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“Flute and Harp for Christmas” – musical snobbery gets a come-uppance
[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...Raising Responsible Bath Water
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...
The Welsh Rare Bit – An Unusual Opportunity in Wales
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),...
Shrunk – “So, how does that feel…?” – A Performer’s Review
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...Deborah Henson-Conant performs new harp piece at Arlington’s Regent Theatre – – The Arlington Advocate
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...
Rock-Hound in the Mud-Room
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. ...
Dream Catcher
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...
My Own Theatre
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...
Small is the new Big – “Honey, I Shrunk the Harp!”
“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...
