Harp
When I was five years old, I sat down with my parents one sunny Sunday and told them that I…
Category: Music
Fixing my digital piano
Almost 22 years ago, I bought my digital piano, a Yamaha Clavinova CLP-170 after making some extra money from a…
Reflections
It’s the last day of 2022 today. This year has flown by so rapidly. I noticed that I’ve only posted…
Weaving in the ends
Another year has passed, seemingly in the blink of an eye. I suspect that it has something to do with…
It’s mine!
You might be getting a bit tired of all my violin posts lately (Finding that sweet spot, Still comparing, and…
The jury is in!
After weeks of testing and lots of thought, I have made my decision on which violin I will purchase. I’m…
Still comparing
A while ago, I wrote about my search for a new violin. Since then, I have made some progress, although…
Finding that sweet spot
When I was five years old, I started playing the violin. I still was a wee Meilindis, so I had…
Song of the day: O Solitude
This past year has forced most of us to spend more time at home and to meet with other people…
Song of the day: O quam tu pulchra es
Today’s song is very close to my heart. I’ve always loved singing early music. I pondered studying it when choosing…
Rearranging
Today I had my day off from work, and while that day is mainly intended for resting, it doesn’t mean…
Song of the day: Morgen!
Today, or actually, last night, Vrouw Holle entered The Netherlands. It was snowing and storming – technically, we had a…
Song of the day: Le Secret
Today I’d like to share a lovely song by Gabriël Fauré with you: Le Secret. I love Fauré’s music, and…
Time for some music
I so enjoy my studio! I’ve been spending time there making music quite often these last few weeks. It’s so…
New studio
It’s almost done! Last Saturday, my husband and my father-in-law laid down the laminate flooring, and yesterday my husband and…
2020 in hindsight
It’s December 31st, and today I’m looking back on a surprising, interesting, and at times difficult year. I did not…
I'm still here
It has been almost a month since my last post. I haven’t really had the mental bandwidth to write to…
And another year gone
Time flies! It seems such a short time ago that I reflected on 2018, and here we are at the…
Hommage à Klee
After my recording of Mémoire, I took some time to try and record the other two parts of Drieluik as…
Mémoire
Today, I recorded an old song that I wrote back when I was 19 years old. I wrote it as…
Élévation
Élévation is the title of a beautiful poem by Charles Baudelaire. I found it on Reddit (of all places!) where…
Pavane
I’m sure you have noticed that there haven’t been many fibre-related posts, lately. I am still spinning my large purple…
Azure and gold
A long, long time ago, it may have been twenty years already, I wrote a piece of music for voice…
Nana
I’m a bit hesitant to post this, to be honest. I’ve been a classical singer for years, but it was…
A Janus moment
Janus is the Roman god with two faces. He represents doorways, transitions, beginnings and endings. One of his faces looks…
Reinventing my voice
I’ve been wanting to write this blog post for a while now. Until 2016, I was a practicing classical singer.…
Good night
I’ve been playing with a sweet little gadget lately: a Korg MicroKey 2 Air, which is a midi keyboard for…
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