When the Virginia Harp Center opened in Midlothian, Virginia in 1997, David and Mary Jane D’Arville were determined to create a showroom dedicated to serving all harpists. They succeeded by offering the largest selection of harps on the East Coast by some of the finest lever and pedal harp makers in the world including Camac, Dusty Strings, Lyon & Healy, and Salvi. The D’Arvilles live in Richmond, Virginia and David aspires to someday own a small sports car that will not fit a harp.

Megan Landfair has been the manager of the New Jersey showroom since 2014. An accomplished harpist, she has performed as a soloist and as a member of orchestras and chamber groups throughout the United States and Canada. In 2014 Landfair completed her Doctorate in Harp Performance from Indiana University, earning a double minor in Music Education and Arts Administration.

Cale Hoeflicker has a Doctorate in Music in Guitar performance from Indiana University and an extensive background in music education. He joined the Virginia Harp Center of New Jersey in the summer of 2016 and has enjoyed getting to know the harp world. In addition to his work with Virginia Harp Center, Cale is the guitar professor at St. Joseph’s University. He also teaches locally at the Haddonfield Center and School for Performing Arts.

Amy Roberts is the manager of the Virginia Harp Center’s Virginia showroom and has a BM in French Horn performance from Virginia Commonwealth University. Amy came to the Virginia Harp Center with an extensive music industry retail background and has enjoyed working with harps, both managing the store and gaining repair skills.  In addition to keeping up with her professional performing engagements, Amy likes hiking, biking, and sitting on her front porch.

Kayla Hanvey flutist and recent alumna of the Fulbright U.S. student program, has conducted extensive research on extended techniques in the Hungarian repertoire for the flute under the tutelage of István Matuz in Budapest, Hungary. Prior, she completed a Master of Music from Florida State University where she studied as a teaching assistant under the direction of Eva Amsler and Karen Large. A native of Virginia, Kayla obtained a Bachelor of Music from Virginia Commonwealth University under the mentorship of Tabatha Easley-Peters. She has also won numerous awards, most notably she was the winner in the Florida Flute Association’s Collegiate Masterclass Competition in 2019 and placed top three in the Richmond Flute Fest’s annual collegiate solo competition in both 2014 and 2015.

Katherine Cook is a graduate of Kennesaw State University where she studied clarinet performance. She has performed internationally in China and South Korea and studied abroad at Hanyang University in South Korea with clarinetist Changhee Lee from the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.

A local of Metro-Atlanta, Katherine has taught clarinet lessons in the Forsyth County area and enjoys arranging classical works for clarinet ensemble in her free time.

Julie is an Atlanta-based harpist with repertoire ranging from classical and chamber to contemporary pop and jazz. An Ohio native, she played with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra and holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Harp Performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She came to Atlanta as a freelance musician and is principal harpist with the Georgia Symphony and DeKalb Symphony orchestras, as well as a sub for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. She also performs frequently with several Atlanta area choral groups and has played for thousands of weddings.