Harp Teachers

Rebecca Foreman. NW Tucson

Rebecca has twice been a finalist in the national competition sponsored by the American Harp Society and is a recipient of the society's coveted Ruth Lorraine Close Award. She is principal harpist with Tucson Pops Orchestra and appears frequently in ensembles and as a soloist in the Tucson and Phoenix areas. Rebecca is also a music educator with the Amphitheater Public School District and an active harp instructor in both Tucson and Phoenix. www.rebeccaforeman.com

Patricia Harris. NW Tucson

Patricia is principal harpist for the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. She is on the roster of the Arizona Commission for the Arts and performs for many venues with many different styles of music. She is also a regular performer at St. Phillips in the Hills Church, as well as a frequently-engaged artist for weddings and other social events. Additionally, she is a founding member of the Mosaic Harp Trio with flute, viola and harp, an ensemble that plays formal and informal recitals, weddings, and parties and also specializes in preschool and kindergarten school shows. Patricia enjoys teaching and has students ranging in age from eight to over eighty. She is also a board member of the AHS Foundation and is Co-Chairman of the Anne Adams Awards Auditions honoring her mother. Contact her at tucharpist@aol.com for lessons or bookings.

Dr. Carrol McLaughlin. Central Tucson

Carrol is the head of the University of Arizona Harp Department. She has toured extensively as a soloist throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas. The Canadian-born harpist holds the degrees of M.M. from the Julliard School of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Arizona, where she was teaching assistant to Susann McDonald. She also studied extensively in England with Russian harpist Maria Korchinska. Carrol became head of the harp department in 1982 and in 1994 with the recipient of the UA Five Star Faculty Teaching Award for Excellence. She has performed highly successful debut recitals in Carnegie Hall, New York and Wigmore Hall, London and has performed extensively as concerto soloist with orchestras throughout the US, Japan, Russia, Canada and South America. Carrol was represented in the US for thirteen years by Columbia Artists Management, and is on the Board of Directors of the World Harp Congress. She is the director of HarpFusion, the U of A harp ensemble, which has performed in Japan, Russia, Switzerland, Puerto Rico, Mexico and the Czech Republic. http://www.cfa.arizona.edu/harpfusion/

Jacqi Musselman. Phoenix

Jacqi is a lifelong musician and is a teacher with the Harp Foundation. Jacqi has played extensively at St. Joseph's Pediatrics as part of the "Angel Song Program". She studied with Laurie Riley in the Clinical Musician Certification Program and attended several therapeutic music conferences, taking workshops from many of today's therapeutic harp gurus. She has studied accelerated learning and brain-based learning techniques extensively and likes to use those techniques in Harp Foundation classes, as well as in her private teaching.

David Pavlovich. Bisbee

David has performed extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Latin America. He has produced four CD's, which include classical, Celtic, Latin American, jazz, pop and original compositions. He is the founder of several therapeutic music programs throughout California and Arizona, as well as the author of several articles and one book on the topic. Information on lessons and workshops can be found on his website www.harpistdavid.com .

Christine Vivona. NW Tucson

Christine received a Master of Music from The Julliard School in 1986 and a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Arizona in 1989. She has appeared extensively in New York and Arizona, performing in the Chaminade and Bisbee Concert Series, the Tucson and Phoenix Symphonies and is currently on the roster for the Arizona Commission on the Arts. Dr. Vivona frequently appears with symphonies in the Southwest, performing both classical and jazz pieces arranged for harp and symphony or band. Since 1986 to the present, Christine has been an entertainer on various cruise ships throughout the world. In May of 1991, she was a major prizewinner at the Lyon & Healy International Pop and Jazz Harp Fest. Christine was showcased in the June 1997 Jazzfest in Monterrey, CA. She started the harp program at Arizona State University in Tempe in the fall of 1989 and taught there until Spring 2000. She currently lives and teaches in Tucson with her musician husband, Rob Boone, and sons Jesse and Cory. Her 2 solo CD's, "Radiance" and "Red Hot & Blue" receive airtime as well as her flute and harp CD "Women in Black" with Sandy Schwoebel. Recently, Christine has been playing in various jazz clubs. www.christinevivona.com

Harp Teachers