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A Culture grows from one Point of Connection: The Harp
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...
A Visit to the Harp Factory (Photo Tour)
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...
Who do you know at “Wired” Magazine?
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...
The Human Harp Stand ~ Electra’s Lyre
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...
Back to Straight Up! (Recording Day #1)
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...
Who Says You Can’t Heal a Broken Harp?
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...
Why do we Show?
Why do we want to SHOW people what we do, what we love, what we create? Why do I want you to come to my show Saturday night in Rockport, MA? (Someone invented this building I’ll be playing in Saturday night. Someone made the blueprints. Someone hammered in the...
Mouradian to the Rescue
I always feel bad that I my social-media-immediacy quotient is often so low – er … high… well, whatever. So instead of sulking about how much I’m not like those social-media whizzes who can take a photo and post it immediately (oh how I admire...
A Moment with Maeve
‘I can’t believe that!’ said Alice. ‘Can’t you?’ the Queen said in a pitying tone. ‘Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.’ Alice laughed. ‘There’s no use trying,’ she said ‘one...
