A Harp Weekend in Bemidji
Two weeks ago I spent a few days in Bemidji doing harp stuff.
My schedule included playing 2nd harp on Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra, giving …
On Thumbs and Appreciating 20th Century Music
You don’t appreciate your thumbs until you lose one for awhile.
Isn’t it always like that in life? You’ve got a good thing going – full use of all ten fingers …
A peripatetic part-time orchestra harpist
Why peripatetic?
Well because it’s a great word that for me it will forever summon to mind Elizabeth Peters’ thrilling novel set in 1890’s Egypt, “The Crocodile on the Sandbank,” in …
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 …
Symphony vs. Elton John
I just got back from a weekend in North Dakota where the Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra and I competed versus Elton John for the concert-going audiences of North Dakota. I …