Jan 15, 2022 | Harping & Harpists |
Fluency isn’t about perfection, it’s not about being elaborate or fancy. Fluency is about being able to express yourself without constraint with the tools and skills you already have. It’s about unlocking what you’ve already got. I’m Deborah...
Oct 19, 2021 | Harping & Harpists |
[Read Part 1 here] [Part 2] A woman walks up to me with a five-dollar bill and says, “Can’t you play anything upbeat? Like ‘La Vie en Rose’?” I wanted to say, “Ma’m, I don’t know what the h*ll I’m doing and this is...
Oct 19, 2021 | Harping & Harpists |
It all started with Lead Sheets: I’m 10 years old. I’ve never read a note of music in my life. But I want to play and sing my favorite song, “April Love,” on the piano and I want to do it NOW. So my mother sits down on the piano bench next to...
Oct 2, 2021 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Harping & Harpists, Hidden from Blog |
Here’s how you can get the super secret Hand out for the “Play By Numbers” Booster Session. >> Here’s Your “Play by Numbers” Handout – ENJOY!<< Download yourSomerset Saturdays"Play by Numbers" BOOSTER...
Oct 2, 2021 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Harping & Harpists |
HipHarpAcademy.com Presents “3 Secrets of Lead Sheets”A FREE Webinar for HARP Players! from Deborah Henson-Conant WATCH the REPLAYFREE on demand nowthru Sun. Oct. 31 "3 Lead Sheet Secrets" A FREE TrainingfromDeborah Henson-Conant This FREE Workshop...
Jun 19, 2021 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, harp, Harping & Harpists, Harps, Hip Harp Academy |
The doors are NOW OPEN for “Hands on Harmony” – my foundational class for harpists where you learn the basics of harmony with your HANDS (and your mind, of course) – at your own pace! “Hands on Harmony” is program for harpists that...
Mar 4, 2021 | Collaboration, Guest Blogger, Harping & Harpists |
This is a guest post by Kathleen Blackwell-Plank, who recently wrote this article for the Charlotte, NC Chapter of the American Harp Society, spotlighting chapter member Kathleen Wiley and her work with our “Jung at Harp” series. Thank you to...
Feb 9, 2021 | Harping & Harpists, Performance, Romance, Valentines Day |
I used to be Valentine’s Day Grinch. I really hated Valentine’s day. If I had a mate I felt an obligation to celebrate. If I didn’t have a mate, I felt the day like a cold slap of water. But since last year – and don’t ask me how – I’m like a One-Woman-Love-Fest. This...
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 FACEBOOK Join us live and take part in the conversation by...
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...
