Spring 2027

Advanced Harp

Advanced individual harp instruction for majors focusing on technique, repertoire interpretation, and performance skills.

offering recorded2–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Johanna Wienholts3.9/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify and strategically address technical issues related to hand and body positioning.

  • Apply technique to achieve evenness, warm tone, rhythmic integrity, facility and clean playing.

  • Interpret and execute accurate fingerings, pedaling, muffling, extended techniques, articulation and dynamic scope.

  • Indicate contextual understanding of repertoire studied, including composer background, historical context, and music theory.

  • Employ a variety of practice techniques to improve creative problem solving.

  • Mitigate performance anxiety using breath, positive self-talk, mock performances, mindfulness, visualization and thorough preparation.

  • Demonstrate wide ranges of character, atmosphere, and musical phrasing that produce sound appropriate for the emotional content of the music.

  • Curate recital programs that reflect student goals and interests.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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MUS PERF 439

  • MUS PERF 439
MUSPERF 439 used by

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Raw average: 4.80/5 from 5 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JOHANNA WIENHOLTS is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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IND 177Classroom Instruction0 / 60

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Harp technique: hand and body positioning, evenness, tone, and rhythmic integrity.
  • Repertoire interpretation: fingerings, pedaling, extended techniques, and historical context.
  • Performance preparation: managing anxiety and curating recital programs.

Skills

  • Harp technique including hand/body positioning, evenness, tone, and rhythmic integrity.
  • Interpreting and executing harp repertoire with fingerings, pedaling, dynamics, and musical phrasing.
  • Managing performance anxiety and curating recital programs.

Grades

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MUSPERF 439 · Spring 2027

Advanced Harp

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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