The only harp I could find to rent was a Gothic harp. So I rented it for a month until I discovered that one was available through Sylvia Woods. After initial training for two years with Deborah Friou at Sylvia's studio and about 6 months of pedal harp with the late Suzanne Balderston, I completed several years of pedal harp study with JoAnn Turovsky, the Chair of the American Harp Society National Competitions.

Meanwhile I co-partnered with Sylvia Fellows and Allegra Hardulfi to found the Los Angeles Chapter of the International Society of Folk Harpers and Craftsmen. We called ourselves the "Happy Harpers" and that we were! I spent time teaching and leading at some of the "Happy Harpers" meetings. I wrote articles for the Folk Harp Journal, performed for harp gigs and gave harp lessons. But another passion also captured my heart during that season as a result of the creative upper division medieval art and humanities courses that I was teaching at universities. These courses included preparing the pageantry, ceremony and culinary delights of the medieval banquet. So to look the part I made very elaborate costumes some of which went on display at the Laguna Arts Museum. And, of course, no banquet can be held without the proper music. So I then began to seriously explore my new found passion, early music!