Deborah Henson-Conant & The Members of Hip Harp Academy invite you to the
The Kickstart Week is Over but …
The LEARNING HUB is still open!
Grab this powerful training for FREE while it’s still open
Hip Harp Academy Kickstart Series
Join me for a FREE intro to some of the featured classes in this quarter’s “Structure is Freedom” Program plus an Open House Campus Tour, and “Ask Me Anything” Sessions.
- [REPLAY] Sun. Oct. 5 – 3:30 PM ET: Structure is Freedom – Part 1: The Power of Standard Arrangement Forms
- [REPLAY] Tue. Oct. 7 – 3:30 PM ET: Open House & Campus Tour
- [REPLAY] Wed. Oct. 8 – 9:00 AM ET: New “Hip Harp Improv Toolkit”
- [REPLAY] Thu. Oct. 9 – 5:00 PM ET: Intro to Jazz for Harps
- [REPLAY] Sun. Oct. 12 – 3:30 PM ET: (Structure is Freedom – Part 2) FAKE IT! The Musical Shorthand of Fake Books & Lead Sheets
For Pedal & Lever Harps – All Levels
Get a sneak peek inside Hip Harp Academy
Hip Harp Academy offers a FULL-Level year-long program to develop your repertoire and improvisation skills.
It teaches you how to improvise on the fly, how to take any simple melody and create a full arrangement of it, or ‘open it up’ for therapeutic playing.
[REPLAY] Sun. Oct. 5 – 3:30 PM ET – Structure is Freedom (Part 1)
The Power of Standard Arrangement Forms
For Lever and Pedal Harp
REPLAY ACCESS INCLUDED WHEN YOU REGISTER
This webinar is all about simple, flexible internal structures that give a stable framework to support ever expanding creative expression. It’s part of the IMPROV NOW! Jumpstart Challenge but is also crucial to the events in this Kickstart Week.
Register FREE to the IMPROV NOW! Challenge to get the Replay
[REPLAY] Tue. Oct. 7 – 3:30 PM ET
Open House & Campus Tour
For Lever and Pedal Harp
REPLAY ACCESS INCLUDED WHEN YOU REGISTER
We kick off the week with an Open House & Campus Tour! Hip Harp Academy offers a FULL-Level year-long program to develop your repertoire and improvisation skills. It teaches you how to improvise on the fly, how to take any simple melody and create a full arrangement of it, or ‘open it up’ for therapeutic playing. And in this special session, I’ll give you a tour inside the Academy!
[REPLAY] Wed. Oct. 8 – 9:00 AM ET
New Hip Harp Improv Toolkit
For Lever and Pedal Harp
REPLAY ACCESS INCLUDED WHEN YOU REGISTER
In the new “Hip Harp IMPROV Toolkit,” you’ll see how this improved take on the beloved Hip Harp toolkit class is transformed into an exciting game on how to create a whole repertoire of inventive, fun solo arrangements using the “Arrange Yourself” formula. Get the principles behind turning ANY simple melody into a complete arrangement on the spot—at your own skill level.
[REPLAY] Thu. Oct. 9 – 5:00 PM ET
Intro to Jazz for Harps
For Lever and Pedal Harp
REPLAY ACCESS INCLUDED WHEN YOU REGISTER
This intro shows you how to experience the freedom of jazz improvisation on the harp. You’ll get a peek on how to add jazzy chords to your playing, improvising from a lead sheet, and re-styling tunes to give them rhythm. You’ll also get familiar on how to be able to enrich the harmony of any tune you play.
[REPLAY] Sun. Oct. 12 – 3:30 PM ET – Structure is Freedom (Part 2)
FAKE IT! The Musical Shorthand of Fake Books & Lead Sheets
For Lever and Pedal Harp
REPLAY ACCESS INCLUDED WHEN YOU REGISTER
You’ll learn how simple creative structures support creative experiences of freedom in music. You’ll also get familiar with snippets and lead sheets. Snippets are tiny patterns that help you improvise and create music and lead sheets are simplified parts that help you apply the standard arrangement form.
Now that all the intro events are completed …
You get to Peek Behind the Curtain!
Join now to Discover:
PLAY new TUNES with the “Arrange Yourself” formula
EXPAND your ABILITY with new tools
OPEN new POSSIBILITIES to express your SELF
Meet your creative coach Deborah Henson-Conant
I’m Deborah Henson-Conant, and I’ve been composing, arranging and creating shows since I was a kid. I now play shows with symphonies and on solo stages with the electric harp that was created for me by CAMAC Harps, the “DHC” Harp.
But I started on the ukulele, playing and singing my own little-kid arrangements, telling stories, improvising and playing and singing with other people. And guess what? I use many of the same skills and principles to arrange the music I record and perform today – including the Grammy-Nominated album “Invention & Alchemy” and the song that won first prize in the International Songwriting Competiton (ISC).
