Harp

Private Lessons

VAM’s faculty roster contains internationally recognized educators and Vancouver’s leading performers providing expert instruction for all ages and skill levels. VAM lesson packages provide flexibility allowing scheduling at the mutual convenience of the student and teacher. Online lessons are available; contact [email protected] for remote instruction opportunities

  • Trial (1 lesson)
  • Half-semester package (9 lessons)*
  • Single-semester package (18 lessons)
  • Custom package (number of lessons to be decided with the teacher)*
  • Summer lessons (offered July and August, number of lessons to be decided with the teacher)

Fees
Lesson Fees: from $86 per hour
Adult Lesson Fees: from $76 per hour
Department Head Lesson Fees: from $90 per hour

*Students wishing to register for fewer than 18 lessons per semester must obtain permission from their private teacher.

Rosanna Chiu

Rosanna Chiu studied harp with Alys Howe and Elizabeth Volpé Bligh in Vancouver, and with Ina Zdorovetchi at the New England Conservatory (Boston, MA) on harp performance and David Zoffer on jazz and improvisation.  Since her graduation, she has worked with orchestras including Vancouver Island Symphony, Vancouver Opera Orchestra, Okanagan Symphony Orchestra and West Coast… Read more »

Lani Krantz

Lani Krantz is a versatile BC Based Harpist who performs both as orchestral harpist, chamber musician and as vocalist/harpist on pedal harp and Celtic harp.  As a third-generation, professional musician, Lani was exposed to a number of instruments and musical styles from an early age. Though born in Alberta, Lani spent her high school years… Read more »

Nathania Ko

Nathania Ko is a Harpist, Konghou player, and composer based in Vancouver, Canada. She obtained her Master’s degree from the University of British Columbia, studying the Harp with Elizabeth Volpé Bligh, and a Bachelor’s degree from Shenyang Conservatory of Music in China, where she studied the Konghou with Hong He. Nathania was a finalist at… Read more »

Miya Otake

Miya Otake is an active harpist contributing her talent as a performer, educator, and adjudicator. She is based in Vancouver, Canada and her music career has flown her around the globe including Asia, Australia, Europe, Russia, North & South America. She enjoys collaborating with her sister Kaori Otake as a harp duo appearing as a… Read more »

Joy Yeh

Taiwanese-Canadian harpist Dr. Joy Yeh serves as the Head of the Harp Department at the Vancouver Academy of Music and a faculty member at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. She obtains a Doctor of Music degree from the Indiana University, a master degree from Yale University and a bachelor degree from UBC.  Dr. Joy Yeh is a… Read more »