The Nightingale – Performances around the World
“The Nightingale” is one of my most-requested songs – one of those songs that comes out whole, that just seems like a simple statement of truth. I wrote it in memory of my mother’s voice – and since I published it years ago, harpists all over the... read more
the love comes back
The love comes back … that’s what I found out this week. Last week for Valentine’s Day I decided – last-minute – to broadcast a Salon Concert from my studio land LiveStream on Facebook. Love songs — jazz standards, originals. I planned... read more
Beautiful Partnership Between Musician & Instrument
I was just talking to a friend of mine the other day who just started playing the flute. He’d been playing the harmonica and he started playing the Indian flute. He’s a yoga teacher and he wanted to play it at the end of Yoga sessions. He said to me, “So I just... read more
My Funny Valentine – Facebook Live Salon Concert
Last week for Valentine’s Day I decided to do a LIVE salon concert, on Facebook, from my living room. During the concert, I sang a special Valentine’s Day song for my Aunt Elaine. It’s a cover of the classic standard by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz... read more
Collaboration: Composer, Performer, Symphony & Students
A New Collaboration … How it came about & how you can be part of it Sometimes education and performance can come together in wonderful ways. When harp soloist and educator Robbin Gordon-Cartier and composer/performer Deborah Henson-Conant (“DHC”) decided to... read more
Sharing the new studio with Eduardo Betancourt
The past month we’ve been renovating the whole first floor at Hip Harp Headquarters: my assistant Renee, her boyfriend, Tommy, and a builder, Andrew, who led us all in scraping, painting, rebuilding shelves, liberating wood floors, pulling off old wallpaper and... read more
Brazil – I LOVE YOU!!!
I just got back from the forests of Brazil where I lived, taught, ate, performed and adventured at the beautiful Uaná Eté Music Garden about 2 hours from Rio. It was a jazz immersion with harp players from all over the world: Australia, USA, Canada, France, Greece,... read more
All that Jazz Harp
This is an archive post ~ originally published Nov. 29, 2010 and updated in 2018 The international Jazz-Harp organization in Holland sent me a questionnaire as part of research to find out if harpists and jazz musicians support the idea of a formal Bachelor program... read more
Jazz Standards: If Only I had the KEY!
This is an archive post ~ originally published Feb. 25, 2015 and updated in 2018 When I got my first gig playing lush hotel lobby music with the strolling violins of “Danny Yale and the Regency Strings” I did not personally have to stroll. Nope, my job was to play... read more
