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A Moment with Maeve
‘I can’t believe that!’ said Alice. ‘Can’t you?’ the Queen said in a pitying tone. ‘Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.’ Alice laughed. ‘There’s no use trying,’ she said ‘one...
I’m Gonna be in a Rock Band!
Yes!!! It’s true, True, TRUE! I’m going on tour with a rock band!!!! And not JUST ANY rock band, but with one of the world’s most amazing, incredible, virtuosic guitarists ever — Steve Vai! Here’s a picture of us talking backstage when I met him in...
Rehearsing Performance
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 answering via blog. Her first...
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...
Rockport Music Presents HipHarp at Shalin Liu
=============== PRESS RELEASE – Run Through April 21, 2012 =============== Imagine a harp shrunk to the size of a crossbow. Brushed chrome, with 32 strings. A woman in a sleek black boustier straps it on, plugs it in like an electric guitar and pulls sounds from...
The instrument that isn’t there yet
I’d touched a harp when I was little. I’d had a few lessons, like I had a few piano and guitar lessons. But I always thought of myself as a composer – never as a player. Then there was one day when I was about 14, when I looked at my hands, standing...
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...
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...
Lightning in your coffee?
I had a radio interview yesterday morning on WPAZ, Pennsylvania’s tiniest radio station (“with the biggest heart!”). The station had been struck by lightning the night before so they had to create an alternate tech set-up for my phone interview...
