Harps at SAA Conference in Minneapolis

Delaine Fedson Leonard is a versatile performer and vibrant educator in Austin, TX, who is passionate about empowering young performers and teachers to find their artistic voices. For many years, Fedson Leonard work to raise the harp’s profile through service to the American Harp Society, Inc. She currently teaches at the University of Texas Butler School of Music, the Sarofim School of Fine Arts at Southwestern University, and the Stone Gate Suzuki Studio where she welcomes students of all ages and abilities. Among her many credentials are starting the first Suzuki Harp studio in Texas in 1985 and earning her Suzuki Teacher Trainer status in 2004. It is her passion to be a part of any student’s, or teacher’s, journey in sharing the harp, and its music, with the world.

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Elinor Niemisto is instructor of harp at Carleton College and recently retired from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. She is principal harpist and soloist with the Rochester Orchestra and the LaCrosse Symphony. Elinor maintains a studio of up to 40 students from age 4 to 70 and plays restful harp music to homebound and bedridden residents in the area. She has completed Suzuki harp teacher training Books 1–5, plus the SAA Practicum Unit in Harp, and has been teaching Suzuki harp since 1985. Elinor is active in her community as harpist for weddings, choirs, church and parties.

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