“Jazz for Harps” covers the 4 Quadrants of Learning Jazz & Improv: Harmony, Rhythm, Roadmaps of tunes, and Improvisation.  

Learning the basics of how jazz ‘works’ expands your ability to improvise in every style of music – from jazz to folk to meditation music – and gives you skills in creating your own music, playing with ensembles and expanding the pieces you already play by adding improv sections or expanding the harmony.

You can also take this class ‘a la carte’, which includes 6 months of self-paced learning. To learn more about the class and register for it as a single, stand-along class, visit the Jazz for Harp Info-Page

“Blues Harp-Style” is 6-Module online course, especially for harp players. It gives  you  secrets to playing one of the world’s most fun, useful, and expressive musical forms: the Blues – no matter what your skill level.

By the end of the course you’ll be bending notes, improvising bass lines, comping, playing riffs and rhythms – and you’ll know how to do it alone or with others!

You’ll liberate yourself from the page by learning how the Blues WORKS – then expand your improv skills by learning to simplify, embellish and even modify Blues for therapeutic playing!

You can also take this class ‘a la carte’, which includes 6 months of self-paced learning. To learn more about the class and register for it as a single, stand-alone class, visit the Blues Harp-Style Info-Page

“Strings of Passion” is a ten-week program to develop creative rigor: the ability to distinguish and use the 7 principles that turn a creative impulse into creative expression.

We’ll learn the 7 strings: Impulse, Structure, Character, Roles, Practice, Deconstruction, Lift-Off – and how they work together to empower and liberate your creative journey internally – and externally through your instrument.

This class will enhance your ability to listen as you play, to use blueprints for improvisation, and to develop your own daily creative practice – with video lessons, prompts, meditations, an online “Creativity Gym” and a workbook full of creative exercises. This class powerfully combines mindset with usable techniques whether you’re playing classical music, jazz, or improvising a meditation.

You can also take this class ‘a la carte’, which includes 6 months of self-paced learning. To learn more about the class and register for it as a single, stand-alone class, visit the “Strings of Passion” Info Page.

What if you could learn the art of singing and playing harp – together at the same time – in just a couple of hours?

Well, you CAN – if you know how to approach the learning process, and are able to simplify it to start with only 3 chords – so you can shift between them with your eyes closed (yes, literally closed).

This is actually the way that every ukulele and guitar player starts – with 3 chords – and you can start the same way, too – learning by shape and quickly developing a repertoire of songs you can sing alone or with others.

Once you’ve learned to do this at a simple level, “Sing & Play Harp” also shows you how you can expand and embellish what you’ve learned as your skills develop.

You can also take this class ‘a la carte’, which includes 6 months of self-paced learning. To learn more about the class and register for it as a single, stand-alone class, visit the “Sing & Play Harp” Info Page

This essential course is always available for “at your own pace” learning because it gives you a theory and harmony foundation specifically for HARP – with hands-on exercises that get the harmony directly into your fingers.  

“Hands on Harmony” teaches you the essentials of how to EXPAND chords, create ALTERATIONS and apply SUBSTITUTIONS. It also gives you an introduction into the world of harmonic PROGRESSIONS, with many play-along exercises to integrate what you’re learning.

This class is also available  ‘a la carte,’ which includes 3 months of self-paced learning. To learn more about the class and register for it as a single, stand-alone class visit the Hands on Harmony Info Page.

‘Building the Bones” is a 15 week bundled program that combines 3 powerful classes; Baroque Flamenco Beyond the Page, Hip Harp Toolkit, and Hands on Harmony.  What we’ll learn is at the heart of creating repertoire and developing improv skills for the liberation of your creative expression! This program gives you creative freedom by revealing the simple internal structures of music – which let you create spontaneous arrangements from any simple tune (which can be espeically handy during Holiday seasons) — and give you unlimited opportunities to develop your improv skills while you’’re having fun playing.

You can also take this class ‘a la carte,’ which includes 6 months of self-paced learning. To learn more about the class and register for it as a single, stand-alone class visit the Building the Bones Info Page.

“New Blues Beyond the Page” is a self-paced Immersion class meant to be taken in an afternoon. It takes you inside one of my most popular song, “New Blues”, shows you how to deconstruct it into basic building blocks, so you can create your own semi-improvised version to play quickly, or to expand and explore for years.

“New Blues Beyond the Page” is currently only available as part of the year-long Academy Curriculum.

“One Song” is a new way of learning music: to distill a piece,  get to the heart of it quickly, and then to go deep with it, learning to play it as a simple instrument, or to sing with it, to turn it into a duet, an ensemble piece, or a meditation for responsive playing. 

When you learn to do that with One Song – you’ll know the secret of how to do it with any song.

This new self-paced class comes is FREE with  your Hip Harp Academy yearly membership … or you can purchase it as a stand-alone class. LEARN MORE & REGISTER HERE