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Areas of StudyHarpWith 25 majors, the IU Department of Harp is the largest in the world. The department has a sizeable contingent of international students, who represent the finest playing from many countries. In addition to majors, there are many non-majors studying harp and a large pre-college program, so that graduate students have ample opportunity for teaching experience. The department offers students a comprehensive education in harp, including solo playing, ensemble playing, orchestral repertoire, opera, band, ballet, harp ensembles, and new music performances, as well as a strong emphasis on harp pedagogy. The program prepares each student for all aspects of a career as a professional harpist. In addition to their private lessons, students attend a weekly harp master class as well as a class in orchestral repertoire performance. The department sponsors a harp concerto competition every other year, and the winner plays a solo with one of the School of Music orchestras. Among the program's students and graduates are winners of numerous international prizes, including the French International Harp Contest, the Japanese International Harp Contest, the American Harp Society's National first prize, and the USA International Harp Competition, which is held at Indiana University every three years and draws most members of the international harp community to Bloomington. Graduates of the IU harp program hold key performing and teaching positions in the United States and abroad. Elizabeth Hainen, for example, who earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from IU, is principal harpist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and a music faculty member at the Curtis Institute. She has returned to IU for master classes with students. Degrees OfferedBachelor of Music Performance OpportunitiesChamber Orchestra |
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