(click on Course descriptions for USA class info)
(Requirements to Graduate from IHTP are listed below)
MODULE 2- NORTH CAROLINA - 2008
Module 2 - October 2-9, 2008, Winston-Salem, NC
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MHTP and other Program Graduates including Music Therapists
Graduates of other programs may take our Module 2 program in any locale to become certified to do interactive work with the harp. Contact us for details.
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Module 2 followed by the Southeastern Harp Festival in Asheville, NC
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MODULE 1- SAN DIEGO 2009
March 1-6, 2009, San Diego Hospice
San Diego, California and San Diego Hospice
INTERNATIONAL HARP THERAPY
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GATHERING CONFERENCE
March 7-9, 2009, Crown Plaza Hanalei Hotel, San Diego CA
Keynote Speakers: Don Campbell, Fionn Tulach, Barbara Crowe,
Richard Mcquellon, Richard Groves, and more!
There will be updates for the National Standards at this conference and information on Rainbow of Sound groups for children's hospitals and Planetree hospitals. Plan to attend so you can get
background credit in order to attend a session with Fionn Tulach in the future. We plan to offer
a harper's trip to Ireland and Iona for an Anam Cara retreat with Fionn.
The focus of our next conference is: The WONDER of the harp-heart connection.
MODULE 2- EUROPE - July 26, August 1,2009 (tentative)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
MODULE 2- TOKYO, JAPAN - October, 2009
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 12 book reports - 7 required - 5 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
