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The Gift: What happens when you Improvise on Christmas?
In 1995 I recorded a series of 15 carols from around the world on solo harp which became The Gift. But it wasn’t ’til a few years ago that I realized I could create a digital download album of it on BANDCAMP – so it’s finally available...
Congratulations, You Made it This Far! (MP3, CDs, Sheet Music, Hats & Giftwrap)
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!...
In this room Heaven bloomed
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...
Love Gone Bad (Lyrics)
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...
Closer to You (Lyrics)
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...
Flute & Harp for Christmas
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...
Holiday Music is Here … whether you like it or not
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...
Celebrate December with Me
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...Happy Song Tests
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...
