Hailing from Detroit, Michigan, harpist Rizpah is taking this ancient instrument to new levels. A graduate of the University of North Texas, Rizpah gives the harp a unique and brilliant sound through expression of various musical styles. Prior to completion of her degree in Music Education, she had already participated in such events as the Texas Music Festival and played in the University of Houston Symphony Orchestra at the Texas Music Educators Association annual conference. She was also one of the first harpists to attend the Jamey Abersold Jazz Arts Workshop.

Rizpah was also the only jazz harpist to be selected out of 52 states and 15 countries to be a part of the Henry Mancini Institute in Los Angeles, California. Rizpah has played harp with the Metropolitan Wind Symphony and a variety of groups around the Dallas Metroplex and beyond. For two seasons, Rizpah was the principal harpist of the Detroit Civic Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Lang Shui while attending Cass Technical High School.

Rizpah's early training included attendance at the prestigious music institutions of Interlochen Arts Camp and Tanglewood Music Institute in Lennox, Massachusetts. The melodious strains of the harp are food for every human's soul. For this reason, Rizpah continues to stretch boundaries with her music and expand the definition of a harpist incorporating classical, jazz, and avant-garde in her style known as "Organic Jazzy Soul".

In April of 2007, Rizpah performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. as part of the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program. Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead at the Kennedy Center identifies outstanding, emerging artists and brings them together under the tutelage of experienced artist-instructors.

In July of 2007, Rizpah was crowned 1st place in Lyon & Healy's 2007 Jazz & Pop International  competition in Salt Lake City, Utah. Rizpah took top honors over harpists from all over the world, as far away as Japan and Scotland. Rizpah will hold the title until 2010.

Rizpah has been invited to be a featured performer at the World Harp Congress in Amsterdam, July 2008.