After the success of the 2020 Christmas Harp Collaboration we have decided to do it again!

The collaboration is FREE and open to ALL HARPISTS - whatever your age and standard of playing.

The three songs featured this year are: -

Christ Child Lullaby (with special feature of Harp Scotland subscribers)
Away In A Manger
We Wish You A Merry Christmas

When you sign up you will gain access to the Christmas Harp Collaboration Course. Throughout September and October, a series of video tutorials and notated sheet music will guide you through the pieces. There will also be guidance on how to record yourself and submit your video, plus opportunities to attend live Zoom sessions.

For now, all you need to do is sign up and you will be emailed when content is added.

Watch Intro Video

Christmas Harp Collaboration 2020

166 harpists took part last year! Can we get more involved this year?!

Sign up now to take part in the 2021 collaboration

I love being able to do this collaboration and have it open to everyone.

If you would like to help out with the time I devote to the project, please consider making a donation.

Everyone will have access to all content regardless of donation.

Instructor

Heather Downie

Hi! I’m Heather and I play the harp!!

I’m an Online Teaching Specialist and the Principal Scottish Harp Tutor at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. I was a BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year Finalist, I’ve recorded albums and performed all over the world…..but I discovered early in my career that teaching is my passion. It brings me so much joy and fulfilment, and it is at the centre of my career as a musician. I love it so much!!

I want to help you become a better harpist, not simply teach you tunes. I want you to learn in new, exciting and successful ways. I want you to develop better technique and sound production so everything you play sounds fantastic. I want you to understand harmony so you feel confident about coming up with chords and arrangements. I want you to understand the context and history of the music you play so you can enjoy it on a deeper emotional level.

But most of all I want you to feel confident and happy in yourself and your harping. This is the the key. If you feel happy and positive about your harp journey you will play more and more…..and if you play more and more you will become the best harpist you can be!!

Does this sound like something you want too?? Well then, let me help you do it!!

Heather x

Qualifications -
First Class (Hons) BA in Scottish Music
from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Postgraduate Diploma (with distinction) in Scottish Music Performance from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
MEd Learning and Teaching in the Arts

Harp Scotland Subscriber Special Feature

In the final performance video of the Christmas Harp Collaboration 2021, Harp Scotland subscribers will have a special feature in Christ Child Lullaby.

Harp Scotland is a monthly subscription service for harpists with lesson videos, warm-up and technique videos, context videos and much more. You get an unbeatable amount of content for only £25 per month.

You even get a free one-on-one lesson with Heather when you sign up!

We are so confident you will love it that there is a 30-day money back guarantee if you are not 100% satisfied.

Please consider singing up. The Harp Scotland Christmas Collaboration subscriber content is live now!