Oct 4, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Sep 27, 2016 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Harping & Harpists |
My he told me there was ‘something’ he needed to express with his harp, but he wasn’t clear exactly what that was. He’s a wonderful singer, a seasoned actor and has a strong, relaxed harp-playing style, so I assumed that he’d create a kind of one-man show over the...
Sep 24, 2016 | Harping & Harpists, [Mentorship-HYMM] Harness Your Muse |
You may think a librarian’s job is boring – but librarians share their world with the greatest stories of all time. One of my favorite kinds of stories is the story of a lost passion that’s rediscovered — and finally lived to its fullest. #Librarians share their...
Sep 23, 2016 | Composing, Harping & Harpists |
Yaaaay! I’ve just published 2013 Arrangement of “Baroque Flamenco” for Harp Ensemble, commissioned by the American Youth Harp Ensemble – and now YOUR Harp Ensemble can play it! The Download Package includes 5 multi-page PDFs: The Full Score: So...
Sep 16, 2016 | Composing, Musical Theater |
The last month has been an intense one working on my musical “The Golden Cage.” After a NYC reading earlier this year, I started rewriting the beginning and ending of the show. After NYC reading, I started rewriting the beginning & ending of the show....
Sep 15, 2016 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning |
Life is extremely rich for me right now – in both challenges and revelations. Frankly I love hearing about other people’s challenges so here’s a snapshot of mine and you can just to give you a graphic – is what I look like most mornings these...
Sep 15, 2016 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning |
Along with the challenges of creating a new technical model for what I do (see so that your own work changes you. One of the biggest revelations on that score for me lately comes out my piece “Strings of Passion” – which you can see for FREE on Friday Sept. 16...
Sep 14, 2016 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Harping & Harpists, [Mentorship-HYMM] Harness Your Muse |
It’s something I’m just not good at: teaching beginners how to play an instrument. My coaching is all for advanced beginners to professionals. But I know someone who’s REALLY good at teaching beginners … Her name is Shelley Fairplay, and...
Sep 12, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Sep 2, 2016 | Composing, Musical Theater, Projects |
PlayActing. It’s how I’ve been writing music since I was a kid. I act it out. I play all the parts, and completely indulge myself in the emotions and physicalization. And now that I’m working on (hopefully final) revisions of “The Golden Cage,” pianist &...