Certainly my only interest is not in Celtic music.
I am producing sounds that people are not used to hearing from the harp.
I've played everything but the harp.
The one sound I think of when I think about dreaming is the harp glissando, which is this really atmospheric run up and down the scale that's really dreamy.
What is a harp but an oversized cheese slicer with cultural pretensions?
There's something fundamental to the harp that has retained its appeal my whole life. It's an instrument I am just in love with.
Some composers end up writing for the guitar as they would write piano music or, more often, harp music. It isn't the same.
On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh, No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I, No harp like my own could so cheerily play, And wherever I went was my poor dog Tray.
