Alyssa Michalsky is a professional harpist currently residing in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and performing in Toronto and throughout southeastern Ontario. She has performed at over 1,000 weddings and events since the age of 12.

Alyssa has dedicated her life's studies to music. She began playing the piano at age three, the harp at age five, and the Ukrainian national instrument, the bandura at age eight, and went on to win numerous musical awards and scholarships in all three instruments including 1st place at the National Harp Scholarship Competition in the USA in 2001.

A graduate of the Bachelor's and Master's Harp Performance program at the University of Toronto, Alyssa had the privilege of studying with one of the world's most renowned harpists, Judy Loman, for six years.

During her studies, she recorded two classical harp and flute CD's and toured across Ontario performing with her Lyon and Healy Concert Grand Electric Harp - the same harp used for all four of her professional recordings.

After completing her musical studies, she obtained a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Toronto. Alyssa Michalsky has been teaching harp lessons privately since 1997 and now runs her own private music studio in Hamilton, Ontario, teaching children as young as 6 to adults as mature as 73 years of age.

Alyssa's business, Divine Harp has been providing live musical electric harp entertainment to clients all over Ontario blending classical sound and technique with her uniquely stylized arrangements of contemporary music.

In the summer of 2009, Alyssa was appointed the position of the newest harp examiner for the Royal Conservatory of Music of Canada. In 2011, Alyssa was appointed the harp instructor at the University of Western Ontario. She is delighted to start yet another new journey in her musical career.