OUR NEW "Harp Essentials 20% Discount Program"

We are excited to announce our new "Harp Essentials 20% Discount Program."

Purchase any harp from the Sylvia Woods Harp Center and receive a 20% discount on any or all of the following "Harp Essentials." This program is valid from the time of your harp purchase, up until 7 days after you receive your harp.

* Extra strings (individual or a complete set)
* E-Z Adjust bench
* Adjustrite Musician's Chair
* Electronic tuners
* Clip-on tuning pickups
* Music stands
* Extra tuning keys
* Metronomes
* Space blanket (to protect your harp from the sun)
* Rubber rings for your levers and/or tuning pins
* Kart-A-Bag folk harp cart (not for Prelude, Troubadour, or pedal harps)

AND...

* All publications written by Sylvia Woods, including her books, sheet music, CDs, DVDs, videos and Quick Charts.

Order as often as you like during the program, but time is limited! This discount program could add up to hundreds of dollars in savings, just when you need it most: when you're buying your harp!

Contact us today to order your harp and take part in our 20% Harp Essentials discount.

This program offer does not apply to purchases made prior to May 1st, 2008.

KUSC, HARP- ON!

If you're driving around the Los Angeles area, don't be surprised if you're following a harp! KUSC, our local classical radio station, has an advertising campaign on our local Metro buses. The sides of the buses feature a trombone, trumpet, tympani, and a bass. The back of the bus is always a harp, with the tag line "Less Shock - More Bach."

Thanks to KUSC for sending us this photo!

Keep Earth Day alive by continuing to celebrate with us
the variety of creatures that inhabit our planet.
Save 10% on these harping "animals!"

Frog Harp Jewelry

Frog Wine Glass Charms

Forever in Love with Horses by Kathryn Cater

Gecko Tales
by Sylvia Woods

Adventures of a Harp Mouse by Diane Dunn

Dance of the Lambs Sheet Music
by Kim Robertson

Searching for Lambs Book
by Kim Robertson

Searching for Lambs
CD
by Kim Robertson

You spoke, we listened. Now YOU can listen even more!

As we announced in our last newsletter, we've added sound clips on
our website to many of the CDs we offer. Listening to audio samples can help in choosing from the myriad of wonderful recordings we have available to add to your music collection.

In this past month we've added an additional 500 sample clips! You can now listen to more than 1,500 audio clips from over 100 of the CDs on our web site, and we are adding more audio clips every week!

Depending on the CD, audio clips between 30 to 120 seconds of selected tracks are now easily accessible on our web site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with many offering an audio clip from EVERY track of the CD!

Here is a partial list of artists with audio samples on our web site:

Adagio Trio, Lori Andrews, Siobhan Armstrong, Erik Ask-Upmark, Paul Baker, Patrick Ball, Barnes & Hampton, Stella Benson, Ruth Berman, Robin Huw Bowen, Greg Buchanan, Stella Castellucci, Emmanuel Ceysson, Maire ni Chathasaigh, Ellie Choate, Elaine Christy & Patricia Davila, Cormac De Barra, Cynthia Lynn Douglass, Robin Fickle, Aryeh Frankfurter, Deborah Friou, Grainne Hambly, Deborah Henson-Conant, Ann Heymann, Sue Hoadley, Nancy Hurrell, William Jackson, Jan Jennings, Beth Kolle, Yolanda Kondonassis, Margot Krimmel, Elaine Litster, Loreena McKennitt, Anne-Marguerite Michaud, Jo Morrison, Rudiger Oppermann, Alfredo Rolando Ortiz, Isabelle Perrin, Laurie Rasmussen, Maria Luisa Rayan, Carol Robbins, Kim Robertson, Susan Robinson, Diana Rowan, Alberto Salvi, Shawna Selline, Sunita Staneslow, Christina Tourin, Louise Trotter, Michelle Whitson-Stone, Sylvia Woods, and Olatz Zugasti.

Go online, browse and listen! Listen to someone you know or someone you've never heard before. Keep coming back, 'cause we're adding more audio clips all the time!

Watch for exciting news in our May Newsletter about videos we're adding to our site!

Our "Review-It" Contest winner this month is Brenda Hoff, from Kansas, for her review of Sylvia Woods' All the Pretty Little Horses sheet music. How appropriate for our Earth Day Celebration Sale!

Brenda's review:
"I have loved this song since I first heard it. I am intrigued by the songs from the Appalachian mountain folk. It is so haunting. I had been looking for an arrangement for this, and was excited to find Sylvia's version. I love all of Sylvia's arrangements, and have most of her books and sheet music (and will eventually get them all!). Sylvia's arrangements all are so playable, and I like the fingerings she chooses. This arrangement starts out with a very simple bass accompaniment to the melody, and then each verse is progressively more complex. This melodic song touches my heart. I include it in my program of lullabies. The fifths in the melody of this song are reminiscent of Wayfaring Stranger and Motherless Child, for which Sylvia arranged a 'Spiritual Medley' in the same key, so I play the two arrangements together."

Here's what Brenda tells us about herself:
"I've been a musician my entire life, starting with the piano in first grade. I became a harpist as an adult, and was instantly smitten. Harping is truly my passion. I have a Camac Clio Semi-Grand, a Triplett 34-string Celtic, and a Dusty Strings FH-26.
I have a large repertoire of solo music, including classical, Celtic, romantic, show tunes, contemporary, New Age, sacred, Jewish, Asian, and Christmas music. I stay busy with performances at weddings, parties, and various functions, especially around the holidays. I love bringing pleasure to people through sharing my music.
Besides being a professional musician, I also am an occupational therapist and a sign language interpreter. I live in the Kansas City area with my husband, 8-year-old daughter, two cats and a dog. I am teaching my daughter to play the piano."
- Brenda Hoff

Would YOU like to be a winner of a $20 Sylvia Woods Harp Center Gift Certificate and be featured in our next newsletter? See the rules below. You can "Review-It" . . . and Win!

Newsletter Special -- Save 10% on Sylvia's All the Pretty Little Horses sheet music. Order it through our wonderful website by May 7th, 2008, enter the code ANIMALS in the Promotional Code box during checkout and receive your 10% discount.
Click here for detailed information on how to receive the newsletter savings on your order.

Remember, you MUST enter the code ANIMALS to receive your discount!

Win Harp Dollars with our Newsletter Drawing!

Share your thoughts about the wonderful products offered on our website, and you will automatically be entered in a drawing to win $20, good towards your next online purchase. It's easy, and you can enter more than once. Here's all you do:

#1. Log-in to your account at www.harpcenter.com.
#2. Find your favorite product (or products). You can review as many as you like.
#3. Scroll down to the Customer Reviews section, and click on "Add Your Review for this Item."
#4. Write and submit your review.

That's all there is to it!

You will have one chance to win for every review submitted. Each newsletter will announce our most recent "REVIEW-IT" winner. Our "REVIEW-IT" winner will be chosen at random from the reviews submitted each month. You may enter more than once; you can WIN more than once! Each newsletter gives you another chance to win. So, what are you waiting for?

Start reviewing!

Concerts and Workshops at the Sylvia Woods Harp Center

Attending a concert at the Sylvia Woods Harp Center is a magical experience. We bring in the best harp players from the U.S., Canada, and Europe to enthrall and entertain you. Below you will find our next upcoming event. For more information, be sure to visit the Concerts page on our website. Our concert space is small and intimate and tickets sell out fast! Don't be disappointed: be sure to purchase your tickets right away!

Lisa Lynne & Aryeh Frankfurter Concert: June 14, 2008
Share a delightful and enchanting musical experience with these two celebrated harpers and multi-instrumentalists.

With record sales over 500,000, and topping Billboard's New Age Album charts again and again, Lisa Lynne's distinctively ethereal and moving instrumental compositions have touched people from around the globe. Aryeh Frankfurter, a veteran multi-faceted musician and composer, has delighted audiences with his evocative adaptations of traditional music, in particular the haunting melodies found in the Celtic and Nordic repertoire.

Together, Lisa and Aryeh perform a unique blend of traditional folk and contemporary music with Celtic harp, bouzouki, bandoura, viola and nyckelharpa. Click here for more information.

How to Use the Money-Saving Coupons Listed in this Newsletter

Our newsletter savings coupons are ONLY redeemable on-line. They are not valid for phone, fax, e-mail, or in-store orders. These coupons expire May 7th, 2008.

Here's how to redeem your coupon on our website:
#1. Put all of the items you want to purchase in your cart. You can include non-coupon items as well as coupon items.
#2. Begin the checkout.
#3. On Step 3 of our checkout, type the code ANIMALS in the Promotional Code box. (You'll find this box below where you select your shipping and payment method.) The ANIMALS code will automatically give you a 10% discount on the products featured in this newsletter.
Read more about all of these products on our website.
#4. On Step 4 of our checkout, you'll see your discount listed in parentheses right above the Order Total. This discount will be 10% off the price of any of the items included in the coupon offer.
(Note: if you go back and add more items to your cart, you may have to re-enter the Promotional Code in Step 3.)

PLEASE NOTE: You MUST enter the coupon code in your on-line order to get the discount. If you forget, or if you have trouble adding it to your order, please email us immediately.