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Interested in staying current with Musical Reflections’ news and happenings? We share all of our events and projects regularly … come back often to learn more. As we say in the harp world … stay tuned!

Harp Makers

Tami Briggs2022-04-26T10:30:13-05:00April 26th, 2022|

Harp makers are a very special group of craftsmen. The oldest harp maker [...]

Harpists Need a Teacher

Tami Briggs2022-04-12T11:47:58-05:00April 12th, 2022|

If you regularly read this blog, you know I offer therapeutic harp [...]

Harpists’ Performance Anxiety

Tami Briggs2022-03-29T11:04:38-05:00March 29th, 2022|

Many harpists (and musicians) have performance anxiety or stage fright. In fact, [...]

Well-Being and the Harp – Part III

Mental well-being for harpists is an important component of our overall health. To begin, a quick question to ponder … [...]

Well-Being and the Harp – Part II

Our emotions are the next area of well-being that we want to “discuss” as it relates to the harp. We [...]

Well-Being and the Harp – Part I

Let us explain! The four areas of well-being are physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. In the next four blog posts, [...]

Research on the Harp

We recently received a new up-dated list of many harp research studies that have been completed. As we reviewed the [...]

Speaking again for your group/organization?!

In the past blog posts, I mentioned the Virtual Harp Summit that I “attended,” including utilizing some of this information [...]

Regional International Harp Therapy Conference

Last month, we mentioned Virtual Harp Summits (VHS) 1 and 2. In a few days, I have the honor to present [...]

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

Holger Kalweit

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

Barbara Marx Hubbard

“…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

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

Hal A. Lingerman

“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

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

Charles Kingsley

“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

“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

“Music has been called the speech of angels.”

“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 an art that expresses the inexpressible.”

Charles Munch

“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 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 is the soundtrack of your life.”

Dick Clark

“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

“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

“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