Sep 29, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Harping & Harpists, Hip Harp Academy, [Class-HHT] Hip Harp Toolkit, [HHT] Hip Harp Toolkit Class |
So there I am – I’m at my first big harp gig in a fancy hotel. I’m subbing for the regular harpist. I’m in my early 20’s – I’ve only been playing about a year and a half. I literally only know four pieces – and the gig is 4 hours long. So I play...
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Sep 26, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Harping & Harpists, Hip Harp Academy |
Harpist Sally Walstrum and Margi Miller both started taking classes at Hip Harp Academy, my year-long training program for harpists – more than 3 years ago. They each came to the harp in very different ways with very different skills. Sally started the harp as a...
Sep 24, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Creativity, Harps, Holidays, Music |
We don’t even know that we’ve put them on… Creative handcuffs close slowly. Unnoticeable until they’re tight on our hands. They’re invisible. They’re inside us. What does it take to unlock them? For me … it takes PLAY. But what does that mean? Well,...
Jul 3, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy, Online Courses |
“Summer Harp Jam” is my 6-Week virtual summer camp that’s exclusively for harp players – lever or pedal, from fledgling to professional – and gives you a treasure chest of jams, vamps and play-alongs that strengthen your improvisation and rhythm skills while you’re...
Jul 1, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Online Courses |
“Summer Harp Jam 2019” starts July 22nd, 2019! “Summer Harp Jam” is like a 6-Week virtual summer camp for harp players – lever or pedal, from fledgling to professional. It gives you a treasure-chest of jams, vamps and play-alongs that strengthen your...
Jun 6, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy |
If you’re like me … some days you can see you’re hitting your mark – we call that ‘progress’ or ‘success.’ And some days you don’t. You feel like you’re slogging or stuck — or stuck slogging – and you’ve lost the thread of action. You don’t know...
Jun 4, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Harping & Harpists, Hip Harp Academy, Uncategorized |
Summer Harp Programs Start NOW! From 3 hour Immersion classes to 3 month learning programs – JOIN ME NOW — OR — get ALL the classes when you join the full year-long Academy 12-months 1. Sing & Play Harp (3-Chord Magic) This...
Jun 4, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Events |
SUN July 21 – HARP WORKSHOP: “Instant Ensemble” (Parsippany, NJ) – All Day Play-along Harp Workshop at the Somerset Harp Festival. This is the ULTIMATE HARPISTS PLAYDATE! Everyone plays at their own level using my Rhythm-and-Roadmap Method....
Apr 15, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy, Online Courses |
“People have to sing.” That’s what my grandmother Edith said. “They have to eat their vegetables. They have to know they’re useful. And they have to sing. And someone’s got to keep them together. That’s me. That’s why I...
Apr 9, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy, Online Courses |
I opened my email inbox over the weekend and found this email from Susan Carol, a harpist who’d joined my new “3-Chord Magic” class – the first class in the “Sing & Play the Harp” Immersion Series at Hip Harp Academy. Susan and...
