Odarka Stockert (Slight Imperfection)

Odarka Polanskyj Stockert, a classically trained yet experimentally inclined harpist & poet; plays eclectic repertoire with Celtic & Ukrainian/Eastern European overtones. Singer, songwriter, and composer, Odarka, performs on celtic harp with longtime collaborator guitarist and prolific songwriter, Redentor Jimenez (Red Reyne). Expect a mix of original work, as well as, reworkings of traditional favorites.

Odarka Polanskyj Stockert performs on the Celtic harp, Electric Celtic Harp and was a long time student of celebrated concert harpist, the late Leone Paulson, of South Orange, New Jersey, with whom she performed as a member of the Paulson Harp Ensemble. She spent several summers in Dublin, Ireland, in workshop studies and participating in the O’Carolan Irish Harp and Granard Harp Competitions, winning awards and honors in both.

She is also a collaborator of the Yara Arts Group, resident at the La Mama, ETC experimental theater in New York and has performed in many Yara events and productions. Additionally, she is a founding member of Glendalough’s Muse, a celtic flute and harp duo: Suenos del Alma, a latin inspired harp and violin duo, and Slight Imperfection a Singer/Songwriter Acoustic Duo.