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...
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...
Apr 15, 2016 | People I Meet, Tour Diaries |
When I visited CPCC in Charlotte, N.C. last week for a collaborative residency, I needed some serious handling. I was invited for a “Woman in Music” residency that included collaborations using my original music with the dance theater department, the opera...
Apr 1, 2015 | People I Meet |
Skepticism is healthy. Cynicism is not. I want to un-pair skepticism and cynicism. #moneyfool Click To Tweet 364 days a year my long-time friend Alex Feldman supports family and foolery as a physical comedian – and one of his personas is “Alex the Jester....
Jan 17, 2014 | Audience Feedback, Blues, Harping & Harpists, People I Meet, Performance |
Last Saturday, at my annual “Lose Your Blues” show, I came back on stage early after intermission – as I often do (because there’s nothing to do backstage and I came there to be with the audience, so why would I hang out in the basement)? Anyway, I often use it as a Q...
Oct 19, 2013 | People I Meet, Random Thoughts |
I opened Facebook today and discovered a friend, David Bunnett, had died. I knew David slightly when we were young – part of the group of theater-and-artist folks who hung around the Pt. Reyes Dance Palace in West Marin, California. But I’d never really...
Aug 29, 2013 | People I Meet |
People talk about supporting the arts. I want to talk about a man who made his life and his business a support of musicians – a certain kind of musicians: musicians with bulky, cumbersome, delicate instruments. Like harps. … also timpani, and big...