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This week’s Harp Tuesday episode! (Harmonics+Chords)

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Josh

How to play a left hand chord with a harmonic on top. I talk about the various chords+harmonics in Godefroid’s take on “The Last Rose of Summer”. The pedal harp sheet music can be found at https://archive.org/details/ladernirerosedtm00gode/page/2/mode/2up I’ve arranged it … Continue reading →

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Introducing my new book, Transcriptions for Lever Harp!

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Josh

A quick look at all 7 pieces from my new book of sheet music, available as a PDF from my online store!

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New music book, plus a new composition!

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Josh

I’ve just published a new book, Transcriptions for Lever Harp, Volume 1! Music by Bach, Godefroid, Handel, and Naderman – it’s available right now as a PDF. And I’ve also published the sheet music to my newest composition, Uncharted Shores!

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This week’s Harp Tuesday episode – Xylophonic sounds on the harp!

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Josh

What are “Xylophonic Sounds” on the harp and how do you play them? Find out in this episode of Harp Tuesday :) My new composition, “Uncharted Shores“, features some xylophonic sounds, as does my composition Forgotten Summer. Uncharted Shores: Sheet … Continue reading →

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Music video: Farewell to Stromness

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Josh

Another recent music video, “Farewell to Stromness” by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, is part of the “Yellow Cake Revue” – a set of songs plus two piano interludes that Davies wrote to protest a proposed uranium mine on the Orkney … Continue reading →

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Music video: Chanson de Mai

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Josh

I recently recorded a music video of Hasselman’s lovely Chanson de Mai, paired with the beautiful wild Camas flowers (and bees!) found here in Victoria, BC: If you’re interested in learning Chanson de Mai, the sheet music is freely available … Continue reading →

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Performing Bochsa’s Harp Concerto No. 1 at the World Harp Congress plus other news

Posted on November 30, 2019 by Josh

A lost masterpiece restored; a long-held dream achieved. Bochsa’s Harp Concerto No. 1 at the World Harp Congress. Plus teaching/performing at the CNU Harp Festival and International Summer Harp Academy. I’m very excited to share with you that I’ll be … Continue reading →

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Two upcoming local concerts in Dec. – Victoria and Sidney

Posted on November 26, 2019 by Josh

I’ll be performing a 40 minute lunch-time concert in Victoria 12:10-12:50pm on Wednesday, Dec. 11th. St. Mary’s Church on Elgin Road in Oak Bay. And a longer evening concert on Wednesday, Dec. 18th at 7pm at St. Andrew’s Church on … Continue reading →

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