(As I prepare to travel to Rio again for the Rio Harp Festival I realized I’d never finished my blog about last year’s experience… Well, better late than never! :) I had a half-written post about day 5 that I’ve just finished, and I’ve also written about my visit to São Paulo, here, and here) After […]
São Paulo, day 1/Brazil trip day 6 (2013) Read More »
(As I prepare to travel to Rio again for the Rio Harp Festival I realized I’d never finished my blog about last year’s experience… Well, better late than never! :) I had a half-written post about day 5 that I’ve just finished, and I’ve also written about my visit to São Paulo, here, and here) Rain!
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I continue my look at Dalvimare’s Air and Variations aka Variations sur un theme de Mozart with a short video on variation 4: Sheet music can be found on IMSLP
Harp Tuesday ep. 76 is up! Read More »
I’m looking at Dalvimare’s Air and Variations AKA Variations sur un theme de Mozart I learned this piece as “Variations sur un theme de Mozart“, playable on the Celtic harp and edited by O. le Dentu. However, it turns out it may have nothing to do with Mozart! Thanks to a youtube comment I found
Harp Tuesday ep. 74 and 75! Read More »
The premiere of the harp and cello version of my composition “Cotton Butterfly” with the wonderful Paula Kiffner on cello! I originally wrote Cotton Butterfly for harp and double-bass, which is a great combination, but I’m thrilled with how the piece sounds with harp and cello. Cotton Butterfly tells a story – starting with the
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I have several concerts coming up that I want to share with you! Land, Sea, and Sky is a concert featuring local composers, with each piece on the program dedicated to a conservation group. I’ll be performing my piece Cotton Butterfly (dedicated to the Natural History Society) with wonderful ‘cellist Paula Kiffner. I originally wrote
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Hi all, I’ve been super busy – which is good, but means I’ve fallen behind on Harp Tuesday episodes! Fingers crossed that I managed to get a new one out this week; in the meantime, here’s one that I forgot to post on my blog: Harp Tuesday episode 73 – a look at the ending
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I’m looking forward to being a part of St. Barnabas Church’s concert series – I’ll be performing a solo concert this coming Sunday, March 16th, at 3pm. 1525 Begbie St., Admission $10 I’m playing a program featuring European composers: Here’s a video of the last couple minutes from one of the pieces (La Danse des
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This coming Monday, March 3rd, I’ll be performing at the Belfry Theatre as part of the Greater Victoria Public Library’s Local Music Fest. I’ll be doing a 35 minute solo set – Bach, Beethoven, Godefroid, Mussorgsky, Smetana and one of my own compositions. Should be lots of fun – the Belfry is a great venue
Two upcoming concerts! Read More »
A look at my very simple arrangement of the first movement from Mozart’s Sonata No. 11. Even though there may not be a lot of notes to play, there’s still a lot to think about in terms of phrasing! You can download the free PDF of the arrangement here.
Harp Tuesday ep. 72 is up! Read More »