200-year old harp sonata finally published!

October 11, 2009

Sonate Pour la Harpe by Peder Schall
This is a beautiful and challenging sonate (Schall’s spelling) for pedal harp, composed approximately 200 years ago and published here for the very first time. This piece will be an exciting addition to intermediate-level pedal harp repertoire and would be a great recital or competition piece.
Peder Schall was a Danish [...]

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Premiere Issue of HarpNotes Now Available

October 11, 2009

The first issue of my quarterly newsletter, HarpNotes, was mailed out to subscribers today.  Please look for the subscription box at the bottom of the right column on this page to subscribe!
You will also receive my free E-book on tuning as a thank-you for subscribing.

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Festival of Harps

September 14, 2009

If you are in the Bay Area, please plan to attend this wonderful harp event next month!
20th Anniversary of the Festival of Harps
A Celebration of World, Contemporary, and Classical Harp Music
Saturday, October 3, 2009, 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Chapel of the Chimes
4499 Piedmont Avenue
Oakland, California 94611
This “walk through” concert features more than 35 international, national, and [...]

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Harpists, Harpists Everywhere!

September 12, 2009

This has really turned into a very interesting project. I’ve been “meeting” harpists from all over the world and learning about communities and groups of harpists everywhere!
I updated my database this afternoon, and here is the country-by-country count to date!
Argentina 1
Australia 2
Austria 1
Brazil 2
Canada 69
Cornwall 3
Croatia 1
Czech Republic 1
Denmark 1
England 28
France 8
Germany 8
Ireland 1
Israel 8
Italy [...]

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Update on Harpist Head Count!

August 16, 2009

As many of you already know, I started conducting a world-wide count of harpists on August 3, so I figured it is about time that I posted the results of my count thus far!
PLEASE help me get as many harpists as possible included in this count.  Ask any harpists you know anywhere in the world [...]

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Where in the World Are You?

August 4, 2009

Please send a note to all of your harpist friends all around the world and ask them to visit this web page.  I would like to get a rough count of how many harpists there are in the world.
Please add a comment  below with your first name, last initial and city/state and country.
Pass this on [...]

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A GREAT Way to Decorate your Harp!

July 23, 2009

Do you have a harp with a plain soundboard?  Have you ever wished you could dress it up a little bit?  Have you ever wished you could decorate your harp in a non-permanent way for different holidays or seasons but didn’t know how?
Are you someone like me whose drawing/artistic abilities never got beyond very rudimentary [...]

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Harps Going Through Changes

July 21, 2009

There was a lot of discussion on one of the harp groups I’m on a little while ago as everyone started to settled into summer conditions in their respective areas.  There was a lot of concern from newer harpists about whether it was normal for harps to go out of tune more in the summer, [...]

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Advantages of Online Harp Lessons

July 10, 2009

Why would anyone want to take harp lessons online?
Good question.
Most people would rather have harp lessons in person, but that just isn’t possible for many people. If you live in or close to a major metropolitan area anywhere in the world, you are likely to be able to find a reputable harp teacher with whom [...]

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Harpists for Peace, July 19

July 6, 2009

On July 19th, harpists all over the world will play their harps in “politically important” public places at 2:00 p.m. their local time.  Check out Harpists For Peace and join us.

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