have you noticed, so many harpists are nurses?

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January 14, 2005 at 5:00 am #151359

unknown-user
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Hi Janet

January 14, 2005 at 5:00 am #151358

janet-king
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Have you noticed how so many harpists are nurses?

January 15, 2005 at 5:00 am #151360

unknown-user
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I actually dont know for fact, but let me take a guess…

A big reason of why many of us are harpists is becuase we like giving happiness to others. Whether your a beginner or a world renowned professional, theres something about harp music that soothes others and makes them happy. When you think about it, nurses are doing the same thing. Taking care of people, making them feel better and bringing happiness into thier lives.

Good guess?

January 20, 2005 at 5:00 am #151361

unknown-user
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I’m a nurse. I don’t live around any other harper/ists, I didn’t realize there were many nurses in the harp community.

January 30, 2005 at 5:00 am #151362

SEAN DUCHINSKY
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funny you should mention this.

February 3, 2005 at 5:00 am #151363

unknown-user
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Excellent response Sean!

February 4, 2005 at 5:00 am #151364

unknown-user
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i am an icu and cath lab nurse for the last

November 21, 2008 at 8:51 pm #151365

holly-bowron-hainley
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My

November 21, 2008 at 10:33 pm #151366

Denise Lockamy
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Holly, I agree! I’ve been a nurse 33 years, most of that in a busy ER. If I didn’t have the harp and a few other creative outlets, I think I’d be right there with those who have

November 22, 2008 at 4:24 am #151367

laura-palmieri
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Right now, I am a music major at Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Michigan. I have been taking my nursing pre-reqs alongside of my music classes. As soon as I recieve my music degree, I am heading off to nursing school and working towards

November 22, 2008 at 2:57 pm #151368

Briggsie B. Peawiggle
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Hi Laura,

And members of the Harpcolumn, as a fellow student of Laura’s teacher, let me assure you that Laura has CHOPS…..big time chops…..when she plays harp. I watched her play one of the Bach French Suites last Tuesday evening at our twice/yearly harp class, and it was pretty darned awesome. So…….Laura could most likely go on to become a professional harpist or a harp teacher, but it seems she is dedicated to nursing. Would that ALL nurses were that dedicated (although most seem to be).

Briggsie

November 22, 2008 at 8:23 pm #151369

holly-bowron-hainley
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Hi Laura:

Sounds like you have a splendid plan.

November 24, 2008 at 5:54 pm #151370

laura-palmieri
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Thank you June for your kind words! You have really come to develop a most gorgeous sound! It took me years to learn what you have picked up in so little time! I enjoy listening to you in our master class!
Thank you Holly for your suggestion! I am actually heading off to Loma Linda in California after I get my Bachelors in Nursing. Someday I will go back to school and maybe work on getting a masters in music, but in the meantime I can’t wait to finish my degree and move on to Nursing! Have a wonderful thanksgiving everybody!

November 25, 2008 at 4:04 am #151371

Saul Davis Zlatkovski
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I had a terrific student who went off to get a nursing degree. She wanted to try a double major with music, but they wouldn’t allow it, sadly.

October 7, 2009 at 9:40 pm #151372

unknown-user
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I was a music major way back in 1973 (piano). I couldn’t see how I was ever going to support myself in music. Fast-forward to the 1990s, I met Tina Tourin and studied with her at hospice in San Diego. I always had an interest in the harp. Now last year at age 55 I graduated from nursing school and purchased a pedal harp.
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