Apr 17, 2025 | Composer, Composing, Concerts, Events, People I Meet, Performance, Performer, Performing, Tour Diaries, Travel |
From Paris to Wales From Paris, I’m heading to Wales which means a train under the Strait of Dover via the Eurotunnel – one of my favorite legs of the journey. But it means arriving in St. Pancras station and transferring to Paddington Station. Where...
Apr 10, 2025 | Composer, Composing, Concerts, Events, Hidden from Blog, People I Meet, Performance, Performer, Performing, Tour Diaries, Travel |
And I made it to Edinburgh!! The last leg of my Europe Tour is in Edinburgh. As one of the performers and presenters of the Edinburgh International Harp Festival, I’m so thrilled to have gone back to this beautiful hilly capital of Scotland. I took this selfie...
Apr 7, 2025 | Composer, Composing, Concerts, Events, People I Meet, Performance, Performer, Performing, Tour Diaries, Travel |
Private Paris Retreat … with the MIDI harp I got to Paris near midnight on Sunday night and made my way to the apartment where the MIDI harp was staying. Monday morning I met with Jakez and the Jean-Philippe to set the harp up with my computer – a replay...
Aug 24, 2024 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Composer, Composing, People I Meet |
Sunday mornings, whenever I can, I go for a long run, and then I sit at the Kickstand Cafe and eat Vietnamese spring rolls. Last Sunday, a woman at the next table, leaned over and asked “Are you Deborah?” When I said yes, she asked if I still play around...
May 1, 2024 | Concerts, Events, People I Meet, Performing, Travel |
Festival Photos, Selfies with Harpists, Behind-the-scenes, and much more! Last week was a blast being a part of the Dutch Harp Festival in Utrecht, Netherlands. I conducted a workshop, performed at the festival, and sat as a jury in the World Harp Competition....
Apr 29, 2024 | Collaboration, Harping & Harpists, Instrument (My Instrument), People I Meet, Performing, Travel |
Last week, Satuday April 20th, I got to lead the largest harp orchestra for the 2024 Dutch Harp Festival. After the event, I took this selfie with the Artistic Director and the visionary behind the Dutch Harp Festival, Remy Van Kesteren. It’s quite an interesting...
Aug 25, 2017 | Current Events, People I Meet |
Who says you gotta have TOTALITY to have fun?? Here in the Boston area we had an incredible time with our 63%. Here I am ready for the show – note my backup pair of eclipse-glasses stuffed into my shirt … I am a woman who takes no chances with the...
Jul 11, 2017 | harp, Harping & Harpists, People I Meet, Tour Diaries |
July 11, 2017 – Hong Kong – World Harp Congress This may look like a simple photo of a mother, a daughter and a harp — but what I see is a new generation of dreaming. Last week I was in Hong Kong at the World Harp Congress. After a lunchtime harp...
Apr 28, 2017 | People I Meet |
I wasn’t really paying attention today when the bus stopped. It’s this great bus that starts 5 minutes from my house and ends at Penn Station in NYC, and it’s usually the fastest, easiest way to get to New York, where I’m coming for a weekend...
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...