Oct 30, 2013 | Bio, Performance |
People seem to have a hard time wrapping their mind around what I actually do. My new artist liaison, Jeila, can totally relate. Before she started working for me she couldn’t figure me out, either. So, I asked her to look through my bios and choose the...
Oct 26, 2013 | Baroque Flamenco, Composing, Harping & Harpists, Performance |
One of my favorite parts of being a composer is seeing and hearing other performers pouring themselves into my music, heart and soul – making it their own. As my piece “Baroque Flamenco” is performed more and more, I get to see new versions of it...
Oct 23, 2013 | Interviews |
I recently got an email from a student asking for an interview. It went kind of like this: Dear Deborah Henson-Conant,n I am a first-year music student. I have a CD of yours which you signed to me and I received through my first harp teacher, who told me you would be...
Oct 21, 2013 | Online Courses |
Yesterday was the first ‘live’ day of my new Hip Harp Toolkit online course. Jeila, my new artist liaison was in the office and wrote this blog while I was online with the students: What an amazing experience! I’m so happy I got to watch this! I...
Oct 19, 2013 | People I Meet, Random Thoughts |
I opened Facebook today and discovered a friend, David Bunnett, had died. I knew David slightly when we were young – part of the group of theater-and-artist folks who hung around the Pt. Reyes Dance Palace in West Marin, California. But I’d never really...
Oct 17, 2013 | Press Release |
For Immediate Release – Run Through Nov. 9, 2013 Contact: info@HipHarp.comPurchase Tickets Now: Honey, I Shrunk the Harp … and the Orchestra! Electric Harpist performs with Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra What if you shrunk a harp, strapped it on and plugged it...
Oct 5, 2013 | Harping & Harpists, Online Courses |
This morning I read a Facebook post that helped me understand why I’m — well, kind of obsessed with coaching musical independence and publishing the music I’ve created. If the idea of coaching ‘musical independence’ sounds strange, I’ve only recently...
Sep 25, 2013 | Birthdays, Composing, Recordings |
This is the birthday song I wrote for myself nearly 20 years ago. A fan recently asked where she could find it online so she could sing it to her mom, so I made this post. I hope this page has everything you need to learn it, sing it yourself, play it on piano or...
Sep 24, 2013 | Press Release, Quick Info |
This is a Quick Info page, where you can find out everything you need to know about a Deborah Henson-Conant event. We created it so WE could find info quickly when we want to post about the show … and then we figured, what the heck, why not share it with you? ...
Sep 24, 2013 | Guest Blogger |
I’m performing with the “Flagpole Radio Café” show on Sat. Sept. 28 at 7pm (TIX FOR THE SHOW AVAILABLE HERE) and I asked producer Martin Blanco to explain to me who was who in the show and how the show was created. He wrote me this in an email, and...
