NAME: JENNIFER R. ELLIS

Genre: music

Title: Sparks and Shards

Description: My project is an album of original harp pieces that embrace the joyfully rich sounds of a “broken” harp. The harp has over 2,000 moving pieces, making it a monster musical machine. When playing traditional repertoire, the goal is to make those moving pieces go unnoticed. However, I enjoy making those moving parts audible, which allows me to create a wider range of music on the instrument.

Text: “This is a great principle: Everything that exists in the world has holy sparks… sparks of the breaking.” –Baal Shem Tov