Hi everyone, Time for another spotlight! I’ve mentioned that I have a lot of respect for pianist Sviatoslav Richter, and I thought I’d start this week by spotlight a great starting album to start exploring his playing. iTunes has his ‘Greatest Piano Works‘ for $4.99 (US)… With almost 5 hours of music, it’s a pretty […]
Sunday Spotlight Jan. 20th, 2013 Read More »
Hi everyone! First up on the spotlight today is the first Harp Tuesday episode of 2013! I did something quite new for this episode – I want to play a virtual duet with you! I recorded both halves of the Bach/Gounod Ave Maria and uploaded them, so that you can, for example, play the tune
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And I want to play a virtual duet with you! For the first Harp Tuesday episode of 2013, I took a suggestion that someone emailed me awhile ago, and videoed both parts of a duet – Bach/Gounod’s Ave Maria. The idea is that you can choose a part, and then play along with me playing
Harp Tuesday ep. 52 is up! Read More »
Happy 2013 everyone! My blog has been pretty quiet, and one of my New Year’s resolutions is to do more writing! I have a number of thoughts on music I want to share, and of course my continuing adventures in learning the violin. For now, though, this is the first of a weekly ‘Sunday Spotlight’
Watch the world premiere of Cotton Butterfly:
Videos from ‘Bach and Butterflies’ are starting to go up! Read More »
A nice article in the Victoria Times Colonist today about the concert (and Harp Tuesday)! See you there!
Bach and Butterflies is today! Read More »
A look at ‘Variations on a Welsh Carol’ by Ank van Campen
New episode of Harp Tuesday is up! Read More »
I’m performing a concert here in Victoria on Nov. 1st that I’m very excited about. The program includes the world premiere of a piece I wrote last year for harp and double-bass. Thrilled to be working with the amazing Mark Haney for ‘Cotton Butterfly‘ plus Arvo Pärt’s ‘Spiegel im Spiegel‘ Here’s the poster: And all
Bach and Butterflies – concert in Victoria, BC (Canada) Read More »
Sorry for the lack of blog posts! Got some more stuff in the works, but in the meantime, here’s the opening section of a piece I finished writing a few weeks ago. Poem for solo harp Enjoy!
New composition – Poem for solo harp Read More »
My September email newsletter went out earlier this month – check it out below, and sign up to get it delivered straight to your inbox! ——————————————————————————————- Josh Layne, Harpist Happy September, everyone! Welcome to the first edition of a new format for my email newsletter. I’m now using MailChimp‘s great (and free!) set of tools,
September newsletter – Spring CD release tour, music videos, new composition and more! Read More »