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The Show Countdown – 3 Days!
Today my assistant Beatriz and I had a discussion about whether it’s 4 days before or 3 days before my because I like to think there’s more time. She said get over it. It’s 3. She won. Today, Henry, the videographer came by today to get my cameras....
4 Days Before the Show
My first show of the year – my annual the flow. The more comfortable I am with what I’ve chosen to play, the more comfortable I am being in the moment. I trick myself so I stop worrying about what I’m going to play Share on X So, in a sense, I trick myself so I can...The Gift … and the Giving
I’m struck by the difference between the experience of creating — and the experience of sharing what we create – the gift and the giving. It’s on my mind a lot in this season of giving. As an improvising performer, both creation and sharing happen simultaneously...Off-Broadway On-Line! Livestream “Daddy Long Legs” Tonight
My friend Paul Gordon and I used to walk to his apartment after high school and write musicals together on his miniscule piano. Now his show “Daddy Long Legs” is making Off-Broadway history by streaming live Online tonight! Make Off-Broadway history with...
Bring on the Ballerinas!
Last weekend I was assailed by a band of curious, inventive ballerinas — and I was thrilled about it. I was performing a benefit concert for the Ponte Vedra Cultural Center’s music therapy outreach program near Jacksonville, Florida. It was a gala concert...
Florida Benefit Concert for Music Therapy Outreach
What if you gave your friends in Florida a gift they’d never forget? You can do it! And it will support a wonderful music therapy outreach program. Buy them tickets to my show Saturday Oct. 17 at the Ponte Vedra Music Hall near Jacksonville, FL. It’s a...Leading from the Harp
You see it in the back – waaaaay in the back of the orchestra – but when have you seen a harpist leading an orchestra? Not just out of the background – but WAY in the front? I saw it first in my mind. Nearly two decades ago. It was so real –...4 techniques you won’t need at the pearly gates
“She plays stuff you just wouldn’t think could possibly come from the instrument that St. Peter hands out to new arrivals at the pearly gates.” Jeff Kaczmarczyk – Grand Rapids Press I love that quote from Jeff Kaczmarczyk — and the following...
Meet me at the Barn!
BUY TIX NOW! Deborah Henson-Conant Celebration Barn Theater • Sat. June 20 S. Paris, ME 30 years ago I dragged my 6-foot tall, 75-pound harp up to a big red barn in Maine to get coaching from a man who was known as the “Guru of Street Performers.” His...
