On Thumbs and Appreciating 20th Century Music
You don’t appreciate your thumbs until you lose one for awhile.
Isn’t it always like that in life? You’ve got a good thing going – full use of all ten fingers …
A peripatetic part-time orchestra harpist
Why peripatetic?
Well because it’s a great word that for me it will forever summon to mind Elizabeth Peters’ thrilling novel set in 1890’s Egypt, “The Crocodile on the Sandbank,” in …
10 Ways to Enjoy an Orchestra Concert
… whether or not you’re a music-lover.
Photo credit: hehaden / Foter / CC BY-NC
The best place to sit in an orchestra concert is, of course, on stage. The conductor’s face …
Harp and God, Part 1
There is a sentence in the book Hebrews that I love. “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set …
A Tale of Two Orchestras
Today I read an alarming article from Minnesota Public Radio entitled, “Do the Twin Cities Need 2 Orchestras?” by Euan Kerr. The title, in my opinion, is phrased to be …
Reflections from the Concert Hall Stage | Harp in Orchestra
“My moist hands rest loosely on the black film of my skirt. The air around me shakes and I feel the excitement of my fellow musicians through my feet on …
Recital featuring Jacob Tews
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 …
Symphony vs. Elton John
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 …