Beginner and Advanced Intermediate classes practice your orchestra class assignments and continue working on your contest pieces. Ensemble; Arran Boat Song This is sounding fantastic so far! Let’s get the second half learned and play it together this week. Counting is everything… and you’re doing a great job Tara’s Hall […] Read more »
4-15-16
Beginner and Advanced Intermediate Harps; Please check your orchestra class assignments. Harp Ensemble; Drink to Me Only Danny Boy Tara’s Hall Arran Boat Song Dynamics and Expression… Remember that posture plays in to your sound, so be aware of your elbows, wrists and thumbs! Read more »
4-1-16
Beginner and Advanced Intermediate; Check your orchestra class assignments. Harp Ensemble; Andante – Dynamics! This song contains the loudest of the loud, to the softest you can play, back-to-back. Bring that contrast out! Control the tempo and don’t let the change in dynamic quicken the pace… keep it slow and […] Read more »
3-21-16
Beginner; Practice your orchestra sheet music for contest with the correct fingering. Intermediate; Practice your contest music for Advanced Intermediate Orchestra. Make sure you are using the correct dynamics! Harp Ensemble; Focus on Andante and Danny Boy. Continue with Tara’s Hall And Drink to Me Only. Older students practice Arran […] Read more »
3-4-16
Beginner Harps; Contest music (sheet music). Both hand, practice with the fingering we wrote! Great job in class this week Advanced Intermediate; O God Our Help In Ages Past America Wabash Cannonball The Foggy Dew Harp Ensemble; Really work on expression through dynamics and articulation these next few weeks! Practice […] Read more »
2-26-16
Beginners; Finish Russian Tune Add Scale Snippets pg 9 Practice the sheet music for Beginner Orchestra that was passed out in Harp ensemble. Intermediates; Hymn of Thanksgiving The Foggy Dew America the Beautiful Wabash Cannon Ball Oh God Our Help In Ages Past Harp Ensemble; Andante Drink To Me Only […] Read more »
2-19-16
Beginners; Cuckoo Russian Tune Exercises page 9 Intermediates; The Keel Row All through the Night Exercises page 32 Ensemble; Danny Boy Tara’s Hall Drink to Me Only Read more »
2-12-16
Beginner Harp; Cuckoo, both hands, finish Russian Tune, both hands, finish Exercises page 9 Intermediate Harp; Exercises pg 25 and 32 Hymn of Thanksgiving pg 26 Harp Ensemble; Danny Boy Tara’s Hall Andante pg 28; make some contrast! Drink to Me Only pg 33 Read more »
1-8-16
Beginners; Exercises on page 9 and add exercises on page 14. Alphabet Song page 6. Also, Wooden-Shoe Dance and Cuckoo, page 7 Intermediates; Memorize "Rondo". Finish "The Keys of Heaven". Add "En Roulant" Check your orchestra assignments. Ensemble; Interval Exercises Page 18. Really stretch your fingers and keep your thumbs […] Read more »
11-20-15
Beginner Harp; Orchestra songs. 20, 22, 31, 32. 34. 36, 41 Intermediate Harp; Christmas Kaleidoscope Assignments Harp Ensemble; Bring a Torch, Angel’s We have Heard on High Advanced Intermediate and up students keep working on Mary Did You Know Bach and up students continue with I Wonder As I Wonder. […] Read more »