Teachers

Teachers in the WAFHS Area

The following are WAFHS members who teach the folk harp. The WAFHS does not have set qualifications, guidelines, or assessments for harp teachers. A listing here does not imply an endorsement by the WAFHS.

If you are a WAFHS member and would like to be listed here, please use the Contact Form to send the appropriate information.

All information provided by the individual and may change.

Location

Name, Number, Email

Description

Maryland

Rockville

Barbra Bailey Bradley

301-424-3459;

240-447-1070

barbrabaileybradley@gmail.com

Lever harp instruction

Rockville

Abbie Palmer
240-687-1427

All levels. Focus on Celtic, Classical, and Contemporary. Also works with therapeutic harp techniques.

Bowie

Mary Fitzgerald

301-352-3690

harpersmary@icloud.com

www.harpersmary.com

Celtic style & ornamentation; also ear-training, playing by ear, theory, chords, seissiun playing, improvisation, accompaniment, ergonomic technic training for playing comfortably.

Bethesda

Rosemary Harding

301-229-7827

caspianh@earthlink.net

Folk and Celtic harp instruction. Beginners.

Columbia

Teaches beginning lever harp to elementary school age students through adults.

New Windsor

Nylon & gut folk harp, especially Celtic; all levels; specialize in teaching Scottish music and ergonomic technique

Bethesda

Barbara Seidman

301-656-4473

Lever and pedal harp instruction. All levels. Teaching influenced by study of Alexander Technique.

Virginia

Vienna

Holly Avesian

703-938-5421

HAvesian@aol.com

Adults and children; customized instruction based on musical background and individual goals. Suzuki, music reading, ear playing, basic theory, and good technical skill training.

Flint Hill

Dawn Bartlett

540-675-3565

DawnHeartstrings@aol.com

Lever, pedal instruction.

Falls Church

Melissa Tardiff Dvorak

202-262-2613

www.capitolharpists.com

Both pedal and lever/folk harp. All ages welcome.

Leesburg

Ellen James

Suidae@aol.com  

Alexandria

Jen Narkevicius

301-904-3631

jenthehaper@gmail.com

jeniuscreations.com

Lever harp for adults, beginner to advanced

Washington DC

Silver Spring

Wire-strung harp. Also, fingernail technique appropriate for bray harp. Beginner to advanced; adult and youth.

Pennsylvania

Gettysburg

Sharon Knowles

717-677-4420

fynesound@comcast.net

Scottish and Irish traditional music; beginning and intermediate harpers; gut and nylon strung; adults and children. Teaching style combines learning by ear with music theory.

North-Central PA

Wendy McCormick

570-419-9303

mccormick272@gmail.com

Beginning lever harp instruction; adults and children.

Glenville

CMP. Beginners are warmly welcomed. Folk harp from beginning to advanced. Northern MD/Southern PA.