JoAnn Turovsky is the Principal Harpist of the LA Opera Orchestra.

She is also principal harpist with the LA Chamber Orchestra, Long Beach and Pasadena Symphonies and LA Master Chorale. She is professor of harp at the USC Thornton School of Music and is on the faculty of the Colburn Conservatory and Colburn School of Performing Arts. She is chairman of the American Harp Society National Competition. John Williams wrote a solo piece for her featured on the Angela's Ashes soundtrack.