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[Webinar] LOOP your HARP! With Deborah Henson-Conant & Shelley Fairplay
REGISTER NOW FOR INSTANT REPLAY OF THIS FREE WEBINAR with Deborah Henson-Conant & Special Guest Shelley Fairplay RECORDED MON. SEP. 24 at 4:30 EDT / 21:30 U.K. Register for FREE Instant REPLAY .embedded-joinwebinar-button button { padding:15px; background:yellow;... read more
Baroque Flamenco Masterclass with Eleanor Turner (DHC’s Intro)
Today I had the joy of introducing, long-distance, a masterclass with master-harpist Eleanor Turner on my harp solo and concerto, “Baroque Flamenco” at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. This is my composer’s introduction, tech glitches and all,... read more
The Flexible Skeleton of Creative Expression
Did you know that some structures FREE you – and others CONSTRAIN you?! Do I have scientific proof? Ummm …. no. I have something better. I have creative proof. Structures imposed from the OUTSIDE can shepherd chaos into order (and, trust me, I love and... read more
Structure is FREEDOM – FREE Webinar for Harp Players
REGISTER NOW FOR THE INSTANT REPLAY! (Recorded Sun. Sept. 16th at 3:30 pm EDT) Register Now for FREE .embedded-joinwebinar-button button { padding:15px; background:yellow; color:red; font-size:1.7em; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid red; border-radius:15px;... read more
The Missing Link: “Start Harp” from Shelley Fairplay
When I created my online school for harp players, “Hip Harp Academy,” I knew that the year-long curriculum in improv, arrangement and creative expression was not for beginners. “Advanced Beginners” yes — and all the way up to... read more
Collaboration: Composer, Performer, Symphony & Students
Don’t miss the Masterworks Concert “Jazz Voices” on Nov. 18 & the FREE Family Concert “Moods in Music” on Nov. 17th! See details below! The Details: WHAT: Masterworks Concert: “Jazz Voices”WHO: West Shore Symphony... read more
Improbable Research Table Talk on Facebook LIVE
Streaming worldwide on Facebook Live! Part of a new podcast series, Improbable Research Table Talk is a cozy, brief talk about a research study that makes people laugh, then think. With Marc Abrahams, Deborah Henson-Conant and Deborah’s carbon-fibre electric harp. At... read more
Half-Baked What?
My new “Jazz for Harps” summer program is in its final weeks and the students have just submitted their “Half-Baked” projects and I’ve shared my feedback with them. When one student took notes on every one of my feedback videos, the... read more
Sharing the new studio with Eduardo Betancourt
The past month we’ve been renovating the whole first floor at Hip Harp Headquarters: my assistant Renee, her boyfriend, Tommy, and a builder, Andrew, who led us all in scraping, painting, rebuilding shelves, liberating wood floors, pulling off old wallpaper and... read more
Brazil – I LOVE YOU!!!
I just got back from the forests of Brazil where I lived, taught, ate, performed and adventured at the beautiful Uaná Eté Music Garden about 2 hours from Rio. It was a jazz immersion with harp players from all over the world: Australia, USA, Canada, France, Greece,... read more
Brazilian Jazz Harp Immersion: July 19-29, 2018
What if you could spend 10 days in the forests of Brazil with some of the worlds greatest jazz harp teachers … … while they shared all their secrets about playing jazz on the harp with you? Well, you can do exactly that! Just catch a flight to Rio next... read more
LIVE! Christine Lavin, Don White, Jimmy Tingle & Deborah Henson-Conant
This Show is being Re-ScheduledPlease check back for the new date in September. What do these 4 performers have in common: Christine Lavin, Don White, Jimmy Tingle & Deborah Henson-Conant? Well … They’re all committed to telling truth with humor... read more
11 Reasons why Summer Harp Jam Rocks!
“Summer Harp Jam” is my 6-Week virtual summer camp that’s exclusively for harp players – lever or pedal, from fledgling to professional – and gives you a treasure chest of jams, vamps and play-alongs that strengthen your improvisation and rhythm skills while you’re... read more
Declare Your Independence – Creatively!
Yeah, yeah … the fireworks of July 4th Independence Day have faded – but freedom is something I need to think about every day as a creative – and I’ll bet you do, too. So I wondered what I could learn from the Declaration of Independence about... read more
Are you feeling the freedom?
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... read more
Freedom, can it be followed?
Sun. July 8th I have a free Webinar for Harp Players called “Play with Freedom” Register for FREE here (Registration includes a replay link) We often think of creative freedom as complete independence, marching to our own drummer (who is, supposedly, us?).... read more
Truth & Freedom
Have you been thinking about freedom? I have. It’s what my July 8th online event for harp players, “Play with Freedom” is all about and it’s what I think about a lot. I’ve been thinking about what it takes to ‘be free’ and how... read more
PLAY with FREEDOM – FREE Webinar for Harp Players
Recorded Sun. July 8 at 2:30 pm EDT Register NOW for the FREE WEBINAR! Register For Instant Replay Now .embedded-joinwebinar-button button { padding:15px; background:yellow; color:red; font-size:1.7em; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid red; border-radius:15px;... read more
How My Dad Sang at His Own Funeral
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... read more
