Jan. 4—Taryn Petruncola is looking to turn a class assignment and her musical skills into a business.
A 16-year-old sophomore at Erie High School, she’s taking a concurrent enrollment business class through Front Range Community College that required her to create a business plan. She’s also a harpist who started playing at just 6 years old. So she said it made sense to design a business that uses her musical skills.
As Taryn researched for the assignment, she found that professional harpists are relatively rare — and generally focus on playing at weddings and other business events. That led her


