Jan 25, 2012 | Celtic Memories, Performance |
This St. Patrick’s Day – March 17th – I’m playing a Celtic Celebration concert with the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra. So, a couple weeks ago I was talking to Mayatu, the marketing director of the symphony and she said “You know what I’d love to do? A...
Nov 29, 2011 | Composing, Performance, Projects, Recordings |
It was a composer’s Cinderella story: a CD/DVD project with symphony orchestra and all my original music. 7 cameras, a director, designers, producer, Union negotiations, makeup artists … and did I mention the full symphony orchestra? The video would go...
Nov 2, 2011 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Jazz Harp, Projects |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Nov. 6, 2011 Event) Electric Harp Pioneer Trains a new Generation of Rockin’ Harpists – whether you play harp or not! “I think of it like a cross between test-driving a new Ferrari and bungee-jumping …” (Deborah Henson-Conant) LINK...
Sep 30, 2011 | Performance, Tour Diaries |
NOTES FROM TOUR: When I asked our host of last Tuesday’s Workshop, Betsy Chapman, what to expect in Boyertown, PA – and a little bit about Marianne, the owner of the beautiful Inn we’d be staying in, Betsy sent me this email. While I was there, I...
Sep 23, 2011 | Interviews, Performance |
I had a radio interview yesterday morning on WPAZ, Pennsylvania’s tiniest radio station (“with the biggest heart!”). The station had been struck by lightning the night before so they had to create an alternate tech set-up for my phone interview...
Sep 22, 2011 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Instrument (My Instrument), Jazz Harp, Performance, Projects |
I got a set of questions from Betsy Chapman, who hosts “The Morning Show” on WPAZ, a tiny station (“with a big heart!”) in Pennsylvania. WPAZ is co-sponsoring my “Fireworks for the Creative Spirit” next week, so Betsy interviewed me...
Sep 15, 2011 | Events, Press Release |
Press Release – run until 10/1/2011 Take a Harp ?Shrink it down? Plug it in? Strap it on Deborah Henson-Conant is the world’s foremost electric harpist – but this ain’t your grandmother’s harp! She’s a GRAMMY©-Nominated recording...
Aug 11, 2011 | Celtic Memories, Performance |
Bonjour mes amis! I’m writing from France – in a tiny hotel room, in a small harbor town called Paimpol, which is on the coast of Brittany — which is the Celtic region of France. Here’s a 2-minute video of my first day in Paimpol (not to be...
Jul 31, 2011 | Celebration Barn, Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning |
If I close my eyes right now, I can see Tony. If you were in my mind, you might think I was looking at a short Italian guy in an orange jumpsuit. But I’m seeing a stadium of improbable beings, huge and tiny. When I imagine Tony Montanaro I see everything his...
