Summer Harp Jam – Got Questions? I got Answers!
“Summer Harp Jam 2019” starts July 22nd, 2019! “Summer Harp Jam” is like a 6-Week virtual summer camp for harp players – lever or pedal, from fledgling to professional. It gives you a treasure-chest of jams, vamps and play-alongs that strengthen your... read more
How do YOU define Success?
If you’re like me … some days you can see you’re hitting your mark – we call that ‘progress’ or ‘success.’ And some days you don’t. You feel like you’re slogging or stuck — or stuck slogging – and you’ve lost the thread of action. You don’t know... read more
SUMMER SPECIALS at Hip Harp Academy
Summer Harp Programs Start NOW! From 3 hour Immersion classes to 3 month learning programs – JOIN ME NOW — OR — get ALL the classes when you join the full year-long Academy 12-months 1. Sing & Play Harp (3-Chord Magic) This... read more
Instant Ensemble! All day Play-along Workshop for Harpists
SUN July 21 – HARP WORKSHOP: “Instant Ensemble” (Parsippany, NJ) – All Day Play-along Harp Workshop at the Somerset Harp Festival. This is the ULTIMATE HARPISTS PLAYDATE! Everyone plays at their own level using my Rhythm-and-Roadmap Method.... read more
People Have to Sing
“People have to sing.” That’s what my grandmother Edith said. “They have to eat their vegetables. They have to know they’re useful. And they have to sing. And someone’s got to keep them together. That’s me. That’s why I... read more
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
I’m so happy to see you!
I was scrolling through LinkedIn, trying to be social when it hit me: I was seeing poses. Like animals, frozen in a pecking order, flaring out feathers, puffing out chests. And LinkedIn isn’t nearly as intense with that as other social media. And here’s me... read more
What’s the most powerful thing you learned as a child? Could you teach it?
What’s the one thing that opened the doorway to your life’s passion? Could you teach it to someone else? Sing & Play Harp - Learn More! You might have learned it in a few seconds, or a minute or ten minutes. The memory may be hazy. It may seem so... read more
sing and play – 3 chords is all it takes
It’s funny that in the past 5 years, as I’ve been creating an online Academy for harp players – specifically to teach arrangement and improv and creative expression – that I’ve never taught the art of singing and playing… Until now.... read more
