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Nella Rigell has enjoyed an active career as an orchestral harpist, chamber musician, recording artist, and teacher, performing in concert halls from Carnegie Hall to the Grand Ole Opry.  Currently, she is principal harpist with the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra. Her orchestra experience includes eleven years playing second harp with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and principal harp with the Atlanta Opera Orchestra. Winner of the 1979 Atlanta Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competition, Ms. Rigell has performed with such diverse orchestras as the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, Chattanooga and Savannah Symphony Orchestras, the Spoleto Festival, DeKalb Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Lyric Theatre, Gwinnett Philharmonic, and the North Georgia Symphony.