Harp Camps and Festivals in the United States
listed in alphabetical order, not by date.
Please note L for lever harp, P for pedal harp.
Click here for camps outside the
USA.
2009 Summer Harp Camps
Gotta Have Harp Camp L, P. June 21-26, 2009 in
Burlington, NJ. Instructors: Gloria Galante and Kathy DeAngelo.
www.harpagency.com/summercamp.htm.
2008 Summer Harp Camps
ABRSM
Harp School L. P.
July 7-11, 2008 in Louisville, KY.
Director: Dr. Carroll McLaughlin. Artist/teacher: Skaila Kanga. (www.harpschool.org/2008)
Arizona Harp Experience L.
P. June 30-July 4, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Carroll
McLaughlin. (www.azharpexperience.com)
Aspen
2008 deadlines have passed.
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
L, P.
or 800-221-3796. Four sessions. High
school: June 25-July 6 and July 9-20, 2008. Intermediate: July 23-August 3
and August 6-17, 2008. Twin Lake, Michigan. Instructors: Julie Smith, Ayren
Husling, Kela Walton, Amy Ley. (www.bluelake.org)
Brevard Music Center
P. June 25-August 10, 2008. Brevard, NC. Instructor: Anastasia
Jellison. (www.brevardmusic.org/study).
Celtic
Harp Competition and Workshop
L. August 8-10, 2008 in LaCrosse, WI. Judge/performer: Kim
Robertson. (www.Irishfestlax.org)
Central Coast Harp Workshop
L.
P. July 18-20, 2008 at Morro Bay, CA. Instructor: Marcia Dickstein. (www.debussytrio.com)
Common
Ground on the Hill L.
July 6-11, 13-18, 2008 in
Westminster, MD. Repertoire of Bavaria, Austria and Switzerland.
Instructors: Doris Hackl-Weber, Jo Morrison, Sharon Knowles. (www.commongroundonthehill.com)
Crystal Mountain L.
June 13-15, 2008 near Mt. Ranier, WA. Workshop leaders: Molly Bauckham,
Beth Kolle, Peter Berry, Seumas Gagne, Barbara Broderick. (www.pugetsoundfolkharpsociety.org.)
Eastern Music Festival
P.
June 28-Aug. 2, 2008, Greensboro NC. Harp
instructor:
Anna Kate Mackle (www.emfNC.org).
Eastman Summer Institute “The Practical
Harpist” P.
June 6-11,2008 in Rochester NY.
Instructors: Kathleen Bride and Patricia Masri-Fletcher. For 10
professionally-minded college and high school students. (http://www.esm.rochester.edu/summer/).
The Evergreen Suzuki Institute
L, P. July 22-26, 2008, near Bellingham, WA. Harp instructor: Leslie
McMichael. For flute and harp players. Suzuki harp background not required.
(www.evergreenflutes.com)
Harparts 2008 Adult Study Retreat
L, P. June 8-15 and June 15-22, 2008. Helen, GA. Instructor: Lynne Aspne
(www.harparts.org.
)
Harpers' Getaway Weekend L. Oct. 30-Nov. 1,
2008, Harper's Ferry, W. Va. Two clinicians TBA.
www.wafhs.org
Hot Springs Music Festival
May 31-June 14, 2008. Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. Harp mentor:
Shana Norton. (www.hotmusic.org).
Houston Baptist University Summer Harp
Festival L, P. June
8-14,2008 in Houston TX. For 6th-12th grade. Director : Kimberly DeRosa.
Instructor: Kimberly DeRosa, Therese Honey.
www.harpevents.net or 713-962-6923
Inside the Music – Outside the Box
L, P. July 7-12, 2008
in South Paris, Maine. Instructors: Deborah Henson-Conant, guest Karen
Montanaro. (http://hipharp.com/EvntPg_pgs/cbarn07_wkshp_1sht.htm)
Isabelle Perrin Harp Class
P.
July 6-13, 2008, Traverse City, Michigan.
Emphasis on concertos. Instructor: Isabelle Perrin. Seminar: Lynne Aspnes. (www.perrin-harp-workshop.com)
Master
Teacher Series P. August
11-17 in Saratoga Springs, NY, part of Saratoga Harp Colony. Leader: Susann
McDonald. (www.saratogaharpcolony.org)
Midwest Harp Festival
L, P. July 20-26 , Tulsa, OK. Director: Lorelei Barton. Instructors:
Becky Baxter, Mary Bircher, Jan Jennings, Elizabeth Richter, Peter Wiley
(harp technician).
www.midwestharpfestival.com or
918-832-0934.
New
Jersey Harp Chapter Camp L,
P.
Youth July 14-18,
adult July 16-18, 2008 in New Providence, NJ. Instructors: Robbin
Gordon-Cartier, Merynda Adams, Diane Michaels. (www.njys.org)
Northern Iowa Summer Harp Workshop L, P.
July 20-26 in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Instructor: Gretchen Brumwell. Contact
gretchenbrumwell@gmail.com.
Pacific Harp Institute Summer Harp Camp
L, P. Advanced: July 21-26; beginning/intermediate: July 28-August 2.
Seattle, WA. Director: Alison Austin. Instructors include Yolanda
Kondonassis and Heidi Lehwalder.
www.pacificharpinstitute.org or
206-817-8444.
Richmond Summer Harp Institute
L, P. Beginning students only: July 28-August 1. Intermediate to
advanced: August 4-8. Advanced only: August 11-15. Richmond, VA. Director:
Lynelle Ediger-Kordzaia. Guest artist Week 3: Monika Stadler.
www.harpensemble.org
or 800-861-0127
Saratoga Harp Colony P.
August 3-24, 2008 in Saratoga Springs, NY. Instructors: Elizabeth Rainen,
Kimberly Rowe, Nancy Lendrim, Sarah Fuller. (www.saratogaharpcolony.org)
Sewanee Summer Music Festival
P. June 14-July 20 in Sewanee, TN. Instructor: Marian Shaffer. (www.sewanee.edu/ssmf)
Southeastern Harp
Weekend L. October 10-11-12, 2008, Asheville North Carolina,
www.southeasternharps.com
Spanish Peaks International Celtic Music Festival
L. September 25-28, 2008 in
Walsenburg CO. Traditional Celtic harp retreat with harpists Patsy Seddon,
Lynn Saoirse, Heather Yule and Alfredo Rolando Ortiz.
www.celticmusicfest.com or
978-369-2712.
Susan
Allen’s Summer Harp Course
L, P. July 20-August 2, 2008 in Pacific Palisades, CA. Instructors:
Susan Allen, Stella Castellucci plus guest artists. (www.summerharpcourse.com)
Tanglewood Institute Young Artist’s Harp Seminar:
Admissions decisions have already been made.
Rocky
Mountain Fiddle Camp L.
August 10-17, 2008
in Estes Park, CO. Harp instructor: Star Edwards. (www.rmfiddle.com)
Young
Artist’s Harp Seminar P..
July 5-19 in Rabun Gap, GA. Instructors: Susan Bennett Brady, Kimberly Rowe.
www.harpseminar.com or 770-794-4476
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