Jun 15, 2026 | Kindness |
My friend Larry Grogin was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease 7 years ago. Right now – today – he’s in the middle of running 100 marathons in 100 consecutive days across the United States to raise money – and awareness – for...
Jun 6, 2025 | Composer, Composing, DHC Legacy Project, Kindness |
Her email arrived on an ordinary Tuesday morning in September, but nothing about its contents was ordinary. “Dear Ms. Deborah Henson-Conant,” it began, in the careful English of someone writing in their second language. “My name is Iryna Lytvynenko...
Mar 13, 2025 | Harping & Harpists, Kindness |
Harpist and singer Julia Cunningham has been a member of my Hip Harp Academy for several years now. For the past couple years, she’s been sharing these beautiful videos she creates for her YouTube channel where she takes tracks from her previously-recorded...
Dec 30, 2024 | Collaboration, Composer, Harping & Harpists, Kindness, Projects |
BREAKING NEWS! Thanks to the Legacy Bridge Project and sponsor Dan Beach – “Baroque Flamenco” had its Ukranian Premiere — and its World Premiere on Bandura, a traditional Ukranian folk instrument. The soloist Iryna Lytvynenko adapted...
Jan 16, 2017 | Current Events, Kindness, People I Meet |
Last night I learned that my beloved friend Jim Mouradian died suddenly, while waiting to go on stage for an encore. My sense of loss was complete. This man was truly loving, beloved and an incredible craftsman. I went to the web to try to find more and stumbled on...
Aug 8, 2013 | I Remember..., Kindness |
We went down the driveway to the main road to throw rocks at cars. I remember it as the day of my Grandfather’s funeral. My good buddy Stephen Holmes was visiting. We were about 4 or 5, I guess, and we’d been told to get out of the house. So we went to...
