Meghan Gwyer : Harpist : Teaching

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Teaching

Meghan is available for teaching evening private lessons. She previously taught at the Ottley Music School. She has taken classes in harp pedagogy and taught during college. She is available to teach both total beginning musicians and more experienced students. She teaches the "Salzedo" method of technique. She can teach both pedal harp and folk harp. In addition to being classicaly trained, she is an experienced folk and rock harpist Additionally, she has experience playing renaissiance and gothic harps. She cannot teach and has no experience with single action, chromatic, double/triple strung, or wire strung harps.

Teaching Rate $30 / hour, $20 / half hour
Typically beginners and young children have half hour lessons, while more advanced students have hour long lessons due to length of music, but these times are left to student preference. Lessons are usually weekly but Meghan is willing to teach on a bi-weekly or monthly basis as well.

Teaching Hours Meghan is only available for late evening lessons. These are weekdays after 6:30pm.

Teaching Location Meghan teaches from a private studio in her home in Laurel, Maryland. She has a concert grand pedal harp, Lyon & Healy folk harp, and electric lever harp to provide lessons on. She is also willing to meet students at their own home if the student has a harp, and lives within 20 minutes and 10 miles of Laurel.

Harp Rental/Purchase Resources Students typically begin on a lever harp since they are smaller and cheaper. There are various resources in the DC metropolitan area for purchasing and renting harps. You may wish to seek guidance from your teacher before purchasing a harp. If the harp is not from a standard manufacturer it is important to make sure string spacing and tension are the same. A few common manufacturers are Triplett, Dusty Strings, Lyon & Healy, Salvi, Camac, and Venus.
A few resources are :
House of Musical Traditions
Virginia Harp Center
Additionally Lyon & Healy has a rent-to-own program.

Harp Accessories In addition to a harp, playing the harp requires a few accessories. Some of these may be provided with the harp you purchase/rent. Many are available from Harp.com or the locations above. Electronic tuners and metrinomes are available from any music store, however be sure to get an electronic tuner that can support the wide range of the harp. A tuner pickup is useful for tuning in noisy locations. You may wish to seek guidance from your teacher before buying many of these things. The following is a list of useful items :

Metronome
Electronic Tuner
Tuner Pickup
Extra Strings
Bench (flat bottom and height adjustable is very useful)
Music Stand
Tuning Key
Tuning Key Holder (to store the key on the harp)
Bench for the harp for some lever harps

Harp Music/Method Books Meghan has used the following books to teach first time harpists. Music is also available from Harp.com. She is not set on these books and will adjust music and style to the students preferences.
On Playing The Harp by Yolanda Kondonassis
Fun From the First by Samuel Milligan
First Harp Book by Betty Paret
Teach Yourself to Play the Folkharp by Sylvia Woods

Dark Dissolve Voodoo Pharmacology

Teaching Rate	$30 / hour, $20 / half hour Typically beginners and young children have half hour lessons, while more advanced students have hour long lessons due to length of music, but these times are left to student preference. Lessons are usually weekly but Meghan is willing to teach on a bi-weekly or monthly basis as well.
Teaching Hours	Meghan is only available for late evening lessons. These are weekdays after 6:30pm.
Teaching Location	Meghan teaches from a private studio in her home in Laurel, Maryland. She has a concert grand pedal harp, Lyon & Healy folk harp, and electric lever harp to provide lessons on. She is also willing to meet students at their own home if the student has a harp, and lives within 20 minutes and 10 miles of Laurel.
Harp Rental/Purchase Resources	Students typically begin on a lever harp since they are smaller and cheaper. There are various resources in the DC metropolitan area for purchasing and renting harps. You may wish to seek guidance from your teacher before purchasing a harp. If the harp is not from a standard manufacturer it is important to make sure string spacing and tension are the same. A few common manufacturers are Triplett, Dusty Strings, Lyon & Healy, Salvi, Camac, and Venus. A few resources are : House of Musical Traditions Virginia Harp Center Additionally Lyon & Healy has a rent-to-own program.
Harp Accessories	In addition to a harp, playing the harp requires a few accessories. Some of these may be provided with the harp you purchase/rent. Many are available from Harp.com or the locations above. Electronic tuners and metrinomes are available from any music store, however be sure to get an electronic tuner that can support the wide range of the harp. A tuner pickup is useful for tuning in noisy locations. You may wish to seek guidance from your teacher before buying many of these things. The following is a list of useful items : Metronome Electronic Tuner Tuner Pickup Extra Strings Bench (flat bottom and height adjustable is very useful) Music Stand Tuning Key Tuning Key Holder (to store the key on the harp) Bench for the harp for some lever harps
Harp Music/Method Books	Meghan has used the following books to teach first time harpists. Music is also available from Harp.com. She is not set on these books and will adjust music and style to the students preferences. On Playing The Harp by Yolanda Kondonassis Fun From the First by Samuel Milligan First Harp Book by Betty Paret Teach Yourself to Play the Folkharp by Sylvia Woods