May 2026 Newsletter

Dear Friends of harp music, Happy first day of May! I would like to invite you to some upcoming events before we part for the summer season. Tomorrow evening, Saturday May 2nd at the Missouri Theatre Defying Gravity  - the MOSY concert. It's an evening of musical melodies and I am looking forward to being part of it. More information and tickets here: DEFYING GRAVITY: The Best of Broadway — The MOSY Sunday, May 3rd at Broadway Christian Church, you can come to a free concert featuring young musicians of our Missouri Academy of Music. Students will be playing in orchestra and chamber music ensembles, some of my young harp students as well! And lastly, final Harp and Healing service of this season on Tuesday May 5th at Broadway Christian Church at 6.00PM. Join us for 45 minutes of contemplative words and relaxing harp music. Free and open for all. For the rest of the month I am playing private events and  also  teaching this final month of the school year. This month also marks a one year anniversary of my last album release Dream Harp. It's available on all streaming and downloading platforms, if you haven't already, please give it a listen! For new pictures and harp videos, please follow me on social media, just click on any of these:   My Facebook page  My Instagram Watch my music videos on my YouTube channel  Thank you!  

May 1, 2026

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February 2026 Newsletter – Clone

Dear Friends of harp music, Happy first day of May! I would like to invite you to some upcoming events before we part for the summer season. Tomorrow evening, Saturday May 2nd at the Missouri Theatre Defying Gravity  - the MOSY concert. It's an evening of musical melodies and I am looking forward to being part of it. More information and tickets here: DEFYING GRAVITY: The Best of Broadway — The MOSY Sunday, May 3rd at Broadway Christian Church, you can come to a free concert featuring young musicians of our Missouri Academy of Music. Students will be playing in orchestra and chamber music ensembles, some of my young harp students as well! And lastly, final Harp and Healing service of this season on Tuesday May 5th at Broadway Christian Church at 6.00PM. Join us for 45 minutes of contemplative words and relaxing harp music. Free and open for all. For the rest of the month I am playing private events and  also  teaching this final month of the school year. This month also marks a one year anniversary of my last album release Dream Harp. It's available on all streaming and downloading platforms, if you haven't already, please give it a listen! For new pictures and harp videos, please follow me on social media, just click on any of these:   My Facebook page  My Instagram Watch my music videos on my YouTube channel  Thank you! Maria  

February 2, 2026

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December 2025 Newsletter

Dear friends of harp music, I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving! I would like to invite you to my concerts in December. Blue Christmas is a quiet and contemplative annual service at Broadway Christian Church. Gentle Christmas harp music will provide the ambience and spoken word will be crafted in collaboration between Rev. Terry Overfelt and Rev. Andrew Taylor Peck. This service is meant for those for whom December is not necessarily a joyous month. Whether you are dealing with grief over a recent loss of a loved one or a loss that's not so recent, the sadness seems to resurface around the holidays stronger than ever. Blue Christmas is here to help you start this month and be seen as you are with the burdens you carry. Free and open for all, on Tuesday, December 2nd at 6.00 PM at Broadway Christian Church. Next, I would like to invite you to a special concert that my husband and I are part of with our Cello and Harp duo - 51 Strings. We are preparing a program for the Candlelight Holiday Concert for Odyssey Chamber Music Series. This concert has a special ambiance with hundreds of candles on stage!  Save the date  - December 12th, 7.00PM at First Baptist church. https://www.odysseymissouri.org/tickets.html And finally, on Christmas Eve I will be taking my harp first to Broadway Christian Church for 11 AM service and then to Missouri United Methodist Church for 7.00PM, 9.00PM and 11.00PM services. This is a summary of my public appearances, there’s also a number of private and corporate Holiday events that I’m performing...

December 1, 2025

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Fall 2025 Newsletter

Dear friends of harp music, I would like to invite you to Harp and Healing service tomorrow - Tuesday, November 7th, 6.00PM at Broadway Christian Church. I am delighted to collaborate on this service with Rev. Terry Overfelt and provide therapeutic musical ambiance to Terry's healing words. I am grateful to Broadway Christian Church for continuing the tradition of Harp and Healing for its 14th year. Come with your burdens tomorrow and leave lighter. This fall has been busy and will continue so till winter break. Some of my other upcoming performances include MU Wind Ensemble concert tonight at 7.00PM at the Missouri Theatre, Columbia Civic Orchestra concert on Saturday November 1st at 7.00PM at MOUMC, Springfield Symphony Concert on November 8th, at 7.30PM at Hammons Hall in Springfield. Besides public concerts, my weekends are filled with private events and celebrations and I am happy to be part of many joyous wedding ceremonies. You can see pictures from these on my social media, my Facebook page and my Instagram I am currently booking the Holiday season, if you are interested to have harp music at your church or event, let me know! The new album Dream Harp release concert in May will forever be one of my favorite memories, big thanks to many of you coming to support my music! It was so wonderful to be on stage with Chloe, Kirk and Vesna! I am waiting to receive a video from the event and plan to post it on my YouTube channel. In the meantime, Dream Harp...

October 6, 2025

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April-May 2025 Newsletter

Dear friends of harp music, I would like to invite you to the number of interesting music opportunities through the end of April and in the month of May. First, my husband and I are very proud of our Missouri Academy of music students and the culmination of their hard work this semester can be heard in concert on Sunday, April 27th at 7.00 PM at Broadway Christian Church. Please join us for this admission free concert! A few days leading to this performance, I will be playing with the St. Louis Ballet in their production of Gershwin's "Who cares?" in St. Louis on April 26th and a matinee on the 27th at the Blanche M.Touhill Performing arts Center. This is a collaboration between the Springfield Symphony and St. Louis Ballet and can also be seen in Springfield on May 3rd. https://www.springfieldmosymphony.org/concert/swonderful/ I would also like to invite you to hear my students play for Curated! Crafter! Created! It's artisan's and a small / micro business market at the Columbia Mall on Sunday May 4th. The market will feature local artisans with handmade goods, delicious treats and interactive experience. My students and I will be performing in front of Dillards from 1 PM to 3 PM. Please come and hear my talented students! On May 6th, Broadway Christian Church is joining forces with Unity of Columbia in Harp and Healing. Pastor Terry Overfelt is coming out of retirement to join us for the special service led by Reverend Anne Hickey of Unity. Writer and poet Ibtisam Barakat has agreed to join us to...

April 24, 2025

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February 2025 Newsletter

Dear friends of harp music, I want to wish you a Happy New Year! I know it's February, but I kind of hibernated in January after the busy Holiday season. I also want to extend my invitation to upcoming concerts that feature or include harp this month. Please join me and Pastor Andrew Taylor Peck for Harp and Healing this coming Tuesday February 4th at 6.00PM at Broadway Christian Church. It is a peaceful non denominational service focused on those who are in need of healing -  physical,  emotional, grief... I will be playing therapeutic music sprinkled with evergreen love songs as it is Valentine's Day this month. This service is 45 minutes long and free and open to everyone. Speaking of Valentine's Day - I am honored to be providing background music for special Valentine's dinner the the Country Club of Missouri this year on February 14th! I am looking forward to being back in Springfield this month, playing Mahler's 2.Symphony - The Resurrection with the Springfield Symphony. If you have a chance to hear this magnificent work, don't miss it! The concert is at the Hammons Hall, February 8th at 7.30PM. https://www.springfieldmosymphony.org/concert/and-the-angels-sing/ I am also performing with the MU Wind Ensemble on February 17th at the Missouri Theatre and the Truman State Orchestra on February 22nd at the Ophelia Parrish Fine Arts Center in Kirksville. I hope I will be able to see you at some of these events! If you can't come to live performances please remember my 4 albums are available on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, and YouTube for streaming and download. Please keep in touch with me on...

February 1, 2025

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November 2024 Newsletter

Dear friends of harp music, I want to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! I also want to extend my invitation to upcoming concerts that feature or include harp through the end of this year. First and foremost, please join me tomorrow night- Thursday November 21st for a concert of solo harp music at the Columbia Public Library. It will start at 7.00PM in the Friends' Room. I will play a variety of music ranging from classical through musical, movie themes and finishing the program with the grand Baroque Flamenco! More information here: https://events.dbrl.org/event/11956554 Looking into December- please join me and Pastor Andrew Taylor Peck for Blue Christmas on Tuesday December 3th at 6.00PM at Broadway Christian Church. This is an annual Harp and Healing special as December can be especially hard on some people who are dealing with loss of a loved one, illness, divorce or other difficult times in life. Even if you experienced this in the past, it’s the Holidays and the cheery mood around us when these feelings of sadness and loss hit us hard again.  For those who just want to relax with meditative Christmas music join us as well! I am also looking forward to presenting a solo harp concert In Jefferson City on December 12th at 6.30pm at Grace Episcopal church More information here: Music in the Library: Maria Duhova Trevor | Missouri River Regional Library Music in the Library: Maria Duhova Trev... December is a busy month for harpists! It has been a tradition at the Missouri United Methodist Church to have the harp take part of their Christmas Eve services. I am...

November 20, 2024

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October 2024 Newsletter

Dear friends of harp music, I want to invite you to upcoming fall concerts. Harp and Healing - as head into a new season, it is time to change as well. Pastor Terry Overfelt, who was my companion for Harp and Healing services for last several years has retired. With the new ministerial leadership we have decided to make some changes to the service after 13 years of monthly services, we think it's time to slow down a bit and instead hold these services just a few times a year. We are planning on these dates: October 8th, 6:00PM, Broadway Christian Church December 3rd, 6:00PM, Broadway Christian Church February 4th, 6:00PM Unity Church May 6th, 6:00PM, location TBA I am grateful for your continued support of this ministry. Please join me and welcome Pastor Andrew Taylor Peck next Tuesday for this calming and relaxing service. For the rest of the October, my performances are private events. I had a few lovely ones this September as well, for those of you who follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you may have noted the dinner music in Ancient Greek Style, or a backyard birthday party music and a surprise at home harp and piano performance during a dinner for two. Anything is possible, so if you have a dream of harp music for your next event, contact me! I am booking Holiday events now for all of December. If you want to check out pictures from these events, here are the links to my social media. I will also be posting some...

October 1, 2024

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April 2024 Newsletter

Dear friends of harp music, first, I want to let you know that Harp and Healing which usually happens on first Tuesday of each month was rescheduled to next Tuesday due to several aspects out of our control. This will also be the last Harp and Healing of this season as Pastor Terry Overfelt is retiring at the end of this month. So please come and see us on Tuesday April 9th at 6:00PM at First Baptist Church and wish her farewell! Other exciting projects I am involved in this month include a full ballet production of Sleeping Beauty with the Saint Louis Ballet. The performances are on April 26th, 27th and 28th in Saint Louis. More information and tickets available here: Saint Louis Ballet | SLEEPING BEAUTY I am also performing with the MU Philharmonic on Sunday, April 21st at the Missouri Theatre at 3:00PM. Orchestra | School of Music - School of Music Besides these, I am very excited to play a wedding at the Saint Louis City museum this month and a birthday celebration here in Columbia. Take care and have a great month! Maria My Facebook page My Instagram Watch my music videos on my YouTube channel  

April 2, 2024

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March 2024 Newsletter

Dear friends of harp music, with a new month starting, I would like to invite you to a couple of events. I am in Springfield right now, in rehearsals for the program below. Beloved Italian showcase pieces for the whole orchestra. It is a two harp program again this month and I will be joined by a friend harp colleague from Kansas. Tomorrow, March 2nd at 7.30pm. My next invite is for Harp and Healing- a monthly service of therapeutic harp music and thoughtful meditations and prayers. We are in our 13th season, and this year Pastor Terry Overfelt and I decided to broaden our reach beyond the BCC walls and offer this service where we are needed. The date stays the same - the first Tuesday of each month but the location is different each month. We are excited for St. Thomas More Newman Center to host us this time. If you have friends who are in need of healing or simply just want to spend a quiet meditative time with us, join us next Tuesday, March 5th at 6pm. And lastly, not an invitation, but a brag! This year for Valentine's Day, a phenomenal violinist Filip Pogády and I had the privilege to provide a performance on board of a private yacht in the Dominican Republic. If you would like to see more of this adventure, check it out on my Facebook or Instagram. For new pictures and harp videos, please follow me on social media, just click on any of these:   My 

March 1, 2024

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