Teachers Directory
Cameron Huster
Studio location: DeLand
Phone: 386-801-0791
E-mail: camzh@aol.com or chuster@stetson.edu
Website: cameronhuster.com
Type of harp: pedal or lever
Ages/levels taught: any
Education: B.M. harp performance, Florida State University; M.M. harp performance, Mannes College,The New School for Music, New York City, D.M.A. in progress, Peabody Institute.
Additional biographic information: Adjunct harp professor at Stetson University, teaches through the Stetson University Community School for the Arts, as well as privately in her home. Director of the DeLand Harp Camp; Member of the Volusia County Music Teachers Association.
Elizabeth Gerberding
Studio Location: Clermont, FL
Phone: 407-968-9822
E-mail: egharpist@hotmail.com
Website: www.egharpist.com / www.7pedalsrecords.com
Type of harp: Lever and pedal
Ages/ Level taught: Ages 6+, beginner, intermediate, and advanced
Education and qualifications: Bachelor of Music in Harp from Webster University in St. Louis, Mo.
Specialties: Self-published beginner harp music books. Harp solo arrangements of popular songs. Recording artist and performer with over 19 years experience.
Additional bio: Harpist for Walt Disney World, performing full time at Victoria & Albert’s as well as with the Disney World Orchestra.
Jan Jennings
Studio location: West Orlando
Phone: 407-905-2501
Email: mail@harpbiz.com
Website: www.harpbiz.com
Type of harp: Lever and pedal
Ages/levels taught: Children to senior adults, beginner to advanced
Education and qualifications: 25+ years experience teaching harp; 47 years experience playing harp; 7 years private study of harp with Marie Mellman Naugle
Specialties: Classical, pop, arranging, improvisation, basic theory
Additional biographic information: First prize winner, Lyon & Healy International Pop & Jazz Harp Competition; frequent clinician at harp events throughout the USA and abroad; several students have been winners and finalists in local, national, and international competitions; published arranger for pedal and lever harp; author: The Harpist’s Complete Wedding Guidebook and Effortless Glissing.
Studio Location: Winter Springs, Fl.
Phone: 407-831-3582
Email: fromtheharp700@aol.com
Website: www.verloneason.com
Type of Harp: Lever or Pedal
Ages/Levels Taught: Age 5 to Adult
Education: B.A. Piano/Vocal Music Ed., University of South Florida; graduate of MHTP (Music for Healing and Transition Program), (CMP) Certified Music Practitioner, 2005
Specialities: Classical, Contemporary Christian, Pop, Jazz, Celtic. Workshop instructor on variety of subjects: Memorization, Playing from Lead Sheets, Theory, Performance Anxiety, etc.
Additional biographic information: Active private piano/voice instructor since 1974; Harp/Piano instructor in home studio as well as St. Andrews Music Conservatory; Harp Camp Director at St. Andrews Music Conservatory; Healing Artist Specialist for Orlando Health as a therapeutic harpist; Recording Artist with 3 CD’s; Entrepreneur with retail business of harp gifts, “Sweet Harps Designs by Verlon”
Vicki Garcia
Studio location: Clearwater, FL
Phone: 727-799-6792
Email: vickiharp@tampabay.rr.com
Type of harp: Lever and pedal
Ages/levels taught: Age 5 to adult
Education and qualifications: B.S. in Church Music, East Coast Bible College
Specialties: Classical, pop, celtic, jazz