Naoko Nakamura Stromberg, a native of Yokohama, Japan, is currently the principal harpist of the Dallas Wind Symphony.  She has appeared as a soloist with the New Philharmonic of Irving, the Dallas Asian-American Youth Orchestra, and Musica Piazza at Casals Hall in Tokyo, Japan.  She has appeared at the Cliburn at the Modern series with composer Sebastian Currier, the Fine Arts Chamber Players in Dallas, and the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth.  She appears frequently as a member of the symphony orchestras of Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston, in addition to the Houston Ballet and orchestras in Asia, Central and South America.  Her musical training began at the Preparatory Division of the Manhattan School of Music, followed by three years of study with the renowned harp pedagogue Alice Chalifoux at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where she earned a Bachelor of Music degree in both Harp and Piano.  She has also spent numerous summers at the Salzedo Harp Colony in Camden, Maine, and two years at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, where she received a Masters degree in Harp Performance under the tutelage of Paula Page, principal harpist of the Houston Symphony.  Since 1998 she has maintained an active performing and teaching schedule in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.