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Monica Schley is Seattle’s most versatile harpist. Classically-trained, she freelances in many styles: new music, chamber, improvisational, avant garde, jazz and rock. She leads a modern chamber jazz trio, The Daphnes, and has worked with Secret Chiefs 3, Butch Morris, Evan Flory-Barnes, Jherek Bischoff, Eyvand Kang, Masada, Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis, Jim Knapp, Hey Marsailles, Ahamefule J. Oluo, Kanye West and many other artists.

Monica is available for virtual events, private & corporate engagements, weddings, recording, live performance, funerals, and harp instruction. As a Certified Clinical Musician, she plays for hospitals and hospice. As a teacher, she has a home studio in Seattle a with Dusty Strings Music.

Wedding Harpist

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Hildegard von Bingen for Harp

The upcoming book, Songs of Hildegard von Bingen for Harp will be released by Mel Bay Publications later in 2024. This collection of sheet music includes fifteen of Hildegard’s song arranged for the harp. Regarded as a mystic, herbalist and healer, Hildegard von Bingen lived from 1098-1179. She was proficient in many areas, including composition, and also wrote several books about religion, art, politics, philosophy, and science. Find Songs of Hildegard von Bingen for Harp on YouTube! Sign up for newsletter updates here.

 

Concert Calendar

Sat, November 9 at Wine Shop Vashon
17205 Vashon Hwy SW A-1, Vashon, WA 98070
Playing with Some’tet.
6pm-8pm

Sat, November 30 at Vashon Is. Coffee Roasterie
19529 Vashon Hwy SW #6029, Vashon, WA 98070
Playing solo Songs of Hildegard von Bingen
11:30am-1:30pm

Harp Lessons

Private Lessons
Monica offers private harp lessons via Zoom and in-person (Seattle area only) by special request. Monica is comfortable with teaching youth as well of students of all backgrounds and ages. Her musical method draws from folk, classical, songwriting, theory, ensemble work, improvisation and pop music using a Salzedo-influenced method. She thinks that everyone’s learning process is a little bit unique, just like the harp. Learn more about taking harp lessons with Monica.

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Harp Blog

On Singing (to Children) at Home

October 9, 2024

My grandmother (my father’s mother) loved to sing while she cooked. Folk songs, church songs, musical theater numbers, whatever popular songs were on the radio at the time – that’s what she sang throughout the day as she did her daily housework. Because it was the 1980’s, I’d hear Linda Ronstadt and Barbara Streisand, Dolly Read more…

Playing Songs of Hildegard von Bingen in Modern Times

September 30, 2024

Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) was born in Germany during the Middle Ages, at a time when education and literacy were controlled by the Catholic Church. She was an abbess, visionary, prophetess, herbalist, philosopher, healer, writer, politician, poet, and composer. Despite her claim of lacking formal training in either the Latin language or music, Hildegard produced Read more…