Jul 11, 2017 | harp, Harping & Harpists, People I Meet, Tour Diaries |
July 11, 2017 – Hong Kong – World Harp Congress This may look like a simple photo of a mother, a daughter and a harp — but what I see is a new generation of dreaming. Last week I was in Hong Kong at the World Harp Congress. After a lunchtime harp...
Jul 11, 2017 | harp, Harping & Harpists, Harps, Tour Diaries |
It’s not every day you have a signature harp built for you, and I’m so deeply proud of my signature harp, the CAMAC “DHC” – it’s changed my life and given me a way to fully express my creative voice. It’s a creative marriage...
Jun 7, 2017 | Tour Diaries, Travel |
Every time I get on a plane with my harp, suitcase and carryon, it’s a technological triumph for me. When I started touring over 20 years ago, I struggled to find ways to get an electric concert harp where I needed it to go. I tried borrowing concert harps...
May 26, 2017 | Events, Performance, Tour Diaries, Travel |
I arrived in Norfolk late Wednesday night and spent the day yesterday practicing, foraging for food, fixing my harp harness and exploring Norfolk. I like arriving a day early before shows so I can get a sense of a town, meet people, find a health food store...
Mar 15, 2017 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Events, Harping & Harpists, Harps, Instrument (My Instrument), Tour Diaries |
Wow! What a week in Cardiff, Wales! I had such an amazing time at the CAMAC Cardiff Harp Weekend and the mini-retreat for the folks in my “Harness Your Muse” mentorship during week that followed. Here are some photo and video memories to give you a...
Jun 3, 2016 | Performance, Performing, Tour Diaries |
One of my favorite things about being a performer is the act and experience of transformation – and as much as I love playing state-of-the-art theaters, I also love it when people transform a non-performance space into a performance space. I got to experience...
Jun 3, 2016 | Harping & Harpists, Tour Diaries |
A few weeks ago I got back from a week in Brittany at the “Harpes au Max” festival in Ancenis. It was wonderful, fun, scary (like when I got stuck in an elevator) and eye-opening (like when I got to see a harpist-in-a-bubble playing house music at a cathedral...
May 18, 2016 | Photo Gallery, Tour Diaries, Travel |
For the second time in my life, I got stuck in an elevator. This time, with harpist Shelley Fairplay, two helpful volunteers from the Festival “Harpes au Max” in Ancenis, France … and a bottle of wine. There’s always that fateful little bump. I...
Apr 15, 2016 | People I Meet, Tour Diaries |
When I visited CPCC in Charlotte, N.C. last week for a collaborative residency, I needed some serious handling. I was invited for a “Woman in Music” residency that included collaborations using my original music with the dance theater department, the opera...
Nov 1, 2015 | Events, Photo Gallery, Tour Diaries |
I flew back from the SouthEastern Harp Weekend in Asheville, NC after a full weekend of teaching, a sold-out Sunday Night show at one of my favorite theaters – the Altamont – and a working visit with the first guy I ever had a crush on (Fred) – and his husband...
