Sep 2, 2017 | Current Events, Random Thoughts |
I first learned about the labor movement when I got my first union job, years ago as a harpist with “Danny Yale & the Regency Strings” at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco. Here’s me at work – probably when I was around 25 or 26 –...
Aug 25, 2017 | Current Events, People I Meet |
Who says you gotta have TOTALITY to have fun?? Here in the Boston area we had an incredible time with our 63%. Here I am ready for the show – note my backup pair of eclipse-glasses stuffed into my shirt … I am a woman who takes no chances with the...
Aug 24, 2017 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Jazz Harp |
[Some of the info in this post I’ve shared before so don’t be surprised if it looks familiar!] Harpists have asked me to teach jazz harp for years. But every time I took students, I realized they were missing some fundamentals about music. That’s why...
Aug 14, 2017 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Composing, Running |
(And what do you see when you do?) Two bees on a thistle. I saw them today, when my head cleared, near the end of my run. I sometimes work at music or the engine that runs the business of music until my brain is as diffuse as the swirl of grey pouring out of a...
Aug 13, 2017 | Food, Memoire |
Watermelon is in my blood. Still, after all these years, it’s my favorite food. There are other foods, exotic — and cuisines and culinary experiences — but nothing compares to the pure delice of watermelon. Her texture: exquisite crunch, voluptuous...
Aug 9, 2017 | Harness Your Muse, Harping & Harpists, Hip Harp Academy, Weekly Ezine |
Hi, I’m Beatriz and I work with DHC to help set up her weekly e-zines, blogposts and social media campaigns. At the beginning of the week I asked DHC “What’s up this week?” here’s what I found out: Mini Retreat for “Harness Your Muse” “Harness Your...
Aug 4, 2017 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Current Events |
I’ve just started the process of editing the first level of “Hip Harp Academy” my year-long pre-jazz program for harp players. That means that Mackenzie, my school administrator and I, are going back through content of the 10+ programs that make up the...
Jul 26, 2017 | Collaboration, harp, Harping & Harpists, Harps, Instrument (My Instrument), Tour Diaries |
It’s a fascinating community: the international harp community – and it’s NOT just harp players. When we get together anywhere in the world – like in Hong Kong earlier this month – the events connect players, builders, composer,...
Jul 14, 2017 | harp, Harping & Harpists, Harps, Performance, Tour Diaries |
July 14, 2017 For many years I dreamed of stress-less trips to the airport with my harp – being able to hand the instrument over to luggage carriers, easy, turbulent-free flights – but I’d never ever dreamed of playing a concert at the airport. I’d NEVER...
Jul 13, 2017 | harp, Harping & Harpists, Harps, Performance, Tour Diaries |
Dateline: July 13, 2017 – Durian Adventure Hong Kong – Wan Chai – Hong Kong, China I don’t quite know how we do it, but whenever U.K. harpist ,Shelley Fairplay and I are together, we seem to get in some kind of trouble. I think it must be her...
