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...
Dec 16, 2019 | Holidays |
The Holidays are upon us! I wish I could be with you around the table, or the fire, or the candles or the tree. But since I can’t, below are ways we CAN be together: my holiday collection of blogposts and some special offers for Harp players… Each year I...
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...
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,...
Feb 20, 2019 | Concerts, Holidays, Romance, Video |
Last week for Valentine’s Day I decided to do a LIVE salon concert, on Facebook, from my living room. During the concert, I sang a special Valentine’s Day song for my Aunt Elaine. It’s a cover of the classic standard by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz...
Jul 5, 2018 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Holidays |
If you’re in the USA today’s the day after Independence Day. The fireworks and the Barbecues are over – but 240+ years ago, today was still just the beginning. The day we call “Independence Day” was more than a year after the first shots...
Dec 23, 2017 | Holidays |
Everyone probably has their favorite masterpiece Christmas depictions, from the Adoration of the Magi by Leonardi da Vinci in 1481 to The Sistine Madonna by Raphael in 15 12. You can look at those here. But me … I like the drawings I commissioned years ago...
Dec 23, 2017 | Holidays, Recordings
DEBORAH HENSON-CONANT THE GIFT 15 Solo Harp Fantasies on Traditional Christmas Carols from Around the World In 1995 I recorded a series of 15 carols from around the world on solo harp. My best friend, Celeste, has always said it’s her favorite album of mine. ...
Dec 23, 2017 | Holidays, Recordings
A million years ago, when I lived in the S.F. Bay Area, I met a flutist named Schawkie Roth. I’d been playing the harp for maybe 5 or 6 years by that time, and Schawkie decided we were destined to play together. He was creating meditation music and I was...
Dec 23, 2017 | Holidays, Music |
This is an archive post ~ originally published Dec. 12, 2015 The music above is the theme of the final movement of my “Season of Celebration – Opus 2” – a suite for harp, voice & string orchestra. It’s also a round that you can sing...
