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Who would have thought there would be such interest? I'll reiterate that I scanned an article from a harp journal subtitled "your complete guide to college-level harp study". I'm finding it very helpful. It lists colleges with instructors, how many harps they have, whether it is an option for non-music majors, etc. I'm happy to e-mail a PDF of the article to anyone who is interested.
We recently visited Carnegie-Mellon and my D talked to the harp teacher by phone. They have two harps available on campus. The harp teacher also teaches at other schools in Pittsburgh.
dsultemeier - thanks much! Nice to see this thread resurrected. We're visiting 3 schools in the NE in July. All have harp instructors but I haven't had any luck finding out if they have harps. This is not an issue the admissions coordinators are used to dealing with, and I guess it's hard to find the right person during the summer.
Maybe you can snoop around in the music rooms and closets looking for the harp. Sounds like you need something like a metal detector that finds harps. Good luck and I hope you enjoy your visits.
I have seen one or two harps in the practice rooms at Bryn Mawr College. Your D would have to take lessons with an off-campus instructor though (some instructors come to campus), and she could apply for a subsidy for the lessons.
ChiSquare, talk directly to the music department. Not the kid that answers the phone, but the chair of strings, harp faculty, a department head, orchestra director, music admit admissions officer if they have one. You'll get ani nformed answer. Email works as well. There's normally a list of faculty/administrative titles and email addies somewhere on the music dept/school website.
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