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Music and the Olympics

On this blog, we have posted about the Olympics before. And if you remember, we love the Olympics! Personally, we had a [...]

Music and the OlympicsTami Briggs2022-07-26T08:37:16-05:00

Sensitivity to Sound(s)

Are you finding you are more sensitive to sound(s)? If so, you are not alone! We are hearing that frequently from our [...]

Sensitivity to Sound(s)Tami Briggs2022-07-12T09:43:04-05:00

Do Harpists Need to Ground?

Over the years, we have worked with many different harpists and many of them are our friends. Of course, each person is [...]

Do Harpists Need to Ground?Tami Briggs2022-06-28T07:18:38-05:00

A Special Project!

Back in January, we “took” possession of 10 boxes from a dear peace builder who founded Pathways To Peace; she died in [...]

A Special Project!Tami Briggs2022-06-14T07:27:46-05:00

Teaching Therapeutic Harp Lessons

It is one of my great joys to teach therapeutic harp lessons. Click here for more information. And an editorial note: I [...]

Teaching Therapeutic Harp LessonsTami Briggs2022-05-31T09:16:17-05:00

The Harp and the Peace Building Community

About a year ago, we joined Rotary International’s EClub of World Peace. Who knew Rotary had this? Wow … really! It is [...]

The Harp and the Peace Building CommunityTami Briggs2022-05-17T10:26:54-05:00

Gold Gilding on the Harp

In the last blog, I mentioned taking my pedal harp to Lyon & Healy in Chicago to make the necessary repairs after [...]

Gold Gilding on the HarpTami Briggs2022-05-10T08:57:28-05:00

Harp Makers

Harp makers are a very special group of craftsmen. The oldest harp maker in the world is Lyon & Healy, headquartered in Chicago, [...]

Harp MakersTami Briggs2022-04-26T10:30:13-05:00

Harpists Need a Teacher

If you regularly read this blog, you know I offer therapeutic harp lessons to harpists who desire to play at the hospital [...]

Harpists Need a TeacherTami Briggs2022-04-12T11:47:58-05:00

Harpists’ Performance Anxiety

Many harpists (and musicians) have performance anxiety or stage fright. In fact, we work with harpists to give them ideas about how [...]

Harpists’ Performance AnxietyTami Briggs2022-03-29T11:04:38-05:00

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“I am Music….Even before life began upon this earth, I was here—in the winds and the waves….And when Man came, I at once became the most delicate, most subtle, and most powerful medium for the expression of Man’s emotions….For I speak to all men, in a language that all understand….I am the food of love. I have taught men gentleness and peace. I comfort the lonely. I am a necessary luxury to all men.”

Anonymous

“Music is an extremely important instrument of the Divine.”

Hal A. Lingerman

“David took a harp, and played with his hand: and Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.”

1 Samuel 16:23

“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out your horn.”

Charlie Parker

“The human being is essentially sound, vibrations, and melody.…”

Holger Kalweit

“The more we cultivate great music in our lives, the greater will be our attunement to unlimited sources of the Creator’s power and direction.”

“Music is an art that expresses the inexpressible.”

Charles Munch

“Music has been called the speech of angels.”

Charles Kingsley

“Music is God’s best gift to [humans], the only art of heaven given to earth, the only art of earth that we take to heaven.”

Charles W. Landon

“Music touches our innermost being and in that way produces new life, a life that gives exaltation to the whole being, raising it to that perfection in which lies the fulfillment of man’s life.”

Hazrat Inayat Khan

“Music is the soundtrack of your life.”

Dick Clark

“…the time is fast approaching when Man will select his music with the same intelligent care and knowledge he now uses to select his food. When that time comes, music will become a principal source of healing for many individual and social ills, and human evolution will be tremendously accelerated.”

Corinne Helene

“Art is more than important—it is central to how we see ourselves, what we believe about ourselves, and how we present ourselves to each other.”

Bill Ivey

“Music speaks straight to our hearts and spirits, to the very core and root of our souls.”

“Through vibration, harmony, tone, melody and meaning, music stimulates within us direct experience of expanded reality.”

Barbara Marx Hubbard

“Surrounded by the right sounds, we all can be invigorated, energized, and balanced. It has been demonstrated clinically that music adds to our general health and well-being.”

John Diamond

“Seek out a wise player on a harp: and it shall come to pass…that he shall play with his hand and thou shalt be well.”

I Samuel 16:16

“Music is the answer to the mystery of life; it is the most profound of all the arts; it expresses the deepest thoughts of life and being; a simple language which nonetheless cannot be translated.”

Arthur Schopenhauer