Camp for a beginner harpist?

[Liz]

I will be starting harp very soon, but was thinking of what a better way to start harp, than to fully immerse myself into harp. are there any camps (preferably in the North-East) that will take a beginner like me?

[Allison Stevick]

You might try Somerset, if you’re interested mainly in the folk harp. I know I would love to get there sometime!
http://www.somersetharpfest.com/

[Elizabeth Volpé Bligh]

Canadian International Summer Harp Institute is in the Pacific Northwest, but we will be taking beginners. We work on building good classic technique, whether our students play lever or pedal harp.

[Liz]

thank you for all the replies! I am mainly interested in pedal harp 🙂

[Liz]

also, I live in New York so anything on the east coast of the us is preferable

[katie-buckley]

Bummer that you missed Beginning in the Middle in Virginia. We have a family friend that went many years back and she loved it. Maybe something for next year 🙂

[jeffrey-mcfadden]

You might want to look into the [Harp.Mastery Retreat] (http://arsmusica.us/home/index.php/events/harpinthemountains-2/) in Pennsylvania in late June of this year. I thought about it but I’m already going to the [New Orleans Jazz and Pop Harp Weekend] (http://neworleansjazzharp.com) earlier that month and couldn’t spare the additional time. Jazz and blues better suit my harp objectives, but I know that the Pennsylvania event is focused toward more conventional harp studies.

[susan-knapp-thomas]

Hi, Elzbieta, Give us a try at CT Valley Harp Intensive! We’re located in CT from July 21-27, 2013, and offer excellence in instruction in beautiful surroundings. http://www.ctvalleyharp.com. We do have space for one more……

[Denise Grupp-Verbon]

The Harp Gathering has beginners joining us every year. This year, we will have two festivals. One in Clemmons, North Carolina and one in Archbold (Northwest), Ohio.
Take a stroll by our website!
http://www.harpgathering.com

[loretta-o-driscoll]

I’m the Artistic Director of the Harp Camp at Montclair State University. (located about 15 miles west of NYC.) We have a one-week day camp. Harp ensemble, private lessons, community of other young harpists. Just in the process of finalizing dates. You can email me directly at loretta@silverstrandstudio.com for more information.

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