Harpist brings warmth to hospital patients

Watch the video and answer the questions below.

  1. What type of music does Karen Stowe not do? 😉
  2. What effect does the harp have on people?
  3. What did Karen use to be?
  4. What do you think Karen means when she says, “When you start playing the harp, everything just kind of melts a little bit”?
  5. Karen Stowe says, “I’m the only person that can be stressed at home and come to work to relax.” Can you think of other occupations that share a similar feeling?
  6. What do you think are the upsides and downsides of a job like Karen’s?
  7. What effect does music have on you?
* a Certified Music Practitioner (CMP) is a specially-trained musician who provides live acoustic music at bedside, one-on-one, for therapeutic purposes