Jan 1, 2025 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Webinar Sign-Up Pages
What are YOUR Strings of Passion? Register Now for the INSTANT REPLAY The LIVE training is over but you can get the replay HERE Get the REPLAY NOW! REGISTERING FOR THIS training also includes membership in my mailing list. If you want to unsubscribe later, it’s...
Dec 30, 2024 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning |
Last Monday I created a meditation as a year-end gift for members of Hip Harp Academy. My goal was to use music from “The Nightingale” with a text I wrote – and to play it in a way that would let them play along, not by ‘knowing’ what I...
Dec 19, 2024 | Events, Hip Harp Academy, Online Courses, Webinar Sign-Up Pages
“MEET YOUR MUSE” Register Now for the INSTANT REPLAY The LIVE training is over but you can get the replay HERE Register NOW to watch the Replay! Includes “Meet Your Muse” Guided Meditation Do you wish you had a MUSE? Someone who fills you with...
Dec 18, 2024 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Creativity, Holidays |
In 2020, I admitted something to my students in Hip Harp Academy that I’ve never really liked the tune Silent Night. But I also told them that you could learn to love a song by really exploring it, and I started bragging that if I wanted to, I could make a...
Dec 18, 2024 | Christmas-Hanuka-Kwanzaa, Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, harp, Harping & Harpists |
Many years ago – before I had created my online “Hip Harp Academy” and my “Harness Your Muse” mentorship, the only way for people to study with me was to come live in my studio. It was a transformational mentorship experience with harpists from all around the world,...
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Dec 18, 2024 | Christmas-Hanuka-Kwanzaa, Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Final Beginning Student Projects (All), harp, Harping & Harpists, Harps, Hip Harp Academy, [Class-HHT] Hip Harp Toolkit |
Happy Holidays! I’m so happy to share some of the Final-Beginning Projects from 2018’s “Hip Harp Toolkit” program at Hip Harp Academy. These are all Holiday Greeting videos by members of Hip Harp Academy – harpists committed to liberating...
Oct 29, 2024 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hidden from Blog, Hip Harp Academy |
I received something yesterday that touched me so deeply I wanted to share it with you. It’s a beautiful reflection from an Academy member that offers an intimate glimpse into her journey with music and creativity. Reading Patrizia’s words, I was filled...
Oct 24, 2024 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy |
Classes are in session! Early registration discount ends: Oct. 29! JOIN THE ACADEMY NOW! Today, I want to share one of the most universal and versatile structures in music: the 3-Part Arrangement Form (which sometimes has 2 or 3 additional parts). This is a musical...
Oct 22, 2024 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy |
When we’re conversing with someone we love, we’re not reading or reciting our part of the conversation, and we’re not trying to be ‘creative’ and we’re not trying to wow them with impressive words. We are communicating. This doesn’t mean that the conversation won’t...
Oct 21, 2024 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy |
When we talk about structure in music and creativity, it’s not about rigid rules or limitations. It’s about a flexible internal framework — a foundation upon which infinite possibilities can grow. Think of it like the skeleton of a cat. Every cat, whether it’s a...
