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Hip Harp Academy: How’s the Experience According to Carol Booth
Have you ever wondered how it is to be a member of the Hip Harp Academy by Deborah Henson-Conant? We have good news for you. We asked Carol Booth, a member of the Hip Harp Academy to share how it feels to be part of the academy and how it helped her creative...
Hip Harp Academy: How’s the Experience According to Bonnie Berk
Have you ever wondered how it is to be a member of the Hip Harp Academy by Deborah Henson-Conant? We have good news for you. We asked Bonnie Berk, a member of the Hip Harp Academy to share how it feels to be part of the academy and how it helped her creative...
Hip Harp Academy: How’s the Experience According to Anne Horton
Have you ever wondered how it is to be a member of the Hip Harp Academy by Deborah Henson-Conant? We have good news for you. We asked Anne Horton, a member of the Hip Harp Academy to share how it feels to be part of the academy and how it helped her creative...
Composer’s Spotlight: Eleven-year-old Vien Ignacio Wins 4 Top Prizes Playing ‘Baroque Flamenco’
Composer’s Spotlight: Eleven-year-old Vien Ignacio Wins 4 Top Prizes Playing Deborah Henson-Conant’s ‘Baroque Flamenco’ Vien, an 11-year-old harpist from the Philippines, brings so much energy to her rendition of ‘Baroque Flamenco’...
Composer’s Spotlight: So Jeong Shim performs ‘Baroque Flamenco’
Composer’s Spotlight Series: So Jeong Shim plays ‘Baroque Flamenco’ on an electric harp In this interview, So Jeong Shim shares her experience playing Deborah’s ‘Baroque Flamenco’, why she chose to learn this piece, and how it impacted her life. Her advice to...
Deborah Henson-Conant Talks About Hip Harp Academy
Welcome to a one-on-one interview with Grammy-nominated harpist Deborah Henson-Conant, the mastermind behind “Hip Harp Academy” – an online academy where harp enthusiasts come together to learn, inspire, and grow in their musical journey. In this...
The Greatest Thing You’ll Ever Learn
One of the songs I heard my mother sing when I was a kid was “Nature Boy” by Eden Ahbez. It was one of the pieces I cut my teeth on when I was learning to ‘fake’ music from chord charts. It has a haunting melody with simple, beautiful chords. There’s one thing I just...
My First Love Song
I wrote my first love song when I was 13 or 14. It wasn’t my first song – which was from my musical “When Nights were Bold, ” when I was 12. But this song was different. It was personal. I was in love with Freddie Stewart. I followed him...
You MUST send Valentines
You must send Valentines. I’ll tell you why below, but first I have to admit I always disliked Valentines Day. And then last 2020 – 5 years into a single life I hadn’t planned on – I gave it up. Instead of hating Valentines Day, I challenged myself to send Video...
