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A Week in the Life of a Professional Harpist (2022)
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- čas přidán 19. 08. 2024
- I didn't know what self-employed harpists did all day until I became one, just about 10 years ago. I thought it would be fun to put together a vlog on the topic.
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What Does a Free-lance Harpist Do All Day? blog post: www.stephaniec...
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MUSIC
Best Day of My Life by American Authors:
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Romance Without Words by Félix Godefroid, arranged by Susann McDonald
Sonata for Harp, Mvmt III by Germaine Tailleferre
Beautiful Things by Gungor:
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The Water Is Wide, Traditional Scottish:
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Excerpts from the St. Cecilia Mass by Charles Gounod
Meryton Townhall, from 2005 Pride and Prejudice
The Old Favorite, traditional Irish, arranged by Stephanie Claussen
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Excerpts from the score to "The Kid" by Philip Shorey
PLANNER
The Creative's Almanac 2022, from The Inspired Foundry: theinspiredfou...
HARPS
I own an 85 CG Lyon and Healy pedal harp and a 33-string Musicmakers Jolie harp, among others.
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This is my favorite day-in-the-life video I have ever seen. The video is so well put-together. I love how down-to-earth you are, and it's great that you also say "supper" like we do here in the distant land of Iowa :D
Haha - thanks! 😊
Great video! I really liked your 80/20 approach, that’s definitely a good way to reframe expectations for days on/off 😄
Thanks! 80/20 has definitely helped me (for the most part) maintain my equilibrium when it comes to weekdays vs weekends as a musician. I can't take credit for it, but unfortunately I don't remember where I first heard that concept.
A wonderful idea to share moments of your life :)
As a hobby harpist, I always kinda wondered, how a professional harpists routine may look like, so thank you for sharing this moments with the world :)
Yay! Glad you liked it. I sometimes have a hard time conveying what my schedule looks like to other people (or even comprehending it myself), so I figured this would help everyone. 😁
Please, we need more of thease!💕
Eye opening to see all of the details involved with being a harpist, teacher, and musician. Thank you😁
Thanks for watching!
Sei adorabile..mi piace tanto come sei..semplice,dolce,decisa,preparata e sempre sorridente❤
Love the 80/20, 20/80. I also work full-time on my own and this is a great approach.
I really wish I could remember who first introduced that idea to me. It was in an article or podcast about ten years ago though, so it's doubtful I'll ever find out now.
I'm a harpist who is struggling to make a full time living with the instrument. It's encouraging to see where there are similarities in my schedule to yours and where I can improve. 😊
I also love seeing how other harpists/musicians formulate their schedules. Of course everyone's will be different, but it's still interesting! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
That was so insightful - you are a very busy harpist! Thanks for sharing - it was fun to watch!
So glad you liked it! I do try to keep busy. But I like that most of the things I do are time-flexible. Except practicing for gigs - I've learned the hard way that that has to be spaced out over time rather than concentrated all at the last moment.
An interesting 'backstage' glimpse!😲 I truly admire your sense of discipline, Stephanie.🤗Besides that, there are other things, which caught my eye: Love that vase with the beautiful roses, all your mugs (they lend such a feeling of cozyness...☺), laughed about you saying you feel 'like Galadriel when you're pouring your coffee' and That strudel... oh, my !... (to die for, it looks so yummy.) P.S.: I'm curious about the film you are playing for!
I suppose some of it is discipline, but one of the benefits of being self-employed is that most things don't need to be completed on a certain day. Since I have a lot of choices as to what to do on any give day, I just choose the one that sounds the most fun at the moment. 😁 I think the aspect of my life that takes the most discipline is answering my emails! Those can be a struggle sometimes. So glad you enjoyed the flowers - they were a gift from some dear friends and they lasted for weeks and weeks. And that film was such a fun project! It was Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid." Philip Shorey is a local composer who got permission to write a new score. We performed it a few weeks ago at an old silent-film theater in Minneapolis!
@@StephanieClaussen In my childhood, while my mother was preparing breakfast on sunday mornings, my siblings and I used to sit with our father to watch a special TV program with a serie of such old silent movies, and Chaplin's were our absolute favourites. I wish I were there in Minneapolis to watch you all performing the new score! 🤗
@@ceciliagincho6806 Oh, that sounds fabulous! I had never watched a Chaplin film until I became part of this project. There is a chance we might perform it in Europe/Germany someday (I don't know what cities, etc.). If that ever happens, I will let you know.
@@StephanieClaussen Oh, these are wonderful news!!! Wow. That is something to look forward with glee. And, yes, do let me know if the project comes to Germany (Perhaps even in Munich! Here is a great cultural center - or at least was before the lockdowns...) As for Chaplin's films.. . they are always a good laugh, and at the same time... so heartfelt. What can I say,?... The man was a genius in his 'métier'!😉
So much fun going along on your typical week. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching - I realized afterwards that there are a lot of things I didn't even touch on, but I can always do another one next year if I feel like it!
Oh wow! I can’t even imagine getting that pedal harp up there! Ha! I sort of feel guilty for ever emailing you, with your busy schedule. I know you don’t want us to feel that way. I do appreciate how quickly you get back to me. And I never expect you to respond on weekends. I’m sure the temptation is there to keep up on email so it doesn’t pile up. Hopefully you just glance looking for the gigs and not all your student emails! 😀 you have a beautiful home, and wow, so many harps. I counted 6 but maybe you have more.
Don't ever feel guilty! I'm happy to be a resource for my students; it's part of being a harp teacher. For emails, it was a great relief when I discovered the starring systems, so that I can look through things and just star everything that needs a response. It helps things not get lost. And you are almost right - I have 7 harps (so many)!
Thanks for making such a fun video to watch, and for sharing your life and your music with us! You are definitely one of my "harp heroes"!
Aww, thanks Janet!
Thank you for sharing this. Very beautiful and inspirational!
This is a fun little insight into your life. Thanks for sharing it with us.
It was fun to make. My kitchen counters were way cleaner than usual for many days, because I didn't want all my dirty dishes in the video!
Thanks! Agreed performing is easier than recording, have been lax on this best method of practice, an audience can just enjoy but it is harder when you know every note of the music. Nice job, fun to watch. The Water is wide a favorite of mine to sing & play. I do it in G also and am adding that Am at measure 28, a nice touch. I have been going straight to D. Keep smiling. Did wonder, especially with moving the harp that somewhere in there is tuning time. :-)
Yes, with recordings I get SO stuck in the details, especially because I know all the mistakes will jump out at me every time I listen back to that particular video, or track. Glad you liked the Am in Water is Wide - I like to sneak lots of minor chords in anywhere they will fit!
Really very nice to watch and yet, I'm not a fan of this kind of video; it is therefore an exception! Brava!!!
That’s so nice to hear! Thanks for watching!
Fun to watch!! Except the snowy steps - yikes!!
I was just happy it didn't snow that morning - I would have had to shovel before leaving for rehearsal and that gets to be a very early morning...
Hi Stephanie! I really enjoyed this glimpse into your life. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day!
Thanks Luke! Always fun to see your name pop up.
This was delightful! Thank you for sharing about your daily life, and as always it was beautiful music. 😍
Thanks Alli!
I also use MuseScore :) Hope you got good rest after all this! Your cooking looks really tasty!!
Thank you! This past week I had a week of no work on Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday (because of Presidents' Day). It was so luxurious. And I am such a Musescore fan - it does everything I need it to do!
Thanks for the video wonderful to see.
It was also reassuring to know its not just me who seems to play things fine and then as soon as the record button is clicked chaos the fingers become as stiff as a board and chaos ensues.
Yes! It happens every time!
@@StephanieClaussen I wish I understood the psychology of it all.
@@2dbuy Do you ever read The Bulletproof Musician? The blog has lots of interesting information related to that! I don't read it regularly but every so often I go in and read a whole bunch of articles.
@@StephanieClaussen No I haven't. Thank you I'll head over there and have a look.
Lovely video Stephanie! Your playing is so beautiful and always inspires me to play my harp :) I’m impressed you can get your harp out of the car by yourself :D
I wasn't sure for the longest time after I bought my pedal harp that I _could_ move it by myself, until I was hired for a gig up in North Dakota and realized I would need to figure out. Thankfully it's not too heavy, just unwieldy.
This is super cool and helpful! Do you think you could make a video on what exercises you do for your hands?
That's a great idea! I definitely will. (No promises on the time-frame though.)
Love the french press sweater haha
Ha, thanks! I use Musescore. Love it!
Love this! I often think about working toward "going pro" at some (later) point. How did you decide that harp was what you wanted to do full-time?
I actually didn't want to be a professional because I liked playing harp and never wanted to feel like it was "work." But when I was considering and praying about what I wanted to study in college, it became pretty clear that I enjoyed harp more than anything else and I felt like God wanted me to do that. It really has worked out well. 😁 (Also my parents were self-employed, so I had some precedent for choosing this type of career.)
You have a beautiful life. You have a lot of work in your daily life....how do you work out vacations?
I take two weeks of vacation a year for sure, scheduled when work is slow, plus various holidays and additional time if I need it. (Being one's own boss has its perks!) As I mentioned in a video, Thursdays are my day off when I have a gig on Saturday or Sunday (or both) so I usually have one day off every week. But every so often I have no days off in a week, and every so often I have three days off in a week - it just depends. :)
@@StephanieClaussen Thank you for sharing. I am considering expanding my career options in the future and get into harp therapy. It seems the key to success is being organized and flexible enough for new opportunities or rest. I appreciate this very much. Have a wonderful day.😊 🙏
How do you make your bread and butter by recording the harp? I have a studio set up with a harp and really love recording but not sure yet how I can profit from this, or just doing it for the love of the hobby.
Recording and CZcams play a fairly small roll; most of my income comes from live performances and teaching!
Do you di solo live performances or is it orchestral?
@@3762302 Both; I do more solo than orchestral actually. (Though I suppose this video happened to include a lot of orchestral stuff.)
@@StephanieClaussen Ah I see interesting, yea orchestral performances wont be an option for me, but definitely solo, now with things opening again and getting back to normal, so what type of solo performances do you do?
@@3762302 It varies a lot depending on the year and the season: weddings, solo concerts, coffee-shop gigs, nursing homes, busking on the streets downtown, live CZcams concerts, church performances, background music at all sorts of events and parties, festivals, schools, etc. It's one of the nice things about being a performing harpist: every week looks different.