Gabrielle Elyse Oberes Padre, known professionally as GEO, is a San Francisco Bay Area harpist redefining what the instrument can do. Blending harp with hip-hop, R&B, reggae, EDM, and Bay Area music, she brings a bold, unexpected energy to every stage.

In 2026, GEO became the first harpist to perform as part of an official Super Bowl house band, playing live as fans entered Levi’s Stadium for Super Bowl LX. That same weekend, she opened for Kehlani during San Jose’s largest Super Bowl pregame event, bringing her sound to one of the biggest cultural moments of the year.

Rooted in her upbringing, her love for R&B and soul singers, the music she grew up listening to, and her growing love for DJing, GEO approaches the harp as more than a classical instrument. Her playing is emotional, rhythmic, and instinctive — shaped by movement, melody, and the feeling of a live crowd. Today, she is known for putting the harp in spaces it is rarely heard, from backyard rap shows and day parties to major festivals, cultural institutions, arenas, and national television.

In 2025, GEO made history as the first harpist to perform the national anthem at a professional sports game, opening San Diego Wave FC’s AAPI Night at Snapdragon Stadium. She has since performed at NBA All-Star Weekend, Head in the Clouds, and Outside Lands, where she joined Bay Area rapper LaRussell on the Lands End mainstage. As part of The Yee Section, an improvisational house band known for building live arrangements in real time, GEO helps create performances that blur the line between rehearsal and show.

She has performed alongside artists such as Macklemore, E-40, Lil Jon, Baby Bash, Too $hort, P-Lo, and Saweetie. Her viral rendition of Mac Dre’s “Thizzle Dance” earned recognition from Bay Area legends Too $hort, Mistah F.A.B., and P-Lo, helping cement her place in the culture as much as the music.

Beyond the stage, GEO continues to bring a new sound and energy to spaces where the harp is rarely experienced this way, with performances at the Asian Art Museum, SFMOMA, Gap Inc., Google, VST & Company concerts, R&B and Ribs, and major cultural events throughout the Bay Area.

Most recently, GEO appeared on America’s Got Talent, continuing her mission of showing audiences that the harp can exist anywhere — from hip-hop stages to day parties, from museums to national television. Through every performance, GEO uses the harp as more than an instrument: it is a bridge between tradition and the future, softness and power, individuality and community.