So this short summary is necessarily simplified, but it is soundly based on these four mid-18th-century Essays. Links all these primary sources are in my Online Resources post. Quantz has 12 pages on ornamentation for beginners (starting from p77), Leopold Mozart 59 pages of detail (from p193), CPE Bach 68 pages (p51 onwards), and even Meyer’s harp Method has two pages of text and four pages of music examples (including lots of arpeggios, of course). And before anyone even starts to think of exceptions to the simple guidelines I offer, let me emphasise that this is only an Introduction. I hope this article will be useful for any student approaching high Baroque and early Classical music. She teaches at a number of schools, including Geelong Grammar and Geelong College, as well as privately.This is another post related to a series of classes I am teaching at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama on Early Music for Modern Harpists: see also Principles & Practice and Online Resources. The show toured nationally, uniting some of Australia and Ireland’s finest artists and musicians, including Paul Kelly, Leah Flanagan, Declan O'Rourke and John Spillane. Michelle enjoys blending teaching and performing. Exploring her Irish heritage, Michelle was invited to perform in Shane Howard's production Exile: Songs and Tales of Irish Australia, a tribute to the influence of Irish exiles on Australian life. In 2015, Michelle was awarded Face of the 2015 National Celtic Festival and travelled to Cape Breton to perform at Celtic Colours in partnership with Fèis Rois. Twice winner of the ‘Paddy O’Neill Award’, she has been involved in a number of bands touring the festival circuit, including the Port Fairy and the National Folk Festival. Michelle’s passion for Celtic music led to her to purchase a clàrsach (Scottish harp) and she enjoys collaborating with renowned traditional Scots singer Fiona Ross. She was selected to perform at the VCE Top Class Season of Excellence and ‘Top Acts’ concert at Hamer Hall.

Originally from the Bellarine Peninsula, she moved to Melbourne to study at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School. Michelle is a classical and folk harpist based in Melbourne.

Irish harp players