since I didn't see you on the day, here is my poem for this year:
Jazz (A Variation)
by Lorie Miseck
A minor key swings open the blue door
of the heart. Brassed and unhinged
sound unwinds.…
Feldenkrais lessons for Musicians
What a great week - here we are thinking about the skeleton and how it relates to support through the feet for playing or singing. More lessons coming in July - stayed tuned, watch you newsletter for more info. If…
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wonderful video - and not even about music!
This has knocked me off my feet. A video from Paris compiled from footage shot from 1896 - 1900 by the Lumiere brothers who were by and large the inventors of the moving picture (and their last names WERE Lumiere!)…
Read moreFeldenkrais movement for Musicians with Alice Friedman in Duncan and Nanaimo
WORKSHOP FOR MUSICIANS 2019
“Improvement of talented people comes through their awareness of themselves in action. Their talent arises from their freedom to choose their modes of action.” (Moshé Feldenkrais)
An Introduction to Feldenkrais for Musicians
I'm…
Read moreO waly, waly indeed
Waly is Scottish for Wail, and the long history of this song would make most scholars wail! But Jürgen Kloss, a folklorist from Bonn, Germany has really done it here: http://www.justanothertune.com/html/wateriswide.html
It's a loooooong read, and mostly about the…
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A new tuner - info for all harpists!
As many of you know I'm pretty obsessed with the search for a great tuner. For a while I very happily recommended the Intelli MT500 which is the main tuner I use, having bought up all the ones left in…
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Sivan Magen in Vancouver
info and tickets www.westcoastharpsociety.org
Hello New Year!
2019 - hard to believe... but we've made it more or less intact and I hope you're all ready to launch back into lessons or whatever your harp direction takes you.
Coming up this spring: Sivan Magen in Vancouver…
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