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‘Backstage’ in my Universe
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:...
Artist Sketches of The Golden Cage (including mine!)
When I create a show, I almost always work with an visual artist who brings the show alive for me visually with original illustrations. But first I draw them myself. In this video I’m showing you the drawings I made for “The Golden Cage” and then how...
12-Minutes in the Golden Cage – A Musical Synopsis
This is a ‘work-video’ of my musical “The Golden Cage” that I made for my development collaborator, Paul Gordon. It’s a 12-minute ‘short story’ version – or musical synopsis – of the 75-minute, 2-character show....
Day 4 – Cartier’s Harp Unit starts the Celebration
Read about the "DHC Challenge" Project (click here) The "DHC Challenge" is the pilot project for a collaboration with harpist, soloist and educator, Robbin Gordon-Cartier. The project uses my harp concertos to support both community and learning by teaching...
Day 3 – DHC Challenge – The Golden Ticket
Read about the "DHC Challenge" Project (click here) The "DHC Challenge" is the pilot project for a collaboration with harpist, soloist and educator, Robbin Gordon-Cartier. The project uses my harp concertos to support both community and learning by teaching...
Day 2 – DHC Challenge – More About Robbin
Read about the "DHC Challenge" Project (click here) The "DHC Challenge" is the pilot project for a collaboration with harpist, soloist and educator, Robbin Gordon-Cartier. The project uses my harp concertos to support both community and learning by teaching...
Day 1 – DHC Challenge – We Begin!
Read about the "DHC Challenge" Project (click here) The "DHC Challenge" is the pilot project for a collaboration with harpist, soloist and educator, Robbin Gordon-Cartier. The project uses my harp concertos to support both community and learning by teaching...
Collaboration: Composer, Performer, Symphony & Students
A New Collaboration … How it came about & how you can be part of it Sometimes education and performance can come together in wonderful ways. When harp soloist and educator Robbin Gordon-Cartier and composer/performer Deborah Henson-Conant (“DHC”) decided to...
Sharing the new studio with Eduardo Betancourt
The past month we’ve been renovating the whole first floor at Hip Harp Headquarters: my assistant Renee, her boyfriend, Tommy, and a builder, Andrew, who led us all in scraping, painting, rebuilding shelves, liberating wood floors, pulling off old wallpaper and...
