news

March 2008

Cindy Kleinstuber Blevins publishes her newest collection of wonderful music for all harps, Feast of Favorites, Vol. 1. (view music sample). Price: $28.95 plus tax and shipping. Call our office at 215-752-7599 to order copies.

February 2008

We have just published the long-awaited Supplement to Edie Elkan's Everything You Ever Wanted to Know book, the text we use for all of our classes. Over 120 pages of technical exercises, arpeggio runs, etudes, chord charts, rhythm riddlers, this Supplement also contains over 30 light classical lead sheets in the key of C. Melodies include: Caro Mio Ben, Cielito Lindo, The Great Gate of Kiev, The Happy Farmer, Harmonious Blacksmith, La Cumparsita and many more delights. Cost: $25.95 plus tax and shipping. Please call 215-752-7599 to place your order.

December 2007

We have raised enough funds within our group to send Jan Koczera off to Iraq with a brand new beautiful Marie therapy harp and a Colorado molded flight case.

We produced our first CD, "Holidays Live! at the Bedside", featuring the music of our grads and interns, as well as of Edie and Leslie. This CD is available for $13.95 by telephone order (215-752-7599).

Our first harp circle presentation at Abington Memorial Hospital is at 3PM on December 10th in the Lenfest cafeteria.

Edie Elkan achieved her Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) degree from Thomas Edison State College in Trenton, NJ. Her Capstone project, "The Edie Elkan Method of Learning Folk Harp as an Instrument of Healing," drew much praise from her two musician advisors as well as the academic review board that granted their formal acceptance of her project.

We released our "Oodles of Noodles" 4-CD set, the audio of a live workshop on noodling presented by Edie in November 2006. This CD set is available for $49.50 by telephone order (215-752-7599).

October 2007

Cindy Kleinstuber Blevins came out with her Fake Book 1 and her "Perceptions" book of 14 original pieces written in modes and exotic scales, both of which we will be using as materials for all of our Certification students. Price for Perceptions: $26.95 plus tax and shipping. Please call 215-752-7599 to place your order.(view music sample).

September 2007

Edie Elkan published her thesis, "The Edie Elkan Method of Teaching Folk Harp as an Instrument of Healing" upon which our teacher training and certification program is based.

Cindy Kleinstuber Blevins created her Bedside Lap Harp Compendium for our use in our Instructional Programs. Price: $52 plus tax and shipping. Please call 215-752-7599 to place your order. (view music sample1 and sample2).

April 2007

New Instructional classes will be beginning at Abington Memorial Hospital on April 18, 2007. There will be a free Information Session on April 12, 2007 at Abington Memorial Hospital from 5:30 to 7:00pm. Please call 215-752-7599 if you are interested in attending.

March 2007

We are thrilled to announce that as of March 1st, Abington Memorial Hospital, in Abington, PA will become our fifth host hospital - our first in Pennsylvania!! Watch for more details to follow.

January 2007

Bedside Harp and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton and at Rahway have just completed the clinical portion of a groundbreaking study which looks at whether a daily dose of harp therapy and/or remote intercessory prayer will shorten hospital stays of patients admitted with the primary diagnosis of either congestive heart failure or pneumonia. Look for our results in the coming months.

Edie Elkan has now put the finishing touches on a teacher training and certification program. These unique programs will train teachers how to teach instructional folk harp as a form of self-therapy -- using techniques which promote the freeing of one's self, increasing self esteem, and empowering the student. Stay tuned for exciting details to follow!