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The Nightingale – Performances around the World
“The Nightingale” is one of my most-requested songs – one of those songs that comes out whole, that just seems like a simple statement of truth. I wrote it in memory of my mother’s voice – and since I published it years ago, harpists all over the...![Artist Sketches of The Golden Cage (including mine!)](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/goldencage-youtube-artist-illustrations-ellen-lebow-1080x675.jpg)
Artist Sketches of The Golden Cage (including mine!)
When I create a show, I almost always work with an visual artist who brings the show alive for me visually with original illustrations. But first I draw them myself. In this video I’m showing you the drawings I made for “The Golden Cage” and then how...![12-Minutes in the Golden Cage – A Musical Synopsis](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/golden-cage-SQUARE-12-min-image-youtube-video-for-blog-dhc-1080x675.jpg)
12-Minutes in the Golden Cage – A Musical Synopsis
This is a ‘work-video’ of my musical “The Golden Cage” that I made for my development collaborator, Paul Gordon. It’s a 12-minute ‘short story’ version – or musical synopsis – of the 75-minute, 2-character show....![Baroque Flamenco … for YOU](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2017-09-15-at-5.05.45-PM.jpg)
Baroque Flamenco … for YOU
(Some of the info in the post was shared in earlier posts in 2011, 2016 & 2017) I get to hear my music played by harpists all over the world. But there’s one piece in particular that I really have to show people how to play. That’s my fiery...![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...![Meet the HARP-Breakers with Symphony TACOMA!](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/harpbreakers-in-concert1.jpg)
Meet the HARP-Breakers with Symphony TACOMA!
Meet the Nine HARPISTS who will join me onstage with SYMPHONY TACOMA Sun., Apr. 22, 2018 ~ 2:30 pm Stella DeSantis • Clara Fredrickson Grace Gallo • Jessica Gallo Meg Mann • Naomi Maxwell • Martina Preston Cassie Reinbolt Turner • Abigail Wooster In...![Are you DONE?? or … How to get done without a deadline.](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/180208-sianas-dream-accountability-1200px-1024x768-103914_1024x675.jpg)
Are you DONE?? or … How to get done without a deadline.
Are you DONE? What does DONE even mean??? After decades of creating and performing my own music, my definition of ‘done’ means ‘in sharable form.’ My whole life I’ve been a composing-perfomer and ’til now, “Done” meant...![Do you read me?? What is readability?](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tim-dhc-rehearse-tzc-pointing-68011_1000x675.jpg)
Do you read me?? What is readability?
After spending the last 3 years editing and updating my musical “The Golden Cage,” music director Tim Maurice and I are diving into the process of editing another musical of mine, “The Zero Club.” It’s a musical about a troupe of anti-nuclear guerrilla-theater...![Speed Dating with Producers & Writers](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/speeddate-tru.jpg)