[citation needed] She departed Cleveland to serve as Principal Harp for the Roxy Theater Orchestra in New York City.
She was recorded performing in Wonder Tidings, a Christmas work by the composer John LaMontaine for solo harp, choir and narrator.
She participated in the Memorial Concert for Carlos Salzedo, produced by Gerald Goodman, which took place in New York's Town Hall in 1962, the recording of which was released in limited distribution.
Wightman began music study on the piano, then became a harp student of the famed teacher, Carlos Salzedo,[1] and served as his assistant instructor at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, before embarking on her orchestral and solo career.
The harpist, Edna Phillips (Rosenbaum) was her protégée, later becoming Principal Harp of the Philadelphia Orchestra.