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Release:
For
Immediate Release - Run
through Nov. 6, 2011
PLUCK
U! An unusual educational
event kicks off a week of celebration
for electric harp pioneer
WHO: Grammy
Nominated Recording Artist & Electric
Harpist: Deborah Henson-Conant
presents the Pilot Project
of "Pluck University" -
Hands-On, Body-On Electric
Harp Training. WHAT: "Pluck
University" Pilot Project
WHEN: Sun.
Nov. 6 from 6pm-8pm
WHERE: Regent
Theatre - 7 Medford St. Arlington,
MA 02474
TIX: Available
at HipHarp.com "Pluck U" Event
Page: http://www.hipharp.com/events/PluckU.html
MORE INFO
/ TO SCHEDULE INTERVIEW: Beatriz
Harley: 781-483-3556
info@HipHarp.com
ARTIST
WEBSITE: http://www.HipHarp.com
EVENT
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Electric
Harp Pioneer Trains a new Generation
of Rockin' Harpists - whether you
play harp or not!
Grammy-Nominated
Deborah Henson-Conant:
composer, performer, singer,
songwriter and electric
harpist joins with the
Regent Theatre to present
the pilot project of her
"Pluck University" electric
harp training. After
working with the CAMAC
Harp company in France
for nearly two decades
developing revolutionary
harness-style harps, CAMAC
has come out
with it's newest carbon-fibre
model, which is named after
Boston-area electric harp
pioneer, Deborah Henson-Conant.
They call this model the
"DHC Light" and it's now
the fastest-selling electric
harp model in the world.
Weighing
in at 11 pounds, it's about
a 7th of the size and weight
of the 6-foot tall, 75-pound
concert harp she was playing
when she got her start as
ajazz harpist in the Boston
area
in the
late 1980's. She went on
to sign with one of the top
jazz labels, GRP, and later
received a Grammy Nomination
for her CD "Invention & Alchemy,"
but has continued to make
the Boston-area her home.
Now
she's developing a training
program for electric harp
and is collaborating with
the
Regent Theatre and the Ultra-Sonic
Rock Orchestra to present
the first pilot project for
that training on Sun. Nov.
6th, in an event called "Pluck
University Pilot Project."
This
unusual training is open
to musicians and non-musicians
alike and is a chance for
people to literally strap
on her unique instrument
and see what it's like to
strut across the stage with
it, bend notes, and give
a try at the kind of harp
'wailing' that Henson-Conant
has brought to the stage.
The
Sunday night event kicks
off a week of open rehearsals
that culminate in Henson-Conant's
birthday concert celebration
on her birthday, Friday Nov.
11th at 8pm,
FOR
REGISTRATION INFO, CLICK
HERE
About
Deborah Henson-Conant
Deborah
Henson-Conant strides
onstage like a rock-star
with her electric
harp slung over her shoulder.
She's the harpist your
grandmother warned you
about: the Electric Harpist.
And she'll be in residence
at the Regent Theatre in
Arlington, MA from Nov.
6th to Nov. 11, 2011.
Henson-Conant
is
known for her renegade
image, evocative singing
voice, and
shows that fuse
music, theater, stories
and humor. Her playing
ranges from
full out
bluesy to heart wrenching
ballad. This is a feel-good,
outside-the-box,
bring-the-folks-you-love
kind of show for audiences
of all
genders
and ages- folks who want
to celebrate what it means
to
passionately follow
your own creative path.
She
debuted with the Boston
Pops, opened
for
Ray Charles at Tanglewood,
jammed onstage with Bobby
McFerrin,
Doc Severinsen and Marvin
Hamlish --
and jam offstage with Aerosmith frontman/American
Idol judge Steven Tyler. She's been featured
on CBS Sunday Morning,
NBC’s
Today Show and NPR’s Weekend
Edition. She's been interviewed
by Scott Simon, Pulitzer-Prize
Winner Studs Terkel, Charlie
Rose (PBS), and iconic
comedian and gossip correspondent Joan
Rivers.
Described
as a “combination of
Leonard Bernstein, Steven
Tyler and Xena the Warrior
Princess” by
the Boston Globe, Henson-Conant
is an
artist who embodies the spirit
of ingenuity and
energy. In a career that
spans nearly 25 years, she
first changed the face of
harp music, according to
the New York Times, "reshaping
the ... harp into a jazz
instrument by warping it
closer to the Blues" - and
then
literally changed the shape,
size and sound of the harp
forever, by collaborating
with the visionary French
harp company, CAMAC, to develop
the instrument that
now bears her name, the "DHC
Light,"
a
32-string,
11-lb powerhouse instrument
she straps on and plays like
a combination electric-guitar-and-harp.
Henson-Conant
has travelled the world,
performing
in jazz clubs and symphony
halls. She's appeared on
shows from “The View” to “Charlie
Rose.” Her TV special
with symphony, “Invention & Alchemy,” aired
on PBS stations nationwide. But
most importantly, Henson-Conant
is a world-class performer
who combines music, stories
and humor -- with styles
of playing from Flamenco
to Blues, and a voice that's
been compared to Carly Simon.
Press
Quotes
“
... dazzling harp playing, gorgeous
jazz/pop singing, comic timing and
impressive songwriting” Austin
American-Statesman
“
Striking flamenco sparks from the
strings … wrenching distorted
bends worthy of Eddie Van Halen … belting
gutbucket blues and crooning lullabies … the
intense focus commanded by a master
storyteller.” Springfield
Union-News
“
Reshaping the serenely Olympian harp
into a jazz instrument by warping
it closer to the Blues” New
York Times
More media quotes at: http://www.hipharp.com/Pblcty/quotes.html
ARTIST
WEBSITE & SOCIAL MEDIA:
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For more artist info or to schedule an interview,
contact:
Beatriz Harley, info@HipHarp.com,
781-483-3556
More Info: http://www.hipharp.com/publicity.html
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