 Deborah Henson-Conant in:
HIGH VOLTAGE HARP!
Electric harp & voice
Audio & Study Scores
Available in these formats:
- Solo
- with
Orchestra
- with
String Quartet
- with
9-Piece Chamber ensemble
She enters the stage like a rock star, lets loose on
her harp and ignites the Symphony in a way you’ve never heard before. This is Deborah Henson-Conant’s
standard solo or orchestral show using either strap-on harp or electric concert
harp – or both, as well as her signature brand of musical storytelling.
Her shows fuse music, theater, humor, virtuosity and entertainment. When she
plays with orchestras or ensembles, they also feature members of the orchestra/ensemble.
SAMPLE
PROGRAM
(Portable Electric Harp & Voice)
(Alternate pieces below)
- Orchestral
Feature
- Cosita
Latina
- Wannapleda
Blues (Solo)
- The
Minstrel & the Wild Harp
- Songs
My Mother Sang
- The
Nightingale
- Belinda
INTERMISSION
- Orchestral
Feature
- Ramsay’s Reel Ride
- Catcher
in the Rye
- Congratulations
Song
- Way
You Are Blues
- (Encores:
Garbageman, etc.)
See
MP3s, Study Score PDFs, videos and alternate pieces
below |
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ALTERNATE
TITLES: Hip
Harp in Concert, Deborah
Henson-Conant in Concert, Electric Harp, etc.
ENSEMBLE: Available as solo show, orchestral
pops, chamber ensemble series, arts series, etc.
LENGTH: Full
evening with intermission (or 3 - 5 selections can be used
for an orchestral Pops program)
TECH,
LIGHTING & SOUND: standard
theater lighting, standard concert sound.
What the Press Says:
" Whatever it is that transfixes an audience, she has it."
Boston Globe
"She's
doing for the harp what Chuck Berry and Elvis did for the
guitar...Electrified and unzipped ..." Denver Post
“Reshaping
the serenely Olympian harp into a jazz instrument by warping
it closer to the Blues.” New York Times
“She
set the crowd afire.” San Francisco Examiner (On
tour with eh Boston Pops)
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Sample
Setlist, Audio & Study Scores
for "High
Voltage Harp"
For Orchestras & Ensembles
Substitute
pieces are below - they might be
chosen depending on orchestra personnel,
audience demographics or the amount
of rehearsal time available.
*Starred means those materials
aren't yet available |
| TITLES |
Study scores, mp3s, Quicktime
files, Info sheets |
Timing
|
Elapsed
Time
|
Orchestra
Piece or Overture
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5
|
5
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Cosita Latina
This is a studio recording (no orchestra) - but the proportions of the
recording should match the score.
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7
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12
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| Wannapleda
Blues (Solo harp & Voice) |
No
Score |
No
Audio
|
|
5 |
17 |
Minstrel
Boy Intro
to "The Wild Harp"
(harp, voice & orchestral flute & harp)
This piece begins with a spoken word story, and continues with harp
& flute underscoring |
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4
|
21
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The
Wild Harp (harp & orchestra
- violin feature)
This audio includes the solo harp/voice transition. You can fast forward
past that part to the orchestral entrance
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6
|
27
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Songs
My Mother Sang (solo
harp & voice)
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(No
score or audio - Deborah plays solo)
|
7
|
34
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The
Nightingale (harp, voice & orchestra
- English Horn Feature)
|
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6
|
40
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Belinda (harp,
voice & orchestra)
|
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6
|
46
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| Total time this
half (including applause) |
46
- 50
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| INTERMISSION |
Orchestra
Piece
|
5
|
5
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Ramsay's
Reel Ride
This includes a spoken
intro in the Scottish style |
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10
|
25
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New Blues (Includes
solo blues harp intro)
(Orchestral Harp feature)
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5
|
30
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Congratulations,
You Made it This Far
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6
|
36
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Way You Are Blues
(Can include
1 - 2 orchestral jazz player features
-- usually trumpet or trombone) |
|
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|
8
|
44
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| Total time this
half (including applause) |
44
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| ENCORES
(Don't list in program) |
| Garbageman |
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|
5
|
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| Take
Five / Danny Boy or, if
pedal harp is available, Wizard
of Oz |
(No score or audio -
Deborah plays solo) |
3 - 4
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Catcher
in the Rye
(English Horn
or Clarinet Feature / Percussion
Feature)
Note on Percussion Soloist: On this recording, the timpani
is featured, but in other performances snare or frame drum have been featured
and the drummer has come out front for the drum/harp duet section.
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9
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46
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