Private HARP LESSONS with Stephanie Bennett are held in Northridge, CA. (in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles) Playing the harp in your spare time makes a wonderful, satisfying and relaxing hobby for adults and children. Stephanie Bennett has been a professional harpist and harp teacher for over 30 years.  (View Stephanie Bennett's bio.) Learn to play Celtic, classical, popular music, and/or jazz on Lever Harp (see picture at left) or Pedal Harp (see picture at right). Finding your own creativity is emphasized. No previous musical experience is necessary. In a friendly, fun and supportive atmosphere, preschoolers to retirees enjoy learning the harp. Complete beginners are welcome, as are intermediate and advanced students and musicians. Rather than teaching from a set method or a prescribed series of books, I enjoy helping students learn the music they want to learn.  I often create custom arrangements for my students, of songs for which no harp arrangement is yet available.  As of Feb. '08, my various students are learning songs by Stevie Wonder, Led Zeppelin, Joanna Newsom, Debussy, hymns, Celtic music, and children's folk songs.  Of course, we also spend time training in the physical technique (hand and arm motions) needed to be able to play as beautifully and effortlessly as possible. Most of my students are also working on their music theory and ear-training skills so that they'll eventually be able to learn songs by ear, and come up with their own arrangements.  If you don't know how to read music yet, you can learn this right along with your harp studies. We also have our own recording gear, and students can record CDs as gifts for family and friends, or as required as applications for college, etc.  I also sometimes record demo CDs for my students, of the pieces they are learning, at a slower tempo, with which they can practice along. If you play a different instrument (or sing) and would like to improve your ear training and/or music theory knowledge, we can help you there too. Private lessons are $70 per 55-minute lesson on Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays only. (For very young children with a shorter attention span, $60 per 45 minute lesson, or $50 per 30 minute lesson.)  Contact us to find out what time slots are currently available, and tell us about yourself. What are YOUR harpistic goals? View Stephanie Bennett's bio. ("But I don't have a harp yet"... see Harpworld's Harp Rental Page.) Outside of Southern California? Your harp society can sponsor Stephanie Bennett to give a workshop in your area. List of Workshops For referrals to other harp teachers, including in other locales, please contact: Sylvia Woods Harp Center or the Harp Mall or harpteachers.com or the American Harp Society or Melody's Traditional Music and Harp Shoppe

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