Missouri Symphony harpist

October 2020

October 2020 Newsletter

Dear friends of harp music, I hope this finds you well and healthy! We enjoyed a beautiful weather this past weekend hiking in Arkansas. What a gift of making memories with my kids. Nature has always been my solace, so I am happy that we can bring Harp and Healing outdoors instead of virtually. Weather for tomorrow, Tuesday October 6th looks perfect. So if you would like to relax with live harp music, bring your foldable chair, face mask and join at Broadway Christian Church at 5.30pm! Our minister Terry Overfelt will be back from her sabbatical and will join me with inspirational readings. This service is meant for those who are in need of healing, but at the moment it's all of us! It's free and open for all. More info can be found on my Facebook page or Broadway Christian Church website. November Harp and Healing will be postponed due to Election Day to second Tuesday - November 10th. Weather permitting we might still hold it outdoors. If it's too cold, we will have a virtual one. My symphony playing is still on hold due to Covid - 19, as there is hardly any live music going on right now. I am enjoying performing for wedding ceremonies throughout the Midwest and teaching my harp students, children and adults. For current pictures and videos, please follow me on social media My Facebook page can be found here https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=maria%20duhova%20trevor%20-%20harpist&epa=SEARCH_BOX Instagram https://www.instagram.com/maria_duhova_trevor_harp/?hl=en YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJc3dL-8XO7hY89QSMZipCA?view_as=subscriber Thank you and stay safe and healthy, Maria

October 5, 2020

September 2020

September 2020 Newsletter

Dear friends of harp music, Harp and Healing is back! After the hiatus this spring, virtual event in May and summer break, we are ready to start again! We will hold a live event on the church lawn - to the north side of BCC. You will need to bring your own fold up chair, but there is plenty of space to physically distance and a wonderful shade under the trees! Come and listen to soothing harp music and prayers and meditations of our lead minister Mark Briley. Special treat - my husband will be joining me on cello on several songs. Our country and the world needs healing and we are trying to contribute in a way we know in our community. Please join us! If you do not feel comfortable coming to this live event, we will record it and release it a week later on BCC YouTube channel. You can view the last H&H in May online here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFTMA3-Klpo In my orchestra world there is not much Live music happening right now as we navigate these unprecedented times in the modern history and try to keep the musicians and our audiences safe. I am happy to say though that both Missouri Symphony and the Springfield Symphony are not silent! The Missouri symphony curated a virtual summer festival put together from the favorite performances of last 10 years. The festival was released online in June and July. The concerts are still available to view anytime now on YouTube here:

September 1, 2020

June 2020

Summer 2020 Newsletter

Dear friends of Harp music, The summer is here and what a weird summer it is! Normally I would be juggling being a harpist and music librarian for the Hot Summer Night festival, playing wedding ceremonies on Saturday afternoons, solo recital for Missouri Scholars Academy, chamber music recitals and soon enough packing our family for a visit to Slovakia. None of that is happening. Covid - 19 pandemic put a break on all big gatherings, that are essential to all aspects of my job. Our state and Boone county are slowly reopening, but that doesn't mean that these events start happening right away. If you are missing live music, please note that the Missouri Symphony, that annually holds Hot Summer Nights festival is doing something special. Even-though we can not bring our musicians from all over USA to live and perform in Columbia this summer, we have a virtual festival for you! The festival is comprised from concerts over last 10 years, beautifully captured by Mediacom. The season is aptly named Greatest Hits and was curated by my husband/MOSY Artistic Director Kirk. The schedule of concert releases can be found here: https://themosy.org/mosy-at-home/ The concerts stay on MOSY Youtube Channel even past the release date, so you can watch them anytime. Here is a link directly to MOSY channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPvM8ehdLoUZ2SC8GT4hueg I hope you enjoy these concerts! The MOSY staff put a lot of effort into retaining our presence with our audiences even if it's just in the...

June 22, 2020

May 2020

May 2020 Newsletter

Dear friends of harp music, I hope this finds you well and healthy. We are all dealing with changes in our families, in our community and society. For some, perhaps life hasn’t changed so much, but for most of us life has been altered dramatically with full time child care, loss of work and perhaps even with loss of a family member or a friend. We have to have faith and hope that this too shall pass. Ever since the pandemic started, I have to admit, it was hard to focus on playing my harp. That changed last month as Pastor Terry Overfelt and I decided to hold a special virtual Harp and Healing (after we had to cancel in March and April). We dedicate it to all of you dealing with Corona virus pandemic as we all need a little bit of healing of our souls and hope for the future. I hope it will bring you clarity, faith, hope and peace. Here is the YouTube link to May Harp and Healing, the nice thing is that now you can watch it anytime it suits you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFTMA3-Klpo&list=PLh7AdlEyIfW_JgT16kKcdaKaWnBUyApCY A little look behind the scenes of this project if you are interested... Text: My brother emailed me this Covid - 19 related prose from Slovakia back in late March and it really spoke to me the way it looked at our current predicament and the way we can learn from it and become better humans. I emailed it to Pastor Terry and to my surprise and delight she...

May 12, 2020

April 2020

April 2020 Newsletter

Dear friends of harp music, first of all I hope this finds you healthy. So much has happened globally, nationally, locally and in our own lives since Covid-19 crises started. How are you coping? As you can imagine, my life - like many of us are experiencing - has been heavily impacted by the Corona virus. First let me say, everyone in my family is healthy and I am grateful for that. We are passed the initial shock of the magnitude of this crises and the effect it has on our lives. I think I am also past the initial stage of grief for the loss of the life as we know it, for the lost performances, for the loss of daily face to face human interaction, for the loss of my kids' traditional school, loss of playdates and team sports. I have to say this article really helped me identify my feelings, put a name on them and move forward. https://hbr.org/2020/03/that-discomfort-youre-feeling-is-grief?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=hbr&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR2cHhOAypXS3WiibkPzEs7pmZ-XR80ktpEOk5T7TabdQyxadL2wsq1EuMs I am still working on moving forward. Mainly by identifying things that I am deeply grateful for and appreciative about. So here is my list, what's yours? My family is healthy, everyone of them, in USA, in Slovakia, in England, in Canada and Switzerland. My friends are healthy and keep reaching out and checking on each other My kids are doing well considering the situation I am grateful for out city's leadership recognizing the dangers and taking action early I am grateful for our teachers and CPS for acting quickly and then being flexible and reevaluating their...

April 16, 2020

March 2020

March 2020 Newsletter

Dear friends of harp music, March 16th - update - due to spread of COVID 19 and CDC recommendations we are cancelling Harp and Healing on March17th. It almost felt like spring out there yesterday and it should it was March 1st! Spring is my favorite time of the year, but I learned that in Missouri it can mean anything from snow, rain, ice storm, 70 degrees warm weather - you name it! I am also excited for Spring Break! We always plan family adventures and take time off from performing and teaching. But before we get there I would like to invite you to my March events - I have to warn you there is not much I could fit in, as I am leaving for 10 days to Slovakia tomorrow to see my dad for his big birthday and there is that Spring break later. I am leaving my brave and kind superhusband to single parent 3 kids! Sooo, in the 2 weeks I will actually be here, we will have Harp and Healing on March 17th at 5.30PM at the Loft of Broadway Christian Church. Please note that this is 3th Tuesday of the month, not first as is our usual. Our wonderful pastor Terry Overfelt let me reschedule because of my trip. This service is meant for those who are struggling with death of a loved one, illness, relationship, heartbreak. It is a meditative time with live harp music and reflections. Free and open for all. Consider joining us even if...

March 2, 2020

February 2020

Feb. 2020 Newsletter

Dear friends of harp music, First I want tell you that there is no Harp and Healing tonight. Never in the last 8 years since we started Harp and Healing have I had to reschedule! Well, my luck ran out this month as I am needed for rehearsals and concert in Springfield to play a new Oratorio. But we will still hold the service at the later date - 3th Tuesday this month February 18th. But let’s start in order at the beginning of the month and let me invite you to some events and concerts I am part of this month: Tomorrow - February 5th, I will be playing in Springfield with the Drury - Civic orchestra for the premiere of a new choral-orchestra work by award winning composer Carlyle Sharpe - Of These Years I Sing, featuring the Drury Chorale and mezzo soprano Ann Marie Daehn. Concert is at 7.30pm, Hammons hall. More info: https://www.springfieldmo.org/events/46451/springfield-drury-civic-orchestra-to-perform-choral-orchestra-work-by-carlyle-sharpe On February 14th - I will be playing for Valentine’s dinner at the Old Hawthorne Club. It is a member only event, but I still want to share this as some of you might be members there and interested. I played there last year and the romantic atmosphere and dinner are wonderful. On February 15th I will be back in Springfield, playing with the Springfield Symphony. The concert is at 7.30 at the Hammons Hall. More information here: http://www.springfieldmosymphony.org/concerts/february/american-pictures As I mentioned earlier, Harp and Healing will be held this month on Tuesday February 18th at 5.30pm. Come and rejuvenate with the sound of live harp...

February 4, 2020

January 2020

Jan. 2020 Newsletter

Dear friends of harp music, I bring you best wishes for the New Year, let it be filled with good health, peace and happiness. I hope you had a nice Holiday season. I was very busy in December, with orchestra concerts,solo performances and my new CD promotion that I really welcomed the downtime with my family and took 2 weeks off completely to be just a mom and a wife. :-) January is a fairly quiet month for me, focused on teaching, planning, booking and updating my website, YouTube etc. That said, here are a few events I would like to invite you to: Harp and Healing tomorrow at 5.30pm at the Loft of Broadway Christian Church. After our special event called Blue Christmas in December where we enjoyed painter Vesna Delevska live painting to music and word, we will be returning to our monthly quiet and contemplative services at the Loft of Broadway Christian Church. Join us for 45 minutes of therapeutic harp music and inspirational word. This ecumenical service is free and open for everyone to attend. More information: https://www.facebook.com/events/481485245888205/?ti=icl Studio Recital - every six months both my husband's cello students and my harp students perform at the joint Trevor Studio Recital. This is mainly for our studio families to see their children's progress in concert, but if you are interested, it is open to public. The date is this Saturday January 11th at 4pm at Broadway Christian Church. Wedding Expo - I will be one of the vendors at Super Wedding Show happening on January 19th between 12pm...

January 7, 2020