NEWSLETTER | Maria Duhova Trevor, Harpist

September 2018

2018 September Harp Concerts and Healing Harp

Dear friends of harp music, It's good to be back! I went to Slovakia to see my family and friends for most of July and August. Now I am back to teaching and performing, kids are back in school- in fact all three of them full time! For the first time in 12 years, I don't have a little one with me at home at least a few days a week. ( Sob) But, on the bright side, it has been nice not to have to practice at night only these past 2 weeks so far. :-) I am excited to restart Harp and Healing, we will continue to meet first Tuesday of each month at 5.30 pm at Broadway Christian Church. I will play therapeutic music and Pastor Terry Overfelt will have inspirational readings to share. I am sorry to announce that Tim Carson retired from Broadway and we will miss him. Terry will take on the pastoral leading role for H&H and we will continue our monthly services of healing, relaxation, renewal and prayer. Please join us on September 4th at 5.30PM at the Loft of BCC. I am so grateful for the spotlight we got for this service just this morning on the radio. Here is a segment from Radio Friends with Paul Pepper, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzOEJG30iW8&feature=youtu.be Another public event I am playing for this month will be in Saint Louis. I am collaborating with artist Vesna Delevska again. She is an amazing painter who specializes in painting to live music and capturing the feelings of music on her...

September 1, 2018

July 2018

2018 July Harp Concerts and Healing Harp

Dear friends of harp music, as July approaches, I would like to invite you to the remaining concerts of the Hot Summer Nights festival. Tomorrow at 7.30pm we are performing La Boheme - my favorite opera. We have a wonderful cast of lead singers. The singers are part of Resident Opera Artists program and 4 singers are chosen every summer to come to Columbia and take the leading roles in the opera production with the Missouri Symphony. Around 100 singers auditioned in New York and in Columbia when the auditions took place in March. We have additional roles covered by a great local singers and chorus. So do not let this opportunity to hear them slip by! Friday June 29th Missouri Theatre 7.30 pm. Next performance is Silent Movie with live music on Sunday July 1st at 6.30pm - Missouri Theatre. There is no harp in that one, but it's always amazing to watch how the music is synchronized to the silent movie. It's 3 short Charlie Chaplin movies this year. Then on July 3th at 7.30pm our ever popular Patriotic Pops concert. Music of Americana and patriotic standards this bellowed concert always fills the hall to the brim. Our resident opera artists take part in this concert as well. ( Missouri Theatre) On July 7th, my stepdaughter Chloe Trevor will come to perform Sibelius Violin concerto and the MSO will play Dvorak's Symphony no.9! Chloe is an amazing concert violinist and Dvorak's 9 is a classic! ( 7.30pm, Missouri Theatre ) Our final Pops concert is on July 13th, 7.30 pm, Missouri Theatre and is featuring Asleep at the Wheel in concert...

July 1, 2018

June 2018

2018 June Harp Concerts and Healing Harp

Dear friends of harp music, for those of you who know me well, you know that my summers are filled with music! I am the harpist for the Missouri Symphony - an international festival orchestra that pulls musicians from all over USA to come to make Columbia their home for next 6 weeks during the Hot Summer Nights festival. It's an incredibly talented group of musicians and I am honored to be a member and only one of the handful of local players. Our musicians arrived 2 days ago and we are ready to perform our first concert tomorrow Thursday June 7th, at 7pm at Stephens Lake Park. It's a free concert, family friendly, bring a blanket or a folding chair to sit on. After we kick off the season, a roller coaster of concerts will last next 6 weeks. We have masterworks concerts, pop concerts, free family concerts, tours and free outdoor concerts around Columbia, Patriotic Pops, fully staged opera - La Boheme, Silent Movie with live orchestra performing music to it and I am probably forgetting a bunch. It would take me an hour to just list them all. But I am really looking forward to playing with Missouri Contemporary Ballet this Saturday, Oscar Night at the Movies concert, La Boheme of course and Dvorak's New World Symphony. Please check out our full season at http://themosy.org/hot-summer-nights-2018 and also check out these posters bellow. Most of the concerts are at the Missouri Theatre, so when you walk by pick up our flyers and brochures. Have a great...

June 1, 2018

May 2018

2018 May Harp Concerts and Healing Harp

Dear friends of harp music, I would love to invite you to a very special Harp and Healing service that we have planned to close our season with before we part for the summer. Harp and Healing is 45 minute long service of live harp music creating a healing ambiance in a quiet sanctuary. Tim Carson has inspirational readings between the songs, Tim brings a very special aspect to this service and I truly couldn't do this without his support! H&H happens every month, but this time we have a very special guest - artist Vesna Delevska from Saint Louis is joining us to live paint. Vesna specializes in painting to live music and I had a privilege to play for her in her gallery in February. I am so glad she accepted our invitation and you will be able to experience her artistry. Since this is the last Harp and Healing of our 7th season we decided to celebrate it with some lemonade and cake in the Fellowship Hall following the service. Vesna's finished painting will be on display and available for purchase through Silent auction. She is also bringing some additional paintings that will be displayed. Please check out Vesna's website www.vesnadelevska.com Whether you consider coming for the healing atmosphere or relaxation, please join us, it's free and open to everyone! One of our attendees described it as " the massage for the soul" :-) I have been invited on several shows to promote this special Harp and Healing, here are the links, if...

May 1, 2018

April 2018

2018 April Harp Concerts and Healing Harp

Dear friends of harp music, new month is here and with it new events and concerts I am playing for and would like to invite you to. Tonight - April 2nd at 5.30pm, Harp and Healing at the Loft of Broadway Christian Church. Come and join us for 45 minutes of relaxing live harp music and inspirational readings from literature ranging from ancient to modern writers. It's free and open to public. Everyone is welcome to this ecumenical service. This service happens every month on first Tuesday. On April 10th at 6pm the Columbia Harp Trio and students of my Harp studio will perform a concert at Lenoir Woods. This is a private concert for the residents of Lenoir Woods, but if you have a family member there, you can join them. April 13th, 8pm at Truman State University in Kirksville in Ophelia Parrish Performance hall, my student Maria Fisher will have a Senior recital. She has been preparing for this a while and has some fantastic repertoire ready. April 19th, 7pm at Jesse Hall, I will be playing with Choral Union and Columbia Civic Orchestra. Bernstein's Chichester psalms on the program among other pieces. Here is a link for more information and tickets: https://music.missouri.edu/event/choral-union On April 21st, I will be playing with the Springfield Symphony, program includes Strauss' haunting piece Death and Transfiguration. More info and tickets here: https://www.springfieldmosymphony.org/concerts/april/revolutionary-beauty On April 30th, please join the Missouri Symphony Conservatory students in concert at 7pm in the Missouri Theatre. More information here: http://mosymphonysociety.org/event/conservatory-spring-concert/ I am also playing a number of private...

April 1, 2018

March 2018

2018 March Harp Concerts and Healing Harp

Dear friends of harp music, I want to invite you to Harp and Healing tonight at 5.30pm at Broadway Christian Church - The Loft. This 45 minute long event features live therapeutic harp music along with readings by Rev. Tim Carson from ancient and modern writers. Today we will have a special guest - my husband Kirk Trevor on cello. This service is meant for people who are in need of emotional or physical healing, but everyone is welcome. If you want a quiet reflecting evening, please join us. These services happen monthly - first Tuesday of each month. I will be playing with the Springfield Symphony in concert on March 24th, in case you will be in Springfield, MO. http://www.springfieldmosymphony.org/concerts/march/after-revolution Otherwise it's private events, weddings and teaching my talented students in March. And Spring Break! I am looking forward to traveling to Grand Canyon with my family. It will be the first time for the kids and myself! One more thing I want to tell you ( just because I am super excited ) and hope that you can save the date - May 1st. For the last Harp and Healing of this season, before we part for the summer we invited painter Vesna Delevska from Saint Louis to join us. She was touched by our cause and accepted the invitation, she is an amazing artist who specializes in painting to live music. I have just had the privilege to work with her in February in Saint Louis, so I am very excited that you will experience her live painting...

March 1, 2018

February 2018

2018 February Harp Concerts and Healing Harp

Dear friends of harp music, January went by very fast, I haven't been in touch as this month is not a big performing month, but rather a time for networking, advertising and evaluation. I attended 2 wedding shows and taught a masterclass and performed at the American Harp Society Chapter in Kansas City, I have been updating my website and my professional Facebook page. If you can, please take a look and like Maria Duhova Trevor - Harpist. Also in this ending month, Harp and Healing got a lot of attention, which was really special! Here is a link to the article that came out in The Missourian on January 3th and Harp and Healing made the front page! https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/harp-healing-offers-a-measure-of-comfort-to-the-community/article_34d37c1e-dd0f-11e7-8ec2-a3e652fd17cd.html And the link to Radio Friends with Paul Pepper segment about Harp and Healing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuyNZxhwQzc So now with February upon us, I would like to invite you to some upcoming harp concerts. Sunday February 4th the Columbia Harp Trio ( Ruth Acuff, Jenny Lynn and myself ) will perform at the Columbia Public Library at 2pm. It's part of their series Tunes at Two. Harp and Healing is on first Tuesday February 6th at 5.30 pm. We invite anybody who is dealing with loss, grief, illness. We provide space for healing with live harp music and inspirational spoken word. I realized after my mom passed away how quickly the society expects you to move on and yet it's very hard. We are here to acknowledge and help you in your grief and struggle. Please join us. On February 10th I will take part in a special event, partnering with a wonderful painter Vesna Delevska, who specializes in painting...

February 1, 2018

December 2017

2017 December Harp Concerts and Healing Harp

Dear friends of beautiful harp sounds, the joyous season is upon us, I hope you get to take a break over the Holidays and enjoy your time with family. There are number of events I would like to invite you to this month. Tonight - Harp and Healing at the Loft of Broadway Christian Church at 5.30 pm. While this is generally a season of joy and expectation, for some it is a sad time, a reminder of a loss that happened over Christmas season now or in the past. So we will have Blue Christmas tonight, I will still play Christmas music, but make a selection of slow and meditative carols that are conducive to our healing atmosphere. This Saturday Dec. 9th at 7.30pm I will be playing a Winter Concert with the Columbia Civic Orchestra, it's a free concert at First Baptist Church. Concertmaster Siri Geenen performs the violin solo of “Winter” from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons along with other music with wintry themes before a performance of scenes from The Nutcracker danced by members of the Perlman-Stoy School of Ballet. More info here: http://cco.missouri.org/ On Sunday December 17th at 3pm the Missouri Symphony will our annual Symphony of Toys. This is a family oriented concert with all your Holiday favorite songs in the beautiful historic Missouri Theatre. Santa always makes a visit to this concert from North Pole! So bring your kids and enjoy! More info: http://mosymphonysociety.org/events-tickets/symphony-toys-holiday-concert/ Lastly, I will be performing for the Christmas Eve services at Missouri United Methodist Church at 7, 9 and 11 pm and I am very much looking forward to it. I am also grateful for all...

December 1, 2017

November 2017

2017 November Harp Concerts and Healing Harp

Dear friends of harp music, another month is upon us and I would like to share some public events/concerts that I am involved in. Tomorrow ( Tuesday November 7th) - Harp and Healing, 5.30pm at the Loft of Broadway Christian Church. Harp and Healing is monthly ecumenical 45 minute long service of spoken word and live soothing harp music. The service is here to help people who are currently going through some life's struggles such as loss of a loved one, illness, divorce. This month, since several Christian churches celebrate or acknowledge All Saints" Day and All Souls' Day we are focusing on the loved that we lost. Please join us in remembrance of the loved ones you lost and miss. November 12th - Missouri Symphony Conservatory concert at 7pm in the Missouri Theatre. Three Youth Orchestras and several chamber ensembles will be performing. These kids sound fantastic and I am very proud to have my harp students in the Conservatory. Come and hear them play, admission free. More info: http://mosymphonysociety.org/ November 14th - Young Peoples' Concerts - this is the second year of the collaboration of the Missouri Symphony and the Columbia Public Schools. Every 3th grader in Columbia will be bused to the Missouri Theatre and will get to hear the Symphony. The concerts are at 10am and 12pm. They are not open to public, but if you have a third grader in CPS, they will be there! November 17th, 18th, both nights at 8pm at the Mansion, Branson - I will be playing with the Springfield Symphony for Johnny Mathis Holiday Concert in Branson. more info:

November 1, 2017

October 2017

2017 October Harp Concerts and Healing Harp

Dear friends of harp music, we decided to devote tomorrow's Harp and Healing service to the victims of Las Vegas shooting and their families, hurricane Harvey, Irma and Maria victims, earthquake victims in Mexico and healing of the nation. Our hearts are heavy, please join us at 5.30 pm at the Loft of Broadway Christian Church or join us in prayer at home. ( Harp and Healing is a monthly service, first Tuesday of each month) I would like to add this quote that resonates with me today - "This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devoutly than ever before." Leonard Bernstein In days of such heartbreaking news, I am a little hesitant to share my good news, but since this is my monthly newsletter, I would like to include it. I have been working on my new CD - Romantic Harp for a while, recording last fall and this spring, then listening to edits, working closely with my graphic designer on the cover, filling out bunch of forms and finally uploading and ordering the printing. This past weekend my new CDs finally arrived! I really like the final result, this is the CD that many people have been asking me to record, music that I have played as background to many events. I chose my favorites such as All I ask of You, Scarborough Fair, Unchained Melody, Love theme from the Godfather, Think of me, I'm happy to just dance with you, Lara's theme from Doctor Zhivago and others. It makes a great background to a romantic...

October 1, 2017