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Absolutely for a lifetime and back

I typed a long comment here a couple of days ago and it seems to have gone! 😢

Another wonderful, moving, eye-opening, human connection! Thanks, Talking Harps

Deborah thanks for sharing your unperfect approach to the harp for us fledglings, it goes a long way in remembering to simply PlAY on the harp...which is the seeds for growth . Thrilled to begin the New Year on this advant Guard message! and great Job Angela for your expertise in bringing out her best and allowing us to experience this wonderfully transparent, bright and beautiful, humorous, touching talented Harper. No better choice than DHC to bring light in depths of Winter!

What a fantastic conversation. Rather than following the notes on the page, I've learnt how to express my own creations by being in the Academy. I had no harp experience but by finding my inner child, and having fun with self expression with DHC's teaching, this has been possible. Self expression and being present, connected , and not striving for perfection , means I'm free to be myself. This conversation has been a revelation, thank you for this discussion.

WOW! Exciting conversation ❤🎉❤

Love Deborah’s patterns, motifs, challenges, improve and all her tips. Lead me to building my own patterns and find pleasure in just building from the harp strings to the paper and not read from the paper. It was easier to use my ear and just freely build up or down.

Hi! I loved this conversation with Victorria and can't wait to hear your thoughts.

Should be fun!!

Welcome to this wonderful conversation with the one and only DHC to power start 2025!

I googled my first harp teacher the other day, and found she’d recently retired, and donated her L&H style 23 to the school where she’d been teacing. She mentioned how the harp is recognized as one of the most difficult instruments to learn….I’ve been struggling with it for over 50 years, now!

❤❤❤such a beautiful journey

I think finding the howtoharp community was the best thing! as an older adult learning an instrument-its daunting. Finding out I am not alone, and that we all want to support each other is such a wonderful gift.

Such a great tips! Love seeing your vibe of collaboration not competition. I truly believe we progress more this way! Your tips are so comprehensive that I’m having a hard time adding more ideas (you asked for our fave support tips in the comments ❤) - perhaps also sharing resources, attending each other’s events, and recommending each other? Sitting here after playing a wedding that another dear harpist referred me to. And tonight I’m hearing Destiny Muhammad at Grace Cathedral and bringing a friend to discover her amazing artistry for the first time. All such a beautiful circle. Thank you for this inspiring share!

It’s so great to support each other‘s on our journeys. Thank you so much for your gorgeous work, dear Victoria and Angela! Merry Christmas 🎄 to both of you and a happy year 2025 ♥️

Wonderful and inspiring interview, thank you to both of you! I loved the part about genuine and useful information being shared in a group of people you trust vs just reading an article online. So true. It’s all aout connection.

Great to hear about the origin story of Talking Harps 💫💓

Beautifully inspiring conversation on the value of creating in community and how to be sustained by the energy of collective wisdom. Thank you both for your open hearts and curious, creative minds. Let’s make art with purpose!✨🙌🏼✨

Loved talking harps and life with you, Victoria! Your questions and deep listening and observations made me want to chat with you for hours more ☕️💫

Very inspiring interview ❤️.

Ugh... I can hear the passion and electricity in her voice when she talks a about finding those sticky moments and pushing through them. It's so inspiring.

Hi Victoria! I'm a French harpist living in Quebec, and I have been to the Camac shop several times. It's a wonderful experience! I can't tell you which harps you should try because it really depends on your music sensitivity and what you are looking for in a harp, but what I would advice is for you to research a little bit if there are any Camac models that you are more attracted to and would like to try, and write to Camac directly to tell them that you will come at their store on a specific day and would like to try this and this harp. This is actually a Camac vendor who adviced me to proceed like this a few years back because they don't always have every model on site, but if you tell them in advance, they will strive to have the model you want for you to try the day you come visit. You can bring some scores and play at the store on the different harps. It has nothing to do with Camac, but while you are in Paris, I would also suggest the Museum of musical instruments (which I think is really close to the Camac shop), it is absolutely beautiful!

Winter Harp sounds so wonderful😍 I did a looper workshop as well, so cool to play around with sounds and patterns! Thanks so much for sharing ♥️♥️

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Wow! Busy busy. So exciting. I’ll set the calendar.

Ailie is exactly describing my stage in learning the harp. Intermediate level and playing fast is very difficult. I just downloaded the pdf’s and started 😊. Very wel explained, ladies!

OMG! Yes! Yes! Yes! I definitely avoided getting a live teacher! But I have come to realize that a live teacher is vitally important to learning and making progress. The teacher sees things you don’t see. And helps you fix or overcome problems. (It’s Eileen)

Eileen here. I avoid lever changes! Also, I don’t play for others.

I have the Suite to the Sea, I cant wait to learn it now,,, it means so much more! Great journey of life

Great interview! I am very much enjoying your " Lost Forever" piece, and also your " Streuobstwiese", such beautiful musical pieces I'm enjoying right now! ( I was so inspired when I saw Victoria play it so beautiful😊) Thank you, Kristine and Victoria!❤❤

Lovely interview. I love Kristine’s music, we also play the lyre and a lot of her music can be found to accommodate 7-10-12-16-19 and 21 strings for acoustic lyres or small harps as well as small hands. The Moon will Come and Save me is lovely Thank You Kristine😊❤

This was a lovely interview. It was so interesting to hear how she adapts her music to actual memories of her life. So very creative.

I love the idea of a flow workshop

Thank you for sharing. I’d love to hear about how you did the blue stain finish. I’m debating about staining my harp blue and have been scared doing it

Thanks for this interview, Lena makes beautiful music. I want to recommanded my harpteacher from the Netherlands for an interview on this channel: Marije Vijselaar.

30:38 - I'm a lazy beginner, but I've noticed the mentioned muddiness in the lower range of my 26 string Harpsicle. For this reason, my beginner self tends to stay in the mid-upper range of my Harpsicle; however, if you listen to Ms. Birkenstock's recent Alameda recording you hear IMO very rich, delightful bass that is not characteristic of what I'm used to hearing on harp. Of course the rendering of this exceptional bass is unfortunately hostage to the listener's audio platform. I've found that what sounds great on one person's audio system will not always sound good on another person's system. In Birkenstock's case, however, the bass of Alameda is a joy to hear on multiple platforms. I know she has a production team, but Birkenstock seems to be her own "audio engineer" in that her audio recordings often seem to be the most bold and resonating recordings I have ever heard. I do not mean to insult Birkenstock in any way, but when I listen to her, I feel a sense of Vollenweider quality without all of the new age "baggage". Also, while I greatly admire Vollenweider, he often tends to play in a rather dramatic context of other instruments while on the other hand Birkenstock's harp and enchanting voice are able to stand majestically alone.

Wonderful interview! And so heartwarming, Lena, what you share about your time recording the two albums and how this experience weaves into the overall concept of “home”. ❤️ Thank you, Victoria, again, for connecting the harp world!

I ditto your need for the Flow workshop in English, Victoria! Great interview.

So wonderful to see you guys together ♥️♥️

It was an absolute joy to have you around early this year for your (literal) recording marathon! More good things await...! 😎

Lena, your journey is so refreshing and your music reflects your character and ideas of life. I love your methodology of bringing out emotions of personality and awareness of the present of being home and colours allowing them to just flow together. Covid was not a great time but it did open doors to improvise a new adventure and pathways. It was a pleasure to listen to your journey. Wishing you much success Looking forward to getting your albums. Big Hugs. Victoria, looking forward to your playing Lena’s music. Thank You

Thank you ❤!

It's so lovely to see Bill with his excellent humour and good spirits! Thank you for doing this Harp Connections episode with him! 🥰

I just got my 24x2 Marini double-strung in May. It popped up for sale used and I jumped right on it. I love to just noodle around with it - it is so much fun to play and I love the smaller size. Thank you for this interview. It's always nice to have more resources.

This has been such an inspiring and informative talk. I could have listened for 2 hours. Thank you both! ❤

Wow! A great Interview and wow, the first double strung harp! Thanks so much for connecting the harp world 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

So much cool and valuable information. Thanks so much for sharing 🙏🙏🙏🌸🌸🌸🌸

It’s lovely! And the hedgehog is great!

Thanks so much for your amazing work 🫶🏻🌸🫶🏻

Can you share the pattern