Oct 27, 2023 | Bio, Composer, Creativity, Events, Harping & Harpists, Harps, Instrument (My Instrument), Interviews, Musical Theater, musical theatre, Re-DHC
Ever felt trapped in your mind? I just got the link to my new TEDx talk last night: How to Get Out of Your Inner Cage If you’ve ever felt trapped in your mind, if you’ve ever felt like it’s taking FOREVER to get unstuck – watch this 13 minute...
Oct 16, 2023 | Collaboration, Composer, Concerts, Current Events, Events, Featured, Hip Harp Academy, Musical Theater, Performance, Performer, Performing |
Concert Snaps, Memorable Meet and Greets, Candid Behind-the-Scene Moments, and Beyond! Last week I got back from Salzburg, Austria where I go to experience two of my dreams colliding: to have created a show-stopper concerto for harpists that so excites an audience...
Apr 3, 2020 | Collaboration, Creativity, Musical Theater, Projects |
In January we had the final reading of my musical “The Golden Cage”, videotaped it on two new iPhone 11’s … and then spent 6 weeks trying to figure out how to get the video off the !#@$$! phones. Finally, in desperation, I reached out to Eclipse Video in...
Jan 8, 2020 | Collaboration, Composer, Musical Theater, Performing |
We Come Alive through Others I’ve been working on my fantasy musical, “The Golden Cage,” for what seems like forever – and this week we finally started the Workshop Phase! The 2-Character musical is about a Bird-Man who’s been searching...
Dec 18, 2018 | Collaboration, Composer, Composing, Musical Theater, Projects |
When I create a show, I almost always work with an visual artist who brings the show alive for me visually with original illustrations. But first I draw them myself. In this video I’m showing you the drawings I made for “The Golden Cage” and then how...
Dec 13, 2018 | Collaboration, Composer, Composing, Musical Theater, Projects, Uncategorized |
This is a ‘work-video’ of my musical “The Golden Cage” that I made for my development collaborator, Paul Gordon. It’s a 12-minute ‘short story’ version – or musical synopsis – of the 75-minute, 2-character show....
Sep 29, 2017 | Composing, Musical Theater, Projects |
After spending the last 3 years editing and updating my musical “The Golden Cage,” music director Tim Maurice and I are diving into the process of editing another musical of mine, “The Zero Club.” It’s a musical about a troupe of anti-nuclear guerrilla-theater...
Jul 2, 2017 | Composing, Musical Theater |
I was in NYC just one week ago today for a “Writer-Producer” speed date presented by the “Theater Resources Unlimited” (TruOnline.org) folks. It was GREAT!!! Despite the fact that I locked myself out of my cellphone (I recommend NOT ever doing...
Sep 16, 2016 | Composing, Musical Theater |
The last month has been an intense one working on my musical “The Golden Cage.” After a NYC reading earlier this year, I started rewriting the beginning and ending of the show. After NYC reading, I started rewriting the beginning & ending of the show....
Sep 2, 2016 | Composing, Musical Theater, Projects |
PlayActing. It’s how I’ve been writing music since I was a kid. I act it out. I play all the parts, and completely indulge myself in the emotions and physicalization. And now that I’m working on (hopefully final) revisions of “The Golden Cage,” pianist &...
