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Cost of Academy? Of Strings of Passion?
Yesterday I got an email from a harpist wondering about whether to sign up for my 10-Week Strings of Passion course using the special that ends today … or to sign up for the full yearlong Hip Harp Academy. Her questions were so great that after several emails...
String #1 ~ Impulse inspires the Strings of Passion
In my new 10-week creative expression program “Strings of Passion” – which officially goes on sale just after Christmas – I give you the tools to take any creative idea from the spark of impulse to the exhilarating moment of creative...
Strings of Passion ~ The Key to Creative Resonance
My new creative expression program “Strings of Passion,” officially goes on sale just after Christmas (but if you’re on the “First to Know” list, you get a pre-launch special invite – with extra goodies – so sign up right now...Alexandra – The Harp and Soul of a Composer
In my online school Hip Harp Academy there’s always a creative challenge at the end of each course. I call it the “Final-Beginning” project – the project that ends the course and begins your relationship to this new skill. In the fall course, “Arrange Yourself,”...
Celebrate December with Me
Here are my timeless Holiday treats that I love sharing! Each year the list grows: Gifts ideas, Holiday medleys created by students, “The Gift and The Giving” – a story to get you in the right mindset for a wonderful holiday month… and of course – my...
Thanksgiving at the Burnt Food Museum
As you may or may not know, I am the curator and founder of the Burnt Food Museum at BurntFoodMuseum.com – and this is one of my favorite stories anyone has sent me about burnt food – and it’s Thanksgiving themed: “I put a turkey into the oven...
Thanksgiving, Structure, Music & Kaleidoscoping
Years ago when I first started playing the harp, I played in dining rooms in posh hotels – the kinds of places I would never go to eat myself. I’ve never been a holiday-focused celebrant, so I always volunteered to work – meaning, to play – on...
Crisis of Conviction
I’ve been promoting the art of celebration through a single song lately – and last night I had a crisis of conviction. There’s so much uncertainty about what’s really happening here in the U.S. after the recent election, I found myself thinking...
1974-1988 Music School to Jazz Harp Trio (Chronology 2)
I started writing an outline of my life a few years ago for a TV producer who asked for an overview of my life. Like a lot of the content I’ve created, it’s waited patiently on a shelf. Last week was my birthday, and I made a commitment to myself: this...
