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I Challenge YOU to Become the Story
Have you ever longed to express a romantic part of yourself, like the heroine in a book or a movie — but you just didn’t have what you needed? You didn’t have the skills, or the gear, or the time … or you just didn’t know where to start...
What is a Creative Team?
Long before the auditions start the creative team for a musical is deep in meetings, sharing ideas, building designs, brainstorming and literally building the creative scaffolding for the actors. This is what I’m learning as I become a PRODUCER for my original...
Golden Cage / Audition Materials 2022
“The Golden Cage” Musical ~ Audition Materials (This page last Updated 2:25 2/16/2022) Refresh Page for Most Recent Updates Jump to ALPHEA Audition Materials... Jump to BORIS Audition Materials... AN OVERVIEW OF THE STORY “The Golden Cage” is a...
The Golden Cage – The Leap from Page to Stage
I’m thrilled to tell you about a new project – and it’s the reason you may not have heard from me for a while – it’s all about my life-long passion project, the musical “THE GOLDEN CAGE,” which has just been selected for the new “CreateTheater Series” in...
Crash & Burn? The Phoenix makes a habit of it.
Ever crash and burn? The mythical bird, the Phoenix, makes a habit of it — and, rising from her own ashes, she’s become the symbol of transformation. In the last “Jung at Harp” video podcast, we explored the myth, the music and the meaning of...
Concerto Winner, Liana Alpino, performs “Baroque Flamenco” with Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra
After a 20-month pandemic hiatus, the Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra (NPO) is returning to in-person performances. The theme of their opening concerts is “Festive Return”. This is a celebration of both the music and musicians who are finally playing together again...
What’s a Lead Sheet?
“Written Music” is a powerful tool for learning and preserving music. Think how amazing it is that you can literally play the same notes Mozart played – because he wrote them all out. But at some point many musicians realize that notes are just the beginning of...
30 Days of Unfounded Optimism – A Personal Instagram Challenge
3 mornings a week I meet my friend Neil at 8:15, we go through our day, look for where we’re likely to stumble, what we can put in place to avoid that, and at the end, we each share three affirmations. Now I’m turning those into music in a personal challenge called...
Simple Structures – LIMITLESS Creative Possibilities
Blueprints for Creativity a NEW immersion class series at Hip Harp Academy is OPEN for registration! What’s a Blueprint for Creativity? It’s a distilled version of a musical form, paring it down to the bones, so it’s easy-peasy to play when you start off. But that’s...
