Monica Schley is Seattle’s most versatile harpist. She has performed with Secret Chiefs 3, Butch Morris, Evan Flory-Barnes, Jherek Bischoff, Eyvand Kang, Masada, Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis, Jim Knapp, Hey Marsailles, Ahamefule J. Oluo, and many other artists.
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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.
Harp Lessons and Music Media
As a teacher, she has a home studio and teaches at Dusty Strings Music, in Seattle. Monica has an informative and entertaining YouTube channel, and has published sheet music with Mel Bay, “Songs of Hildegard von Bingen for Harp“.
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In Concert
Tues, Oct. 27
Nat’l Assoc. of Catering & Events Tacoma
Muse’s Ball
at Temple Theater
47 St Helens Ave, Tacoma, WA 98402
6:00-7:00pm
Wed, Dec. 2
Holiday Harp in the Lobby
at St. Clare Hospital
11315 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA
Time TBA
Mon, Dec. 7
Holiday Harp in the Lobby
at St. Clare Hospital
11315 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA
Time TBA
Wed, Dec. 16
Holiday Harp in the Lobby
at St. Clare Hospital
11315 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA
Time TBA
Mon, Dec. 21
Holiday Harp in the Lobby
at St. Clare Hospital
11315 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA
Time TBA
Harp Blog
September 26, 2025
We still hear Hildegard von Bingen’s music being played a millennium after her living on Earth. Most often, you can find her songs as the vocal motets she originally wrote them, meaning vocally. I wanted to play more of her songs, but I was surprised that sheet music for Hildegard’s music was not easy to Read more…
April 30, 2026
Once, I was booked for a wedding that led to love at a crossroads. Back then, I lived in an easy-to-get-to Seattle neighborhood. I had a home studio that I used for teaching harp lessons at the back of my house, and I also had wedding couples visit me there for in-person consultations, which was Read more…
March 31, 2026
My first wedding gig on the harp lead me to learn two of the most traditionally popular pieces of wedding music of all time. Lapiz lazuli was the color of the sky of the stained glass window next to me in the church. When I was 17 years old, I had been playing the harp Read more…
