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Searching Words for Music
An Interactive Social Media Word-Game where you win your own Search Terms [ “Searching Words for Music” live online event with co-Host Andrea Hubbert – scroll to the bottom of this page where the feed should go live around 7pm – and you if...![5th Annual LOSE YOUR BLUES Show at TCAN – Press Release](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/postermini-TCAN2016-LoseBlues-DHC-690x1024.jpg)
5th Annual LOSE YOUR BLUES Show at TCAN – Press Release
=============== PRESS RELEASE – Run Through Jan. 9, 2016 • Live Show in the Boston-Area: BUY TICKETS for Sat. Jan 9 at Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN) • Livestream from your Livingroom: Get on the artist’s Livestream Guestlist =============== On Sat. Jan. 9 at...![My Southeastern Harp Weekend](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/moneytalks-shames.jpg)
My Southeastern Harp Weekend
I flew back from the SouthEastern Harp Weekend in Asheville, NC after a full weekend of teaching, a sold-out Sunday Night show at one of my favorite theaters – the Altamont – and a working visit with the first guy I ever had a crush on (Fred) – and his husband...![Bring on the Ballerinas!](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/surprise-harp-with-dancers-smaller.jpg)
Bring on the Ballerinas!
Last weekend I was assailed by a band of curious, inventive ballerinas — and I was thrilled about it. I was performing a benefit concert for the Ponte Vedra Cultural Center’s music therapy outreach program near Jacksonville, Florida. It was a gala concert...![THIS WEEKEND: Asheville, NC – What kind of woman does THAT?](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/postermini-altamont2015-dhc-ezine.jpg)
THIS WEEKEND: Asheville, NC – What kind of woman does THAT?
=============== ?PRESS RELEASE – Run Through Oct. 25, 2015 ?=============== This Sunday, Oct. 25 one of the most inventive humans you’ll ever meet brings the instrument she created to one of the sweetest little listening rooms in the U.S. to give you the...![Piano Reduction!](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Tim-DHC-BaroqueFlamenco-PianoReduction-Development4-250x143.jpg)
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...![The Ultimate Harpist Day-Job](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/hipharpacademy-ad-likeforharpcolumn.jpg)
The Ultimate Harpist Day-Job
Well, it’s happened. The online school I started building in 2012 has gotten too big for its britches, and I need HELP! I posted this ad in the last issue of the “Harp Column” (yes, we harpists have our own trade magazine – which includes a...![Virtual Masterclass – Creative Learning Buddy-Style](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/HHT-student-homework-feedback-blogpost-4.jpg)
Virtual Masterclass – Creative Learning Buddy-Style
I love coaching creative people – which is why I created an online school and mentor other creative artists – especially other harpists. On the other hand, I’ve never liked one-on-one teaching – which is why my online school is all my...![One Happy Fellow – Thanks to the Mass Artist Fellowship Program](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dhc-mass-artistfellowship-v3.jpg)