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Mitch Landy combines a classical music education with his own eclectic musical tastes, bringing a fresh approach to the harp. He lived in Philadelphia until 1991, and was very involved in the city’s Irish music community. His involvement with Irish music exposed him to the magic of the Celtic harp, and he went on to adapt pieces from the classical literature to the harp, an instrument traditionally associated with Irish music.
Soon after, he learned to play the concert harp , with its greater facility to handle the key changes and complex harmonies of classical and pop music.
Mitch won 2nd prize on the Celtic harp at the 1995 International Pop & Jazz Harpfest, and now focuses his talents on the rich harmonic potential of the pedal harp, arranging jazz classics from the 20′s and 30′s, as well as contemporary music, and improvisation; and of course, classical pieces. Never limiting himself to an existing repertoire of published harp music, he continues to perform mostly his own arrangements, and brings a unique to everything he plays.
Here’s our list of events today and tomorrow around the world relating to marriage equality, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and other LGBT equality issues. If you know of any other events – rallies, meetings, phonebanking, etc – please use the link below to add your event to our list!
The Maryland House of Delegates today passed the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act (HB 235), which would prohibit discrimination in the areas of employment, housing and credit. The measure passed 86-52.
In Geneva this week, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a wide ranging resolution supporting LGBT rights. The United States helped to lead an 85 countries into supporting the resolution, which including a statement on the decriminalization of LGBT conduct in countries where engaging same sex relations are illegal.
A bill that would grant gay couples the right to civil unions will be heard by a House committee whose members include a former aide to Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave and three El Paso County Republicans.
As a child in Uganda, John Bosco remembers hearing an old wives’ tale that if a man fell asleep in the sun and it crossed over him, he would wake up as a woman. “I used to try that as a kid,” says John now, some 30 years later. He sits at a table in a busy cafe across the road from the railway station in Southampton, his fingers playing with the handle of a glass of hot chocolate.
A century-old guest ranch on the Russian River, Dawn Ranch Lodge was renamed in 2006 in celebration of the rare Dawn Redwood. Our 70 year old trees provide shade and beauty to this beautiful fifteen acre Guerneville resort.
Here’s our list of events today and tomorrow around the world relating to marriage equality, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and other LGBT equality issues. If you know of any other events – rallies, meetings, phonebanking, etc – please use the link below to add your event to our list!
The gay marriage group Stop 8 has called the National Organization for Marriage’s (NOM) attack ad against President Barack Obama’s decision to no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) ‘gibberish.’
