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Harp-Strung Blues for Mind Expansion
Every year I perform my Annual “Lose Your Blues” concert at TCAN (The Center for Arts in Natick) – this year it’s on Sat. Jan. 10th. The impetus is to take the worst weekend in the year – the weekend right after New Years and see just how much fun I can have with it....![Lose your Blues – with a 32-String Electric Harp](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/DHenson-Conant_Blue-Background-201x300.jpg)
Lose your Blues – with a 32-String Electric Harp
The lead-up to the Holidays is intense –then it all deflates in the cold days of January when the Blues hit you hard. That’s why I always brings my Annual Lose Your Blues show to the Boston Area just after New Year’s. =============== Lose your Blues – with a...![Who Says You Can’t Heal a Broken Harp?](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/exhibit-A-harp-tech-crew.jpg)
Who Says You Can’t Heal a Broken Harp?
During my last rehearsal at IUP (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) Dec. 4 – just a few hours before the show, one of my harp levers bit the dust. It’s not the kind of thing you can just fix later – the lever lets you shift the string into the right...![Nothin’ like a good Tongue-Slap](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sax-choir.jpg)
Nothin’ like a good Tongue-Slap
One of my favorite tunes in last week’s collaboration with the IUP jazz band was the Saxophone Quintet reinterpretation of “Fum Fum Fum” from my Holiday suite “Season of Celebration” — originally for string orchestra and re-orchestrated by Keith Young. Here I am...![Reinventing with the IUP Jazz Band](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/logan-renee-dhc-harp-blog-enews_v2.jpg)
Reinventing with the IUP Jazz Band
One day in December 2014 I bundled my harp into Renee’s jeep (Renee’s my amazing Personal Assistant) — and she trundled me off to the Jet Blue terminal at Logan. 4 hours later I landed in Pittsburgh, got into a towncar, firmly regretted half the sushi I’d bought...![Lively Arts presents Deborah Henson-Conant at IUP](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IUP-2014-DHC-Holiday-tourpage.jpg)
Lively Arts presents Deborah Henson-Conant at IUP
Thursday, December 4, 2014 Deborah Henson-Conant brings her Hip HARP show to Indiana University in Pennsylvania. Deborah Henson-Conant is a Grammy-nominated artist and the world’s premier electric harpist. She is known for high energy shows that fuse music, theater,...![Original Musical
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Original Musical “The Golden Cage” – Private Reading
I know it’s kind of a tease to tell you about an event that you probably can’t attend, but I’m so excited about this that I want to share it! On Sunday. Nov. 16 at 6:30pm, ??there’ll be a private, unstaged reading of my original musical...![Eleanor Turner’s Baroque Flamenco Story](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Eleanor-Turner-harp-207x300.jpg)
Eleanor Turner’s Baroque Flamenco Story
Harp soloist Eleanor Turner debuted my new concerto version of “Baroque Flamenco” with full symphony in New Orleans (June 2014 )- and with 8-piece chamber ensemble in Sydney, Australia (July 2014) . In both concerts, I conducted the ensemble – a...![Back to the Future in Sydney, Australia – “Old Jazz Days” Raises Questions](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/operabar-sydney-dhc-SHADOW.jpg)