By Anne Sullivan 

Is your music stand just holding your music? 

What if I told you your music stand could actually inspire you in your practice each day? You’d probably think I’m crazy. It’s only a ...

By Anne Sullivan 

It’s a dark summer night and you’re sitting outside under the stars with some friends. The campfire is dying and you can hear the sounds of nature around you as the birds go to slee...

By Anne Sullivan 

The Olympic Games begin this week in Paris and once again the greatest athletes in the world will be the center of our attention.

In sports, it is often easy to identify the great ...

If harp playing were just about our fingers, it wouldn’t be such hard work. 

We ask a lot of our fingers, naturally. We want them to play faster, to produce a more beautiful tone, to have control ove...

by Anne Sullivan 

We just celebrated another Independence Day here in the United States and it reminded me how much we harpists depend on the independence, and interdependence, of our fingers and our...

By Anne Sullivan

Summertime is fun, but it can come with an “ouch” or two. You might get a little sunburn in that place you missed with sunscreen, or get a bug bite or a jellyfish sting. 

Summertime...

By Anne Sullivan 

Summer is here and perhaps your calendar isn’t looking as full as you’d like it to be. There is still time to get more work this summer, if you take action now. Here are five sugges...

By Anne Sullivan 

That moment of excitement, the crisp, clean page of music full of promise. It’s a brand new adventure – the starting of a new piece. When I was a student, it was the moment I loved ...

By Anne Sullivan 

When I was a harp student, there were very few choices for music camps, let alone harp camps. Now, there are harp camps everywhere, and I think that’s terrific. 

But when I remembe...

By Anne Sullivan 

Summertime is string breaking time. You can’t always prevent string breakage. But there are things you can do to keep the inconvenience and expense to a minimum.

1. The obvious: ke...

What’s the buzz about this piece?

“Dragonflies in the Sunshine” was originally written for piano by Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 – 1910). Reinecke was a German composer, conductor, and pianis...

Imagine that you have just graduated from music school. Perhaps that’s a dream of yours. Or maybe you’re not sure if a career in music is right for you. Either way, imagine that you’re at your graduat...