
My love of the harp began when I started listening to my mother’s harp CDs as a young child. When I visited Orchestra Hall for the Kinder Konzert series in preschool, I was astounded by the harp’s elegance and beautiful sound, and it solidified my dream to learn to play the harp. While in kindergarten, I began taking harp lessons with Terry Gibson. Since I had no previous music-reading experience, she taught me to read music through the use of color. I began studying with Shari Rothman at the Minneapolis MacPhail Center for Music in 2012. I currently perform around the metro area at churches, nursing homes, and business events and am a member of the Arpeggio Harp Ensemble.
I have enjoyed composing music for the harp since I was six years old. In 2015, I entered the Minnesota Harp Society ARCH Awards and won an award for composing an original piece of music for harp.
One evening while I was sitting by my harp, the melody of Nocturne in G Major began to flow from my heart to the strings of my harp. Nocturne in G Major begins with a thoughtful theme and intensifies to a climax with more complex harmonies. It then recedes into a lighter, simpler section and returns to the peaceful theme, drifting into the calmness of night.
--Meridith Henke
PLAYING IT CLOSE TO HOME
Inver Hills Community College Black Box Theater
2500 80th St E, Inver Grove Heights, MN
$10 / free for students
Feb. 19-20, 7:30 p.m.
Feb 21, 2 p.m.
Studio Z: 275 East Fourth Street, Suite 200, St. Paul
$15 / $10 students & seniors
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