Zeena Parkins
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| Born | 1956 (age 69–70) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1980s–present |
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| Website | www |
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Zeena Parkins (born 1956) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist active in experimental, free improvised, contemporary classical, and avant-jazz music; she is known for having "reinvented the harp". Parkins performs on standard harps, several custom electric harps, piano, and accordion. She is a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow and professor in the Music Department at Mills College.