Jun 16, 2022 | Holidays, I Remember... |
I share this photo and rewrite this blogpost 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 accompany my father as he sang at his own funeral – and...
Jul 7, 2021 | Holidays, I Remember... |
Now that I’m dating … or at least visiting a couple dating apps daily, I have a whole new area of discomfort to enjoy in my life. Today I shared my dating photos with a new member of my team, Nyx. In the interest of making myself even more uncomfortable,...
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...
Feb 4, 2021 | Holidays, Love Stories (Wired for Love), Romance |
You must send Valentines. I’ll tell you why below, but first I have to admit I always disliked Valentines Day. And then last year – 5 years into a single life I hadn’t planned on – I gave it up. Instead of hating Valentines Day, I challenged myself to send Video...
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...
Dec 3, 2020 | Christmas-Hanuka-Kwanzaa |
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...
Dec 1, 2020 | 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 which became The Gift. Fast forward to 2020… it’s now available as a...
Nov 24, 2020 | harp, Holidays, Jazz Harp, New Releases |
Sometimes a gift is about sharing what you think of as your ‘true self’. Sometimes a gift is about sharing a part of yourself that may feel awkward, or different than you think you are – and yet it speaks to the heart of someone you love in a way...
Dec 17, 2019 | Christmas-Hanuka-Kwanzaa, Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, harp, Harping & Harpists |
(Dec. 2020 – A note from DHC – Some of these programs may be limited due to Covid. Please reach out if you’d like more details through the ask-a-question from HERE) Many years ago – before I had created my online “Hip Harp Academy” and my...
