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Balfour- I would love to have a harp teacher, but there is only one in the area, and she only does Royal conservatory group lessons, once every two weeks, in midday. Kind of messes with my work schedule (and since my job is new, I’d rather not mess with it too much), and it’s very scary taking a harp on a bus!
I live in Western Canada- Vancouver Island, so proper Vancouver is a two-hour ferry ride away, and quite expensive. I’m not near Victoria, either, though that is where I bought my harp!
I know that where I live isn’t “ideal” when it comes to access to things like music teachers, or even dance studios or anything else that’s interesting! Haha. But, I prefer living in small towns. Larger cities make my anxiety crazy bad!Duckspeaks- I did a paper on the origins (one of them) of the Irish harp for one of my University classes, and back in the day, it was traditional that men would play them. O’Carolan is well-known, and was definitely a man!
It was more the English who decided women should play harps, and as the pedal harp came into being, it became very prevalent.
I always think it’s a little telling when people come to visit our house, and notice the harp- they always turn to ME and say “You play the harp?” Never once has anyone turned to my boyfriend! I think he’d be good at it, though.Thanks for the welcome everyone!
Eliza- No need to study Creative writing really, but it did a lot of good for me, and my confidence. I’m much more sure of myself when it comes to writing now! I’ve been writing stories for almost my whole life, and I don’t think I’ll ever stop! In my current job, I’m often faced with how “different” I am, and I think that’s just because of the writer thing.
Mhairi- Wow, playing at Tudor sounds like so much fun! I would be SO nervous to play in front of people… but, I suppose I have thought about doing it, one day, when I’m confident enough in my repertoir! Currently, I don’t think too many people will appreciate a constant repeat of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little star, Yankee Doodle, and Moon over Desolate Castle. Haha 😉
Paul and Brenda- You guys both started together? That’s so cool!! My boyfriend has a bass guitar and, while he used to play quite a bit, he doesn’t anymore. Our current roommate plays guitar as well, so they’ve been talking about jamming. I don’t think my harp would really fit in, but it would be fun! It’s nice to have other people around to talk music with!
Sylvia- I think the nature of becoming adults is to confuse our parents! When I decided to go into Uni, my step-dad objected… though, he only told my Mum about it, and she defended my choices. I never really hear much about their opinions of my life, other than encouragement! It’s nice, but definitely a contrast to a lot of other people’s opinions, including my biological father’s.
Allison- Thank you!
I’m impressed how many people started playing in their adult years! I’m really enjoying my learning, but now and then I feel stuck, or like I don’t want to work on that one song I can’t get AGAIN. I’m using a “teach yourself harp” book, which has been great, but feels a bit limiting, because it’s just one song at a time!
