Monthly Archives: February 2015

Musings on Mistakes – part one

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Josh

As I mentioned in the return of “Sunday Spotlight”, I want to do more writing this year.  I’m going to start with a 3 part series talking about mistakes and learning. In this post I’m going to look at societal … Continue reading →

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Sunday Spotlight for Feb. 22, 2015

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Josh

For this week’s spotlight we start with some great “two minute technique” videos by the one and only Deborah Henson-Conant: http://www.hipharp.com/blog/9618 Then a nice collection of traditional pieces freely available – tune plus chords. http://www.cpmusic.com/tradmus.html (I’ve been using The Star … Continue reading →

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New Harp Tuesday episode is up! A look at Ribambelle #8

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Josh
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Sunday Spotlight for Feb. 15th, 2015

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Josh

In today’s spotlight we start with a wild instrument apparently designed by Leonardo Da Vinci which is part piano, part string instrument (click the “cc” button for English subtitles): I may have posted this before, but this talk by Evelyn … Continue reading →

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Sunday Spotlight for Feb. 8th

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Josh

For this week’s Sunday Spotlight we start with a video of cellist and composer Zoë Keating.  She does some super cool stuff with looping – recording herself as she plays and then playing back a section as she moves on … Continue reading →

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Sunday Spotlight for Feb. 1st, 2015

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Josh

In today’s Sunday Spotlight we have: “I never practise scales” says violinist James Ehnes.  (I’m certainly always a proponent of creating exercises from the music on which you are working…) Valentina Lisitsa is an fantastic pianist (who credits YouTube for … Continue reading →

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