Alison Ware - HarpCare Therapeutic Music Services

04/02/2026

🌿ENHANCE Wellbeing program schedule for next week (9 - 13 Feb).

Join one or more of our FREE ENHANCE Wellbeing sessions aimed at improving overall health and wellbeing for those affected by cancer (from diagnosis, during treatment and after treatment) and their carers.

🟨 Guided Drawing & Mindfulness
🔹 Wed 11 Feb | 10:15am - 12:00pm | Garran

🟨 Harp Yoga
🔹Fri 13 Feb | 10:30am - 11:45am | Garran

It is essential that you register for every ENHANCE session you wish to attend and receive confirmation before attending. This is to ensure the safety and welfare of all participants, CCACT staff, and session facilitators. If you are not registered, unfortunately staff will have to turn you away from the session. Please register to avoid disappointment.

To register or learn more about our ENHANCE Wellbeing programs, please visit: www.actcancer.org/support/enhance-wellbeing or phone 02 6257 9999 to talk with our friendly Supportive Care Team.

30/01/2026

Continuing our travel adventures across WA - so much natural beauty to admire and appreciate.
Not long till we travel home ….. a months travel has been a luxury….

25/01/2026

Wonderful whale watching in west Australia- so many Orcas

25/01/2026

I am now in WA with my girls. We went on a whale watch tour with yesterday.

What a wonderful experience- we saw so many orcas. This is definitely a tour you all need to do.

Only a few more days of holidays and then back to work…….

18/01/2026

The wild life and vegetation in Sri Lanka has been wonderful.

I am always amazed at the diversity of our planet .
Travelling always helps me appreciate differences and be grateful that I can have these experiences

10/01/2026

We have arrived safely in Sri Lanka .

We are looking forward to meeting the rest of our group as we are about to go on a wonderful trip to see the animals, birds and national parks in Sri Lanka.

The group is mainly associated with the zoo so it will be great to see as many animals as possible ❤️

Unfortunately I don’t have my harp with me- I always love seeing the responses of animals to music

Maybe next time …

06/01/2026

I saw Adriano in Canberra last time he was here. He was fabulous!

He will be back in February and you should definitely grab a ticket !

ADRIANO SANGINETO 2026
Tour Tickets Available Now

6th FEBRUARY VISUAL HARP PREMIERE with Jacopo Dessi, Harvey Recreation and Cultural Centre Function Room, Harvey WESTERN AUSTRALIA

8th FEBRUARY Workshop Perth WESTERN AUSTRALIA (details soon)

11th FEBRUARY CONCERT Jazz Lab, Brunswick VICTORIA

13th FEBRUARY VISUAL HARP with Jacopo Dessi, The Basement Hawthorn Arts Centre, Hawthorn VICTORIA

14th FEBRUARY WORKSHOP Hawthorn Library, Hawthorn VICTORIA

15th FEBRUARY WORKSHOP Private House, Wy Yung VICTORIA

15th FEBRUARY CONCERT The Abbey, Raymond Island VICTORIA

18th FEBRUARY CONCERT The Wheatsheaf Hotel, Thebarton SOUTH AUSTRALIA

21st FEBRUARY WORKSHOP Kensington Gardens RSL, Kensington Park SOUTH AUSTRALIA

21st FEBRUARY VISUAL HARP with Jacopo Dessi Atelier Theatre Cornerstone College, Mt Barker SOUTH AUSTRALIA

23rd FEBRUARY VISUAL HARP with Jacopo Dessi McGregor Hall Smith's Alternative Canberra ACT

24th FEBRUARY WORKSHOP Smith's Alternative Canberra ACT

TICKETS
https://carterharpsaustralia.com.au/adriano-sangineto-australian-tour-2026/

01/01/2026

Happy New Year !

I hope 2026 will be a year of curiosity, possibilities, rest, laughter and of course music

19/12/2025

Jo and I are exited to announce today that we will be offering Harp Yoga at next years National Folk Festival Festival.

Over four days you can enjoy a gentle yoga practice accompanied by Harp.
We will offer more details soon but we hope to see you there

14/12/2025

I had the pleasure of speaking with the lovely presenters from classic fm a couple of weeks ago.
They chose some beautiful music to accompany the interview and I am always grateful for interest in music for calm

Explore what makes music calming.

08/12/2025

It’s the most wonderful time of the year !
Christmas is almost upon us.

It was lovely sharing our final Unison HarpYoga for the year with the Cancer Council ACT and 11:11 Health and Wellbeing Pty Ltd

There are so many photo opportunities at the hospital to put the harp under the Christmas tree 🎶

01/12/2025

I certainly can relate to this post and remember the first time I played a harp.
My life was forever changed.

Most people think learning the harp begins with music.
But for so many of us… it begins with a moment.

For one student, her moment arrived on a day she felt completely overwhelmed by life, by loss, by the noise of the world. She had never touched a harp before, never read music, never believed she could play anything beautiful.

But she walked into her first lesson anyway.

She sat down, placed her hands on the strings, and plucked a single note.
Just one.

And something shifted.

It wasn’t perfect. It wasn’t polished. But it was hers.
A sound she created. A sound that invited her to breathe again.

Week after week, she returned.
Her fingers stumbled, her confidence wavered, and yet every time the strings hummed beneath her hands, she felt a little more grounded, a little more herself.

She didn’t just learn music…
She learned patience.
She learned gentleness with the harp and with herself.
She learned how to sit still, listen deeply, and find beauty in small steps forward.

When she performed her first simple melody it was nothing grand or showy.
Just a soft, flowing tune that made a small room with a few people close their eyes and feel.

And in that moment, she realized something powerful:

🌟 Learning the harp isn’t about becoming a musician.
It’s about becoming whole again. 🌟

For anyone who has ever felt drawn to the harp, whether for healing, for joy, or for a new chapter, you don’t need experience. You don’t need perfection.

You just need that one brave moment…
to place your hands on the strings and let your heart speak.

💚 If this resonates with you, you are warmly invited to begin your own harp journey.