Our Mission
Photo Credit: Marie Teemant
HarpSparks is a creative community for curious listeners, sonic explorers, and artists of all kinds. Through education days, exploration sessions, and harp-centered performances, we celebrate soundscapes that stretch our imagination and challenge our perceptions.
Our Vision
HarpSparks is a new creative initiative encompassing three elements: a biannual weekend festival, workshops, and virtual offerings. As the project evolves, we seek to build a curious community of listeners and artists pushing boundaries and dissolving the stereotypes that keep us all small.
In our 2024 inaugural season, we expanded our perception of the harp through works with electronics and voice, improvisation, and a rare performance of Freude for two amplified harps and voice by Karlheinz Stockhausen. In 2025, we present our first virtual retreat on the neuroscience of practicing with Dr. Molly Gebrian. Let’s embrace the unfamiliar and ask ourselves what more is possible!
Photo Credit: Curtis Perry
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Registration information will be available in March 2025!
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The 2025 virtual retreat is geared towards musicians looking to improve their practice methods and teachers seeking to improve their advice for students. However, anyone interested in the neuroscience of learning is welcome to join!
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Not really. It is a developing community of people who are curious about music and what more becomes possible when we boldly embrace the unfamiliar. Artists who come to this space may be classically-trained but seeking new dimensions of themselves. Other people may come out of sheer curiosity. No matter your background and training, you are welcome.