So imagine this: It’s the mid-1970’s …
There I am, starting the harp as a young adult, and already feeling trapped in the conventions of the instrument, realizing people see the harp as a ‘woman’s instrument’, and feeling trapped, like the harp itself is trapped: in being pretty and delicate, in sitting at the back, trapped in the music I think I have to play on it, in the difficulty I have reading music, in the expectation of living up to tradition.
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I share that reinvention with a visionary harp builder and he commits to creating that instrument of my dreams: the CAMAC “DHC” harp. And when he does, I want to stand in front of a symphony orchestra with it and play my own music to thousands of people – and I GET to do all that!
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Everything I’ve ever created for harp players: all the compositions, the instrument itself – and now the Academy classes are to provide tools, and support and guidance for YOUR unbridled creative expression. Not because I’m altruistic (I’m not!) — but because YOUR creative voice is thrilling
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