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Are You Stuck to the Page???
Woohooo! Doors are OPEN NOW for my most popular online course for harp players “Hip Harp Toolkit!” and YOU get an Early-Bird Discount!! If you’re determined to get UNSTUCK from the written page – whether you’re fledgling or professional,...![Play with Freedom! FREE Play-along Webinar July 5 at 4pm EDT](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/play-with-freedom-webinar-vai-jam-v1_550p.png)
Play with Freedom! FREE Play-along Webinar July 5 at 4pm EDT
Do you wish you had the creative FREEDOM to just sit down and PLAY? What does that even mean? Is it something you either ‘have’ or don’t? Or … is it something you can learn? Find out – July 5th at 4pm EDT! Register for FREE online...![A Wonderful Elementary School Visit in Carlsbad, CA](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/MoMM-150514-JoliAnnLeichtagElementary-5384-187x250.jpg)
A Wonderful Elementary School Visit in Carlsbad, CA
On Thursday, May 14th I visited the Joli Ann Leichtag Elementary School as a guest of the Museum of Making Music (MoMM) in their partnership with music teacher Philip Rowley and two big groups of enthusiastic students. The first group was Kindergarten thru 3rd grade...Reinventing “Baroque Flamenco” for Hospice
Reinvention is really important to me. “Baroque Flamenco” is a piece that started out as a minuet in one of my beginner’s harp books. After that it became a big multi-decade reinvention – because I’ve been reinventing it for 20-30 years. But now that it’s a...![Setbacks …](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hand-on-strings-for-setback-blog.jpg)
Setbacks …
I got an email today from an artist in my creative-project program, who’s working on an album. She recently joined a rock band, suddenly has extra rehearsals and a half-dozen performances over Valentine’s Day weekend. All of that is great … and at the same...![Up on the Big Screen: Exclusive Livestream on CAMAC Harp Weekend](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bigscreen-dhc-CAMAC-weekend-wales.jpg)
Up on the Big Screen: Exclusive Livestream on CAMAC Harp Weekend
I could say this whole thing started when I took my first online course, then rippled through my life as I started creating my OWN online programs. But the truth is that it started from watching “Our Gang” the moment I heard little Darla say to Alfalfa “Hey, I’ve got...![Blues – You Gotta Live it… but first…](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hoffman-dhc-TCAN-square-leanback.jpg)
Blues – You Gotta Live it… but first…
When I first tried to learn the Blues I asked my boyfriend at the time, a jazz bass player, how it was put together, how it ‘worked.’ He was a great player, but intolerant of my learning style and his answer was growled disdain, “There’s no shortcuts to the Blues. You...![Harp-Strung Blues for Mind Expansion](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/loseyourbluesposter2-vert.jpg)
Harp-Strung Blues for Mind Expansion
Every year I perform my Annual “Lose Your Blues” concert at TCAN (The Center for Arts in Natick) – this year it’s on Sat. Jan. 10th. The impetus is to take the worst weekend in the year – the weekend right after New Years and see just how much fun I can have with it....![Unexpected Collaboration: On Stage and Classroom](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/state-o-zen-for-ezine2-350x1024.jpg)