I made my Bass Performance Hall debut on Sunday, July 14, 2024 accompanying Yoga with a View! The class lead by Lori Atkins-Williamson of Bumblebee Yoga Community of Fort Worth was so much fun, we held an encore class on Sunday, August 4th. 

Harp adds an amazing ambiance to a yoga class! I mostly improvised to go with the flow (literally). I also played a few pieces from the solo harp repertoire, and familiar favorites like Across the Universe by the Beatles, Lenard Cohen's Hallelujah and Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World for shavasana at the end of class. 

In true Fort Worth fashion, I ran into some friends at both Yoga with a View classes!

It was a busy spring for some very hard working harp students in our studio! 
Annabelle, Harper, and Stella all successfully completed both sessions of the Music Education Auditions & Evaluations program presented by the Dallas Chapter of the American Harp Society at TCU with advisors Denise Holland and Kimberly Snaufer DeRosa in February and April.
​TCU Harps performed at the TCU College of Science and Engineering's Student Research Symposium.
TCU Music Preparatory harp students received certificates and medals for all of their accomplishments this year at the spring Music Preparatory Recitals.
Harper was invited to perform on the American Harp Society Dallas Chapter's Annual Student Recital.

This evening the TCU Harp Ensemble presented and eclectic evening of harp music by our composer friends as well as performances with special guests. The program included jazz originals by Cindy Horstman, cosmic inspirations by Julia Kay Jaimeson, French impressions by Megan Metheney, and more.
​Click here to watch the performance on YouTube
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This evening the TCU Harp Ensemble celebrated the music of the Allhallowtide season with a recital featuring Music Preparatory harp students, and the TCU Harp Ensemble. The program included arrangements by TCU alumna Nancy Hurrell and by several of the performers to celebrate Halloween, All Saints' Day, All Souls' Day and all things Autumnal. As you can see we dressed to impress!
​Click here to watch the performance on YouTube
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Congratulations to everyone who participated in the TCU Summer Harp Workshop! It was so much fun to work with seven amazing Young Harpists over the past three days in masterclasses, harp ensemble rehearsals, and movement classes. Huge thank you to TCU Music Education major and harpist Lyndsey Walker for all of her assistance at the workshop! You can see the live stream recording of the 2023 TCU Summer Harp Workshop Recital here on YouTube. 

Congratulations to current harp student Stella Joy Wilson who was named a Featured Young Composer for the American Harp Society Young Composers Project! Stella worked with professional composer mentors including Caroline Lizotte June 1-4, 2023, as part of the AHS Summer Institute at the Colburn School, Los Angeles. Each composer had a chance to perform their original works at a special concert during the Institute.
​The program is open to harpists aged 25 and under who are national members of the American Harp Society. The Young Composers Project offers an opportunity for young harpist/composers to work with professional mentors to experience, explore, and develop a deep connection to the harp through composition. Learn more about all of the 2023 Featured Composers here!

Congratulations to Sima Galaganov on a beautiful solo harp performance at tonight's TCU Music Preparatory Senior Recital in PepsiCo Recital Hall! Five other graduating high school seniors, four pianists and a vocalist, were also featured on this evening's concert. I know all of her harp teachers these past few years are just as proud of Sima as I am! All of her hard work this year lead to beautiful performances tonight of Lolita la danseuse by Marcel Tournier and La Source, Op. 44 by Alphonse Hasselmans. I will miss you so much next year, and wish you the best in your studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Brava Sima!

Today the TCU Harp Ensemble celebrated our Past, Present, and Future with a recital featuring Music Preparatory harp students, harp studio alumni, and former harp faculty. Our special guests Dr. Laura Brandenburg, Sydney Howell, and Dr. Mallory McHenry returned to campus to perform as a frog faculty quartet with current harp instructor Kela Walton. The program included arrangements by TCU alumni Elizabeth Hames and Nancy Hurrell. This unique concert concluded with all of the Horned Frog harpists past, present, and future performing together as a large ensemble for the finale.
I'm so grateful to all our many guests for joining us, and so proud of my students for their hard work this semester!
​Click here to view the PDF program