August 16, 2017
Huw Jones Interview As part of compiling an archived footage of harpists who contributed to the development of harp playing in Australia, Harp Centre Australia is looking to extend the conversations […]
August 16, 2017
June Loney Interview As part of compiling an archived footage of harpists who contributed to the development of harp playing in Australia, Harp Centre Australia is looking to extend the conversations […]
October 17, 2018
Interview with Tim Guster, Australian harp maker. How did you start making harps? Accidently. I was going to Peter Kempster’s weekly instrument making, access to his workshop, and he unfortunately […]
October 26, 2017
Giving your Best Performance: Managing Anxiety in Musicians Summary of talk given for Harp Centre Australia Monday 9th October 2017 Dr Wendy Roncolato, psychologist at Cloudberry Clinic, has some fantastic […]
August 16, 2017
Interview with Hannah Lane, early harp specialist You play a very rare instrument, tell us about it! My primary instrument is the Italian baroque triple harp. It originated in […]
April 12, 2017
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April 9, 2017
Interview with PhD candidate, Melina van Leeuwen Can you describe your research in a nutshell? I am currently writing a PhD about the work of Carlos Salzedo (1885-1961). Although he was […]
April 9, 2017
Interview with Northern Rivers harpist, Margaret Curtis When did you start the harp? Piano is my first instrument which I started learning at 4. However, during my teens I had […]
April 9, 2017
“The story of a regional harpist”, by Eileen Bowen I grew up in a country town and the music we had was the town brass band, and if you learned […]
September 4, 2016
“Theraputic Harp” by Alison Ware For the past nine years I have developed an integrated therapeutic harp service in Canberra. It is my fulltime profession and I currently work at […]
August 14, 2016
“The tale of our Troubadour” by Harp Centre Australia HCA is delighted to have received a donated Troubadour harp which we have had restored. We are using this harp as […]
August 14, 2016
“On Being a Teacher in a Secondary School Environment” by Francis Thiele I began teaching the harp around twenty years ago and still keep in touch with my very first […]
June 5, 2016
“Challenges and Changes in Rural Harp Teaching” by Gwenda Davies I have been teaching Celtic harp at Mitchell Conservatorium, Bathurst, since 2005. The harpist population in the Central West of […]
November 13, 2015
Essential Gesture Author: Jacinta Dennett URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/56356 Abstract: My research into essential gesture has brought together the technique and practices of harp playing and eurythmy. I use Carlos Salzedo’s fundamental harpistic […]
May 29, 2013
Scarborough Fair is a great example of a melody written in the dorian mode. What does that mean? The quick answer is – tune your harp to a major scale […]
September 25, 2017
Sometimes finding Australian lever music can be tricky. This page contains a introductory list of lever harp pieces written for all levels by Australian composers. If you know of a […]
July 20, 2016
One of Australia’s greatest harpists passed away on 15th June, 2016. Read the Sydney Morning Herald obituary written by Claire Dunne; and a Tribute by former student, HCA director Alice […]
October 26, 2017
Giving your Best Performance: Managing Anxiety in Musicians Summary of talk given for Harp Centre Australia Monday 9th October 2017 Dr Wendy Roncolato, psychologist at Cloudberry Clinic, has some fantastic […]
May 29, 2013
It can be difficult to know which string to order when one needs replacing, so here are a few tips to help you order the correct string! To order the […]
December 20, 2011
Every sting on your harp can be identified by its pitch (A-G) together with its octave (00-7). Octaves start at F (the black or blue stings) at the lower end […]