Apr 29, 2024 | Collaboration, Harping & Harpists, Instrument (My Instrument), People I Meet, Performing, Travel |
Last week, Satuday April 20th, I got to lead the largest harp orchestra for the 2024 Dutch Harp Festival. After the event, I took this selfie with the Artistic Director and the visionary behind the Dutch Harp Festival, Remy Van Kesteren. It’s quite an interesting...
Jan 23, 2024 | Bio, Composer, Creativity, Events, Harping & Harpists, Harps, Instrument (My Instrument), Interviews, Re-DHC
We are excited to announce that Deborah Henson-Conant will appear on the TV show “Chronicle” on Wednesday, January 24th, 2024 at 7:30 PM EST on WCVB Channel 5. Watch along to get an in-depth understanding of her life as a performer, composer, and mentor....
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 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...
Jun 11, 2020 | Collaboration, Harping & Harpists, Harps, Instrument (My Instrument), Interviews
Is your dream taking FOREVER to come to fruition? Check out this TEDx story Click To Tweet Share this with your friends who love music, or stories – and especially stories with music. Share it with children to show them how ideas can come together and grow into...
Apr 4, 2020 | Instrument (My Instrument), Performance, Uncategorized, Video |
Last week I expanded my online harp time to meet with students and the worldwide community four times more often than in the past – to include two weekly FREE “Harp Time LIVE” virtual play-alongs and a new class that goes deep, deep, deep into a...
Mar 19, 2020 | Instrument (My Instrument), Performance, Uncategorized, Video |
I made this video based on a game I used to play with my family where we’d challenge each other to make music with random objects. It can be ANYTHING really … even a bag of gum … The fact is … I play pretty much EVERYTHING in my house when I’m not...
Feb 22, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy, Instrument (My Instrument), Romance, Video |
The love comes back … that’s what I found out this week. Last week for Valentine’s Day I decided – last-minute – to broadcast a Salon Concert from my studio land LiveStream on Facebook. Love songs — jazz standards, originals. I planned...
Feb 21, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy, Instrument (My Instrument), Video |
I was just talking to a friend of mine the other day who just started playing the flute. He’d been playing the harmonica and he started playing the Indian flute. He’s a yoga teacher and he wanted to play it at the end of Yoga sessions. He said to me, “So I just...
Oct 2, 2018 | harp, Instrument (My Instrument), Performance
“Like a Valkyrie with a harp on a bike cart steed! (Cecily Miller) It happened last Saturday. I got to live my dream of riding on the back of a bike while playing my harp. We rode 12 miles from the one end of the Minuteman Bike Trail in Bedford, through historic...
