The Artistry of Giving
I want to tell you about a gift I once received and the impact it had on me – which had nothing to do with the gift itself and everything to do with the way it was given. But first – Harp Players – let me tell you that I’m doing a webinar this Sun.... read more
Yeah … what SHE said (Student Quotes from Hip Harp Academy)
If you DON’T play the harp – don’t read this. IF YOU DO play harp – and you want to claim your creative freedom and get the skills and inspiration you need … read it all! I’m a composer, performer and mentor — as a mentor... read more
Play WITH the Game of Music
(Some of the content in this post was originally published 9/23/2015 and was updated 10/20/2017) We don’t even know that we’ve put them on ourselves. Creative handcuffs close slowly. Unnoticeable until they’re tight on our hands. They’re invisible. They’re inside... read more
Holistic Harp Harmony (or … How I Learned – and Teach – Music Theory on the Harp)
The doors are NOW OPEN for “Hands on Harmony” – my foundational class for harpists where you learn the basics of harmony with your HANDS (and your mind, of course) – at your own pace! “Hands on Harmony” is program for harpists that... read more
Final BEGINNING Projects for Blues HarpStyle
At the end of my online course for harpists, “Blues HarpStyle” I invite everyone in the course to share a Final “Beginning” project – their own Blues on harp. In 2015, 21 of the 50 people in the course created Blues videos to complete the... read more
Contemplating the Blues on a 32-String Harp
As I get ready to start my Blues HarpStyle 2017 online class with over 100 harpists from all around the world I’m thinking deeply about what the Blues IS and what it gives us. At it’s heart it’s such a simple form – 12 bars long, with infinite... read more
Inside the Creativity Gym – FREE Webinar – Sun. Jan. 8
REPLAY IS NOW HERE I’ll take you inside the Creativity Gym at “Strings of Passion” so you can see the creative prompts, games and workouts I’ve been collecting for decades – and that I’m now sharing in “Strings of... read more
Cost of Academy? Of Strings of Passion?
Yesterday I got an email from a harpist wondering about whether to sign up for my 10-Week Strings of Passion course using the special that ends today … or to sign up for the full yearlong Hip Harp Academy. Her questions were so great that after several emails... read more
String #1 ~ Impulse inspires the Strings of Passion
In my new 10-week creative expression program “Strings of Passion” – which officially goes on sale just after Christmas – I give you the tools to take any creative idea from the spark of impulse to the exhilarating moment of creative... read more
