Dec 18, 2024 | Holidays, Recordings
There are certain songs that bloom only in December, like my 15-year old Christmas Cactus plant does. You could play them in spring or summer, but you’d likely sound as out-of-season as a wool hat in a Florida July – except for “What Child is This?” which lives a...
Dec 23, 2023 | Holidays, Recordings
Recently, someone sent me this unauthorized Pocket Recording of my performance with an orchestra of “Season of Celebration.” I don’t know the location, or the ensemble, and please don’t tell me if you know, because … well …...
Nov 1, 2019 | Birthdays, Composing, Recordings |
Congratulations! You made it this far! This is my ALTERNATIVE Birthday song page. And in honor of my Birthday month, I’m sharing everything you need to listen to it, learn it, sing it, play it on piano, share it with others… and even sing it in FRENCH!...
May 11, 2018 | Mom, Recordings |
This is an archive post ~ originally published Apr. 2, 2012 and updated in 2018 In my late teens, I was visiting Edith, my grandmother, in the San Joaquin valley where I stayed with her for part of every summer. She gave me her pincushion and a few spools of thread...
Dec 27, 2017 | Concerts, Recordings, Romance |
What’s the best thing about a bad breakup? If your heart’s ever been broken. If you ever knew it was the beginning of the end. If you ever got dumped, or knew you had to dump your lover, then you know what “Love Gone Bad” is all about. So call in the...
Dec 26, 2017 | Concerts, Recordings |
If you’ve ever wondered if you’re headed in the right direction and whether love will find you on your journey – this song has the answer. I originally wrote “Closer to You” for the wedding of friends, and had the joy of singing it to...
Dec 23, 2017 | Christmas-Hanuka-Kwanzaa, Holidays, Recordings
A million years ago, when I lived in the S.F. Bay Area, I met a flutist named Schawkie Roth. I’d been playing the harp for maybe 5 or 6 years by that time, and Schawkie decided we were destined to play together. He was creating meditation music and I was...
Dec 22, 2017 | Holidays, Recordings |
This post was originally published Dec 1, 2016. Holiday music was the reason I became a harpist … but maybe not for the reason you think. I could be pretty snobby about what I sang when I was a young adult, and when my college chorus was singing a...
Dec 7, 2016 | Holidays, Recordings |
Here are my timeless Holiday treats that I love sharing! Each year the list grows: Gifts ideas, Holiday medleys created by students, “The Gift and The Giving” – a story to get you in the right mindset for a wonderful holiday month… and of course – my...
Aug 5, 2016 | Performing, Recordings, Songwriting |
This was a little experiment I did playing around with a new song I’m working on and some funky video I happened to capture when I was recording it. The video was definitely ‘not ready for primetime’ so I started playing around with it, seeing what...
