Workshops

2025 Workshops

Listening Party & Pizza

We bring the music to life to help you make decisions while shopping in our store! This is an opportunity to hear nuggets of pieces and find out what is suitable for your current level. All while you relax and enjoy Chicago pizza.

Competition Stage Practice

Solo Competition participants will have an opportunity to play parts of their competition piece in the competition venue. You will practice approaching the harp, bowing, and exiting the stage.

Breton Dance and Accompanying Techniques

This 90-minute workshop with Kevin Le Pennec is an opportunity to discover Breton music through a traditional dance tune. You’ll learn by oral transmission (singing, dancing, repeating by ear, etc.). We’ll talk about melodic phrasing, ornamentation and variations. We will also look at different ways of accompanying these melodies while using rhythmic techniques.

Movement

After several hours at the harp, let’s stretch it out!

Playing Harp at Ceremonies and Services

Erin Lawrence will lead this 60-minute workshop.

Harp is always a welcome addition to ceremonies (weddings, funerals, graduations, patriotic events, etc) and services (of all denominations). A harpist can add beauty to these events at any point along their journey, but where do you start? How do you connect with a music director? How do you play along with a pianist and other instrumentalists when there is no harp part written for you? Is it even worth the trouble?
 
Workshop will include 2 parts: how to connect with a music director (what to expect and how to prepare, what to ask for and what to offer) and how to play along with a piano and vocal score, at any ability level.