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Paola Testa’s “Baroque Flamenco”
This is a blog series featuring performances of my harp showpiece “Baroque Flamenco” by other musicians. Click HERE to link to the overview blog Baroque Flamenco Around the World. Featured Performer: Paola Testa, Italy BRIEF BIO or DESCRIPTION OF WHAT YOU DO: Paola...
NEW! Jazz Harp Masterclass Intensive
This weekend, my studio will resound with multi-harp Jazz, as 3 advanced harp players arrive for my first jazz-harp masterclass intensive – direct from my studio. Two of the students, Shelley Fairplay and Nicole Mueller, both from Europe, are in my year-long...Tiny Desk Contest – NPR – “Brubecker” by DHC (VIDEO)
Last week Alexandra, of the artists in my “Harness Your Muse” mastermind, emailed suggesting I enter NPR’s “Tiny Desk Contest.” I thought about it. It meant I’d have to clean my desk. That, alone was reason enough. I could also use it as an exercise, an adventure, a...
A Noodling Breakthrough for Harp Players!
NEWSFLASH from CYBERSPACE: An amazing noodling breakthrough occurred during Deborah Henson-Conant’s recent Virtual “Hands on Harmony” Beta Retreat! After giving the standard “Just start noodling,” direction during a play-along session the Grammy-Nominated harp...
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...
Who Am I, Anyway?
I was trying to update my bio for my I started asking myself “Who Am I, Anyway??” which led to me jumping over here to my blog where I wrote this: My official “Short Bio” is: “Deborah Henson-Conant is an electric harp virtuoso with a...
The Composer Presents: Performer Kobie du Plessis
One of my favorite parts of the Composer side of my life is seeing and hearing the artists who perform my music making it their own. And that’s exactly what harpist Kobie du Plessis is doing — and not only that, she’s doing on the harp I invented...
My Southeastern Harp Weekend
I flew back from the SouthEastern Harp Weekend in Asheville, NC after a full weekend of teaching, a sold-out Sunday Night show at one of my favorite theaters – the Altamont – and a working visit with the first guy I ever had a crush on (Fred) – and his husband...
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...
