For anyone who would like to know more about Elizabeth Landis, please feel free to visit her website! Mindfulness techniques: (these techniques were taken from MindBodyGreen.com) 1. The Bell Listening Exercise Ring a bell and ask the kids to listen closely to the...
Happy New Year! While you're putting together your list of resolutions for this year, how about instituting a string replacement schedule? Your harp only sounds as good as its strings, and unfortunately strings do deteriorate with age and use. While it is obviously...
Since a harp's bass wires are thicker and stiffer than the rest of its strings, many harpists choose to avoid replacing their own, preferring to have a technician do the job during a regulation. But if you'd like to do it yourself, or one breaks and you have to do it...
The Holiday season means lots of harp gigs. But what about all that cold and snow? (Photo by Meg Rodgers) As we head toward the holiday season, and it starts to get cold in many parts of the northern hemisphere, a question I am asked a lot is whether it is safe to...
Good teaching tools are abundant in our community. We are extremely fortunate to have some truly brilliant minds in the harp family, that share their gifts readily. All you have to do is search in the "methods" section of any store that sells harp music and you will...
If you play your harp for any length of time, someone is inevitably going to ask you to bring it to play at their wedding or other social function. If you're not used to harp moving, the prospect can seem daunting. But with a little knowledge and preparation, you can...
So, I had a new experience last week. My first Florida hurricane! Having grown up in Virginia, and experienced a few tropical storms as well as a weak hurricane or two I considered myself totally prepared for what was to come. What I wasn't prepared for was the...
Harp Column Podcast Episode 17 Accompanying blog Katherine Siochi's upcoming AHS Concert Artist recitals: October 30 North Jersey AHS Chapter Recital (Ewing, NJ) Sunday, October 30, 2016 6:00pm 7:00pm TCNJ-Mayo Concert Hall March 3 & 4 Pittsburgh AHS...
How flexible are you on lesson payments? I have been thinking a lot about this. If you read my last Teachers Corner blog, you will know that I did an intensive studio growth coaching with saxophonist and studio guru Jessica Voigt Page. One of the biggest takeaways...
Makers gonna make If there is one thing that I love most about our community it would be the spirit and creativity of its members. I am constantly surprised, inspired, and excited by the work that all of you do and feel like it's my responsibility to share that great...
