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
Lever harp instruction
Rockville
All levels. Focus on Celtic, Classical, and Contemporary. Also works with therapeutic harp techniques.
Bowie
Celtic style & ornamentation; also ear-training, playing by ear, theory, chords, seissiun playing, improvisation, accompaniment, ergonomic technic training for playing comfortably.
Bethesda
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
Adults and children; customized instruction based on musical background and individual goals. Suzuki, music reading, ear playing, basic theory, and good technical skill training.
Falls Church
Both pedal and lever/folk harp. All ages welcome.
Leesburg
Ellen James
Alexandria
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
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
Beginning lever harp instruction; adults and children.
Glenville
CMP. Beginners are warmly welcomed. Folk harp from beginning to advanced. Northern MD/Southern PA.