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The Second Life of a Miniature – with Chamber Ensemble at Sensoria
When I was building the huge symphonic project “Invention & Alchemy” ten years ago, I needed some kind of ‘miniature’ to work in. We’d be filming with 70-piece symphony orchestra – a full evening of my original orchestral works – which would eventually end up as...
Finding the Golden Cage … again
I’ve been up burning the midnight oil, and editing “The Golden Cage” a musical I’ve been working on for over 40 years. Tonight I was editing the audio cuts so they work better with the script. Because, as of last week, I now have a script. Tonight I was...Sensoria Collaboration Pieces
In April I’ll be performing at the Sensoria festival in Charlotte, NC, playing with a chamber ensemble, conductor Alan Yamamoto and working with choreographer Clay Daniel and his dancers from CCPC, where the festival takes place. Clay asked to see some of the...
If I Could Be Marie Antoinette and the Queen of Flamenco
If I could be … graceful Marie Antoinette dancing Minuet … and the fiery Queen of Flamenco, her heels pounding the floor. Be them … both at once. Not possible? I say possible. That’s why I play music. That’s why I write music. To BE what I am not. To become what...
The Composer Presents: Performer Kobie du Plessis
One of my favorite parts of the Composer side of my life is seeing and hearing the artists who perform my music making it their own. And that’s exactly what harpist Kobie du Plessis is doing — and not only that, she’s doing on the harp I invented...
Piano Reduction!
No, it’s not the Steinway Diet Plan, or a toy piano. A “Piano Reduction” is a ‘reduction’ of a symphonic piece of music into a part that’s playable on piano. It takes all the music from the whole orchestra and reduces it onto two...
One Happy Fellow – Thanks to the Mass Artist Fellowship Program
More than 30 years ago I came to Boston from California, following a boyfriend who was in Harvard Med School. He left, I stayed. It’s not that I fell in love with Boston weather, politics or architecture. One thing convinced me to stay. The arts council had a...
Ronja Ehrbar’s “Baroque Flamenco”
This is a blog series featuring performances of my harp showpiece “Baroque Flamenco” by other musicians. Click HERE to link to the overview blog Baroque Flamenco Around the World. Featured Performer: Ronja Ehrbar NAME & WEBSITE:Ronja...
Bring on the Mariachi Virgins!
Tuesday night, in Lakewood, Colorado harpist Rebecca Moritsky placed a set of parts for my concerto “Soñando en Español” onto the music stands of the Lakewood Symphony Orchestra. Earlier that day she and I had been texting madly to get her PC to open the...
