Oct 12, 2020 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Creativity, Harping & Harpists, Hip Harp Academy, Interviews, Video |
Deborah Henson-Conant & Hip Harp Academy Present: An “In-Between the Music” Conversation“Jung at Harp & the Strings of Passion” With Kathleen Wiley A YouTube series about music & the Strings of Passionand how they relate to the principles of Jungian...
Aug 24, 2020 | Events, Hip Harp Academy
EVERY THURSDAY at 4:30 pm EDT till further notice! “That was phenomenal!!! SO MUCH fun!”~ Naomi M.”This was a perfect ‘recipe’ and for some reason, these notes just fit into the fingers so well!”~Laurie G. Sign up to Play-along! REGISTERING FOR...
Oct 9, 2020 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Final Beginning HHT Student Projects, Final Beginning Student Projects (All), Hip Harp Academy |
I love sharing the amazing work of Hip Harp Academy students. In each class we follow a process of learning a structure, the skills that go with it, and then applying it to a project that you can actually use – like recording a video to celebrate a friend’s...
Oct 8, 2020 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Events, Online Courses |
Today was so amazing! Hundreds of harpists are going through my brand new FREE Improv Challenge, and you can totally still get in. You don’t want to miss this! What people are saying… Sophie ~ “I loved going further in my attempts to play...
Oct 6, 2020 | Concerts, Events
LIVESTREAM from the LIVING ROOM I started scheduling these shows in early April to try to connect with fans & friends around the world. When touring became impossible during this pandemic, this is how I worked through my OWN need to connect with YOU. I...
Oct 5, 2020 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy, Online Courses, Uncategorized |
Recently, Marie emailed me that she was interested in joining Hip Harp Academy but she wanted to know what actually happens – like, WHEN are the live class session, WHAT exactly do you learn, HOW MUCH TIME does it take and how does it all WORK? So I shared...
Oct 1, 2020 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy |
I got so involved with planning the AMAZING Leadsheet Bootcamp, that I didn’t spend ANY time getting the word out that LAST WEEK was the first week of the Fall session at Hip Harp Academy! I do not want you to miss out on joining the Academy this Fall and I can...
Sep 29, 2020 | Uncategorized |
I was out running this morning, listening to the news, when I first heard about Magawa, the Hero Rat who was awarded the British PDSA animal bravery medal for clearing landmines in Cambodia. This is was the NPR article I was listening to. And here’s where you...
Sep 29, 2020 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Creativity, harp, Hip Harp Academy |
I’m always surprised and moved by emails I get from students in my workshops and classes. What moves me is people willing to share the underbelly of what it takes to set out on the path of bringing more creative freedom into their lives – because no creative...
Aug 25, 2020 | Composer, Concerts, Events, Uncategorized |
It was amazing. It was a wild ride. It was sad to close it down … and I am eternally grateful to the American Federation of Musicians for lifting streaming restrictions on “Invention & Alchemy” for 45 days in 2020 so we could uplift and inspire...
Aug 17, 2020 | Composer, Harping & Harpists, Instrument (My Instrument) |
Bear with me here – I’ve been trying to figure out how to explain this for a long time. When I started playing the harp at 22 I thought I could redeem my renegade self by turning myself into a classical player. But I discovered I don’t fit into being a...
Aug 11, 2020 | Events, Press Release |
========FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – PLEASE RUN UNTIL August 22, 2020======== She strides on stage like a rock-star, her head of long colorful braids flying – and she’s wearing a 32-string electric harp. She’s the woman from Boston who changed the way the world...
Jul 20, 2020 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Events, Online Courses |
HARPISTS! Supercharge Your Playing
Lead Sheet Bootcamp This Full-Day Virtual Workshop with Deborah Henson-Conant was recorded at the Online Somerset Harp Festival 2020. This One-Day Workshop is now a 3-Day Retreat! Join the “Lead Sheet Bootcamp” RETREAT...
Jul 10, 2020 | Composer, Concerts, Events, harp, Performance, Uncategorized |
Got Questions about the Premieres & Streaming of “Invention & Alchemy”? Refresh Your Page to See Most Recent Content RSVP for FREE Tix: https://bit.ly/IA-RSVPWatch the trailer HERE: https://youtu.be/RrGJzxbpgIA Learn more HERE:...
Jul 10, 2020 | Events, Performance, Projects |
THANK YOU for helping us share the “Invention & Alchemy” streaming World Premiere starring Deborah Henson-Conant – composer & soloistDavid Lockington – conductor & cellistThe Grand Rapids Symphony This is the Official Sharing...
Jul 8, 2020 | Composer, Concerts, Events, harp, Performance, Uncategorized |
Piece by piece, the stories of “Invention & Alchemy” STREAMING for the first time, for a limited time PREMIERE: July 10 at 7pm ET is the Streaming PremiereENCORE: July 11th at 2PM ET – 7pm LONDON timeSTREAMNG ON-DEMAND: July 12 – 31 – Streaming...
Jun 25, 2020 | Composer, Concerts, Events, Performer, Press Release |
=============== FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Please run thru August 22, 2020=============== On Fri. July 10, 2020, Deborah Henson-Conant’s “Invention & Alchemy,” a full-length concert with The Grand Rapids Symphony, streamed worldwide for the first time –...
Jun 11, 2020 | 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...
Jun 11, 2020 | Holidays, I Remember... |
I love to share this photo every father’s day. It’s one of the only pictures I have of me and my Dad, and it’s on the day of his second wedding. Decades later, I would help my father sing at his own funeral. Let me give that some context: About 30...
Jun 10, 2020 | Events, Performance, Uncategorized |
My world changed in a single moment. I’m a composer and performer. I play the electric harp and I was a performing as a soloist at the “Picnic Pops” with the Grand Rapids Symphony in Michigan. After the show a man walked up to me and said, “What I saw out...
