Christina Tourin - Music, Sound and Harp - The Five Elements of Selecting and Individualizing Music For A Person

 
Christina Tourin is a second-generation harpist who began playing harp at the age of four. She received Music and Education degrees from the University of Vermont (B.S.) and also studied harp at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria and at McGill University in Montreal, Canada and holds a music therapy degree from Arizona State University. As an International recording artist, she performs extensively both for live audiences, radio and television. She served as harpist for the Vermont Symphony, New Haven Symphony, and off-Broadway theater productions. Christina performed at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont - the home of the Sound of Music original family - for 17 years. She taught public school music for 20 years and after training at the Steiner Institute, taught in Waldorf schools in both Vermont and England. She is an active workshop organizer and has been instrumental in the revival of the folk harp since the early 1970's. In 1982 she founded the Scottish Harp Society of America and currently is the director and founder of the International Harp Therapy Program affiliated with San Diego Hospice. In addition, she is the founder of the World Harp Orchestra. As author of books, especially notable, Harp Therapy - A Cradle of Sound, her other activities include teaching music, performing and composing music. Her artistry can be heard on 14 CD recordings which are available from PlayHarp.com and Amazon.com.