and Harp

Hannah Stubbs, soprano and harpist Maxine Eilander perform classical and popular songs for special events and weddings. We also take special requests.

Repertoire Selection (audio samples coming soon):

A thousand Years – Christina Perri

I can’t help falling in Love with You - Elvis Presley

All of me – John Legend

I will – Paul McCartney

Somewhere over the Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiw’ole

About Us:

Hannah Rose Stubbs loves all genres of music including opera and pop music. She is currently studying at Pasadena City College to earn her Associates in Music Degree. In her spare time Hannah loves to read, write stories and songs, accompany herself on piano singing cover songs, as well as her own compositions. She loves to ride horses and make art projects. 

Hannah has been performing since the age of 4, singing in various choirs and staged productions.

After relocating to California in 2019, Hannah was invited to sing the role of Amahl in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors for Mission Opera, based in Santa Clarita. Then Covid happened. In December 2022 Hannah performed with Mission Opera in their production of Gounod’s Romeo and Juliette.

 In May 2022 Hannah was selected as one of five finalists for the “Raise Your Voice for Peace” competition sponsored by the Jenesee Center (a domestic violence prevention program), where she performed two songs in front of a live audience at the Grammy Museum which was broadcast live on YouTube.

Maxine Eilander has had a thirty-year career performing throughout Europe and the USA. She is the harpist for Pacific MusicWorks in Seattle and the Boston Early Music Festival.

Recordings featuring Maxine as a soloist include Handel's Harp, released on ATMA, with all of Handel's obligato music written for the harp, including his famous harp concerto, which she has also recorded with Tafelmusik (A Baroque Feast, Analekta).

The release of William Lawes' Harp Consorts on ATMA garnered much favorable press. Other recordings include: Sonata al Pizzico, a recording of Italian music for harp and baroque guitar with duo partner Stephen Stubbs (ATMA) and Teatro Lirico released on the ECM label. Pacific MusicWorks’ second recording Stylus Phantasticus was released in 2021 with music for violin and continuo instruments.  

In 2012 Maxine was invited to perform Handel’s Harp Concerto at the prestigious World Harp Congress in Vancouver.

Maxine is adjunct professor of historical harps at the Thornton School of Music, USC. In 2022 she was invited to introduce historical harps to the harp students at Juilliard. She also teaches students nationwide online. Read more at maxineeilander.com.