Sep 22, 2021 | Hip Harp Academy |
Early this year, Charlene Elderkin came to a Hip Harp Academy chat and said she had committed to putting on an outdoor concert in Viroqua, Wisconsin, using everything she’d learned in Hip Harp Academy. Not just a solo concert, but a concert with friends –...
Jul 14, 2021 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy, Online Courses |
“Summer Harp Jam” is my 8-Week Playalong Improv Adventure 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...
Jun 19, 2021 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, harp, Harping & Harpists, Harps, Hip Harp Academy |
The doors are NOW OPEN for “Hands on Harmony” – my foundational class for harpists where you learn the basics of harmony with your HANDS (and your mind, of course) – at your own pace! “Hands on Harmony” is program for harpists that...
Nov 20, 2020 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy |
Play the harp? Wanna be more creative? Liberate yourself from the notes on the page? Think you might want to play HOLIDAY MUSIC any time this season? I created HOLIDAY Lead Sheet Bootcamp for YOU! Join me for six self-paced play-along Immersion sessions –...
Oct 15, 2020 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Creativity, Harping & Harpists, Hip Harp Academy, Interviews, Video |
Deborah Henson-Conant & Hip Harp Academy Present: “JUNG at HARP” With Kathleen Wiley & Deborah Henson-ConantA YouTube series about music, Jungian Psychoanalysis, creative resonance and life. Want to join us live? We usually film the episodes LIVE...
Oct 5, 2020 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy, Online Courses, Uncategorized |
Recently, Marie emailed me that she was interested in joining Hip Harp Academy but she wanted to know what actually happens – like, WHEN are the live class session, WHAT exactly do you learn, HOW MUCH TIME does it take and how does it all WORK? So I shared...
Oct 1, 2020 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy |
I got so involved with planning the AMAZING Leadsheet Bootcamp, that I didn’t spend ANY time getting the word out that LAST WEEK was the first week of the Fall session at Hip Harp Academy! I do not want you to miss out on joining the Academy this Fall and I can...
Jul 20, 2020 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Events, Online Courses |
HARPISTS! Supercharge Your Playing
Lead Sheet Bootcamp This Full-Day Virtual Workshop with Deborah Henson-Conant was recorded at the Online Somerset Harp Festival 2020. This One-Day Workshop is now a 3-Day Retreat! Join the “Lead Sheet Bootcamp” RETREAT...
Nov 14, 2019 | Inside Look, Random Thoughts |
So there I am at 17, living in a dance collective in rural Northern California when the piano player, John Timothy, brings in a 33″ vinyl record and says, “Listen to this!” It’s Les McCann & Eddie Harris’s “Compared To What” – and I’ve never heard...
Sep 29, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Harping & Harpists, Hip Harp Academy, [Class-HHT] Hip Harp Toolkit, [HHT] Hip Harp Toolkit Class |
So there I am – I’m at my first big harp gig in a fancy hotel. I’m subbing for the regular harpist. I’m in my early 20’s – I’ve only been playing about a year and a half. I literally only know four pieces – and the gig is 4 hours long. So I play...
