Some details on my CD celebration concerts…
You can find some information on my spring tour here, including a concert this coming Sunday (April 7th) in Qualicum Beach!
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News
Harp Tuesday episode 56 is up – Thoughts on Practicing
New episode of Harp Tuesday is up – a few thoughts on effective practice:
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Performing Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro this weekend
I’m performing Ravel’s wonderful Introduction and Allegro this weekend with members of the Sooke Philharmonic. March 23, 7:30 pm in Sooke and March 24, 2:30 pm in Metchosin. Details on the Sooke Philharmonic website. Love the Ravel and really looking forward to the performances – if you’re in the area I hope you can make
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Sunday Spotlight – Feb. 3, 2013
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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Harp Tuesday episode 53 is up!
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
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Sunday Spotlight (Jan. 13, 2013)
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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Sunday Spotlight
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’
Bach and Butterflies – concert in Victoria, BC (Canada)
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
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New composition – Poem for solo harp
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!
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September newsletter – Spring CD release tour, music videos, new composition and 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,
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