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Ep 8: Too Early to Start Playing Christmas Music?

Ep 8: Too Early to Start Playing Christmas Music?

Update: 2025-09-26
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Heather offers a friendly nudge for adult harpists who love the holidays: it’s not “too early” to prepare festive music. Drawing on her own experience (and her love of Christmas tunes), she explains how to plan ahead so you feel confident, comfortable, and ready to share seasonal pieces when the time comes.


In this episode:

- When to start preparing Christmas/holiday repertoire (hint: earlier than you think)

- How to plan a realistic timeline if you want more than one piece ready

- Why familiar tunes deserve extra polish so they sound their best

- A simple year-round approach: begin with less seasonal pieces, add the classics later

- An invite to our annual Christmas Collaboration and what to expect


PLUS A selection of advanced harp arrangements from the How To Harp membership (remember these are beginner & intermediate arrangements of every tune too!!):

- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

- In the Bleak Midwinter

- Winter Wonderland


Host: Heather Downie - Harpist, Principal Scottish Harp Tutor at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and founder of How To Harp


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Ep 8: Too Early to Start Playing Christmas Music?

Ep 8: Too Early to Start Playing Christmas Music?

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