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Harp Whimsy

Of Harps and Hobbits

8 years ago

We all know what is going to happen this December – that single life-changing event we’ve all been waiting for, more than Christmas, more than the Mayan end of the …

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Harp Heart

Baby Harp Enters the Family

8 years ago

Last week I bought a new harp! Owned originally by a friend’s mother’s husband’s tenant, it was built one year before I was born.

It is about three feet high, and …

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How NOT to Rent a Harp in Paris

8 years ago

I spent two years living in Montpellier, France along the Mediterranean. And though I practiced several times a week at the local music conservatory, I missed having a harp at …

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Recital featuring Jacob Tews

8 years ago

Come hear the world premier of two orchestral works by violist Jacob Tews:

knowing the river: a narrative for viola and orchestra in three acts and
Chamber Symphony, ‘Three Reflections’

Jacob …

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Why I didn’t choose the flute

8 years ago

“How much does that thing weigh?” I get asked frequently. The thing so irreverently referred to is, of course, my 6-foot-tall, 47-string, 81-pound Lyon and Healy pedal harp. There is …

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Symphony vs. Elton John

8 years ago

I just got back from a weekend in North Dakota where the Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra and I competed versus Elton John for the concert-going audiences of North Dakota. I …

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Harpist Keeping Busy During Covid-19

The first few weeks were special. I felt so free to work on projects that I never had time for before. I composed more music in March and April of …

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Light So Brilliant: Christmas Carols and Tunes for Solo Harp

“Evoking an ancient rather than modern setting, Claussen’s renditions contain variations that intermediate through advanced harpists will find both intricate and satisfying.”

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