Harpistry Online Tuition
Enjoy tailor-made online pedal and lever harp lessons from the comfort of your own home with Luisa Cordell (qualified and experienced harp teacher)
Whether you are at the start of your harp playing journey or more experienced, Luisa will work with you to formulate a bespoke lesson pathway, personalised to you
If you wish to take exams (definitely not compulsory!), all exam board grades are covered
Join a friendly online harp community with termly, optional, online presentations, to gain confidence when playing to others
Luisa-Maria Cordell
Award-winning harpist Luisa-Maria Cordell studied music at The University of Surrey and The Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Luisa has recently achieved a Distinction at Masters level - Post Graduate Certificate in performance teaching (Pedagogy and music education) from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2024. London.
Luisa has travelled the world performing and teaching the harp. She has a busy freelance career playing for leading orchestras and performing as a solo recitalist for European recital series and has been the featured Classical artiste for well-known cruise-liners. Luisa recently made a recording with ‘cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. She has also performed for many dignitaries including members of the Royal Family and various Prime Ministers and Statesmen.
Luisa is an experienced educator who enjoys passing on her love of the harp. She has a busy private practice teaching harpists (online and live) from beginner to degree level. Luisa enjoys teaching at St Catherine’s school, Prior’s Field school and Cranleigh school. She is a regular invited guest tutor for the Clarsach Society, the Edinburgh International Harp Festival, National Schools Orchestras and The European Youth Orchestra. A highly considered educator, she has given workshops on harp teaching for tutors. Future workshops have pedagogy fundamentals and her own life skills at the heart of them. Luisa will be leading workshops with Guildhall Professor Roberta Wolf for graduate harpists who wish to set up a teaching practice in January 2026.
One of her greatest passions is directing the National Youth Harp Orchestra of Great Britain and inspiring the next generations of harpists. Luisa founded the orchestra in 2002, and it quickly grew from eight harpists to forty-five in three years! Luisa enjoys nurturing these students from beginner level to professional level, teaching ensemble and performance techniques, as well as invaluable life skills and disciplines. Luisa founded the orchestra’s charity programme which commissions leading composers, and emerging composers to write for them. This has led to Patrick Hawes (former King Charles resident composer) writing ‘St George and the Dragon’ which was aired on BBC Radio 3. Most recently, Britain’s celebrated leading female composer Liz Lane wrote ‘Emerald Waltz’ which was premiered at The Menuhin Hall in the Spring. The charity has also supported many young harpists who are facing financial hardship, and most recently a new bursary to support undergraduates through their training at music conservatoires. The NYHO has completed twenty European concert tours under Luisa’s guidance. What they most enjoy is collaborating with other European musicians, and they particularly enjoy working with the musicians and professors from The Faro Conservatoire of Music! The NYHO took part in an exchange programme with The American Youth Harp Ensemble, which led to a performance for Bill Clinton (one of America’s former Presidents) at The English Embassy in Washington.
Recent projects include the newly appointed Pilgrim Harps (England’s bespoke hand-crafted harps) Harpist in Residence and Consultant, Harp Adjudicator for the VAYA International Online Festival, as well as solo recitals in Portugal and the Channel Islands. She is also busy formulating her new exciting harp tutor book called ‘Harp Beat’ whilst preparing her new CD entitled ‘The Little Fountain'.