Feb 4, 2020 | Events, Hip Harp Academy, Performing |
So here’s what happened … Aside from playing to a completely full house on a Saturday night, and waking up to beautiful texts, emails and posts on Facebook about the show Sunday morning, I also got some wonderful photographs via text from a photographer...
Dec 17, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Final Beginning HHT Student Projects, Final Beginning Student Projects (All), Hip Harp Academy |
Welcome to the Final-Beginning Projects from the 2019 “Hip Harp Toolkit” class at Hip Harp Academy. These are all Music Projects by students who just finished the 10-week class in arrangement and improv– harpists committed to liberating themselves from the...
Nov 1, 2019 | Birthdays, Harping & Harpists, Online Courses |
Every musician needs to know how to play “Happy Birthday.” What if you could play your OWN version without sheet music … and then SHARE it as a birthday greeting? My FREE “HaRpy Birthday” training shows you how to create your own version...
Sep 18, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Final Beginning Student Projects (All), Hip Harp Academy |
I’m so happy to share some of the Final-Beginning Projects from this year’s “Summer Program” at Hip Harp Academy. These are all Music Projects by members of Hip Harp Academy – harpists committed to liberating themselves from the notes on the page and creating...
Jul 11, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy |
You probably have something you do every day when you engage with the world, open to unexpected encounters. For some people it’s going to a coffee shop, a walk to work, a subway ride … For me – it’s running. I run nearly every day – and...
Jul 1, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Online Courses |
“Summer Harp Jam 2021” starts July 15th, 2021! “Summer Harp Jam” is an 8-Week Playalong Improv Adventure for harp players – lever or pedal, from fledgling to professional. It gives you a treasure-chest of jams, vamps and play-alongs that strengthen...
May 14, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy, Mom |
My mother was both a performer and a teacher. She took teaching me how to DO things very seriously – and one of the passions I got from my her is to share what I KNOW about how to DO THINGS – as well as sharing the profound, funny, magical, human world of...
Feb 5, 2019 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Hip Harp Academy, Online Courses |
Do you wanna Sing & Play Harp? I’m creating an “Sing & Play Harp” Online Course … and I want YOUR input! My name is Deborah Henson-Conant. I’ve been singing & playing all my life: first with ukulele, guitar and piano – and then with harp. I’ve...
Oct 9, 2018 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Final Beginning Student Projects (All), Hip Harp Academy |
At the conclusion of many of the online courses at Hip Harp Academy, the students have the opportunity to complete a “Final Beginnings” video project. We call these Final BEGINNING Projects because I tell the students to focus on imperfect completion as a...
Sep 26, 2018 | Baroque Flamenco, Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Composing, Harping & Harpists, Online Courses |
(Some of the info in the post was shared in earlier posts in 2011, 2016 & 2017) I get to hear my music played by harpists all over the world. But there’s one piece in particular that I really have to show people how to play. That’s my fiery...
