Visit here often (remember to refresh the site) for information
on our new on-line classes and a schedule for 2010.
Tentative Schedule for 2010
Teleconference Calls on the following dates:
September 14 - Americas
September 15 - Asia / Europe
October 19 - Americas
October 20 - Asia / Europe
November 16 - Americas
November 17 - Asia / Europe
December 14 - Americas
December 15 - Asia / Europe
January 11 - Americas
January 12 - Asia / Europe
February 15 - Americas
February 16 - Asia / Europe
March 15 - Americas
March 16 - Asia / Europe
April 5 - Americas
April 6 - Asia / Europe
May 12 - Americas
May 13 - Asia / Europe
Experiential Module - we plan to bring the program to the following places:
Japan (and other Asia countries) - March 2011
Brazil - April 21-27, 2011
Australia - tentative May 7-9, 2011 (Tentative)
Vancouver, Canada - end of July 2011 in conjunction with the World Harp Congress
San Diego, CA and East Coast - June 2011
Netherlands and possibly UK - August 2011
Recent class offerings
Other Program Graduates including Music Therapists
Immediately following the American Music Therapy Assoc. Conference in San Diego, CA Nov. 11-15, 2009, (www.musictherapy.org/conference) a special, week-long, training was available for Music Therapists. The International Harp Therapy Program (IHTP) covered subjects such as how to use the harp as a therapeutic tool: how to play the instrument; how to work with resonant tone; and how to work with individuals and groups utilizing a program that has built-in session plans.
IHTP training program and the Rainbow of Sound project is designed for use in cancer support centers, at-risk teens, rehab centers, schools, groups with special needs and individuals in hospital/hospice and other health related settings. It is taught by music therapists and other professionals in their field of expertise.
Graduates of other programs may take our Experiential Module to become certified to do interactive work with the harp. You will also learn how to identify Resonant Tone, implement it and how to work with groups of people, interactively.
MODULE 2- EUROPE took place August 9-16, 2009
Nijmegen, Netherlands
at de Poort - Groesbeek
Here is a picture of our IHTP family NL Class
Students came from Germany, Denmark, New Zealand, Australia, Belgium, Switzerland, USA, UK, Egypt and the Netherlands
MODULE 2- TOKYO, JAPAN
This was the class of 2008 in Tokyo. We will be offering the module again in 2011.
IHTP MODULE 2 - San Diego, CA, USA - November 15-21, 2009
San Diego, California and San Diego Hospice
INTERNATIONAL HARP THERAPY
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GATHERING CONFERENCE
took place on March 7-9, 2009
at the Crown Plaza Hanalei Hotel, San Diego CA
To read more about the conference, please go to our EVENTS page. Click HERE
The focus of our conference was: The WONDER of the Harp-Heart Connection.
Keynote Speakers: Don Campbell, Fionn Tulach, Barbara Crowe, Richard Mcquellon, Richard Groves, Amie Cami, Tomas Winn, Christina Tourin, Sue Raimond and more!
For info to get started on you Home Study portion of the program - Click Here
Creative Harp DVDs - 1/2 price sale on Videos while they last! SEE REQUIREMENTS BELOW for the program.
REQUIREMENTS to graduate from the Int'l Harp Therapy Program
Over the course of the year (or two if you take a more leisurely approach), you will be required to
complete the following:
1. Read and complete 15 book reports - 11 required - 4 of choice (You may begin this before enrolling)
2. Study the 10 Creative Harping DVD's that will take you on a journey of studying the modes, gaining
techniques, learning to improvise and play by ear and leading to the ability to modulate from
mode to mode - i.e. mood to mood while following the patient. (You may begin this study before
enrolling but be sure to ask about the evaluations that are necessary for progressing as a student
of the program. Each lesson submission should include one of the pieces on the DVD and then flow
into an improvisation utilizing at least 2 of the left hand patterns. The piece and the improvisation
should be played as if you were playing for someone who is transitioning. Contact the IHTP office
if you are interested in beginning this process.)
3. Two papers after the two modules (see list of topics that will be covered under course descriptions)
4. 80 hour Independent Study (can be done in your own locale - mentors set up by the IHTP)
5. Two portfolios (one for the IHTP office and one for your personal use) that will house your:
book reports, papers, evaluations of your DVD studies, your Independent Study proposal, journal
entries, mentor's evaluation, an exit recording of 33 tunes (3 tunes in each of 11 categories)
plus 6 songs selected to match and balance energies according to the elemental nature of music.
(You can being studying these pieces before enrolling. They are from the Illuminations Book and
you can access the list on the Reading List page of this site.)
6. A committment to attend the bi-annual IHTP conference for continuing education as put forth by
the NSBTM. These conferences will keep you informed of all the new developments in the field.
Your title upon graduation will be: CTHP - Certified Therapeutic Harp Practitioner. You will be certified under the auspices of the National Standards Board for Therapeutic Musicians.
Contact us if you are interested in attending these Modules and have questions
