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“Arrange Yourself” at Harptoberfest!
Sun. Oct. 19, 2014 • 1:00 – 3:00 pm Pacific Harps • Pasadena, CA 922 N. Craig Ave, Pasadena, CA 91104 Hands-On Workshop $50 (Use discount code “CAMAC” for $10 off!) Come for the workshop – then stay for the VIP Reception and Salon Concert! >>...![Q&A – Jazzy Holiday Music?](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/musical-conversation-heart-soul-of-jazz.jpg)
Q&A – Jazzy Holiday Music?
As I gear up for the next session of my online course “Hip Harp Toolkit” (starting Oct. 21st), I get a lot of questions via my “Ask a Question” link from people interested in the course. This particular course focuses on Holiday music as a way...![Q&A – Hospice Harping with Hip Harp Toolkit?](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/hospice-harping-HHT-text-image.jpg)
Q&A – Hospice Harping with Hip Harp Toolkit?
As I gear up for the next session of my online course “Hip Harp Toolkit” which starts Oct. 21st, I’ve been getting a lot of questions — and decided to post some of them here. Here’s one I got this morning: Question I play for hospital...![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:...![Back to the Future in Sydney, Australia – “Old Jazz Days” Raises Questions](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/operabar-sydney-dhc-SHADOW.jpg)
Back to the Future in Sydney, Australia – “Old Jazz Days” Raises Questions
Just before I left for Sydney, Australia two weeks ago, I got an email from Sabine Meijers & Brenda Dor-Groot of the JazzHarpFoundation about a phrase they saw in my tour schedule: ‘I’ll be weilding my 32-string electric body harp in an early evening...![“Classical Gas” Takes Many Forms](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/masonwilliams-dhc-casual-studio.jpg)
“Classical Gas” Takes Many Forms
“Classical Gas” was a huge hit when I was a kid and it was a BIG DEAL because it was one of the rare instrumental hits of all time. It was one of the things that put a seed in my head: a classical instrument doesn’t have to be classical. And that seed has blossomed...![And I adored it](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/conducting-2.jpg)
And I adored it
I have never heard a conductor called “adorable” and I, myself, have rarely been called adorable – but that’s what I kept hearing after I conducted my original concerto “Soñando en Español” a little over a week ago in New Orleans with members of the Louisiana...![Holding the Baton](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Davenny-Wyner-Susan-6.jpg)
Holding the Baton
I had my orchestral conducting debut two days ago in New Orleans with members of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, at the Gala Concert of the American Harp Conference. This is the blog I meant to send that morning – only I got a little preoccupied – so...![Hip Harp Toolkit starts … YESTERDAY!!](https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs132/1101434666873/img/722.jpg)