Home About Music Books Recordings Calendar Photos & Videos Performance Teaching Reviews Contact Verlene Schermer             Karmalu Productions A Brief Bio Solo Performance and Performance Groups Private Instructor and Clinician Recording & Publishing The daughter of a piano teacher, Verlene began music lessons and had her first vocal performance at the age of 4. By the time she was a teen, she was an accomplished pianist, violinist, and guitarist. Since then she has added many more stringed instruments including Celtic harp, and mandolin, tenor banjo, ukulele, Swedish nyckelharpa, Swedish Cittra, Norwegian Hardingfele, harp-guitar and treble viola da gamba. Click here to learn more about some of the instruments she plays!  As a performing artist, Verlene accompanies her versatile singing voice on harp, guitar, and piano. She also plays in several groups from duos to larger ensembles. She is a sought-after performer and clinician througout the US and Europe. Click here to learn more about her performance projects! She is a Certified Clinical Musician, and plays harp at Stanford Hospital. Her certification is through the Harp for Healing program, and she mentors for the organazation with students from around the world. Teaching private music lessons since the age 15, she currently has a full studio of private students in San Jose. She teaches voice, songwriting, and all of the instruments she plays. Click here for information about her private music lessons. In addition, Verlene offers workshops and classes on harp, voice, songwriting, and performance. Click here for a list of workshops and classes she offers. As a recording artist, Verlene has recorded several CDs of her original songs, as well as traditional music from around the world. Most of these are also available on CDBaby, iTunes. Click here to learn more about her recordings! She started writing books based on the content of her harp workshops, and has available over 30 of her own books, in addition to several books by other harpists. Click here to learn more about her publications! To read Verlene's poetry, short stories, some articles on harp and voice, and a paper on the Healing Powers of Music, click here!