Chilali Hugo

Chilali Hugo directs the harp program at Utah State University, in Logan, Utah. With diverse experience as a solo, chamber, and orchestral musician she currently serves as harpist for the American Festival Orchestra. She has recorded with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the American Festival Chorus & Orchestra, the USU Chamber Singers, and as a soloist with the University of Michigan Symphony Band. Chilali has worked with such popular performers as Dave Brubeck, Josh Groban, and the Celtic singing group Anuna, with whom she recorded the television special Christmas Memories. She has also contributed to the recordings of Max Matzen, Jackie Rae Daniels, Nomo, His Name is Alive, and Saturday Looks Good to Me.

Chilali has served on the Board of the American Harp Society and is currently the President. She holds the Postgraduate Diploma of the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her principal teachers are Skaila Kanga and Lynne Aspnes.