Jun 15, 2021 | Baroque Flamenco, Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Composing, Hip Harp Academy |
What would you do, if you had the skills, tools and confidence to improvise freely, to express yourself without having to read the notes the notes on a page of music – or constantly google how to use some app or device? What if you could simply Express...
Jun 11, 2021 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, harp, Hip Harp Academy |
I just made my first Instagram Reel last night. Two days ago I had no idea what an Instagram “Reel” was. Then I took a class. The thing that most excited me was when the coach started talking about “remixes” and explained that a remix was when...
May 19, 2021 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, harp, Hip Harp Academy |
Join me: THU. MAY 20 ~ 6pm ET / 3pm PT A One-Hour Playalong Vision Music Workshop Register for the Workshop (Registration includes a replay link, if you missed it – or can’t attend live) I created “Vision Music” because I needed a way for players of all...
Apr 13, 2021 | Baroque Flamenco, Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Composing, Hip Harp Academy |
Ever since I was a kid, I self-identified as a COMPOSER. Other kids sent off for dolls or kits. I sent songs to the copyright office. My big thrill was to open the mailbox and get that copyright form back, signed and stamped. Ask me how I got two last-names? Well,...
Feb 23, 2021 | Events, Interviews |
Recently, host Jay Michaels invited me to be a guest on his Podcast – “Opening the Harp Chakra.” Show Notes: Season 2 Episode 3 Opening the Harp Chakra – The Podcast Bringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music …and talking with...
Feb 2, 2021 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Creativity, harp, Holidays, Love Stories (Wired for Love), Performance |
NEW CHALLENGE! 30 Days of Love Songs – Leading up to Valentine’s Day. I’m on a mission to learn about emotional vulnerability and one of my challenges is to get on Facebook Live every night for 30 days and sing love songs. One Project, TWO Playlists...
Dec 15, 2020 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Creativity, Holidays |
Recently I admitted something to my students in Hip Harp Academy: that I’ve never really liked the tune Silent Night, but that you could learn to love a song by really exploring it, and I started bragging that if I wanted to, I could make a different version of...
Dec 1, 2020 | Holidays, Recordings
DEBORAH HENSON-CONANT THE GIFT 15 Solo Harp Fantasies on Traditional Christmas Carols from Around the World In 1995 I recorded a series of 15 carols from around the world on solo harp which became The Gift. Fast forward to 2020… it’s now available as a...
Nov 24, 2020 | harp, Holidays, Jazz Harp, New Releases |
Sometimes a gift is about sharing what you think of as your ‘true self’. Sometimes a gift is about sharing a part of yourself that may feel awkward, or different than you think you are – and yet it speaks to the heart of someone you love in a way...
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 –...
