Harp Mastery® 2025

Teachers' Retreat

Thursday, October 2nd - Sunday, October 5, 2025

Your students get a fall break - you deserve one, too.

Step away from the everyday and into a weekend designed just for you. Our Fall Break Getaway Retreat offers harp teachers a peaceful yet energizing environment to recharge, connect, and grow. Surrounded by fellow educators who share your passion, you’ll have the rare opportunity to step outside your studio and into a space of creative collaboration and meaningful conversation.

Collaborate and problem-solve: Tackle teaching challenges together and leave with actionable strategies.
Deepen your practice: Share and discover harp pedagogy techniques with peers.
Build connections: Join a supportive community for fresh ideas and encouragement.

Highlights:

Recharge and reconnect in a peaceful, inspiring setting created just for harp educators.

Collaborate with fellow teachers who share your passion and discuss teaching strategies, explore harp pedagogy, and solve studio challenges together.

Savor unstructured time to practice, explore, and rediscover how to have fun with your harp.

Build lasting relationships and expand your network of harp teacher peers

Discover new ideas and strategies to bring back to your students and studio

Leave feeling inspired and re-energized for the season ahead.

What Makes This Retreat Unique?

As a harp teacher, you pour so much into your students - but when was the last time you took time to invest in yourself? This retreat is your chance to step away from the demands of daily teaching and immerse yourself in a weekend designed to refresh your spirit and reignite your passion for pedagogy.

You’ll join a supportive circle of fellow harp educators who understand your journey. Through group brainstorming and mastermind-style conversations, you’ll have the chance to explore new teaching strategies, troubleshoot challenges, and refine your studio goals - all while being surrounded by peers who can offer insight, feedback, and encouragement.

If you’ve ever wished you had more time to exchange ideas, share resources, and talk shop with other harp teachers, this is your moment. You’ll dive into rich discussions on pedagogy, lesson planning, and studio management - coming away with practical tools and fresh inspiration to bring back to your students.

Beyond professional development, this retreat gives you time to reflect, reconnect with your own creativity, and rediscover the why behind your work. It's not just about getting better at what you do — it's about feeling more connected, confident, and renewed as a teacher and artist.

Everything You Need to Relax

Our retreat will take place in a breathtaking 15-bedroom, 15-full-bath, and 2-half-bath luxury vacation home located in the exclusive, 24-hour guard-gated community of Verandah Palms, in Kissimmee, Florida.

The backyard of our private resort features a sparkling pool and hot tub, offering a tranquil space to unwind after a day of harping.

The closest airport is Orlando International (MCO) which is a 40 minute drive or so from the house. Flights to Orlando are usually quite reasonably priced.

Your Retreat Host

Anne Sullivan

Harp Mastery® Founder and Harp Happiness Expert

Anne Sullivan’s journey as a harpist began early—with two solo performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra at just twelve years old. Today, she is celebrated nationwide as a performer and teacher, appearing regularly in chamber music settings with SPARX, Duo Parisienne, and Trio Montage. Anne spent twenty years on the theory faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music and is the founder of Harp Mastery®, an international online hub for harpists seeking inspiration, guidance, and growth. She has recorded two solo CDs and four chamber music albums, and she continues to publish and arrange music for harpists of all levels. Anne travels the country offering workshops that combine musicianship, technique, and practical wisdom. Through her podcast, blog, and online programs at Harpmastery.com, she brings her deep experience and love of the harp to students around the world—helping them become not just better harpists, but confident, expressive musicians.

Register Now

Registration is very limited and is first-come, first-served.

The total cost of the retreat is $2,250.

The fee includes all the program activities and materials as well as all meals and lodging. We will be staying in a very large house in a resort community in central Florida. The house has its own pool and hot tub. All the bedrooms have private baths.

All you need to do to reserve your spot is put down a $500 non-refundable deposit (and pay for a harp rental if applicable) and. we will see you in October