The
Geoffrey Harp School
"I've Always Wanted To Learn To Play The Harp..."
We hear this so often at performances. The Geoffrey Harp School can help that dream become a reality. The beginner class covers basic music theory and notation, chords and hand position. We use the book
The Geoffrey Harp School - Level I published by Krystal Ball Productions in 2003.
My vision is much the same as my teacher’s, teacher’s, teacher, the great Carlos Salzedo: "Establishing the harp as a medium of high significance between the invisible and our world."Here we study using my beginner method, “The Geoffrey Harp School Level I.” Next we proceed to the “Grossi Metodo per Arpa” for exercises and studies, don’t worry we translate the Italian for you. For further description of a good healthy hand position and specialized harp notation we move forward to “Method for Harp,” Lawrence/Salzedo and Salzedo’s, “Modern Method.” Music theory is covered in lessons. It’s not all music theory and exercises, we teach you how to play from a “Fake Book,” with decorations from your own musical imagination, in other words we teach you the art of improvisation. Another field we are researching here is music therapy services and harp music meditation.
Beginners are encouraged to start in private lessons.
How much will it cost?
The Beginner's Package includes:
eight weeks of lessons, the usage of a student model folk harp from the world's finest manufacturers, all for less than $500.
Lessons [2 months] $250.00
Harp usage $160.00
The Geoffrey Harp School - Level I $25
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Total $435
Private lesson placement is limited to current openings.
Live your dream! If you are in the Dallas / Ft. Worth area, and want to play the harp, call and sign up today!
Toll Free 1-866-877-HARP (4277)
Intermediate Harp Lessons
In this level we cover arraigning techniques, and some harpistic decoration.
Cost is $125.00 per month. You may continue to use our harp on a month to month basis. You will be encouraged to purchase a harp of your own during this level.
Advanced Harp Lessons
We go in two directions at this level, either towards concert harp or advanced lever harp. Either way, you will explore chromatics, more virtuoso technical abilities, and specialized harp notation.
To meet other students, and to check the calendar for current openings,
The Geoffrey Harp School has an active Yahoo Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harpcenter/
Our Instructors:
Geoffrey L. Ricketts, for whom the school is named, was trained in music theory, arranging, composition, and harp performance at The University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. He studied with notable teachers such as Ellen Ritscher, Dan Hurley, and Rose Mary Killum. Geoffrey developed The Geoffrey Harp Method and wrote the beginner book you will be using here. More about him can be read by clicking
here.
Matt Woodbury has been studying harp with Geoffrey since 1996. He has watched The Geoffrey Harp Method develop over the years, and has made it a focused goal to teach in this new style. Matt also teaches voice lessons. To find out more about Matt, click
here.