Sep 14, 2017 | Baroque Flamenco, Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Composing, Instrument (My Instrument), Performance, Projects |
(We first shared this post on April 21, 2016) Baroque Flamenco is one of my most famous and fiery pieces. But it wasn’t always. The first time I heard the melody, it was in a Minuet by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (pictured below, quite fetchingly, I think). I found...
Jul 26, 2017 | Collaboration, harp, Harping & Harpists, Harps, Instrument (My Instrument), Tour Diaries |
It’s a fascinating community: the international harp community – and it’s NOT just harp players. When we get together anywhere in the world – like in Hong Kong earlier this month – the events connect players, builders, composer,...
Mar 22, 2017 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Events, Harping & Harpists, Instrument (My Instrument), [Class-SOP] Strings of Passion |
The International Harp Festival returns to the San Damiano Retreat Center in the beautiful San Fransisco area hillside town of Danville, CA, May 25 – 29, 2017 and I’ve been invited to present my Full-Day Immersion Experience “Strings of...
Mar 15, 2017 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Events, Harping & Harpists, Harps, Instrument (My Instrument), Tour Diaries |
Wow! What a week in Cardiff, Wales! I had such an amazing time at the CAMAC Cardiff Harp Weekend and the mini-retreat for the folks in my “Harness Your Muse” mentorship during week that followed. Here are some photo and video memories to give you a...
Jun 3, 2016 | Harping & Harpists, Harps, Instrument (My Instrument) |
Does this look like a group of old friends in a garden? Well, it is … it’s also a representation of one rich corner of a culture that’s developed over the past 30 years around the lever harp. On the left is Ray Mooers, the creative mind and spirit...
May 11, 2016 | Harps, Instrument (My Instrument), People I Meet, Photo Gallery, Travel |
Bienvenue a France! I’m in Ancenis for the so I can practice any time of day or night … and I do! Yesterday, I got a tour of the CAMAC harp factory to see my signature harp built and had an interview with harp developer and builder Jakez Francois. We saw a...
May 4, 2016 | Collaboration, Harps, Instrument (My Instrument), Tech |
Here’s why I’m asking: I’m about to go interview the developer of my signature electric harp at his factory in France and I need a list of questions YOU want me to ask and images that YOU want to see. If you know an editor or writer at “Wired” who would be interested...
Apr 14, 2016 | Collaboration, Creativity, Instrument (My Instrument), Musical Theater, Performance, Photo Gallery, Residency |
When I pack for tour, I have to get EVERYTHING into two 50-lb bags – and I mean everything … including my instrument. So when the Sensoria Festival invited me to perform a piece from my one-woman musical “Electra’s Lyre” at my April 11th...
Dec 4, 2015 | Instrument (My Instrument), Projects, Recordings |
It feels like it’s taken forever, but today I headed back to Straight Up recording studio in Arlington, MA to record what may become my next album. Yes, yes, I know, I’ve been recording this album for – what – three years now? Well, I’m at it again. The day started...
Dec 16, 2014 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Harping & Harpists, Instrument (My Instrument), Performance |
During my last rehearsal at IUP (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) Dec. 4 – just a few hours before the show, one of my harp levers bit the dust. It’s not the kind of thing you can just fix later – the lever lets you shift the string into the right...
