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Teacher's Corner With Anne Morse Hambrock: How To Pick A College

Tis the season to apply to college! About this time every year I get emails from students inquiring about studying harp with me at the college level - either at Carthage College or at the University of Wisconsin Parkside. Here are some of the most common questions I receive: 1) Can I major in Harp Performance at your school? 2) Can I minor in Harp at your school? 3) Can I major in Music Education ? 4) Does your school offer a degree in Music Therapy? 5) Can I play on the school harp or do I have to bring my own? 6) Is there a harp ensemble? These are all excellent questions but there are several more you should ask or at least be thinking about. 1) Are there other harp students at your school and how many? Some colleges have very small harp programs - 1-3 students, some have a mid range of as many as 9 and some have a very large program of 20 or more. If you wish to have the opportunity to play in as many ensembles as possible and a high level of visibility, a ...

Teacher's Corner With Anne Morse Hambrock - Hand Position; Why Does It Matter?

I would like to begin my Teacher's Corner segments with hand position because, of all the challenges involved in playing harp, it is the one most likely to make or break your playing experience. The appropriate hand position will not only lead you to greater success musically, it will minimize tension and promote a longer playing career. This segment will not focus on specific hand positions (that will be in segment two) but will focus on why hand position matters and what it contributes to your playing. To properly address hand position we will need to break it into two parts: A) Tone and B) F acility . Let's start with tone . One of the nice things about the harp is that, once it is properly tuned, it naturally sounds good almost any way you play it. To clarify my meaning, it is not at all like the sound of a violin or clarinet in the hands of a beginner - no squeaking and squawking. That said, some sounds on the harp are more pleasing than others. The ton...

Have You Always Wanted To Play The Harp?

ARCHIVED POST RETRIEVED FROM EARLIER WEBSITE Jan 17 2013 If you are one of those folks who has fallen in love with the harp and would love to learn to play it, The University of Wisconsin at Parkside in Kenosha WI has a class for you! Parkside is officially offering its first ever "Beginning Harp" as a minicourse taught by UW Parkside harp instructor Anne Morse Hambrock. Class size is limited to 8 and the enrollment must meet at least 5 for the class to run. Harps are provided No musical background required The course will meet on the UW campus in the harp studio located in the Rita Talent Picken Center For The Arts 6 classes meeting on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. from February 4 through March 11 Materials needed: 3 ring binder with staff paper (available at music stores), loose leaf paper, pens and pencils Registration fee is $79 This is an extremely affordable way to "get ones feet wet" and explore one of the world's oldest...

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