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Dear Therese, Houston is a huge city. These days, two parents in the home are often employed. Children have more homework than when I (senior citizen now) was in school. Location rather than the expertise of a teacher has evolved to be a major factor in deciding on a teacher that would give a child or adult a weekly lesson. Since, as you say, there are plenty of harp teachers, a prospective student will most likely choose one that is near her own home rather than getting on a busy freeway with all the risks of heavy traffic. So do not feel your skills are unappreciated; they are down on the priority list for purely practical purposes. Be aware of the locations of the other harp teachers, and circle your own area for any advertising. Before long, by word of mouth, you will be sought out primarily by prospective harp students who will want to stay with you for your abilities as well as for the easy commute.Best wishes, Patricia Jaeger
Dear Heather, There are 3 volumes with the scoring you are looking for, published by Herald Music, and handled by Lyon and Healy, Vanderbilt, Melody’s Traaditional Music and Harp Shoppe, and Sylvia
Hello Boris; any age is suitable for learning the harp, from early childhood through senior citizen, if it is for a hobby and your own enjoyment. If you want to be a professional it’s best to begin any instrument before puberty, when the body starts to toughen. Flexibility of the finger muscles is so important on the harp.To become skilled on it depends on
Hello Shari, contact Margaret Semski Andres, who speaks English, at 2 Bliesweg. Homburg/Saarland, Germany. Best wishes, Patricia Jaeger
Hello, Kelly. Contact Lyon and Healy West: west@lyonhealy.com, or Tel. 801 355 2586 in Utah. They will have a list of Susuki harp teachers who may be near you. In any case, they will be able to answer your questions. Good luck!
Hello! There is so much published music these days for lever harp that needs few levers, or none at all. Don’t try to play Debussy or other composers where it is vital to have many accidentals in the piece. Get the catalogs from Melody’s (Houston) and Sylvia Woods(Glendale, CA) and circle things you like; then talk to the store representative on the 800 number, whether those items have two or more lever changes per page; they know their stock very well. Kim Robertson’s Celtic Christmas collection, is quite a challenge for the left hand, for example, with hardly a lever. Your hand skills will increase with the right music choices. If later you have a pedal harp, then you can indulge in more composed repertoire. Until then, polish your finger skills by working in increasingly more challenging lever harp books.Go to http://www.trinitycollege.co.uk and request a free copy, either in print or to download from computer, “Technical Development for Harpists,” by Danielle Perrett. You will benefit by working through levels 1 through 8, of exercises which will bring up your skill level on either lever or pedal harp. Enjoy! Patricia Jaeger
Alaine, the American Harp Society has produced 3 videos of Grandjany playing and demonstrating his technique on the harp. They are well worth owning since books and text can only go so far. Contact AHS through their web site or e-mail me and I can give you information about the videos also. Grandjany answers many questions put to him by one of his former students, the late Lucien Thomson, on the tape, so perhaps these same questions are the ones you might ask. Best wishes. Patricia. pjaeger99@hotmail.com
Emma, iif you are still looking for a harp teacher, try Elizabeth Morgan-Ellis, in Port Angeles, WA. She will be in the telephone book, or you can e-mail me for her address.
Christine, Rita Costanzi is an excellent teacher at the Unversity in Vancouver B.C., but for 2 weeks each year she is in Courtenay, teaching harp to campers who have enrolled in the Comox Valley
Angela, if you are still looking for a harp teacher in Wenatchee, get in touch with Camille Peterson, an excellent teacher who lives there. I can give you her address if you e-mail me. Patricia.
Hello Ms Suzan: Contact the Pilgrim Harp Company in South Godstone, Surrey, for reasonably priced rental harps, and also for information on teachers in or near Reading. Their telephone is (0)1342 893 242, or FAX (0)1342 892 646. They are England’s only pedal harp maker and also make several sizes of small harps. I went through their factory and was impressed with their fine workmanship.
Hello Tom, your best bet for finding a good teacher in Chicago is to call the Lyon and Healy Company right there on Ogden St. Phone is 1-800-621-3881. They have lists of qualified harp teachers all over the U.S. Good luck! Patricia Jaeger
Dear Baris Sozener: Contact Danielle Perrett at danielleperrett@lineone.net. She has been teaching and performing in London for many years and knows the harp departments of the different colleges of music in the area. Good luck! Patricia Jaeger
