 CELEBRATE
WITH ME THIS WEEKEND!
Whatever
your life experience, you've had a mother - sometimes
many people collectively become the voice of 'mother'
to you. Wonderful, maddening, deeply comforting,
deeply frustrating -- from sublime to ridiculous,
it's a relationship that never truly resolves - but
boy, is it rich!
Come
celebrate with me this weekend. Bring
someone you love (or someone who frustrates
the living daylights out of you... hey, it might
be the same person!) and indulge in an experience
that's fun, moving, and full of music.
You
can celebrate being with your mother. You can celebrate
not being with your mother. Just make sure you
celebrate!
Fri. May 7 - Tupelo Music Hall
Londonderry, NH - 603-437-5100 - Tix $30 - Tix
Sat. May 8 - TCAN Center for Arts
Natick, MA -
508-647-0097
- Tix $26 / $24 - Tix
And after the show, you can join the conversation!
Let me know what you experienced, and what you
thought of it all, by commenting at my blog.
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2.
GET PERSONAL: We're all dazzled by the
cyber-blitz of media -- so a personal word
from you
becomes ever more
important. Tell your friends about the
shows, tell them exactly why you think THEY'D
love to be
there
- and send
them to HipHarp.com to
see a video of what they're in for!
 3.
SHARE MY MOTHER'S DAY VIDEO-CARDS: Become
a Facebook
Fan or visit my Mother's
Day Page for access to my sharable Mother's Day
video. And no,
this
isn't a ploy to get you to join my Facebook Fan page
-- we're still not experts at making these sharable
'widgets' and this one is just unreliable - sometimes
it shares nicely via Facebook and sometimes it refuses.
Same on my website -- so check out both places, see
which one works best for you and then start sending
out the cards so others can enjoy them! It
features some truly gorgeous video from my PBS Music
Special, 'Invention & Alchemy." Plus
it's about my mom! So enjoy it and pass it on! (p.s.
check out the online
version of this email for updates
about this widget's functionality - and remember
to refresh your screen to make sure you see updates)
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4.
LAST-MINUTE MOTHER'S DAY GIFTS! It's
not too late to give the most wonderful of gifts
-- the
gift of
personal
experience,
inspiration and growth! Aside from the Mother's
Day Weekend Shows, we have two different choices (and
if you
want to give both,
let
us
know
and we'll
come up with a
special discount for you):
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5-DAY
SUMMER PERFORMANCE INTENSIVE: You can still
get the "Early Bird Discount" for my 5-Day
summer intensive "Performance for Musicians" if
you tell them you're buying it as a Mother's Day
Gift when you register - but sign up by May 9th for
the discount!. This is an unadvertised extension
-- only to my fans so catch it while you can! More
info here. |
ONE-ON-ONE
CREATIVITY: You can sign up
for a one-on-one session at my studio
-- to explore
your inner musician,
learn
how to create your own show, explore
the basics of improvisation, or just take
a "creativity lesson" in
how to use the gifts you don't even
know you have! See the world
in
a new and magical light! Sessions
range from $150 - $500*. Email
us for details - but don't wait too
long - we'll be out at shows starting
Friday, so email
now if you're interested. *For
sessions booked by May 15, 2010,
you can bring up to two people and
share
the session
for no additional cost. So bring
your best friend, your children,
your mother,
your brother for a shared experience
-- and indulge yourself in the joy
of your own creativity.
5.CHECK
OUT MY NEW "EDUCATIONAL" YOU-TUBE VIDEOS:
OK, OK -- these aren't exactly "Higher Education" but
I decided to get my feet wet, videotaping a basic "How-To" and
also showing what one of my students is up to.:
 Celeste's
First Harp Lesson: For years, I promised
my best friend, Celeste, that I'd give her a harp
lesson. So if you want to learn the basics of how
a harp works in two casual 10-minute sessions,
check out these two videos. Let me know if you
like having me post these kinds of videos -- and
if you learned anything! Check
it out here.
Harpist
Channels Hendrix: Australian harpist Michelle
Smith has been living on-site and studying on a
3-month intensive with me. She's learning about
jazz structure, harmony and arrangement techniques
-- and she's also been learning how to bend the
harp (literally) to bring tunes like Hendrix's "Red
House" alive on the harp. Check out one of
her impromptu work sessions in my studio. Check
it out here. |
6.
STAY TUNED TO BOSTON.COM!!! Writer Taryn
Plumb and Boston Globe staff photographer John ... er
.. John
... uh ...
yikes -- we never learned his last name! Well, we spent
an exciting morning with them last week on a rare personal
visit to the Burnt Food Museum and now we're burning with curiosity
to see what their article (and video!) will be like!
So keep an eye on Boston.com (where
you can also read about our local water emergency! We're
having a taste - no pun intended
- of what many in the world experience every day -- the
lack of clean water! Our local emergency is almost over,
but it's certainly given me a greater appreciation for
what
comes out of my tap!)
7.
PHOTOS OF MY PREMIER IN WALES: There's
been no time to get them online since I returned about
10 days ago from an incredible concert of my music in Wales
with the Mavron String Quartet, Ensemble Cymru, soloists
Amanda
Whiting, Eleanor Turner (and me) and with conductors
Jonathan Wyner ...and ... me! So join my Facebook
Fan page or follow me on Twitter to get an up-to-date
notice of when
these
great
photos
go
on
line -- or stay
tuned to next newsletter!
UPCOMING
SHOW and EVENT HIGHLIGHTS!
• THIS FRI & SAT! MAY 7 & 8: Mother's
Day Shows in Massachusetts
& New Hampshire
• SUN.
JUN. 18: Father's Day Shows in Seattle at
the Triple
Door 206-838-4333
•
AUG. 16 - 21: Summer Performance Workshop in Maine:
Where musicians bloom! Early-Bird
Registration extended for my fans only thru May 9!
This is an unadvertised extension only for my fans, so
to get the discount thru Mother's Day make sure you tell
them
this is
a Mother's Day Gift (that'll work even if you're
buying the gift for yourself)
More on these and other shows at my TOUR
PAGE
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