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Calista, In due course Roslyn Rensch-Noah (now living on St Simons Island in Georgia), retired harpist who wrote wonderful books on the harp and those who played it and taught it, may publish a “family tree” of the harp teachers and their students, reaching back as far as there are any known records. Some of us contributed what we knew and sent it to her.
Madeline,
“How old” I think there’s no age requirement, but it would be a good idea to connect with the San Antonio office of the American Federation of Musicians. You can e-mail Sam Folio at: sam@afm.org. There you will find the address, telephone, etc. of that Local. Best is to actually go in and tell them what you told about yourself in this post here. They have all kinds of help for young musicians, and if you decide to join, even more help as you will have contact with many other harp players who do what you wish to do,with friendly advice about repertoire, what fees to ask, and much more. I’m in a different state but am now a “life member” and I owe so much to my membership, for the extremely happy career in music.
Take a look at the interactive web site: http://www.musictheory.net. this will give you a basic start at no cost. Then consider investing in Book 1 of Music Theory at the Harp, from a set of four workbooks by Kathy Bundock Moore, available from most harp music retailers.
Sheila,
I teach harp and acquired small rental harps over the years to help beginners before they might decide to invest in their own harp, or discontinue the instrument. All of those rental harps were eventually sold, after renting harps for thirty years was just too much trouble, but for that length of time it enabled families to more easily give their children a chance to try harp with little financial strain.
“…mo matter how much I practice, my fingers don’t blister…..”
I’m the same, and I think in my case it is because I began violin study before age 4, never stopped, and
Because I always bring a small (approximately 20″ x 36″) mat to go under the harp in case a venue has a slippery floor, I needed to find a way to bring this along with the rest of the harp
Besides the obvious necessities: a rabbit-fur muff with a hand-warmer packet inside; several chunks of candied ginger (gets the circulation going in about 20 minutes): a health bar in case I need extra protein; business cards; 2 pens printed with my contact information, one to give away to the event manager; a blank contract; Tiny memo pad for any phone, hint of a requested piece I should learn, etc.;that special pliers with wire-cutter on the side from the roll-up kit of Lyon and Healy; complete set of extra strings along with tiny scissors and a small snack-size baggie with string anchors; good map of event location
John, bear in mind that a for-profit company giving you an estimate of value is likely to tell you a figure less than what you might get for a sale to a private person.
