Moon Over the Mountain

A new book in progress which is to be completed for the Harp Gathering in May of 2012 in Ohio. Also coming with me to the Harp Gathering will be some very cute Music Stand business card holders that can be used in many ways. I have chosen to use mine as an actual music stand for my harp playing doll. Here she's playing from A Rose In Winter.

I started backpacking with my parents when I was a teenager and now it is a favorite activity that my husband, Dave, and I love to do in the summertime. Being in the solitude of the mountains surrounded by the beauty of the flowers, trees, rivers, creeks, and the snowcapped peaks and canyons is an astoundingly spiritual experience. The tunes in this book are a reflection of the many places we have been over the years.

Here's Earl Newman working on the cover one afternoon in Dec 2011. Using one of his own silk screens, a photo of Mount Jefferson and a picture of wild flowers in the Mt. Jeff Wilderness area he was able to come up with the perfect cover art for this book.

Here are the results of that afternoon. Earl took it home and it went from this.... to this....! I love it. Everytime I look at it I wish I could jump into the picture just like Dick Van Dyke and the kids did in Mary Poppins! This is an actual place so I really can go there. It is facing Mount Jefferson at Russel Lake in Jeff Park. I'm sure we will go there this summer.

The names of the tunes in the book are:

Alpenglow
Lilacs & Lavender
Moon Over the Mountain 
Misty Meadow
Redwood Waltz
The Brides Bouquet
Out of the Clouds
Van Gogh Canyon
Sweeten Creek
The Night Sky
Alpenglow Duet (bonus feature)
Alpenglow Flute Part 

There are no lever changes and the tunes start in F (Alpenglow) and go up to D (The Night Sky). My flute/composition student, Jessica, (whom you may know as J. B. Urey from The Lone Egret book) and I worked on a duet for Alpenglow and decided to include it in this book as a bonus.

Go back to the Books,

CD's and Music

or go to A Rose in Winter
The Singing Tree
Gossamer Gate
Sweepin' the Clouds Away
Dance Thru the Music
Where the Fingers Fall
'Tis the Season
Shalom
Waltz Upon a Time
Prelude for Peace
The Lone Egret