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...
Apr 13, 2021 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Final Beginning HHT Student Projects, Final Beginning Student Projects (All), Hidden from Blog, Hip Harp Academy |
Once upon a time, during one of the severe pandemics in the 21st century, when all people were forced to stay at home and could not meet and play music together, and international band of daring harp players … (to be continued) Louise: I really enjoyed creating...
Dec 17, 2020 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Final Beginning HHT Student Projects, Final Beginning Student Projects (All), Hip Harp Academy |
Welcome to the 2020 Hip Harp Academy Fall/Winter Video Projects! Check out the creativity and fun in all these video from harpists who just finished a class in arrangement and improv. Every one. ofthese players is committed to liberating themselves from the notes on...
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 9, 2020 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Final Beginning HHT Student Projects, Final Beginning Student Projects (All), Hip Harp Academy
I love sharing the amazing work of Hip Harp Academy students. In each class we follow a process of learning a structure, the skills that go with it, and then applying it to a project that you can actually use – like recording a video to celebrate a friend’s...
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...
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...
Apr 17, 2020 | Hidden from Blog, Nightingale
I was moved this week when I stumbled on a Facebook Post by harpists Lacey Lee, playing my song “The NIghtingale” so gorgeously – and dedicating it to a friend who can’t have visitors right now. Not only was it a beautiful performance, but it...
Apr 2, 2020 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Harping & Harpists, Hip Harp Academy
3 months ago, a harpist named Roselyn contacted me about lessons. Here in the U.S. from South Korea, she’s been studying classical harp at Eastman School of Music, but wants to forge her own path, and she wants to do it with the “DHC Harp.” If you don’t know what the...
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...
