Teresa Suen-Campbell's recent album of "My Voice," with Sinfonia Toronto conducted by Nurhan Arman, released by Navona Records, was praised "a splendid presentation of 3 concerti" (Textura).

Harp Column commented Teresa's performance "brings warmth, clarity and emotional depth to a thoughtfully curated program," and La Scena Musicale remarked that Teresa "brings out the acoustic qualities of the harp with a fluidity that matches the pastoral feel of the work (Handel's harp concerto)."  

This project is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council.

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An advocate of contemporary music, Teresa has collaborated with many composers and has commissioned five harp concertos, three solo works for the harp, and two solo works for harp and electronics to date. In April this year, she appeared with the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong to perform Prof Chan Ka Nin's harp concerto in a concert hosted by the Hong Kong Composers' Guild to a sold-out audience. In June she presented two new works written for her by Canadian composers Aris Carastathis and Darlene Reid along with her own new arrangement for vocal and harp in a solo recital sponsored by the Canadian Music Centre and the American Harp Society. She has also performed and recorded Alice Ping Yee Ho’s work “Beyond the Erupting Skies Silver Angels Sing Among the Gold Stars” for harp and electronics on the Centrediscs label. 

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As a soloist, Teresa has performed with Sinfonia Toronto, Toronto Concert Orchestra, Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra, Kindred Spirits Orchestra, Hong Kong Strings and the SAR Philharmonic. She has also been invited to different international music festivals and conferences, such as the Toronto Summer Music (2022), American Harp Society Summer Institute (2015), Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival (2015), Music and Beyond (2013), and the Hong Kong Arts Festival (2009).​

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As an orchestral harpist, Teresa is currently principal harpist of the Toronto Concert Orchestra and the North Bay Symphony, and formerly, Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra (2009-2011). She has also performed with the Windsor Symphony, Peterborough Symphony, Scarborough Philharmonic, Hong Kong Sinfonietta and the Illinois Symphony. She has performed under the baton of Vladimir Ashkenazy and has shared the stage with renowned artists such as Kathleen Battle, Placido Domingo, Skaila Kanga and Dame Evelyn Glennie. Her performances were broadcasted on TV and radio stations in Canada, Hong Kong and US.​

 

An enthusiastic and dedicated educator, Dr. Suen-Campbell is a harp examiner at the Royal Conservatory of Music. Teresa is also on faculty at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Prior to this appointment, she taught harp performance at Carleton University and Northwestern University, and as an adjunct Assistant Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.Teresa is Co-Chair of the “Focus on Youth” committee (2024) and "New Music" Committee (2025) of the World Harp Congress which will be held in Toronto in the summer of 2026. She gave a lecture on contemporary harp repertoire at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, UK as part of the World Harp Congress 2022.​

 

Dr. Suen-Campbell has been invited to be an adjudicator for various competitions/exams, including the Glenn Gould School of Music Recital Adjudications, Vancouver Academy of Music Performance Exams, International Music Festival and Competition, Ottawa Kiwanis Music Festival and the First Hong Kong International Harp Competition. Her students have obtained top prizes in both local and international music festivals and competitions, such as Vancouver International Music Competition and the Ontario Music Festival. ​

 

An avid music scholar, Teresa's journal articles were published by the World Harp Congress Review, German Harp Society Journal, and the American Harp Journal. In recent years, she has also composed her own music as well as making arrangements from music of Beethoven, Schumann and traditional Chinese music for solo harp, the latter of which was critically reviewed by Harp Column Magazine.

 

​Dr Suen-Campbell is the first harpist from China to acquire a Doctor of Music degree in harp performance. She studied at Northwestern University in Chicago with Elizabeth Cifani, former principal harpist of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. ​

 

Teresa is currently residing in the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, with her husband James and three young boys.