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Shanghai Dress Rehearsal
Here I am in Shanghai! The Shanghai Arts Festival is an impressive enterprise with around 450 presenters from around the globe: India, South Africa, USA, Europe and all of Asia is being represented. Started rehearsing around 9:30 AM this morning, coffee and noodle break, then a 2:30 PM dress rehearsal for the Executive director and…
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Elizabeth’s GLISSANDO
Presentations, Performance Demonstrations and Masterclasses offered in a hand-tailored, accessible format for children and young adults GLISSANDO was originally established as part of Ms. Hainen’s nonprofit, The Lyra Society, to acquaint and excite young people with the harp. Over the past few years, she has developed and maintained a partnership with the Philadelphia Public Schools…
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Ode to a Chinese Folk Song
After finding out that I am going to the Shanghai International Arts Festival just two weeks from now I realize it is about time to learn some native music. So, with You Tube in hand I began perusing the hundreds (thousands) of Chinese melodies. Of course I found the ever-emoting Lang Lang front and center…
Elizabeth Hainen
Harpist