About us

We formed Harmony 3 in 2023, when introduced by mutual friends who know we love chamber music! Since then, we've brought vibrant performances to venues throughout New York City, including 92NY, the Hudson View Gardens concert series, Encore Cafe at the Sephardic Community Center, and Room 31. We recently performed inside the sculpture Leviathan by artist Jos Prol at the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club in Brooklyn.

We love to collaborate and have with worked with artists including vocalist Yaala Ballin, visual artist Sasha Ferré, choreographer Sameena Mitta, and composer Vahagn Hayrapetyan. Whether onstage, in schools, or in unexpected spaces, we’re passionate about bringing community together through music.

More about our members:

Katelyn Simone, oboe

Katelyn has held positions with the Chicago Symphony's Civic Orchestra and the South Bend Symphony Orchestra (IN) and performed with orchestras across the US including two Broadway tours of Wicked, the Pine Mountain Music Festival, the Peoria Bach Festival, and Bronx Opera. As an arts executive, she has raised many millions of dollars for performing arts organizations such as the New York Philharmonic and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Now a freelance content writer and journalist, she enjoys collaborating with organizations and artists to support a range of thoughtful work in art and social impact. Read more at katelyn.simone.com.

Ella Avni-Levi, clarinet

Ella is a French-Israeli clarinetist whose performances and teaching engagements in the past twenty years have spanned Israel, Paris and Miami. She served as a member of the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, Trio Eden, and Women of the Wind Quintet, and performed with the Israel Chamber Orchestra and Bravo Musicians Ensemble. Ella believes strongly in the power of music education for all and engages with young people as a Teaching Artist for two organizations serving under-resourced communities in NYC.

Melissa Kritzer, DMA, bassoon

Melissa's performance experience spans ensembles and genres from orchestras to opera to Broadway. She holds positions with the Mozart Orchestra of New York and the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra and has performed with the New Jersey Symphony, Hartford and Albany Symphony Orchestras, the Orchestra of St. Luke's, and the US Coast Guard Band. Melissa's extensive music scholarship includes bringing the previously unpublished reed trios of composer Fernande Decruck to light through manuscript transcription and recording. Read more at nycbassoon.com.