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DHC’s State o’ Zen Experiments
Last weekend my hard drive crashed. The holidays zoomed up with a vengeance. I realized I was way stressed out. So instead of ‘practicing’ my harp, I just sat down and played. Slowly, no agenda, nothing to prove – I just started playing. And I...![Original Musical
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Original Musical “The Golden Cage” – Private Reading
I know it’s kind of a tease to tell you about an event that you probably can’t attend, but I’m so excited about this that I want to share it! On Sunday. Nov. 16 at 6:30pm, ??there’ll be a private, unstaged reading of my original musical...![Rhythm in Baroque Flamenco (1)](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bfbc-rhythm-big-3s.jpg)
Rhythm in Baroque Flamenco (1)
I always get excited whenever someone says “I have a dumb question” and this one came from Faye, a student in my “Baroque Flamenco Bootcamp” online course where harp players learn to play a dramatic showpiece of mine called “Baroque Flamenco.” She wrote:...![What’s Back to School for YOU?](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Steinert-hall-800px-2012_SteinertHall_BoylstonSt_Boston_Massachusetts_4689.jpg)
What’s Back to School for YOU?
It was an act of desperation – heading back to the classroom last night. I rode my bike down to the train station around 5pm, pulled it into the bike stable, crammed the lock through my helmet and headed into Boston on the T. I never like leaving my helmet...![Darth Vader & Doctor Who – get Married this Weekend](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fairplay-shelley-3strands-dhc-redo.jpg)
Darth Vader & Doctor Who – get Married this Weekend
This weekend, Darth Vader, Doctor Who & James Bond walk down the aisle together in harpist Shelley Fairplay’s new concert-show “The Three Strands,” on the Great Glasshouse Stage at the National Botanical Garden of Wales. It’s the official premier of Shelley’s new...![Why Do We Need LIVE Art?](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tcan.png)
Why Do We Need LIVE Art?
THIS IS A GUEST BLOG FROM Jeila Irdmusa. Jeila is the featured soprano in the 2014 concert of my song cycles at Boston University, “Mythic Women.” You can read more about that project in this blog: Help Wanted! Concert Name. DHC’s annual...![Headless Venus](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/headless-venus-2.jpg)
Headless Venus
She was my 5th or 6th grade project for history and social studies. I waited ‘til the night before the project was due. Not avoiding it – just obsessing over it. We were studying ancient Greece and Rome. Finally I took my mother’s Venus, the eight-inch statue...![The Mystery of Mastery](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/gift_mandala_logo.jpg)