Arrange Your First Christmas Carol in Just 3 Days
A live challenge for harpists ready to stop playing other people's arrangements — and start creating their own.
Join NowYou've spent years learning to play other harpists' arrangements beautifully. But somewhere in the back of your mind, there's a quieter question:
What would it sound like if I arranged it myself?
Maybe you've imagined a version of Silent Night with the harmonies you hear in your head. Or you've wished a familiar carol had an introduction that felt like yours. Or you've simply wondered whether arranging is something you could ever actually learn to do.
Here's the truth: arranging isn't a mysterious gift reserved for composers. It's a skill — a series of decisions about patterns, texture, and structure — and you already know more about those decisions than you think.
In three focused days this July, I'll walk you through exactly how to make those decisions, sketch them out, and notate a complete arrangement of a Christmas carol you choose. By July 31, you'll have a finished piece written in your own voice, ready to play this December.
What You'll Create
A complete, notated arrangement of one of three Christmas carols — fully your own, in your own style, ready to perform.
The 3-day plan:
Sketching Your Ideas
Possibilities for left-hand patterns, chord voicings, arpeggio shapes, and rhythmic choices. You'll leave with a rough draft of your arrangement and a head start in Musescore using my pre-prepared melody file.
Building the Structure
Introductions, verses, interludes, and endings — and how to make each section feel distinct through changes in pattern and texture. We'll also work through any Musescore questions so notating feels easy, not frustrating.
Adding the Magic
The finishing touches that elevate a good arrangement into a memorable one: glissandi, harmonics, dynamics, articulation, and how to make your Musescore file look polished and professional.
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