Midwest Harp Festival

OUR FEES REMAIN THE SAME AS LAST YEAR!

(Fees listed below)

Featuring our four outstanding clinicians back by popular demand!

Mary Bircher

Jan Jennings

Elizabeth Richter

Faye Seeman

The 2010 Main Registration Form is  be available here in a PDF format.  The registration form requires the free Acrobat Reader software.  If you do not have Acrobat Reader, download and install it here. 

The Solo Competition form available here.

There is a fee for all daytime presentations and workshops when you are not signed up for the whole week.  Please call director, Lorelei Barton, at 918-832-0934.

ALL 4 Concerts and Recitals are free.  Donations will be accepted at each concert.

This festival is open to students and harpists of all ages. Children (with accompanied parent), youth, teens, adults are all invited to join us for this non-competitive week. The main emphasis is camaraderie, ensemble, New! chamber music with solo performance opportunities, a master class, private coaching, harp maintenance,  Pizza/Swim Night as an ice breaker, and 3-day progressive workshops taught by our outstanding clinicians.  

Afternoon Chamber Rehearsing and Private Practice

For Intermediate/Advanced Adults Only  who sing or play other instruments

Instead of attending the workshops, you may work independently with each other or alone preparing chamber music for an informal performance on Friday afternoon.  We will help you find the perfect chamber pieces to play.

The day and evening activities

Include an Opening Concert performed by the clinicians, Solo Competition Winner’s recital, Student Chamber Music Recital, a  Celtic Music with harp concert, an informal recital by workshop students, and the Ensembles Concert..

harp Rental

For students traveling more than 800 miles (one day's travel away), we have a small amount of rental harps .

Festival Store 

We will again have our popular harp music and accessories store with merchandise from Melody's Music, Vanderbilt, and Lyon & Healy West.

Housing

No frills, affordable campus housing is available or you can stay in the Hilton Tulsa Southern Hills for special festival rates.

Rates

The Basic Rate for the whole week's activities (includes all day rehearsals and workshops, lunch, Pizza Swim, Opening Concert, Banquet) is $475. Not included is Solo Competition participation (see Solo Competition page), extra Banquet Tickets ($35), Store Merchandise, and Harp Rental ($75/lever and $150.00/pedal). A limited amount of 45 minute private lessons are available from the clinicians at $50 each.  There is no fee for performing in the Master Class.

Harp Regulations and Servicing
Our resident harp technician is Peter Wiley, formerly of Lyon & Healy.  Peter is a member of the Lyon & Healy/Salvi Technician’s Guild. For more information you can visit his web site www.harpdoc.com. 

 Description                                                                      Fees and Deposits

Teachers of attending students are permitted to attend as observers at no charge.  this excludes any expenses such as meals and housing or any other out-of-pocket expenses. 

The below fees do not include housing.  See Housing page.

Full time Registrant                                                      $475.00          $150.00

Early Bird Fee                                                                $450.00          $150.00

Morning Ensemble Rehearsals Only                           $250.00          $150.00

Attending Parent Chaperone                                       $195.00           $50.00

Late Full Registration - Add                                         $50.00

(After June 7)

VERY Full Late Registration - Add another              $50.00

(After July 10)

Full Registration Discount for

Multiple Family Members                                           $50.00 each

Those students registering for the College and Career Bound Program will be registering for the whole week.  There is no "Morning Only" option.

Afternoons Only

A la carte 2 - day participation                                   $90

One day observer                                                         $50

Master Class Performer                                               Free for registrants

Private Lesson (45 minutes)                                       $50.00

Solo Competition    (Fee varies by classification – see Solo Competition Page)

(Registration and Fee Due June 7)

 Pedal Harp Rental                                                        $150.00            $50

 Lever Harp Rental                                                       $ 75.00              $25

Miscellaneous items are explained on the registration page

A discount of $25.00 will be given for Early Bird Registrations postmarked by April 30 ($450.00). Late fees apply after June 7.

All deposits are non-refundable.  Cancellations within 30 days of the festival registration (July 18) will result in the full total of the registration fees due, even if they have not yet been paid in full.  Final payments are due at registration. 

Financial Aid is available upon request on an as-needed basis. Multiple family member discounts for full-time registrants are available at  a $50 discount per extra family member.
 
For more information, contact the director Lorelei Barton:
email: harpfestival@sbcglobal.net
phone: (918) 832-0934