Suspend Your Addiction to Learning
I opened my email inbox over the weekend and found this email from Susan Carol, a harpist who’d joined my new “3-Chord Magic” class – the first class in the “Sing & Play the Harp” Immersion Series at Hip Harp Academy. Susan and... read more
Strings of Passion Takeaways from Martha
This is an archive post ~ originally published Feb. 2, 2017 and updated in 2019 My 10-week program about creative expression, “Strings of Passion,” just started and still open for 2019 registration! I find myself so moved by what the members share about... read more
Speak Your Musical Mind … BLUES on Harp
This is an archive post ~ originally published Jan. 3, 2016 and updated in 2018 Would you read every word from a script if you were pouring your heart out to your best friend? No? Then why read every single note when you’re trying to express yourself on the harp? As a... read more
In the Christmas Grotto ~ A (Very) Imperfect Carol
Many years ago – before I had created my online “Hip Harp Academy” and my “Harness Your Muse” mentorship, I used to invite the people who wanted to do a study intensive with me to come live in my studio. My thinking was that when... read more
Let’s do it AGAIN! (12 Reasons Students Renew Membership in Hip Harp Academy)
I am personally an online-course junkie. I almost always take classes at least twice and I always try to find an Action-Buddy to work through the class with me. Now that I have my OWN online Academy for harp players, and as we begin the SECOND year of the Academy,... read more
A Big Beautiful Creation
I’m in the middle of a 30-day challenge to show up LIVE on Facebook every day – and to my delight, people email me their takeaways from those sessions. Thank you so much to the anonymous emailer who emailed me this one! It started when Clarice wrote in the... read more
Guest Post – Katya Herman: An Apprenticeship of Creative Lunging
Katya Herman was one of the first harpists in my “Harness Your Muse” program – before the program had a name, back when it was more like a 1-on-1 artistic apprenticeship. Katya simply flew to Boston and lived in a room off my studio for 6 months,... read more
HADAWAY, Meredith ~ Final Beginning Project “Hip Harp Toolkit” 2016
Enjoy this special holiday gift from my students and me. This is Meredith’s “Final-Beginning” project from Fall 2016 Hip Harp Toolkit course at http://www.HipHarpAcademy.com. The project was to create a Holiday Greeting with Harp – and the goal was... read more
JONES, Teddy ~ Final Beginning Project “Hip Harp Toolkit” 2016
Enjoy this special holiday gift from my students and me. This is Teddy’s “Final-Beginning” project from Fall 2016 Hip Harp Toolkit course at http://www.HipHarpAcademy.com. The project was to create a Holiday Greeting with Harp – and the goal was... read more
