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Chappy Chanuka
This is an archive post ~ originally published Dec. 23, 2011 When I was 12 and living in North Carolina, I wanted to send my grandparents a Hannukah card. I’d never celebrated the holiday, since only half my family was Jewish and that half – my mother...
The Guessing Gift
This is an archive post ~ originally published Dec. 24, 2010 It’s Christmas Eve-ish and I’m about to head to the hardware store and costume shop – my favorite last-minute shopping destinations. But before I do, I want to tell you about a Christmas...
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...
HipHarp Downloadable Gift Wrap (And How to Wrap a CD in One Piece of Letter-Sized Paper)
How To Giftwrap A CDin One Piece of Letter-Size Paper PLUS! Printable “Santa Bags the Harp Lady” Giftwrapyou can print out and use! Enjoy this VINTAGE POST from my old blog. I don’t even remember when we first published this post, but it was back...
I Found Christmas for you in the “Season of Celebration”
I was talking with one of the artist I coach back in 2013, when she asked me if I’d ever considered playing a holiday program and I said sure, that I’d written two holiday suites I really love – for harp and string orchestra, called “Season of...Nicole Mueller ~ Christmas “In a Different Light”
This beautiful version of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” is from Nicole Mueller, a German harpist who’s just released a gorgeous jazz-inspired Holiday album, and is a member of my “Harness Your Muse” mentorship program and you can buy the MP3 collection here...
Two Great Holiday Harp Download Collections!
Flute & Harp for Christmas is exactly what it says it is: Traditional Christmas Melodies with Improvisations: 14 beautiful traditional Christmas melodies with superb and deeply moving improvisations for flute & harp. This is one of the first recordings I ever...
Snaring the Great Player
Last night I found some beautiful audio files of music I debuted nearly 20 Christmases ago with the “New England String Ensemble.” I wrote 2 Holiday suites to play with them, called “Season of Celebration,” all based on traditional Christmas and Chanuka tunes....
Season of Celebration
… and then I asked myself: “What is the common element to all holiday traditions this time of year?” NOTE: This blog includes an audio file related to the story – if you want to listen click the little arrow below. This is a teaching file I...
