Cymber
Harp Meditations by Cymber Lily Quinn
Classes & Coaching, Lessons, YouTubes
Choosing a harp for the first time involves a lot of information and decisions. I’ll walk you through the various considerations you’ll want to think about as you choose your first harp.
Ultimately, choosing a harp is more like choosing a magic wand. You’ll know it when you play it and put your hands on the strings.
Radio Shows, Seasons of the Soul CD
I was fortunate to be included on an episode of National Public Radio’s “Hearts of Space”. The show focused on the “chordophone” family of instruments:
Let’s consider, gentle listener, the “chordophone” family of musical instruments. It’s a large, diverse brood including almost anything with stretched strings: zithers, lyres, harps, lutes, guitars, the violin family, hundreds of ethnic string instruments like the Japanese koto and the African kora, and not least keyed zithers like the harpsichord and the piano.
Chordophones can be plucked, strummed, bowed, keyed, or struck. Looking back in time, zithers, lyres and harps were the foundational instruments of the chordophone family. They were used in antiquity to accompany recitations and promote healing. On this transmission of Hearts of Space, we ride the soft strings of the harp and zither to a place close to silence, on a program called CHORDOPHONICS.
You can listen the show in its entirety here > https://www.hos.com/#program/1016
Harp Concerts, Hawaii, Music, Performances & Events
Cymber Lily Quinn first moved to the Hilo area in 2004, and first met the Queen’s music through Keola Beamer’s lovely interpretation of “Sanoe.” Cymber quickly fell in love with slack key music and a deeper affair with modern Hawaiian music in general.
At a visit to Queen Emma’s Summer Palace on O’ahu, Cymber found The Queen’s Songbook, the music of Queen Lilu’okalani, and began studying the stories and structures behind her songs. From the beginning, Cymber felt a deep but mysterious familiarity in the Queen’s music. “How could a culture so different produce music that felt so homey?” she wondered.
By tracing the lineage of the Queen’s influences, Cymber realized that the music had come from American missionaries and other church influences from the East Coast. That church music had in turn traveled hundreds of years before from England and Europe, where Cymber’s ancestors had immigrated from in 1638. The folk music of Cymber’s ancient Welsh ancestors had started traveling to America in the guise of church music 400 years ago. The music traveled again to meet Queen Lili’uokalani, who took to it like a fish to water…
ACT 1: THE QUEEN’S MUSIC
Musical Humo(u)r
When it’s not possible to get everyone to the concert hall, sometimes it’s better to take the concert hall to the people. Music heals. 🙂
Blog, Corporate Programs & Events, Harp Concerts, Hawaii, Music
Due to the hurricane activity, this Friday’s event (Aug. 24) for the Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce has been postponed until next week: Aug. 31
If you own or work for a Hawaii Island business and are not yet a member of the Chamber, please contact me. I’d love to share why I decided to join and work on the Membership Committee.
What: Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce New Member Orientation
When: August 31, 2018, 11:30
Where: Call for location
I hope to see you there, stay safe.
