Harp in Middle School
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nafmeadminOne of my 5th grade trombone players has also been taking harp lessons with a local teacher, and is really passionate about it. She’s really interested in dropping trombone and instead playing harp in one of our middle school ensembles next year, but I have very little knowledge of the instrument – that was one we didn’t cover in my music education program!! She and her family understand I won’t be able to help her as much in school on harp as I was able to do with trombone, but she still wants the experience of playing with the group on an instrument she loves. How can I plug her in? Can she read piano or violin parts in the orchestra? Or flute parts in the band? What are the friendly keys that a relative beginner is used to playing on harp? I’m not expecting to find any grade 2-3 literature with harp parts, but it seems like there must be a way to make it work! Thanks for any help or experience you may be able to share!
Christopher M. Johnson, Professor of Music Education and Music Therapy, is currently the Chair of the Music Education and Music Therapy Department and Director of the Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas. Johnson earned his Ph.D. from the Florida State University.
Since his arrival at The University of Kansas, Johnson has taught courses in Instrumental Conducting, Teaching Instrumental Music, Managing Behaviors in the Music Environment, Psychology and Acoustics of Music, and Research Methods in Music Education and Music Therapy. Johnson served two terms as the editor of the International Journal of Music Education: Research, the research publication of the International Society for Music Education. He is currently serving his second term on the National Association for Music Educations Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. He also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Research in Music Education, and one earlier term as the Chair for the MENC Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. Johnson also served as the Chair for the Research Commission of the International Society for Music Education.
Johnson’s research interests include applied research in music education, and basic research in all aspects of the psychology of music. He has published articles in many journals including the Journal of Research in Music Education, the International Journal of Music Education, the Journal of Music Therapy, Journal of Band Research, Contributions to Music Education, and the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, among others. Johnson has also been an active member and contributor to the Research Seminar of the International Society for Music Education and World Alliance for Arts Education.
Johnson received a university teaching award – the Ned N. Fleming Award for Excellence in Teaching and received the recognition for Graduate Teaching Achievement from the Center for Teaching Excellence. Johnson was also awarded a lecturing & research award as a J. William Fulbright Scholar and recently received the Ella Scoble Opperman Citation for Distinguished Achievement from the Florida State University College of Music.
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