Heartsease Harp Music

Kathleen Blackwell-Plank, MSW, CTM-CCM the founder of Heartsease Harp Music, is a player of the lever harp, therapeutic musician, violinist, artist, and prolific arranger of music for harp, voices, and other instruments. She is certified through the Harp for Healing Program and has over twenty-five years’ experience in the hospice setting. Her creative music arranging has grown out of the need for simple, beautiful harp music for use in therapeutic and liturgical settings. However, her versatile arrangements offer pure enjoyment in any setting.

 She has a fascination with world music from a variety of cultures, countries, and time periods. Many pieces are grounded in traditional Western tonality, but others make use of modes, Middle Eastern scales, and pentatonic scales. Her arrangements highlight the beauty of the harp's tonal colors while remaining true to the style of various musical cultures. Through in-depth research she brings to light some less commonly heard folk tunes. Thumbnail sketches illuminate historical factors and enrich the musician's understanding of the pieces.

Kathleen's recent works have been deeply influenced by her love of nature, gardening, birds and pollinators.  She is committed to stewardship of the environment and her creative imagination is inspired by nature.

Blackwell-Plank’s downloadable digital sheet music includes thirty-two publications of 84 folk tunes from around the world and three original compositions. Publications are available through:

 Melody’s Traditional Music

 https://folkharp.com/?s=Kathleen+Blackwell-Plank&post_type=product&type_aws=true,

Sylvia Woods Harp Center

https://www.harpcenter.com/category/harp-music-books-kathleen-blackwell-plank and

Harp Column

 https://harpcolumn.com/music/all-music/categories/artists/kathleen-blackwell-plank/. 

 Each piece is beautifully arranged for late beginner/intermediate pedal or lever harp. Example video recordings of the harp arrangements are provided utilizing Blackwell-Plank’s nature photography and art at https://www.heartseasevisualart.com/ or at www.YouTube@KathleenBlackwell-Plank.