Deborah Henson-Conant
Sample Interview Questions
To schedule an interview: Tel: (781) 483-3556 - Email: info@hipharp.com

ASK DEBORAH ABOUT:

- Why did you try to crawl into the the stereo as a kid? And did you ever get inside?

- Why did you refuse to take harp lessons when you were 12?

- You've said that the harp has taught you to give up your own prejudices. What do you mean by that?

- Why do you think you are compared to sports heroes? (She's been compared to Joe DiMaggio and Michael Jordan, among others)

- How did the traditional Celtic harpists take to you jazzing up their sacred instrument? What gave you the idea to ‘strap on’ the harp?

- How do you reconcile your “wild woman” image with the painstaking, detail-oriented work of writing music for symphonic orchestras? Is there some sort of Jekyll & Hyde gene in your makeup?

- What kinds of musical games did your family play when you were a child? How do you interact musically with your fiancé’s kids?

- You write love songs about vegetation (trees, watermelons, etc), as well as about people and places. Do you really love those things?

- Your children’s story for orchestra, “The Frog Princess,” is classic-type fable about the search for identity, breaking through traditional gender roles and overcoming seemingly insurmountable fears in order to achieve ones’ dreams -- and you've said that “The Frog Princess” is your autobiography. What's autobiographical about it?

- You were once dismissed from participating in a jazz cookbook when the photographer saw the “Museum of Burnt Food” in your kitchen. Now your museum’s been visited by the Food Network TV, “Splendid Table” radio and NPR. Are you really that bad a cook? What gave you the idea to preserve your culinary disasters?

- Your website recently stated running a page entitled “A Musician’s Diary,” which includes your musings on everything from the events of September 11th to dealing with your fiancé’s children. Where do you draw the line between your life and your art? Is there a line?