TEDx in Training
A TEDx talk is a collaboration between a speaker – like myself – and the vision and mission of the individual TEDx committee including the many people who support the sharing of these ideas and stories – like my TEDx coach, Kevin Cummiskey (above). ... read more
WHRO Norfolk studio interview with Wayla Chambo
There are 2 things I love to hear people say after my shows, “I had no idea the harp could do that!” is one of them… Before my performance at the 2017 Virginia Arts Festival’s Norfolk Fringe, I stopped by the WHRO studio for an interview with Wayla Chambo (who... read more
DHC interviews International Harp Festival Harpists
The 2017 International Harp Festival (IHF) will once again be held at the beautiful San Damiano Retreat Center with the mission to educate, inspire, and connect harpists from around the globe. Along with many workshops for harpists, there will also be nightly concerts... read more
Interview from Katya Herman: So .. WHAT do you do … like, every day??
Harpist-and-writer Katya Herman recently sent me a list of interview questions to answer for her weekly interview feature – and here are my answers. What’s your job title/profession? I build things out of music, words and ideas. I write stories with music,... read moreInterview with DHC ~ Selina Her (Standford Univ. Research Project)
People – harpists, musicians, creatives, students, curious – often ask me about my life, my work, my instrument. Students are often doing projects when they ask for an interview. People often ask me about my life, my work, my instrument #interview #harp... read more
Questions from a Student (Pia Salvia)
I often get questions from students – and this is a series of video answers to questions from harpist Pia Salvia, a student at Berklee College of Music, and a wonderful harpist with her own unique creative voice. I’ll be updating the page as I finish the... read more
Powerful Quirky
This is a short interview with DHC and Carolyn Deal, creator of the NC in late October. This happened very last-minute and all the workshops are sold out but you can buy tix to the Oct. 26th show in Asheville, NC. DHC’s next teaching opportunities are online... read more
An Interview with DHC
I recently got an email from a student asking for an interview. It went kind of like this: Dear Deborah Henson-Conant,n I am a first-year music student. I have a CD of yours which you signed to me and I received through my first harp teacher, who told me you would be... read more
When Interviews Illuminate
I just read a press feature about this weekend’s show at Flagpole Radio Cafe in Newtown, CT, which came from an interview last week. Reading it, I marveled at how the writer, Susan Dunne of the Hartford Courant, was able to shape a 30-minute, wide-ranging... read more
