Exploration #3 ~ Connecting to our Impulse (Strings of Passion)
This is an archive post ~ originally published Jan. 6, 2017 and updated in 2019 “The strings of passion – these seven principles – they’re not steps, they’re strings like the strings of our instrument. And there are seven, just like there... read more
2018 in review … from the Harp
As 2018 ends and 2019 begins, I wanted to take a moment to look back at some of the highlights – moments of new beginnings, musical friendships, adventures and projects. JANUARY – A TedX talk “From the Harp” The year began on the TEDx stage... read more
Artist Sketches of The Golden Cage (including mine!)
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... read more
12-Minutes in the Golden Cage – A Musical Synopsis
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.... read more
Can you DISTILL experience to its ESSENCE?
Do you ever wish you could DISTILL a huge amount of knowledge and simplify it down to just what’s essential? Do you wish you could reduce everything in your house, your backpack, your closets, your drawers, your bathroom, your kitchen — maybe even your body,... read more
Do you read me?? What is readability?
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... read more
Ute’s “In the Wings”
I originally wrote my one-woman show “In the Wings (or “What the Hell are you Doing in the Waiting Room for Heaven??”)” in 2008 for a premier at the the Central Square Theater in Cambridge. A year later I performed it in a full-cast version in Seattle. After that... read more
The Birth of Baroque Flamenco
(We first shared this post on April 21, 2016) Baroque Flamenco is one of my most famous and fiery pieces. But it wasn’t always. The first time I heard the melody, it was in a Minuet by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (pictured below, quite fetchingly, I think). I found... read more
PlayActing
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 &... read more
