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Children’s Harmonica Workshop

February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 Richard 0 Comments Children's Harmonica Workshop, Harmonica Music Making, Harmonicas at The Brunswick, Harp Academy, Harpin' By The Sea Children's Harmonica Workshop, Junior Harmonica Players, kids harmonica, Learn harmonica, Quim Roca Harmonica, Richard Taylor Harmonica

Harpin’ By The Sea Harmonica Festival, Hove, 5th Feb 2023

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the children’s workshop at this year’s Harpin’ By The Sea international harmonica festival.

Thirty children from 4 to 11 years old joined Richard Taylor and Quim Roca for two hours of music and mayhem, culminating in a performance to our grown ups live on stage. It was epic!

Thanks to Matt our Sound Engineer and everyone at The Brunswick for a great morning of fun.

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Happy Holidays And See You In 2023!

December 22, 2022December 22, 2022 Richard 0 Comments children's harmonica, Christmas Harmonica, Harp Academy at The Alex, kids harmonica, The Alex Children's Hospital

Well done and thank you to all our harmonauts and families who spent the morning spreading cheer at The Alex Children’s Hospital. Your music put smiles on faces and brightened up everybody’s day. Enjoy the holidays and see you all in 2023!

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Sample Lesson – Jingle Bells

November 14, 2022December 6, 2022 Richard 0 Comments Jingle Bells Harmonica

Dashing through the snow

Here’s a fun song to play for Christmas. The song was originally composed in the late 1880’s in Massachusetts, USA. It was written for Thanksgiving rather than Christmas, but these days it’s become a popular seasonal number.

You’ll find that the verse is a bit too awkward for the 4 hole harmonica, but we do have tabs available for 10 hole harp. The chorus is great for any harp however. If you choose to perform this song at Christmas time, but only play 4 hole harmonica, we’ve found it fun to include some movements while we sing the verse, before playing along to the chorus on our harps. (more…)

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Two New Harmonica Family Members

May 7, 2022October 2, 2023 Richard 0 Comments

Coldean Primary School
We are proud and delighted to welcome Coldean Primary School to our harmonica family. Richard Taylor is leading whole class harmonica each week for KS2 children as part of the the school’s PPA cover programme.

The programme provides full time staff with a fortnightly opportunity to prepare lessons, develop projects and engage in professional training, while Harp Academy adds musical enrichment to the KS2 children’s curriculum.

Saltdean Primary School
A special welcome to our brand new harmonauts at Saltdean Primary School. Lizzy will be busy leading our 10 week small group music learning programme for Reception and Key Stage 1 children. We look forward to ending the Summer Term with a short performance.

Our groups at Saltdean are led by Richard Taylor