Autumn's love of music became clear by the age of 6 months, when she started dancing excitedly to any musical beat. Her favorite piece in the beginning was "Beetlejuice", along with anything else by Danny Elfman. She very quickly learned to recognize both the look and sound of all the instruments in the orchestra, her tastes expanding to focus on classical music, and by the time she was 3 she had her heart set on playing the harp. It was a decision all her own that actually surprised mom and dad who'd expected her to first want to play either the flute or french horn. She was consistent in her desire for more than a year so mom and dad finally gave in. She picks music up very quickly by ear, loves playing, looks forward to lessons, begs to perform and talks constantly about how she will one day play in orchestras with mommy and daddy. She also makes sure to eagerly inform anyone she meets that she plays the harp.

This corner of the web exists to keep family and friends up-to-date on her progress and maybe encourage and inspire some other young harpists out there as well.

Autumn currently plays a Dusty Strings 26 string lever harp (full levers) purchased from Sylvia Woods Harp Center in Glendale. She needs a bigger harp now that she has gone through a growth spurt, is playing more difficult music and is now playing in an orchestra. After much deliberation and research we have decided the best harp to get is the new Lyon and Healy Prelude 40 lever harp which should hopefully last her until she is ready to move to a pedal harp. It can also be traded in within 5 years for full value towards the price of a Lyon and Healy pedal harp which will help tremendously (through the Harp Center). We "have" to buy this harp before the end of 2008 before it goes up another $1000. So now we are trying our best to come up with $5000 ASAP. Autumn is determined and innovative, carrying out many of her own ideas to raise money. She is selling candy and other treats door-to-door nearly every day, creating artwork to sell and is also working on composing some harp music to record a CD to sell soon!

If you are interested in purchasing some candy, artwork or a CD when it is finished, please contact us for more information! THANK YOU!