I started playing the harp over thirteen years ago, originally classically trained (French style) with a rich Celtic traditional streak, then moving to jazz. I now play almost exclusively jazz and contemporary music - pretty much anything from Gershwin to Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis to James Brown...

My harp is a Little Big Blue made by Camac Harp company. It's fully electro-acoustic, with pick-ups on each string and a full soundboard: this makes for great concert sound as well as funky effects when you plug in wah-pedals and so on.

I played for a long time at weddings in Vancouver with the group Music From the Mists, and with CU Jazz in a variety of jazz combos on campus (we have clips on YouTube!). I now regularly make an appearance at the Midtones Jam in Chinatown, Los Angeles -- come on over and join us!

For more information and sound clips check out my Myspace site.

Image Credit: John Spencer, SWRI.