Feb 25, 2011 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Instrument (My Instrument), Jazz Harp, Performance, Projects, Recordings |
PARIS, FRANCE – Nov. 4, 2010 – From CAMAC Harp’s harp log: The “DHC-Light” is CAMAC Harp’s latest collaboration with strap-on-harp-legend Deborah Henson-Conant. Made of super-light, mega-strong carbon fibre, it weighs just 11lbs,...
Feb 12, 2011 | Random Thoughts |
Now that I’m sitting firmly in my 58th year, I sense a kind of undercurrent that it’s a fact I should to hide. And when people say things like, “Oh, but you don’t look 57” they miss the point that, by saying that, they’re implying...
Feb 10, 2011 | Jazz Harp, Love Stories (Wired for Love), Recordings |
NOTE: This blog includes an audio file related to the story – if you want to listen while you’re reading, here’s the song: And Then He Kissed Me by Deborah Henson-Conant https://hipharp.com/cv/audio//th/kissed_me_grp.mp3 When I was 13, living in...
Feb 8, 2011 | Love Stories (Wired for Love) |
This is part of my ongoing “Wired for Love” blog project of love stories and songs. This is a blog from February 2011 about trying to find a name for my Valentine’s music project. To buy the “Wired for Love” download collection of fun, funky, romantic...
Feb 8, 2011 | Love Stories (Wired for Love) |
There were two especially romantic dinners I had with Jonathan. And both in places that subsequently disappeared. As did the romance with Jonathan. But the memories are still sweet. The first was in the gutted-out space that would eventually be his studio....
Feb 3, 2011 | Love Stories (Wired for Love), Mom |
NOTE: This post includes an audio file related to the story. To listen while you’re reading, click the arrow on this player: Siana's Dream: The Music Box by by Deborah Henson-Conant (Deborah Henson-Conant - Harp) https://hipharp.com/cv/audio/ae/06_siana.mp3...
Jan 28, 2011 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Composing, Performance |
(This is from an note I just wrote to members of the Seattle-Tacoma harpist community) I’m excited about coming back to the Seattle-Tacoma area and thrilled to play with the Tacoma Symphony Sunday, March 27 at 2:30 pm! Seattle-Tacoma is a hotbed of harp activity in...
Jan 23, 2011 | Random Thoughts |
Until I left home at 16, my mother controlled my wardrobe. I got around it by learning to hand-sew in my teens, and at some point I discovered thrift shops. But until then, I was stuck in her skin. Some of it was practical. The new pair of saddle shoes I got...