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The Prayer

January 13, 2025 by drleannamanuel Leave a Comment
person hands on holy bible

The Prayer is a beautiful piece of music. I’ve heard it sung by many different artists, and now I get the chance to play it on my harp. Some of my favorite vocal performances are by Celine Dion, Andrea Bodeli, and Josh Groban. It was written by David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Tony Renis, and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Harp, Music Tagged: Harp, music, The Prayer

Choosing Lyrics

January 6, 2025 by drleannamanuel 1 Comment
music for humming

Choosing lyrics to begin a composition seemed like it should be the easiest part of the process. WRONG! I started out just looking at poetry or scripture that I liked. But sometimes the poem was too long to really work with. Other times it seemed too short. Then there is the issue of copyright and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Composition, Music Tagged: lyrics, poetry

Winter Wind

December 30, 2024 by drleannamanuel Leave a Comment
women s black zip up hooded jacket

Winter Wind is a piano composition that captures the briskness, strong gusts, and periods of general ferosity that the winter weather can bring. I live high in the mountains and the wind is often more fierce than the temperatures or snow. In some passages I feel the plodding of a traveler trying to make forward … [Read more…]

Posted in: Composition, Music Tagged: composition, piano, Repertoire

December Happy Things

December 27, 2024 by drleannamanuel Leave a Comment
person wearing santa costume holding gold gift box

It has been a very full month. Lots of things to do. But also much to be happy about too. Here is my last happy things list for 2024. December Happy Things. Do we share any similar happy things this month? My new puppy Scooby A successful harp performance Learning a new song Collaborating with … [Read more…]

Posted in: Daily Life, Gratitude, Just For Fun Tagged: gratitude, Happy things

Welcome Scooby

December 5, 2024 by drleannamanuel Leave a Comment

I have a new fur baby. On November 8th, the day after a huge snow storm, I brought Scooby home from the animal shelter. I totally fell in love with him on the internet – it was his eyes. (See internet picture on the right. That was my first look at Scooby.) We had been … [Read more…]

Posted in: Daily Life, Dogs Tagged: dogs, Scooby

Saving Seamus

December 2, 2024 by drleannamanuel Leave a Comment
Seamus

Sick dogs can be scary. In mid-October I woke in the morning to find that my black lab, Seamus, was very very sick. He was unable to stand up, lift his head, or anything. I was very scared. He had been fine when we went to bed the night before. I didn’t want to panic, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Daily Life, Dogs Tagged: dogs, family life, Seamus

Harp Journey

November 18, 2024 by drleannamanuel Leave a Comment
brown wooden harp on garden

I love playing my harp and I wanted to share just a little more about my harp journey. I’ve been playing since March of this year. When I made the decision to play I didn’t realize how much I would really love playing. That doesn’t mean that my journey thus far has been effortless. I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Harp, Music Tagged: Harp, music

September Happy Things

November 14, 2024 by drleannamanuel Leave a Comment
woman surrounded by sunflowers

I just found this post that I started, but never actually finished. Ooops! It happens. If my routine changes, things tend to slip through the cracks. I’ll share the list of September Happy Things that I started, but I’m sure it is incomplete. I try not to beat myself up too bad when I slip … [Read more…]

Posted in: Daily Life, Gratitude Tagged: happy things; september

August Happy Things

September 5, 2024 by drleannamanuel Leave a Comment
sea shells on body of water

August was a very full month. I experienced highs and lows, pretty much like every other month, except August is my birthday month. It the spirit of these blogs I am choosing to focus on the happy things, although some days it would be much easier to focus on the negative. There were many August … [Read more…]

Posted in: Daily Life, Just For Fun Tagged: Happy things

Jolie

August 26, 2024 by drleannamanuel Leave a Comment

I’ve got a new Jolie hybrid harp. In March I started learning to play the harp. I rented a 26-string Dusty Strings Ravenna just to see if I really liked it. Less than a month into this grand experiment I knew that I wanted a harp of my own. The process of choosing one was … [Read more…]

Posted in: Music Tagged: Dusty Strings, Harp, Jolie, MusicMakers, Ravenna
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