What People Say About Harpbeat

"... combining sounds, words, and cultures with surprising ease. In their playful hands, such popular standbys as 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame' become fun, fluid works of performance art. The imaginative duo delights in mixing things up, integrating instruments as diverse as a glockenspiel and
African shells."
Parenting Magazine

"Different, interesting, danceable, sing alongable and memorable... Kids will want to listen to it over and over again and parents won't mind."
Current Magazine

"Children will agree that this high strung duo does a bang-up job."
Ellyce Field, The Detroit News

"Strings with a zing!"
Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana

"Goofy hats, sing-a-longs, sign and foreign languages, a harp and a smattering of ethnic percussion instruments, combined with the melodic voices of Novack and Flurry. This is Harpbeat!"
The Ann Arbor News

"It was the rapport with the audience that made us shout, sing, laugh, and cry!"
Tulani Smith, Principal, Chapelle Elementary School, Ypsilanti, Michigan

"The looks on the kids faces told the Story. They were so involved! Donna's song was inspirational."
Lynn Raglin, 5th grade teacher, Ypsilanti, Michigan

"Harpbeat! Is the BEST YET this year!"
Mrs. Beaham, Dewey Center, Detroit, Michigan

"Donna and Maria, you truly did a wonderful job working with the children in your shows. Your music and instruments were very entertaining."
Sandy Bodenbender, Tulip Time Festival, Holland Michigan

"The interaction with the kids is a real bonus. Your songs present a good variety of music and ethnic backgrounds."
Helen Smith, Borders Books and Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan

"...wonderful, great, entertaining, fabulous!" West Bloomfield Township Public Library, West Bloomfield, Michigan

"Harpbeat was a stunning success!"
Charlotte Owen, Conductor, Ann Arbor Civic Band

"I use your tape with my classes all the time!"
Kim Askew, General Music, Charlotte, North Carolina

"Around the World in a Harpbeat! is an exceptionally enjoyable, globe trotting, pop-folk offering...
Harpbeat has crafted a multi-cultural sing-a-long that is as fun and easy to learn as it is diverse."
Family Fun Magazine

"A long way from the harp players on Lawrence Welk, always upbeat and fun!"
Detroit Jewish News

"Harpbeat brings this ethereal instrument down to earth with a rousing recording of twenty-five songs from around the world."
Detroit Metro Parent

Maria Flurry, percussion/vocals
Donna Novack, harp/vocals