Midwest Harp Festival

Have a great 2010-11!

We had a great 2010 week of harp!  Thank you everyone for making it possible.  

  See you next year!

We are in the process of updating information for next year.  Please continue to check back for 2011 updates

Featuring our four outstanding clinicians back by popular demand!

Mary Bircher

Jan Jennings

Elizabeth Richter

Faye Seeman

The Main 2010 Registration Form

is  be available here in a PDF format.  The registration form requires the free Acrobat Reader software.  If you do not have Acrobat Reader, download and install it here. 

The Solo Competition form available here.

There is a fee for all daytime presentations and workshops when you are not signed up for the whole week.  Please call director, Lorelei Barton, at 918-832-0934.

This festival is open to students and harpists of all ages. Children (with accompanied parent), youth, teens, adults are all invited to join us for this non-competitive week. The main emphasis is camaraderie, ensemble, New! chamber music with solo performance opportunities, a master class, private coaching, harp maintenance,  Pizza/Swim Night as an ice breaker, and 3-day progressive workshops taught by our outstanding clinicians.  

Afternoon Chamber Rehearsing and Private Practice

For Intermediate/Advanced Adults over the age of 25 

 Instead of attending the workshops, you  work independently with each other or alone preparing chamber music for an informal performance on Friday afternoon.  We will help you find the perfect chamber pieces to play.  This entails learning additional music to your ensemble music

The day and evening activities

Include an Opening Concert performed by the clinicians, Solo Competition Winner’s recital, Student Chamber Music Recital, a  Celtic Music with harp concert, an informal recital by workshop students, and the Ensembles Concert..

harp Rental

For students traveling more than 800 miles (one day's travel away), we have a small amount of rental harps .

Festival Store 

We will again have our popular harp music and accessories store with merchandise from Melody's Music, Vanderbilt, and Lyon & Healy West.

Housing

No frills, affordable campus housing is available or you can stay in the Hilton Tulsa Southern Hills for special festival rates.

Rates

The Basic Rate for the whole week's activities (includes all day rehearsals and workshops, lunch, Pizza Swim, Opening Concert, Banquet) is $475. Not included is Solo Competition participation (see Solo Competition page), extra Banquet Tickets ($30), Store Merchandise, and Harp Rental ($75/lever and $150.00/pedal). A limited amount of 45 minute private lessons are available from the clinicians at $50 each.  There is no fee for performing in the Master Class.

Harp Regulations and Servicing
Our resident harp technician is Peter Wiley, formerly of Lyon & Healy.  Peter is a member of the Lyon & Healy/Salvi Technician’s Guild. For more information you can visit his web site www.harpdoc.com. 

 Description                                                                      Fees and Deposits

Teachers of attending students are permitted to attend as observers at no charge.  This excludes any expenses such as meals and housing or any other out-of-pocket expenses. 

The Fees Below Do Not Include Housing Expenses

                                                                                   FEES            DEP.      

Full time Registrant                                   All Fees for 2012 TBA Soon                                                        

Early Bird Fee                                                                

Morning Ensemble Rehearsals Only                          

Attending Parent Chaperone                                       

Late Full Registration - Add                                         

(After June 7)

VERY Late Full Registration - Add another             

(After July 10)

Full Registration Discount for

Multiple Family Members                                          

(parent registrations non-inclusive)

Those students registering for the College and Career Bound Program will be registering for the whole week.  There is no "Morning Only" option.

Afternoons Only

A la carte 2 - day participation                                   

One day observer                                                        

Master Class Performer                                               Free for registrants

Private Lesson (45 minutes)                                       $50.00

Solo Competition    (Fee varies by classification – see Solo Competition Page)

(Registration and Fee Due June 7)

 Pedal Harp Rental                                                        $150.00            $50

 Lever Harp Rental                                                       $ 75.00              $25

Miscellaneous items are explained on the registration page

A discount of $25.00 will be given for Early Bird Registrations postmarked by April 30 ($450.00). Late fees apply after June 7.

All deposits are non-refundable.  Cancellations within 30 days of the festival registration (July 18) will result in the full total of the registration fees due, even if they have not yet been paid in full.  Final payments are due at registration. 

Financial Aid is available upon request on an as-needed basis. Multiple family member discounts for full-time registrants are available at  a $50 discount per extra family member.
 
For more information, contact the director Lorelei Barton:
email: harpfestival@sbcglobal.net
phone: (918) 832-0934