250926-Office Hour- Sep 26, 2025-11-am-HHA-2025

250926-Office Hour- Sep 26, 2025-11-am-HHA-2025

Today’s Office Hour
Snippet – => Final-Beginning Projects from =>Rebekah
Recap The main focus was on musical techniques and coaching, particularly for harp playing, where participants discussed chord progressions, melody playing, and finger placement exercises. The conversation ended with a Final-Beginning Project review of Rebekah playing and singing “The Nightingale” and finally a discussion of string tuning techniques, followed by an announcement about an upcoming Improv Now Challenge.

250925-Catch Up Coaching- Sep 25, 2025-7-pm-HHA-2025

Today for Catch-Up Coaching. Final-Beginning Projects from => Fern => Helen => Mona
Recap: The group reviewed video submissions and provided feedback on harp exercises and techniques, including downward arpeggios and shadow performances. They discussed a new form for tracking challenge responses and made suggestions for simplifying its design. The conversation ended with presentations of quarter four planning documents and musical performances, along with addressing technical difficulties and reminding participants about an upcoming pattern-focused challenge.

250919-Catch Up Coaching- Sep 19, 2025-11-am-HHA-2025

Today for Catch-Up Coaching. Final-Beginning Project from Gabriele
Recap: The group held a Catch-Up Coaching session where members reviewed musical projects and discussed techniques for playing harp pieces, with Sally demonstrating chord inversions and thumb melody techniques while guiding Cherrie through the process. The session included feedback on Gabriele’s Final-Beginning Project of the Corelli Christmas Concerto, with DHC praising her individuality and authenticity in the cadenza. The conversation ended with discussions about website creation and management in Canva, where DHC provided guidance on layout and formatting while addressing technical issues with Cherrie’s professional webpage.

250926-Office Hour- Sep 26, 2025-11-am-HHA-2025

250918-Office Hour- Sep 18, 2025-7-pm-HHA-2025

Today’s Office Hour
Recap: The main focus was on harp practice techniques, where participants shared their approaches to organizing practice routines, warm-up exercises, and specific playing techniques, including modulations and arpeggios. The session concluded with a group practice of a Christmas-themed harp piece, exploring various techniques and adaptations while emphasizing the importance of proper practice techniques and sharing knowledge with others.

250918 [HTL- 128] Harp Time Live-128-Sep 18-2025-HHA

250918 [HTL- 128] Harp Time Live-128-Sep 18-2025-HHA

Harp Time Live – 128th Episode
DHC led a Live music session focused on teaching participants songs and chord progressions, with sessions covering topics like rhythm, chord patterns, and harmonic improvisation. The session included practical instruction on specific song she created, “I’ll Be There for You” with DHC guiding participants through various chord progressions and musical concepts. DHC also introduced new educational initiatives, including an upcoming “Improv Now” program and a new repertoire-building system designed to make musical learning more accessible and structured for different skill levels.