Experimenting & Exploring - Elsa Klein's journey on playing harp - Brought to you by New World Whitianga - Coromind Issue 26, 2025

Most people picture a harp something like this: Gently falling arpeggios, graceful fingers, and nondescript angelic lullabies ... the kind of harp we see in the background of movies to signify affluence and luxury and relaxation. From the time I could walk, I wanted to play a harp like this. Oh, to be so serene, so refined. My ten-year-old self, clinging to princess daydreams, so desperately wanted to understand that mesmerising, other-worldly instrument.www.coromind.nz