Harmonica tuition in schools in the South East of England
As part of this year’s harmonica festival, Harpin’ By The Sea, Hanna Neter from BBC Radio Sussex visited Harp Academy’s Richard Taylor for an early morning music lesson during the Alison Fearns breakfast show.
In less than half an hour, Hanna was playing When The Saints Go Marching In and enjoying her new found musical skills. You can hear how Richard, Hanna and Alison got on right here.
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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.
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!
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…)