Announcements

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Christmas Blow Out – 22nd December 2025

Richard

A huge thank you to everyone who has signed up for our Christmas Blow Out. We have had an unprecedented response and all forty places are currently taken. If you are still interested, you can go ahead and register using our Gold Harmonica and selecting this event, and we will add your name to our waiting list.

Event details
We look forward to playing at Brighton’s Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital this Christmas and raising money for the Rockinghorse appeal. We will be playing two sessions in the Outpatients Waiting Area on the Ground Floor.

Blow Out 1 – 10:00-10:45
Goldstone Primary
Peter Gladwin Primary
Eastbrook Primary Academy
Stanford Junior School
St Nic & St Mary’s Primary (Shoreham)
Swiss Gardens Primary

Blow Out 2 – 11:00-11:45 
Saltdean Primary
St Nic’s CE Primary (Portslade)
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Calling all music makers at Stanford Juniors

Richard

Thank you for visiting this page. Please log in with the secret Harp Academy Username and Password to view its content. You can find these inside the front page of your Music Diary. If you are still having difficulty logging in however, just let us know using the Contact Us page in the menu bar above. We’ll assist you as soon as a member of our team is available.

A world of musical adventure in your hands!

Richard

Come and try for FREE! Simply click the Gold Harmonica on our homepage (or scroll down on a smartphone) to register for your FREE taster session, which includes a FREE starter harmonica to keep. Complete your details without obligation, or call, and we will email everything you need to know.

If you are returning to harmonica sessions at school this term, to reserve your place we just need you to register for the new school year by clicking the Gold Harmonica here on our homepage (or scroll down on a smartphone). Once we receive your details, we will email your renewal invitation.

Fun online learning resources
All our subscribers are sent the login code for our online music resources, which are great for practising the harmonica at home and building wider music knowledge.

Subscriptions
Termly and half-termly subscriptions are by bank transfer, or through our Store using a credit/debit card (no need to log in). Unfortunately we are unable to accept childcare vouchers or cash. Further information is provided in our taster invitation or renewal email. There are also further detail on our How To Pay page.
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Welcome To Two New Harmonica Schools!

Richard

At Peter Gladwin Primary, Portslade, we have launched our KS1 and KS2 Harmonica Groups on Tuesday afternoons. This compliments our whole class Access to Music programme at the school, where children enjoy a term of graduated harmonica music learning in line with the National Curriculum. If you would like a FREE TASTER, simply click the Gold Harmonica here on our homepage, complete your contact details, and we will send you further details.

At Swiss Gardens Primary, Shoreham-by-Sea, we have launched our Wednesday KS2 After School Club. This marks a return to harmonica music learning with our friends at Swiss Gardens, where we previously collaborated before the Lockdown of 2020-22. If you would like a FREE TASTER, simply click the Gold Harmonica here on our homepage, complete your contact details selecting the FREE TASTER option, and we will send you further details.

Harmonica for 4-11 Year Olds

Richard

Would you like to include music-making on the harmonica in your setting?

Here’s Richard presenting Play Harmonica, the theme tune from Harp Academy’s early years harmonica courses for 4-7 year olds. He’s using a 4 hole easy-play Speedy harmonica (available in our Store). Set to the tune of Wind The Bobbin Up/There’s A Dinosaur, the song encourages young players to acquire the following key skills:

∙ Hole location by number – 1 2 3 4
∙ Breath control – Blow and Draw
∙ C Major Arpeggio – C E G C
∙ Musical Alphabet (with Makaton) – A B C D E F G
∙ Progression to C Major Scale – C D E F G A B C
∙ Enjoyment of Rhythm and Rhyme
∙ Follow hand signals for intonation
∙ Read and follow harmonica arrow tab notation

If you would like access to the backing track, harmonica tabs, or further details about music making on the harmonica and running weekly sessions in your Early Years setting, get in touch using the details on our Contact page. Please also visit our Early Years menu for more insight into our Pre-School harmonica activities, or our KS1 for young School Age children.