A Conversation on Finding Our Musical Identity with Amelia Romano: Harp Focus

What is it like to find your sound as a musician? How do our journeys and values shape our musical identity? Victoria talks to two harpists on the roads they traveled that lead to the music presented in the albums that they each released recently.
In this first conversation, Amelia Romano shares with us her journey in creating the works in her album "Levers Engaged: Classical Works Re-imagined for Harp".
Connect with Amelia:
► Facebook: / sanfrancisco.harpist
► Instagram: / electricharp
► TH-cam: / @1harp1girl
► Website: www.ameliaroma...
Read about:
► The backstory of the "Levers Engaged: Classical Works Re-imagined for Harp" album: www.ameliaroma...
► The "Classical Re-imaginations for Lever Harp" sheet music collection: www.ameliaroma...
Purchase Amelia's album and sheet music on her Bandcamp store:
► "Levers Engaged: Classical Works Re-imagined for Harp" digital album or CD: ameliaromano.b...
► "Classical Re-imaginations" bundle with "Levers Engaged" digital album and "Classical Re-imaginations for Lever Harp" PDF sheet music book: ameliaromano.b...
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[@paulineann7900]

💞 What a treasure trove of valuable musically minded advice this conversation holds. I am excited about the harp journey will immerse myself, trust my gut, give myself time and above all LOVE IT 💞.... and buy your CD Amelia (thank you Talking Harps and Victoria).

[@TalkingHarps]

Trusting your gut and giving yourself time, and love it. That's beautiful, Paulin-Ann! So much to be excited about. :) Hope you'll enjoy "Levers Engaged"; I am loving Prokofiev's Prelude in C lately! - Victoria

[@Micky_and_harp]

Thank you Victoria for pointing me in Amelia's direction, this is exactly the convrrsation I needed to listen to right now. Will check out all the previous ones and of course her work and website. Thanks!

[@karissathatcher9206]

I love how this interview brings out the fact that lever harp can do more than play folk music. I LOVE folk music! But I also love being able to reach beyond that. Amelia's creativity reminds me to stretch myself and be creative because creativity can help me GROW and mature as a harpist. :)

[@jacqueline1598]

Thank you for this conversation! 🌼🌼🌼

[@TalkingHarps]

My pleasure! - Victoria

[@DietCokeAddict]

Thank you for this. I went and listened to the album, and loved it. I’m not really a fan of shoehorning the harp into anything and everything, but when it’s done sensitively like this and with a focus on first and foremost creating a great piece of music, the result is something that seems like it always belonged on harp (or lever harp). Very inspiring!

[@TalkingHarps]

Very inspiring indeed. :) I am grateful for musicians like Amelia who are so dedicated to their craft! - Victoria

[@HarmonieZvuku-harfy-kalimby]

Amelia is such a great harpist. I love her music with ethnic instruments and Im curious if I also like this clasic music..
Anyway I finished cutting nails with you conversation in background =D so now I can (need to) go back for practise and then go to workshop to make new harps. Yaaaay! =)
Tomáš

[@TalkingHarps]

A workshop to make new harps sound very exciting! I personally is not a big fan of classical music; however, harpists like Amelia Romano bring a different perspective to the music and I am developing an appreciation for them! Hope you had a wonderful time with practice and at the workshop! - Victoria

[@HarmonieZvuku-harfy-kalimby]

@@TalkingHarps hi Victoria. I mean workshop not as a seminar but as a place with machinery where I build harps and kalimbas :)
Well Iam a big fan of small part o clasic music - that what I consider as "uplifting" but I really do not appreciate long complex composition without this positive feeling...
So for me its much about repertoire but of course the way of playing can make a big difference... Tomáš

[@connieLo87365]

Some times I really wonder how long it takes for a person to really identify where they belong in the music world. Beautiful playing Amelia.