Category: Performing

Ep. 291 – How to listen for musical phrasing (featuring Bach’s Goldberg Variations)

Tuning your ear to pick up on musical phrasing – how we get from note to note – is a great thing to do. In this episode I demonstrate what that can mean using the ending of the “Aria” from Bach’s Goldberg Variations.

Also check out this three part blog and video series.

(If you want to play the Aria yourself I’ve arranged it for both lever and pedal harp).

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Ep. 289 – The ending! The most important part of performing.

When we are performing, I think what we do at the end of a piece of music is one of the most important things – and on the harp it means what we do AFTER we have physically played the final note or chord!

In this video I talk about what to do with your hands and eyes to help create an appropriate and compelling ending.

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Ep. 277 – how to organize a concert program

In this episode I talk about the general structure of my typical concert programs and how I think about putting all the moving pieces together!

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Ep. 275 – How I prepare a concert program

I’m getting ready to tour Australia and New Zealand – here’s a look at how I practice and prepare my concert program!

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Ep. 255 – 4 reasons I talk between pieces while performing

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Should you talk between pieces as a classical musician? I do, and here are four reasons why.

What about you? Do you like it when performers talk a little bit between pieces or do you prefer they go straight to the next piece. Do YOU talk between pieces when performing?

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Ep. 246 – Memorizing music – from frowned upon to required! A history of memorization in classical music.

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I played a concerto this summer and used sheet music rather than playing it from memory. In this Harp Tuesday episode I talk about why. I also look at the history of memorization in classical music and how it went from something that generally wasn’t done to being the norm in many cases.

I based a lot of this video on this article by Jennifer Mishra – well worth reading!

I enjoyed this NY Time article: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/01/arts/music/memorizations-loosening-hold-on-concert-tradition.html

And on the flip side, an excellent article about an orchestra performing from memory: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/magazine/features/dance-music-time/

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