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Jerusha —
I am also near Phoenix (Tempe). I’m a beginner, but did have the advantage of some good musical experience before beginning to play about one year ago.
I just moved to Phoenix in April of this year (06), and I’m still learning my way around the city. I also play (oboe) in a local community orchestra, and Irish flute in a new band; our first gig is coming up.
Oh, and I’m a mathematician – turned – college – administrator by profession.
Sure… we usually drink french or italian wines around here… but i’m up to a new taste…
cu tc… keep in touch : )
Hi, Alicia!
I am looking at doing Harp Therapy also, but, like you, I simply cannot afford the programs right now. But, it took me years to save up for my harp, so I am saving up for enrollment in some program in several years…until then, I have been looking at the websites for many different programs, and printing off the booklists–many programs have similar required reading, and you can find books really inexpensively on websites like Amazon, Alibris, or Abebooks. My thought is, even if it takes me YEARS to get certified, I can start learning NOW, and just play as a simple harpist, but with lots of knowledge behind me. We can still do lots of good!
Here are the websites for some of my favorite Harp Therapy Programs:
anyway, once more, what do I know? You guys know your stuff, (except for Carl on composition advice….) just kidding!
Laura, sorry if I may of sounded like questioning what you said. You definitely sound like an EXCELLENT teacher!
Don’t worry I wasn’t assuming anything at all and I’m in agreement with what you say, all I said was that focus, according to my experience, is not something that can be taught but rather a result. And I don’t pretend to have 1/10 th of your competence as a teacher, I was simply making notice of something.
Laura- what you’re saying a bit too theoretic in my opinion, and I’m tempted to say: what comes before? the egg or the chicken? Teaching someone to focus has its limits, people who are not use to “succeeding” in other areas such as school, focussing for them is almost impossible. I have noticed that these students become focussed AS THEY succeed early on in the more basic exercises they must do, otherwise you loose them right away, the more they see positive results the more they believe in repeating a passage and accept your teaching. In other words I don’t believe you get good results through focus first but through initial positive results which will encourage the focus and that could stretched a long way.
