CD in Progress : Soiree a Montpellier
My new CD, Soirée à Montpellier releases December 1st and I am in the midst of preparing the tracks. (To learn more about this recording, read my CD page.) Part …
Close Encounters of the Harpist Kind
I have a part-time job at the fabric store near my house. Usually this job and my harp career don’t overlap, but just this last week I had two ‘harp …
The Power of Music and Memory | Choosing Processional Music
Have you ever noticed how music has a funny way of bringing you right back to where you were the first time you heard it? It never fails, Spice Girls …
Reflections from the Concert Hall Stage | Harp in Orchestra
“My moist hands rest loosely on the black film of my skirt. The air around me shakes and I feel the excitement of my fellow musicians through my feet on …
Excerpt from a Letter: January 6th, 2011
I thought I would share a ‘music’ moment from my life last year while I was living in southern France working with Campus Crusade (Cru) and practicing harp as often …
Practicing For Heaven
I started playing the harp when I was seven.
Stephanie Claussen
Did anyone else’s mother dress them up for photo shoots when they were a kid?
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A Visit to County Antrim, Northern Ireland
It never occurred me to make a “bucket list” until last year, but when I finally got down to making one, playing harp in an Irish pub was one of …
How NOT to Rent a Harp in Paris
I spent two years living in Montpellier, France along the Mediterranean. And though I practiced several times a week at the local music conservatory, I missed having a harp in …
Why I didn’t choose the flute
“How much does that thing weigh?” I get asked frequently. The thing so irreverently referred to is, of course, my 6-foot-tall, 47-string, 81-pound Lyon and Healy pedal harp. There is …