![]() “The harp is really cool, and I think it’s awesome that she just picked that up,” Thurlby said. Junior and friend of Li, Hannah Thurlby, said the harp is a hard instrument to pick up, but Li caught on very quickly. “She will play the harp at our December concert and in the spring concerts.” “If the piece we are doing has a harp part, then she’ll play the harp,” Arbucci said. “She’s able to transfer the skills from instrument to instrument and become very adept at playing them.”Īrbucci said Li plays the violin, her primary instrument, more in orchestra class than the harp, but will play the harp more this year. ![]() ![]() Not just any student can play as many instruments as she does but it goes beyond that,” Arbucci said. Orchestra teacher Mike Arbucci began working with Li when she started violin at Harmony Middle School in sixth grade. “I kind of wanted to do one that not a lot of people play, and I thought that since the harp is kind of similar to the piano…that would make it easier for me to catch up and learn how to play it.” “I wasn’t enjoying the violin a whole lot, so my parents asked me if I wanted to start another instrument,” Li said. On average, Li practices six hours a week. One year ago, she decided to learn the harp, translating of her piano skills to this new instrument. At age 4, sophomore Aleena Li began playing her first instrument, the piano.
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