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The Versatile Harp

Besides being an elegant and romantic choice for weddings, the harp is a versatile instrument that conveys and supports a wide variety of emotions. It definitely enhances those life moments we celebrate:

• Bridal and baby showers
• Christenings, birthdays, graduations
• Engagement parties, anniversaries
• Family gatherings and dinners
• Teas, garden parties, cocktail parties
• Grand openings, fund raisers
• Client receptions, company parties, corporate functions
• Networking events

Roxanne’s Healing Harps

Music is a powerful, therapeutic tool because it is a universal language that crosses cultural lines, taps into body rhythms, generates immediate responses, and is used in rituals from birth to death. Music can organize the brain in a way that the chaos of normal life cannot in its interaction with the emotional and memory regions of the brain.

The harp is gaining popularity as the instrument of choice for therapeutic work. It has one of the most fluid and lyrical sounds of any instrument and subtly fills a room. Since healing includes de-stressing the human body and mind and elevating and inspiring the human spirit, the harp effectively and beautifully meets this challenge.

Besides merriment, ancient and current uses of the harp include soothing, healing, enhancing slumber, and helping with grieving. Roxeanne Ziegler is a certified music practitioner through the Music for Healing and Transition Program and has completed training through the International Harp Therapy Program.
 
Roxanne regularly plays at the Lipson Cancer Center of Rochester General Hospital, Clifton Springs Hospital, and the Lifetime Care Hospice at St. Mary’s Hospital. Roxanne has also been invited by the Jewish Home of Rochester to give several series of sessions to residents. She was interviewed about the healing music of harps in this article from the Democrat and Chronicle.
 

The Gift of Healing Music

Family or friends of hospital patients, nursing home residents, and hospice patients often wish to do something special for them but find it difficult to decide on something meaningful. A unique gift of appropriate, soothing, healing music played by a talented, experienced, caring musician brings comfort to everyone who hears it.
 
The gift of therapeutic music to those in hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, or at home gives comfort to the afflicted, the caregivers, and to family and friends. The warm tones are soothing and healing and can bring comfort at wakes, funerals and memorial services.
 

The Gift of Learning Music

Roxanne’s devotion as a harp teacher brings her passion for this instrument full circle as she teaches both adults and the next generation to appreciate and play music in the word of harps. In her private studio she uses both Suzuki and traditional methods to engage each student.

Roxanne has rental harps available for beginning students. As the local representative for the Lyon and Healy Harp Company, she can assist in the purchase of a new instrument.
 

Harp Presentations and Demonstrations

Roxanne has provided numerous presentations and demonstrations of harps and the music they create. These can be tailored to meet the needs of any organization.
     

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