Dec 23, 2025 | DHC Legacy Project, Weekly Ezine |
In between the music is the connection. Between composer and performer.Between player and audienceBetween mentor and emerging voice.Between joy and full self-expression. It’s where music transforms into a relationship.Where technique surrenders to meaning.Where...
Nov 20, 2025 | Composer, DHC Legacy Project |
Kyiv, Ukraine – Nov. 19, 2025 “It finally happened!!!! Ukraine heard your incredible piece!!!!” That’s the WhatsApp message I got two nights ago from Iryna Lytvynenko, the Ukranian Bandura virtuoso who adapted my concerto “Merceditas” for...
Aug 22, 2025 | DHC Legacy Project |
DHC Legacy Project ABOUT THE AUTHOR OF THE POST Hello! I’m Gustavo. I’m the copyist on the team. I’m excited to share the work we’re doing to safeguard and revitalize Deborah Henson-Conant’s music through this migration project. You can contact me thru...
Jun 6, 2025 | Composer, Composing, DHC Legacy Project, Kindness |
Her email arrived on an ordinary Tuesday morning in September, but nothing about its contents was ordinary. “Dear Ms. Deborah Henson-Conant,” it began, in the careful English of someone writing in their second language. “My name is Iryna Lytvynenko...
Sep 11, 2024 | Baroque Flamenco, Collaboration, Composer, Composing, Concerts, DHC Legacy Project, Events, harp, Harping & Harpists, Harps |
Harpist Verena Jochum is both a musician and a storyteller. For the last year we’ve been working together to prepare the world premiere of the solo version of “Soñando en Español” — a 3-Movement suite for harp, which Verena will present this weekend. It’s not just...
May 6, 2024 | Composing, DHC Legacy Project, Events, Harping & Harpists, Performing, Travel |
Being part of three different festivals was a blast! I conducted harp workshops, performed with talented harpists, led the biggest harp orchestra, and even sat as a jury in the World Harp Competition semi-finals. From the Netherlands to Belgium to Wales — it was...
Feb 19, 2024 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, DHC Legacy Project, Harping & Harpists, Hip Harp Academy, Online Courses, Special Offers |
Placing a Triad in the harp The triad is the base of a chord. Being able to place 3 notes together is very important. In DHC’s Modulation Staircase, you will need this technique many times. It will also be a base for more complex techniques in playing the harp....
Aug 14, 2022 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, DHC Legacy Project, Harping & Harpists |
When you look at the orchestra the harpist is in the BACK, right? Well, I’m out to change that and I’m inviting YOU to be part of it. When I started playing the harp in my early 20’s all I could find to play was tinkly music – but I I’m a composer as well as a...