|  Deborah
Henson-Conant & Trio
"Hip Harp" Live!
Great Waters Music Festival - Wolfeboro, NH
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WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE & HOW MUCH
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WHO: Deborah Henson-Conant - electric harp
& voice trio
WHAT: Live in Concert!
WHEN: Sat. Aug. 15, 2009 - 8:00 PM
WHERE: Great Waters Music Festival - On the
Shores of Lake Winnepesaukee - Brewster Academy - Wolfeboro,
NH
HOW MUCH: Tix $22 - $66 - (special Family Discounts
available!)
BUY
TIX: By Phone: 603-569-7710
Online: www.GreatWaters.org <http://www.GreatWaters.org>
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CONTACT:
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FOR
GREAT WATERS FESTIVAL:
Carol Holyoake / carol@GreatWaters.org / 603-569-7710
FOR INFO ON DEBORAH HENSON-CONANT
OR TO SCHEDULE INTERVIEWS:
www.HipHarp.com <http://www.hipharp.com/>
(781) 483-3556 / Info@HipHarp.com
Downloadable Hi-Res Photos for press at: <http://www.hipharp.com/publicity.html>
For YouTube videos: http://tiny.cc/6RApZ
or visit YouTube & search for "HipHarp"
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WHO IS SHE? WHAT DOES SHE DO? WHAT'S THE SHOW LIKE?
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The
New York Times calls her a musical pioneer,
"reshaping the serenely Olympian harp
into a jazz instrument by warping it closer to the Blues."
The
Boston Globe describes her as
"A combination of Leonard Bernstein, Steven
Tyler and Xena, the Warrior Princess."
She's a Grammy-Nominated composer and performer.
Her instrument looks like a futuristic 36-string guitar, a blue
triangle of strings that lets forth with everything from Blues
to Flamenco -- an instrument that didn't even exist until she
dreamed it up. Her voice has been compared to Carly Simon and
Joan Baez, her playing to Chuck Berry, and her look to Xena,
the Warrior Princes. Her shows are a modern-day reinvention
of the classic musician-entertainer of the 30's -- weaving stories,
music and humor into an experience that blurs the line between
music and theater. And the comment most heard after her performance
is, "Wow! Where does she get all that energy?!"
"People
are often surprised that the show is so funny, or
that I play the Blues, or that I belt out songs," Henson-Conant
said of the reactions she gets from audience members. "Men
pull me aside confidentially after the show and whisper, 'My
wife dragged me here kicking -- but I loved it!!'
or people say, "Oh, I wish I'd brought my kids
along!" One of my favorite reactions is when
people tell me they're inspired to reconnect with their own
passions -- people who've gone home after the show and pulled
out their old guitar, or started singing or drawing or writing
again. Something about the way I perform seems to
give them a sense of artistic permission in their own lives"
When Deborah
Henson-Conant stands up on stage, stories pour out in words
and music: Watermelons swing their hips like Elvis; Blue-collar
mutts start a canine cultural exchange with French Poodles,
and Jimi Hendrix cranks the distortion on his harp in Heaven
-- and this improbable performer turns the wallflower of the
instrument world into a Blues-Folk-Flamenco powerhouse. Her
shows draw an incredibly diverse audience: Die-hard "Deb-Heads"
mix with families, teens, artists, nerds and women-with-their-spouses,
for a combination of feel-good, think-wierd, sheer-amazement
at what one person can do with a musical affliction. And whether
in in a concert hall, theater or club, there are always kids
in the front row, with parents who want their children to see
first-hand what it means to passionately follow your own creative
path.
"She
gave the kids who were present (and there were more than a
few) the sense that it's okay to be unabashedly into
your instrument and free with where you take it"
(Management - The Shedd Institute for the Arts, Eugene, OR)
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ARTIST BIO:
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Deborah Henson-Conant is a Grammy-Nominated composer and performer
who's toured as a Boston Pops soloist, opened for Ray Charles,
starred in music specials for PBS, hosted TV shows for BET and
BBC, performed world-wide (in English, Frencn and German), jammed
onstage and off with Bobbie McFerrin, Doc Severinsen and Aerosmith's
Steven Tyler; lectured at the Paris Conservatory, Cambridge
Science Festival, Boston "Ideas" Conference
and the Utah Opera Production Studios; premiered her new works
for electric harp and orchestra with the Buffalo Philharmonic,
Prague Radio Orchestra and countless US symhphonies. She's been
interviewed by Charlie Rose, Joan Rivers, Studs Terkel and Scott
Simon. She's released more than a dozen albums including three
major label releases and her Grammy-Nominated "Invention
& Alchemy." She's received awards for her playing,
writing and songwriting including NEA Fellowships, "Meet
the Composer" grants, and a Grammy-Nomination.
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