Good repertoire pieces for my students

[unknown-user]

I have been teaching harp for 2 years, and start my students with

Milligan’s Fun From the First Vol. I & II, and Paret’s First Harp

Book.

[unknown-user]

I’m not a teacher, I’m actually a student, but try Medievil to Modern books one and two.

[Laurie Muirhead]

Sylvia Woods “Canon in D” is always a hit.

[patricia-jaeger]

Dear Ashley, I have been teaching more than 45 years, and a good start on learning good repertoire for a harp student to eventually reach the famous masterworks, is to get a syllabus. England and Australia both publish lists of what is expected at various levels such as the first year, second year, and so forth. These lists are drawn up by very competent professional harp teachers who themselves had to be examined at each level before they could study the etudes and pieces in the next level until they finally obtained their cherished and hard-won teaching diploma. In democratic America we seldom see a syllabus because we are not so structured in our whole educational system, as those countries are. We could do a whole lot worse than following these lists to some degree, rather than teaching each student what happens to come to mind at the moment, or what is available in a local music store. By buying these syllabi over the years(alway updated) I have tried to teach to a global standard, rather than a local one, and have been rewarded by seeing my students accepted into colleges of music, and into orchestras, since I had given them correct material. Another way, if you do not travel, is to obtain catalogs of prominent music schools (Eastman, Curtis, Peabody, New England Conservatory, Juilliard, etc.) and the college harp course will be printed there. Often these same schools have a Preparatory Department, and four years of harp study materials for younger students may be printed in those catalogs as well. In a few years you will gain judgment as to which pieces and etudes are correct for the needs of your individual student, but at first I would use these helpful printed guides. Patricia Jaeger

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