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...
Nov 26, 2019 | Collaboration, Inside Look, Projects |
This is a Dynamic Page Please Refresh Your Screen to see the most recent content. Welcome to the Green Room! for Deborah Henson-Conant’s “Strings of Passion” Artist Salon Exclusive YouTube Release of >> Join me Here on YouTube << for...
Nov 19, 2019 | Collaboration, Inside Look, Projects |
This week I realized that there’s this whole rich ‘behind-the-scenes’ part of my life that I never share, that might be valuable to people. So here’s what’s been going on ‘backstage’ in the last few days… Friday morning:...
Nov 14, 2019 | Inside Look, Random Thoughts |
So there I am at 17, living in a dance collective in rural Northern California when the piano player, John Timothy, brings in a 33″ vinyl record and says, “Listen to this!” It’s Les McCann & Eddie Harris’s “Compared To What” – and I’ve never heard...
Nov 12, 2019 | Concerts, Events, Performing |
Later this month, I’ll step onto the ‘stage’ of a private home and share a new type of concert that combines philosophy, music and humor. It’s the new concert version of “Strings of Passion” – a musical speaking engagement...
Nov 11, 2019 | Birthdays, Holidays |
I decided each person should be in charge of their own birthday – including sending out card, planning parties, giving presents. This way they would never forget, people couldn’t guilt-trip each other (as in “Hey, you forgot your birthday! You...
Nov 6, 2019 | Birthdays
It’s true I’m probably a control freak when it comes to my birthday (or possibly, everything). It’s true I get nervous every time someone gives me a gift. It’s true I worry – a lot – about where to put the gifts people give me. I’m working on all that....
Nov 6, 2019 | Random Thoughts |
Who are you known as? Who are you REALLY? Why am I asking?? I’m asking because I realized I actually hide the me I most feel I am. I think most people know me as a ‘harp player.’ And it’s true. I am. But it’s not what’s important to...
Nov 4, 2019 | Birthdays |
There’s a tradition where I come from that’s called the “Birthday Rose” and it goes like this: On your birthday, someone gives you a rose and your job is to head out for a long walk and take this rose with you. It’s generally better if...
Nov 3, 2019 | Birthdays
Edith, my grandmother, was a purely functional musician. She could beat out the rhythm and the chords for a hymn or a folk song, and she did it, loud and strong at Eastern Star meetings and Cancer Dressing events. “People have to sing,” she said, “And somebody has to...
Nov 1, 2019 | Birthdays, Composing, Recordings |
Congratulations! You made it this far! This is my ALTERNATIVE Birthday song page. And in honor of my Birthday month, I’m sharing everything you need to listen to it, learn it, sing it, play it on piano, share it with others… and even sing it in FRENCH!...
Nov 1, 2019 | Birthdays, Harping & Harpists, Online Courses |
Every musician needs to know how to play “Happy Birthday.” What if you could play your OWN version without sheet music … and then SHARE it as a birthday greeting? My FREE “HaRpy Birthday” training shows you how to create your own version...
Oct 24, 2019 | Baroque Flamenco Performances By Others, Composing, Harps, MY Baroque Flamenco - Player's Series |
This is a blog series featuring performances of my harp showpiece “Baroque Flamenco” by other musicians. Click HERE to link to the overview blog Baroque Flamenco Around the World. Featured Performer: Ruth Lee, UK BRIEF BIO or DESCRIPTION OF WHAT YOU DO:Ruth Lee is a...
Oct 14, 2019 | Baroque Flamenco, Baroque Flamenco Performances By Others, Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Composing, MY Baroque Flamenco - Player's Series |
“Baroque Flamenco” is one of my most-performed pieces and I LOVE hearing all the different ways people play it. I also love hearing about each person’s journey with piece, what they’ve learned from it and how they make it their own. At least...
Sep 29, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Harping & Harpists, Hip Harp Academy, [Class-HHT] Hip Harp Toolkit, [HHT] Hip Harp Toolkit Class |
So there I am – I’m at my first big harp gig in a fancy hotel. I’m subbing for the regular harpist. I’m in my early 20’s – I’ve only been playing about a year and a half. I literally only know four pieces – and the gig is 4 hours long. So I play...
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Sep 26, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Harping & Harpists, Hip Harp Academy |
Harpist Sally Walstrum and Margi Miller both started taking classes at Hip Harp Academy, my year-long training program for harpists – more than 3 years ago. They each came to the harp in very different ways with very different skills. Sally started the harp as a...
Sep 26, 2019 | Events, Hip Harp Academy, Online Courses, Webinar Sign-Up Pages
Register Now for the Instant REPLAY of this Live Webinar Training Yes! I want the Replay! ALERT: This video is highly pixilated, so we’ll be doing an encore of this training – but you’re welcome to watch it now in its fuzzy state. Are YOU an impassioned harp player?...
Sep 24, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Creativity, Harps, Holidays, Music |
We don’t even know that we’ve put them on… Creative handcuffs close slowly. Unnoticeable until they’re tight on our hands. They’re invisible. They’re inside us. What does it take to unlock them? For me … it takes PLAY. But what does that mean? Well,...
Sep 22, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Harping & Harpists, Harps, [HHT] Hip Harp Toolkit Class |
What if … What if you took a class where you discovered you could just sit down and improvise your own arrangements? Boom! Just like that! What if it was like one of those dreams where you realize you can suddenly do something you always longed to do – and the...
Sep 18, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Final Beginning Student Projects (All), harp, Harping & Harpists, Harps, Hip Harp Academy |
I’m so happy to share some of the Final-Beginning Projects from this year’s “Summer Program” at Hip Harp Academy. These are all Music Projects by members of Hip Harp Academy – harpists committed to liberating themselves from the notes on the page and creating...
Sep 18, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy, Online Courses |
Hi – I’m Deborah Henson-Conant composer, performer, electric harp player – and creator and founder of Hip Harp Academy – where I teach harp players around the world the art of improvisation and self-expression. There are many individual classes harp...
