Dec 21, 2010 | Projects, Recordings |
[UPDATE: I originally wrote this blog in 2010. Now you can hear the whole album for free and then buy it as a download here] In the mid-’80’s, when I still played a big acoustic concert harp, a quiet-spoken flutist called one day and asked me to improvise...
Dec 17, 2010 | Composing |
Revisiting an old project that’s been niggling at me since I was 18. Finally took it to my musical theater writer’s lab – opened it up for criticism after decades. I thought it was something to be protected, the music I’d written. But they...
Dec 4, 2010 | Composing, Performance, Projects |
Conductor & soloist disrobe after “Danger Zone”In April of 2010 I presented a concert of my music for harp and Chamber Ensemble. The project included a brief residency working with two professional harp soloists (Eleanor Turner & Amanda Whiting),...
Nov 28, 2010 | Performance |
My assistant, Bea, asked me to review my own experience of the recent preview of my new piece “Honey, I Shrunk the Harp!” She wanted to know … how did she put it… “what YOU were feeling in the hours leading up to the show, while you were...
Nov 4, 2010 | Events, Interviews |
Nice interview (see link below). You can see a little bit of rehearsal video, learn more about the show and buy tickets at this page on my website: https://hipharp.com/events/regent-shrunkharp2010.html Deborah Henson-Conant performs new harp piece at...
Oct 25, 2010 | Random Thoughts |
My dog and I lived in a small cabin on Tomales bay when I was 18. By “on” I mean the house was on stilts and the water sloshed underneath the house. When I went to school every day, he’d stay home, dig up rocks from the beach and carry them home. ...
Oct 24, 2010 | Performance |
Lately, my shows have been changing on a fundamental level. I know this because of the kinds of comments I get. People have stopped commenting about me, personally, or even about how much they liked the show — and instead, I they tell me excited stories about...
Oct 21, 2010 | Performance |
I LOVE THE REGENT THEATRE!!! What’s so cool about it? Well … everything! The sound is great, there’s not a bad seat in the house, there’s plenty of free parking and great restaurants within steps of the theater. It’s MBTA and handicap...
Oct 21, 2010 | Performance |
“Honey, I Shrunk the Harp” is a music-theater piece I started developing last summer at performance camp in Maine. Er … yes … I go to performance camp. OK, OK … you could call it a theater ‘retreat’ – and I go there to...
Oct 14, 2010 | Random Thoughts |
My anxiety at even looking at my to-do list is overwhelming. I’ve taken to heading out for a run every time I feel the overwhelm. So I run a lot these days. But I get the sense that admitting I feel overwhelmed is verboten. Taboo. Frankly, that doesn’t...
