What’s the worst thing that’s happened in a lesson?

[Saul Davis Zlatkovski]

I have had a student come to a lesson so deprived of food, he had no energy to play. I did my best to make sure he was eating (this was at a music camp), but I couldn’t force him, and he had plenty of excuses, as did his mother. It was sad and kind of pathetic. In the end, he didn’t do very well with his studies or amount to much of a harpist after finishing studies. The moral of this tale is, if you want to be a harpist, you can’t be worrying about fashion and image and get caught up in eating disorders. You have to become immune to peer pressure anyway, because who has peers that are also harpists? You have to be healthy, that you do.

[carl-swanson]

Now that I think of it, his name must have been written Swede, short for Swedish. His real name was George, but absolutely everybody called him Swede

[Victor Ortega]

David,

You’re right… that was a horrible thing that happened.

[kimberly-rowe]

Folks: A reminder to please keep the discussion harp related. I have removed several posts that I felt drifted too far away from our original topic and the harp in general.

KIM

[Saul Davis Zlatkovski]

Those are the ones that are the most fun!

[anita-burroughs-price]

My first harp lesson was at age 12. I had a wonderful teacher and
I still remember the joy of playing out of Sam Milligan’s “Fun from
the First.” At the end of the half hour, she said good-bye and
asked if I had any questions. I could not leave for a few moments
because I’d assume that the hole in the sound board were for one’s knees
and I’d gotten stuck!!!

[kay-lister]

Anita,

In my opinion – you get the prize. THAT’S PRICELESS!!!!!!!!! I have the whole moment pictured in my head.

Kay

[anita-burroughs-price]

Hi Kay,
Thank you! I am now careful to tell my own pupils that the harp
rests ON their right knee, not AROUND it.

Anita

[Elizabeth Volpé Bligh]

I hope I haven’t told this story before, but here goes: A really long time ago, I was having a lesson on raising. My teacher was trying to get me to loosen up and get away from the strings. She exhorted me to raise higher, so I obliged, just as she was leaning in to look more closely. I hit her right in the face with my fist!! I was mortified. Luckily, I didn’t do any damage, being a bit of a weakling at the time.

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