Oct 27, 2023 | Bio, Composer, Creativity, Events, Harping & Harpists, Harps, Instrument (My Instrument), Interviews, Musical Theater, musical theatre, Re-DHC
Ever felt trapped in your mind? I just got the link to my new TEDx talk last night: How to Get Out of Your Inner Cage If you’ve ever felt trapped in your mind, if you’ve ever felt like it’s taking FOREVER to get unstuck – watch this 13 minute...
Aug 31, 2022 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Creativity, Hip Harp Academy |
A few days ago I promised a group of harpists that I’d share what’s inside the Academy. They enjoyed the details, so I thought I would share them with you! So here it goes! See if you can imagine these classes and events fueling your creative...
Feb 25, 2021 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Creativity, harp, Hip Harp Academy, Online Courses, Uncategorized |
Blueprints for Creativity a NEW immersion class series at Hip Harp Academy is OPEN for registration! What’s a Blueprint for Creativity? It’s a distilled version of a musical form, paring it down to the bones, so it’s easy-peasy to play when you start off. But that’s...
Feb 18, 2021 | Creativity, Hip Harp Academy, Online Courses |
It’s no secret that I love structure. That might not be obvious if you saw my desk, my refrigerator, my closet or my computer filing system. But I’m not talking about ‘organization’ – I’m talking about internal structure. This, for example, is the structure or...
Feb 2, 2021 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Creativity, harp, Holidays, Love Stories (Wired for Love), Performance |
NEW CHALLENGE! 30 Days of Love Songs – Leading up to Valentine’s Day. I’m on a mission to learn about emotional vulnerability and one of my challenges is to get on Facebook Live every night for 30 days and sing love songs. One Project, TWO Playlists...
Dec 15, 2020 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Creativity, Holidays |
Recently I admitted something to my students in Hip Harp Academy: that I’ve never really liked the tune Silent Night, but that you could learn to love a song by really exploring it, and I started bragging that if I wanted to, I could make a different version of...
Oct 15, 2020 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Creativity, Harping & Harpists, Hip Harp Academy, Interviews, Video |
JUNG at HARP Most Fridays at 9:15 AM ET Join us on the playground of thought where Art meets Psychea weekly video conversation with Deborah Henson-Conant & Kathleen Wiley Streaming Live on YOUTUBE and sometimes also on FACEBOOK Join us live and take part in the...
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...
Apr 3, 2020 | Collaboration, Creativity, Musical Theater, Projects |
In January we had the final reading of my musical “The Golden Cage”, videotaped it on two new iPhone 11’s … and then spent 6 weeks trying to figure out how to get the video off the !#@$$! phones. Finally, in desperation, I reached out to Eclipse Video in...
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,...
