TEDx Talk ‘from the Harp’ with Deborah Henson-Conant

Apr 3, 2018 | Collaboration, Harping & Harpists, Harps, Instrument (My Instrument), Interviews

Is your dream taking FOREVER to come to fruition? Check out this TEDx story Click To Tweet Share this with your friends who love music, or stories – and especially stories with music. Share it with children to show them how ideas can come together and grow into... read more

A Celebration Barn Moment from the Past

Jul 15, 2019 | Celebration Barn, Events, Performance | 0 comments

On Saturday July 27th I’ll be back at the Celebration Barn Theater in South Paris, ME – for just ONE SHOW! So don’t delay! Buy your tickets NOW! (More show info at the bottom of page) I love all the spontaneous things that can happen at my shows! ... read more

Simple. Powerful. Today.

Jul 11, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy | 0 comments

You probably have something you do every day when you engage with the world, open to unexpected encounters. For some people it’s going to a coffee shop, a walk to work, a subway ride … For me – it’s running. I run nearly every day – and... read more

PLAY with FREEDOM – FREE Webinar for Harp Players – REPLAY available NOW

Jul 4, 2019 | Events, Hip Harp Academy, Online Courses

Grab the INSTANT Replay! Yes! I want the INSTANT Replay! What if you discovered that FOUR SIMPLE CHORDS could set you free? What if they were your key  to creating basslines, accompaniment AND melodic improvs? What if this was the first step to a lifetime of expanding... read more

11 Reasons why Summer Harp Jam Rocks!

Jul 3, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy, Online Courses | 0 comments

“Summer Harp Jam” is my 6-Week virtual summer camp that’s exclusively for harp players – lever or pedal, from fledgling to professional – and gives you a treasure chest of jams, vamps and play-alongs that strengthen your improvisation and rhythm skills while you’re... read more

Summer Harp Jam – Got Questions? I got Answers!

Jul 1, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Online Courses | 0 comments

“Summer Harp Jam 2019” starts July 22nd, 2019! “Summer Harp Jam” is like a 6-Week virtual summer camp for harp players – lever or pedal, from fledgling to professional. It gives you a treasure-chest of jams, vamps and play-alongs that strengthen your... read more

Tony and Me… and the Barn

Jun 28, 2019 | Celebration Barn, Events, I Remember..., Performance | 1 comment

After a few years away from “The Barn” – The Celebration Barn in South Paris, ME – I’m going back to perform on July 27th for one night! This intimate New England appearance is a chance to see me and the instrument I conceived, up-close... read more

Jung at Harp

Jun 27, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Creativity, Harping & Harpists, Hip Harp Academy, Interviews, Uncategorized, Video | 3 comments

Deborah Henson-Conant & Hip Harp Academy Present: An “In-Between the Music” Conversation “Jung at Harp” A conversation about music and … the principles of Jungian Analysis “In Between the Music” is a series of conversations about music and how it connects,... read more

Soñando en Español – Program Notes

Jun 6, 2019 | Baroque Flamenco, Composer | 0 comments

.My concerto “Soñando en Español” has 3 movements, though the 3rd movement “Baroque Flamenco” is often played as a stand-alone concerto – both with full orchestra and 8-piece chamber ensemble  This month, Ruth Lee, a harpist from the UK,... read more

How do YOU define Success?

Jun 6, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy | 0 comments

 If you’re like me … some days you can see you’re hitting your mark – we call that ‘progress’ or ‘success.’ And some days you don’t. You feel like you’re slogging or stuck — or stuck slogging – and you’ve lost the thread of action. You don’t know... read more

SUMMER SPECIALS at Hip Harp Academy

Jun 4, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Harping & Harpists, Hip Harp Academy, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Summer Harp Programs Start NOW! From 3 hour Immersion classes to 3 month learning programs – JOIN ME NOW — OR — get ALL the classes when you join the full year-long Academy 12-months 1. Sing & Play Harp (3-Chord Magic) This... read more

Instant Ensemble! All day Play-along Workshop for Harpists

Jun 4, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Events | 0 comments

SUN July 21 – HARP WORKSHOP: “Instant Ensemble” (Parsippany, NJ) – All Day Play-along Harp Workshop at the Somerset Harp Festival. This is the ULTIMATE HARPISTS PLAYDATE! Everyone plays at their own level using my Rhythm-and-Roadmap Method.... read more

Facebook LIVE: Creativity CAFE

May 25, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Events | 0 comments

Join me for CREATIVITY CAFE! We’ll explore the power of IMPROV – in all it’s forms – and how those forms, skills and principles help YOU express yourSELF … and WHY. In this series of casual creative cafe events I’ll take you inside... read more

[Press Release] Deborah Henson-Conant LIVE at Celebration Barn, Sat. July 27th in Maine.

May 21, 2019 | Events, Press Release | 0 comments

======== Press Release: Please run through July 27, 2019 ======== Grammy-Nominated vocalist and electric harpist Deborah Henson-Conant (“DHC”) travels the world with the instrument she invented – the “DHC Electric Harp” –  but it... read more

My Mother taught me MUSIC

May 14, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy, Mom | 0 comments

This year I continued a long-held tradition of performing a concert in honor of my mother – and this time I did it direct from my studio on Facebook LIVE. My fans and friends got to enjoy the show in their living rooms, kitchens, decks – wherever they... read more

How I met my mother

May 11, 2019 | I Remember..., Mom

Join electric harpist & vocalist Deborah Henson-Conant from her studio for a LIVE STUDIO CONCERT on Saturday May 11, 2019 at 8PM EDT. Sign up HERE to get reminders AND  a replay link if you missed the show! [First posted May 14, 2017, updated May 11, 2019] This is... read more

Facebook LIVE Concert in Honor of my Mother – REPLAY available NOW!

May 9, 2019 | Events, Performance | 0 comments

Please Join me for a Full Replay of my 2019 Mother’s Day concert streamed via Facebook Live from from my studio just outside Boston I have long had a tradition of playing Mother’s Day shows. My mother had a huge influence on me as a musician – both as a... read more

My Favorite Aunt – A Music Video for Mother’s Day Eve

May 7, 2019 | Mom | 11 comments

Join electric harpist & vocalist Deborah Henson-Conant from her studio for a LIVE STUDIO CONCERT on Aunty’s Eve, Saturday May 11, 2019 at 8PM EDT. Sign up HERE to get reminders, concert freebies and a replay link. [First posted May 10, 2014 at 10:53] My... read more

Wanna go One-On-One with me?

Apr 30, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Okay. Before I tell you about last Sunday’s “Harp Improv 101” Webinar and how to get the replay, let me tell you why I needed to get you this info today … I offered something really big at that webinar and it only lasts 48-Hours … I’ve never offered anything like this... read more

[FREE WEBINAR] Improv 101: Where Folk, Blues & Jazz Meet

Apr 24, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Webinar Sign-Up Pages

Get the REPLAY of this Creativity Training Webinar now! Register for the FREE REPLAY Recorded Sun. Apr. 28 at 4:30 pm EST Register for the FREE REPLAY! REGISTERING FOR THIS training also includes membership in my mailing list. If you want to unsubscribe later,... read more

Harpist Margi Miller plucks a new connection with Alzheimers Patients

Apr 18, 2019 | Harping & Harpists, Hip Harp Academy, Online Courses | 1 comment

What would YOU do if you could connect more with people thru music? Harpist Margi Miller recently took my new “Sing & Play Harp: 3-Chord Magic” Class and sent us this video and the story behind it, showing how this one class opened up joyful, deep new level of... read more