Originally from Chicago, Stephanie Gustafson moved to Houston in 2015. She has been a harp specialist for Fort Bend ISD since 2020. Stephanie currently serves the harp students at Clements High School, Dulles High School, Dulles Middle School, First Colony Middle School, and Fort Settlement Middle School. A passionate educator, Stephanie co-founded the Houston Youth Harp Ensemble, a Saturday morning program that helps harp students further their musical growth and build a harp community. Additionally, she has taught at AFA Texas and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp as harp faculty in the summer. From 2016–2018, Stephanie was a Young Artist with Da Camera of Houston, which allowed her teach in public, private, and charter schools all across Houston. 

Stephanie is also an active performer. She was the Principal Harpist with the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra from 2015-2021 and is a regular guest of the Houston Symphony. She has also worked with the Austin Symphony, the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in New Orleans, and the El Paso Symphony and Opera. She has performed with Broadway Across America and Theatre Under the Stars, Houston’s premiere musical theatre company, most recently playing harp for Beauty and the Beast during the 2018–2019 season. Prior to her move to Houston, Stephanie lived in Washington DC where she held the position of Principal Harpist with the Annapolis Symphony. Outside of the United States, she has performed with orchestras on stages in Europe and South America. In 2013, she worked with Maestro Kurt Nagano and the National Orchestra of Sweden before spending the 2013-2014 season as Acting Principal Harpist of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago, performing numerous symphonies, ballets, and operas at the historic Teatro Municipal de Chile and other venues throughout Santiago.

Stephanie lives in Houston with her husband and two toddlers, Theodore and Beatrice. Outside of music, she loves to read, run, and drink coffee.