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Chapter 1: Harper Weaver
Several teachers an a couple of harps later, I am learning songs in the IHTP program with Christina Tourin. The harp has always been in my mind since playing the strings of our baby grand piano growing up and watching concert harps on television and Celtic harps as well.
To play now is a struggle and a gift. My first teacher was instrumental in setting a good hand position and transitioning me from the cardboard harp I started on. Kathleen Staub at Arpeggio harps allowed me to trade my cardboard harp for a Dusty Strings 34 string Ravenna. I will add a photo after posting this.
The problem with getting a real harp was that I felt the need to be a real player. I imagine my dad standing over me counting, 1, 2, 3 now do it again. My first teacher said I was a natural but I didn’t believe her, I felt doomed to the level of fledgling which was even above the level that I thought I could accomplish which you might guess is the key wrong word in supporting one’s quest (accomplish).
The gift these last years in moving back to Portland and going through yet another teacher, finding a skype teacher, Christine Magnussen who simply says to pay attention to what you are doing right. Break through!