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...
Apr 1, 2025 | Collaboration, Concerts, Events, Featured, Performance, Performer, Performing |
Two Hip Harps … and 50 Improvising Harpists I’ve just wrapped up the first stop of my Europe Tour — a sold-out 2-Harp concert with my friend, harpist Evelyn Huber in Landshut, Germany with – near Munich – followed by a 2-Day “Improv...
Jul 3, 2024 | Performance, StreetHarp |
Independence Day makes us all think about FREEDOM. Especially as a performer, I value freedom when it comes to creating music and delivering a performance. This takes me back to how I figured out how to play my version of Hendrix’s “Star Spangled Banner” on the harp....
Mar 1, 2024 | Events, Strings of Passion |
In my last show, I stepped on stage, girded my courage and shared something I rarely share in concert: How I think about MUSIC ITSELF. I talked about how I break the creative process down into 7 principles I call the “Strings of Passion” and how breaking...
Feb 1, 2024 | Harping & Harpists, Performance, Romance |
I used to be Valentine’s Day Grinch. I really hated Valentine’s day. If I had a mate I felt an obligation to celebrate. If I didn’t have a mate, I felt the day like a cold slap of water. But since last 2020 – and don’t ask me how – I’m like a One-Woman-Love-Fest. This...
Feb 1, 2024 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Creativity, harp, Holidays, Love Stories (Wired for Love), Performance, Romance |
30 Days of Love Songs – YouTube Playlist Re-Release: – In 2021, I went on a mission to learn about emotional vulnerability by challenging myself to share a new Love Song every night LIVE on Facebook Live for 30 days. One Project, TWO Playlists Now I want...
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...
Oct 4, 2023 | Collaboration, Concerts, Current Events, Events, Featured, Performance, Performer |
Hello from Mozart’s Birthplace! I’m here in Salzburg, Austria for a concert that is TWO dreams come true – a dream from decades ago. Folks in Europe: Come to the concert: https://www.philharmoniesalzburg.at/en/tickets/ Read the Press Release:...