In this episode of Harp Tuesday I take a look at pedal changes, with a bird’s eye view of how I change pedals, plus a simple exercise to help familiarize your feet with the pedals!
Harp Tuesday episode 55 is up! A look at pedal changes Read More »
Hi everyone, I’m going to try and do a Harp Tuesday episode about figuring out fingerings in tricky sections and I need your help! I’m looking for short sections (a bar to four bars) of music that you are finding difficult. I’m thinking mainly of something where you’re not quite sure what fingering to use/nothing
Hi everyone! Welcome to this week’s spotlight. A potpourri of music today: First, one my favourite pianists, William Kapell, who died way too young. Here’s his rendition of Liszt’s “Mephisto Waltz” I love Mahler and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau – here he is signing “Ging heut Morgen übers Feld” Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is one of my favourite musicians
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In this episode of Harp Tuesday I take an in-depth look at Anne Vanschothorst’s A Bird Came Flying from her book of five original solos. I recorded a music video of A Bird Came Flying last year: http://youtu.be/GW6jCxkGSXQ Information on ordering the music book of A Bird Came Flying can be found here: http://www.abirdcameflying.com/order.htm You
Harp Tuesday episode 53 is up! Read More »
Hi everyone, Time for another spotlight! This week, I’m spotlighting the “Choir” series of documentaries. Featuring choirmaster Gareth Malone, these are delightful and uplifting shows that remind us how wonderful it is to sing, and how we can all sing – it’s not just for professionals ;) If you’re in Canada you can watch a
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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
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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 »