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Planning for Spontaneity
I’m preparing for an interview with radio host Jacky Ankeles tomorrow morning to talk about my upcoming show at the Shalin Liu in Rockport, MA this Saturday, April 21st. Jacky sent a few questions for me to think about, I started writing out answers —...
Gliding onto Stage
Years ago at the College of Marin, where I first got serious about learning harp, I took a Physical Education class from a teacher whose name I wish I could remember. She was talking about swimming when said that every activity has two parts: the effort and the...
Shalin Liu & the Luscious Quantum Double-Entendre
On Sat. Apr. 21st I’m playing a solo show at the Shalin Liu, a beautiful new theater in Rockport, MA, about 45 minutes north of Boston. As soon as I saw this picture of the theater, I couldn’t wait to play there: I’m no architecture expert, but I...
Beginning in the Middle
I started playing harp as an adult. Well … full disclosure? I had 6 or 7 lessons when I was 13, then took a 9-year hiatus and started seriously when I was 22. And, this morning, I learned that Mason Williams, the man who wrote and recorded one of the most famous...
When Interviews Illuminate
I just read a press feature about this weekend’s show at Flagpole Radio Cafe in Newtown, CT, which came from an interview last week. Reading it, I marveled at how the writer, Susan Dunne of the Hartford Courant, was able to shape a 30-minute, wide-ranging...
We Want YOUR Harp Facts & Trivia!
This St. Patrick’s Day – March 17th – I’m playing a Celtic Celebration concert with the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra. So, a couple weeks ago I was talking to Mayatu, the marketing director of the symphony and she said “You know what I’d love to do? A...
Maquettes – “Invention & Alchemy” in Miniature
It was a composer’s Cinderella story: a CD/DVD project with symphony orchestra and all my original music. 7 cameras, a director, designers, producer, Union negotiations, makeup artists … and did I mention the full symphony orchestra? The video would go...
Why the HARP?
I got a set of questions from Betsy Chapman, who hosts “The Morning Show” on WPAZ, a tiny station (“with a big heart!”) in Pennsylvania. WPAZ is co-sponsoring my “Fireworks for the Creative Spirit” next week, so Betsy interviewed me...
Sabine Meijiers – 4 Harp – 8 Hands in the Netherlands
Dutch harpist Sabine Meijiers recently performed my concerto, “Baroque Flamenco” at Vredeskerk (The Netherlands). I was excited to hear that Sabine wanted to add a few creative flourisheds of her own. I asked her to write the story of how this musical...
