Chinese-Canadian harpist Sunshine Quan currently resides in Rochester NY. Since her arrival in the United States, she has been extensively involved in the various ensembles in Rochester and surrounding regions, regular appearances include the Rochester Philharmonic, The Syracuse Orchestra, Binghamton Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, Fenimore Chamber Orchestra, New York State Ballet, Cordancia Chamber Orchestra, and beyond. Winner of the 2024 American Harp Society’s Grandjany Memorial Competition, Sunshine was also a 1st prize winner of the scholarship audition at the Toronto Harp Society in 2015 and a National Gold Medalist for her ARCT performance recital at the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto, ON) in 2021. Recent concerto highlights include soloist for Debussy’s Danses Sacree et Profane with the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes, and soloist for François-Joseph Gossec’s Symphonie Concertante du Ballet de Mirza at the Toronto International Harp Festival with the National Broadcasting Orchestra of Canada.

Sunshine is currently on faculty at the Greatbatch School of Music at Houghton University, Eastman Community Music School, and Kanack School of Musical Artistry. She also teaches secondary harp lessons at Eastman and maintains a private studio online where she teaches students from Asia and Europe.