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Projects Spotlights #2 – Winter 2021 – Hip Harp Academy
What if you decided to explore a new way of playing music, where you learned the basic building blocks of music itself, and then you ‘built’ a new piece every time you played? That’s what members of “Hip Harp Academy” learn to do –...
Holiday Greetings from Hip Harp Academy Members
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 … … an international community of DARING harp players met each week in a Virtual Academy to...
Strings of Passion 2021 Projects
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 … … an international community of DARING harp players met each week in a Virtual Academy to...
Charlene Elderkin’s New “Harp to Heart” Show
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 –...
Ten 30-Second Improv Tips from my Instagram feed
My online Academy for harpists is all about learning ways to use the skills of improv, arrangement and performance to express yourSELF – and it’s incredibly inspiring to me I see people use these skills. My goal in the Academy is to free each individual...
Holistic Harp Harmony (or … How I Learned – and Teach – Music Theory on the Harp)
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...
10 Reasons “HOLIDAY Lead Sheet Bootcamp” ROCKS! (For Harp Players)
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 –...
Find the music – and let the notes go
I’m always surprised and moved by emails I get from students in my workshops and classes. What moves me is people willing to share the underbelly of what it takes to set out on the path of bringing more creative freedom into their lives – because no creative...
“Lead-Sheet Bootcamp” at Hip Harp Academy
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...
