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  • River Flows in You, Hannover event on Sunday, and more

    River Flows in You, Hannover event on Sunday, and more

    Episode 3 of this season of Harpist in the Wild features guest star Lena Rummel for a duet version of Yiruma’s River Flows in You. Lena and I played this last year as part of a duo concert on two pedal harps, and then filmed this version on small harps next to a stream. Lena…

  • Season 6 of Harpist in the Wild starts today!

    Season 6 of Harpist in the Wild starts today!

    This season has been a long time coming – this first episode was filmed almost exactly 1 year ago (September 2, 2023). The theme of this season is duets – all the episodes EXCEPT this first one feature another musician joining me for some Harpist in the Wild adventures, filmed during my time in Europe…

  • Hello from a train station in Frankfurt

    Hello from a train station in Frankfurt

    (Want these type of news posts in your inbox? Sign up for my email newsletter and get free sheet music to boot!) I’m in Europe! Hello all, I’m writing this from a train station in Germany – I landed in Frankfurt about an hour ago and am now waiting for my train to take me…

  • Headed to Europe on August 12th!

    Headed to Europe on August 12th!

    (Want these type of news posts in your inbox? Sign up for my email newsletter and get free sheet music to boot!) Hi, it’s been ages since I last wrote! Various life things have kept me busy but expect to hear more from me in these upcoming weeks and months – lots of stuff happening!…

  • First photos from Australia

    First photos from Australia

    I’m in Australia! It was quite a journey to get here (25 hours from my first flight to landing in Adelaide) but I’m feeling pretty rested and loving the summer warmth. Spent a wonderful day yesterday at a nature park, photos below. Now getting ready for the first of two Adelaide area concerts tomorrow!

  • Celebrating a year of Harp Tuesday episodes

    Celebrating a year of Harp Tuesday episodes

    Happy New Year! It’s January 1st, 2024, and I thought I’d take a moment to look back at all the videos I posted on YouTube in 2023. It can be nice to take that moment to look back and be reminded of what one has achieved during the past year, as well as looking ahead…

  • Hiking through Slovenia

    Hiking through Slovenia

    Catching up on photos from my European trip! After spending the weekend in Koper it was on to Ljubljana, the capitol of Slovenia. I ended up staying here a little over two weeks. I was able to practice on harps at the university, and got to meet some of the many harpists in Slovenia, including…

  • First taste of Slovenia

    First taste of Slovenia

    From Milan I took a long train and bus ride to Koper, Slovenia. Koper is a beautiful coastal city next to Trieste. I particularly loved hanging out at a salt marsh nature park, filled with Egrets: (Not an egret, of course) A couple images of Koper: I did a Harp Tuesday weekends session here and…