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All that Jazz Harp
This is an archive post ~ originally published Nov. 29, 2010 and updated in 2018 The international Jazz-Harp organization in Holland sent me a questionnaire as part of research to find out if harpists and jazz musicians support the idea of a formal Bachelor program...![Jazz Standards: If Only I had the KEY!](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dhc-danny-yale-regency-strings-frame-250x158.jpg)
Jazz Standards: If Only I had the KEY!
This is an archive post ~ originally published Feb. 25, 2015 and updated in 2018 When I got my first gig playing lush hotel lobby music with the strolling violins of “Danny Yale and the Regency Strings” I did not personally have to stroll. Nope, my job was to play...![In this room Heaven bloomed](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/needle-and-thread-edith-bloom-heaven-square-1080x675.jpg)
In this room Heaven bloomed
This is an archive post ~ originally published Apr. 2, 2012 and updated in 2018 In my late teens, I was visiting Edith, my grandmother, in the San Joaquin valley where I stayed with her for part of every summer. She gave me her pincushion and a few spools of thread...![Everybody has a Voice](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/select1-Geiger-Nina-Tacoma2018-Sat-4835-smlr-59000_1080x675.jpg)
Everybody has a Voice
From the April 7, 2018 weekly Ezine Do you wonder sometimes, like I do, about where your own creative voice fits? And sometimes whether it does at all? If so, I want to tell you that your voice – no matter what it sounds like – is part of the rich ensemble...![Thank You Tacoma!](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/4-22-18-4-Deborah-on-Pantages-Marquis-1-142185_1080x675.jpg)
Thank You Tacoma!
Last week I got back from Tacoma, WA where I had the joy of playing with the passionate (and sometimes unexpectedly comedic) musicians in Symphony Tacoma and their great new conductor conductor Sarah Ioannides – and to introduce the “Tacoma...![You Have a Voice](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/harp-players-harpybirthday-banner.jpg)
You Have a Voice
A few days ago I got a video from my performance last summer at a great little harp festival called “Somerset.” When I say, “little festival,” there are actually hundreds of people who attend Somerset Folk Harp Festival each year – harp players, spouses – and a big...![Playing in a Different Key … Adapting music for New Shows](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/score-nightingale-for-blogpost-2pages.jpg)
Playing in a Different Key … Adapting music for New Shows
Every time I do a show, I feel like it’s a new beginning because every time I’m adding, tweaking, changing, discovering, expanding, challenging. For my April 22nd Symphony Tacoma show “Earth Songs from the Harp” (INFO & TIX HERE!) I developed...![What Does it Take to Get on Stage?](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dhc-airport-harpcase-trolley.jpg)
What Does it Take to Get on Stage?
I’m playing with Symphony Tacoma this Sun. Apr. 22 in a special Earth Day concert in Seattle-Tacoma and I just landed in the beautiful Northwest. But yesterday … Yesterday it took only one minute for my Uber driver to get to my house — barely enough...![Meet the HARP-Breakers with Symphony TACOMA!](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/harpbreakers-in-concert1.jpg)