My New Hobby

This past March I was thinking more about how fun it would be to learn to play the harp, so after some researching, I contacted a harp teacher from Creighton University and rented a Lyon and Healy Troubadour lever harp from her and started taking lessons. 

I have fallen in love with playing the harp, so after even more researching, I decided to invest in my own harp.  I just got it last week and I am in love with it!  It is a 36 string, Thormahlen Serenade lever harp.

I've been taking lessons for about 6 weeks now, but I had to take a 2 week break due to some hand and wrist problems I've been having. I'm doing just a bit better now and finally got a chance to record some of the songs I've learned.  They are pretty simple, but I hope to progress to more exciting music soon--some celtic music as well as some LDS hymn arrangements.  But what I've learned about the harp, is that even simple arrangements can sound good because of the beautiful resonance of the harp.  Here are a few songs played on my new harp.  Hopefully in a few months I'll have more videos to post so I can track the progress I make.

Amazing Grace

I Hear a Harp

Stars