Apr 28, 2017 | People I Meet |
I wasn’t really paying attention today when the bus stopped. It’s this great bus that starts 5 minutes from my house and ends at Penn Station in NYC, and it’s usually the fastest, easiest way to get to New York, where I’m coming for a weekend...
Apr 26, 2017 | Composing |
I usually consider myself a composer-performer. But I love the moments I become a composer to someone else’s performer. When I was 12 I knew I wanted to be a composer – to meld story with music in operas, musicals, art songs – stories with music in...
Apr 26, 2017 | Blues, Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, harp, Harping & Harpists, Harps |
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...
Apr 26, 2017 | Blues, Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Harping & Harpists, Harps |
I always wanted to do a little project like this: A 6 day series where harp players get one short riff each day and an MP3 Blues so they can play their HARPS out!! And this is it! Read more about Blues Harp “Riff-of-the-Day” project here. I created the...
Mar 22, 2017 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Events, Harping & Harpists, Instrument (My Instrument), [Class-SOP] Strings of Passion |
The International Harp Festival returns to the San Damiano Retreat Center in the beautiful San Fransisco area hillside town of Danville, CA, May 25 – 29, 2017 and I’ve been invited to present my Full-Day Immersion Experience “Strings of...
Mar 15, 2017 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Events, Harping & Harpists, Harps, Instrument (My Instrument), Tour Diaries |
Wow! What a week in Cardiff, Wales! I had such an amazing time at the CAMAC Cardiff Harp Weekend and the mini-retreat for the folks in my “Harness Your Muse” mentorship during week that followed. Here are some photo and video memories to give you a...
Feb 28, 2017 | Random Thoughts |
I call these photos “Still Life with Flu” – the little stories in the arrangement of bowls and cups and half-eaten toast that I discover when I walk back into a room. I’ve spent the last 9 days mostly flat on my back, epic coughing jags, mostly...
Feb 24, 2017 | harp, Harping & Harpists, Harps, Performance, Performing |
I can’t remember the last time I played in the U.K. – so I’m THRILLED that I have a RARE U.K. CONCERT APPEARANCE on Sun. Mar. 5th — LIVE at the Cardiff CAMAC Harp Weekend! For more info, videos AND the TIX LINK: CLICK HERE!!! And I’ve been thinking about...
Feb 24, 2017 | Events, Performance, Video |
On a snowy night, wind so strong the house was shaking, I uploaded a 90-second clip of great audience Live-Show quotes to promote my next show: The CLOSING concert at the Cardiff CAMAC Harp Weekend in Wales, Sun. March 5th at 5PM. (More info, videos AND a link to BUY...
