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The Golden Cage: Project Update
The last month has been an intense one working on my musical “The Golden Cage.” After a NYC reading earlier this year, I started rewriting the beginning and ending of the show. After NYC reading, I started rewriting the beginning & ending of the show....![PlayActing](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/PLAYACTING1.png)
PlayActing
PlayActing. It’s how I’ve been writing music since I was a kid. I act it out. I play all the parts, and completely indulge myself in the emotions and physicalization. And now that I’m working on (hopefully final) revisions of “The Golden Cage,” pianist &...![What is DONE? Completing “The Golden Cage”](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/golden-cage-completion-768x1024.jpg)
What is DONE? Completing “The Golden Cage”
Sometimes you have to crash and burn before you learn to fly You gotta burn your fear in that fire Sometimes you have to lose your way before you find you heart Then you go higher and higher and higher … Then you fly … Little by little I’m moving...![Romance Novel … or harpist’s adventure?](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/BaroqueFlamenco-book-cover-DHC-shadow-740x1024.jpg)
Romance Novel … or harpist’s adventure?
This is an archive post. This year (2018) Baroque Flamenco is part of a new program called "Building the Bones" - read about "Building the Bones" here. We all want to experience passion in our lives. Come on, admit it – you DO look twice at the bodice-ripping...![Back to Straight Up! (Recording Day #1)](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/car-harp-shotgun-1024x768.jpg)
Back to Straight Up! (Recording Day #1)
It feels like it’s taken forever, but today I headed back to Straight Up recording studio in Arlington, MA to record what may become my next album. Yes, yes, I know, I’ve been recording this album for – what – three years now? Well, I’m at it again. The day started...![Piano Reduction!](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Tim-DHC-BaroqueFlamenco-PianoReduction-Development4-250x142.png)
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...![What Happens when you let go?](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/barflam-cadenza1.jpg)
What Happens when you let go?
What happens when you let go? Is it exhilaration … or a sense of loss? As a performer, I feel most alive when I really let go on stage. I’m more there when I perform than in normal life. But as a composer, letting go is completely different. It means I’m...![Eleanor Turner’s Baroque Flamenco Story](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Eleanor-Turner-harp-207x300.jpg)