![So there I am at my first restaurant gig …. (or … the moment Hip Harp Toolkit was born)](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Screen-Shot-2019-10-01-at-9.59.23-AM.jpg)
![So there I am at my first restaurant gig …. (or … the moment Hip Harp Toolkit was born)](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Screen-Shot-2019-10-01-at-9.59.23-AM.jpg)
![Finding Creative Freedom – One Pluck at a Time [Harpists Margi Miller & Sally Walstrum speak out in words and music]](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/sally-walstrum-concert-blue-dhc-harp-library.jpg)
Finding Creative Freedom – One Pluck at a Time [Harpists Margi Miller & Sally Walstrum speak out in words and music]
Harpist Sally Walstrum and Margi Miller both started taking classes at Hip Harp Academy, my year-long training program for harpists – more than 3 years ago. They each came to the harp in very different ways with very different skills. Sally started the harp as a...![Jung at Harp [2] The Conversation Continues](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Screen-Shot-2019-09-10-at-2.26.07-PM.jpg)
Jung at Harp [2] The Conversation Continues
Deborah Henson-Conant & Hip Harp Academy Present: An “In-Between the Music” Conversation “Jung at Harp [2] – the Conversation Conitnues” A conversation about music and … the principles of Jungian Analysis “In Between the Music” is a series of...![10 Reasons Hip Harp Toolkit ROCKS!!!](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/HHT-liberate-grow-expand-banner_v1-763018_1080x576.jpg)
10 Reasons Hip Harp Toolkit ROCKS!!!
“Hip Harp Toolkit” is my Fall online course for harp players that teaches the incredibly fun game of creating improvising arrangements! It’s the foundation of all my other courses! Join us for the NEXT Class in Hip Harp Academy:Hip Harp Toolkit. ...![Somerset Harp Festival Fun!](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190721-155205H-2.jpg)
Somerset Harp Festival Fun!
Earlier this month I spent a weekend with an amazing group of harp players from all walks of life at the Somerset Harp Weekend – beginners and professionals and everything in between – teaching, learning, playing and sharing stories. I had the honor of...![Simple. Powerful. Today.](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Simple-Powerful-Today.jpg)
Simple. Powerful. Today.
You probably have something you do every day when you engage with the world, open to unexpected encounters. For some people it’s going to a coffee shop, a walk to work, a subway ride … For me – it’s running. I run nearly every day – and...![Jung at Harp](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DHC-Kathleen-Video-Screenshot.jpg)
Jung at Harp
Deborah Henson-Conant & Hip Harp Academy Present: An “In-Between the Music” Conversation “Jung at Harp” A conversation about music and … the principles of Jungian Analysis “In Between the Music” is a series of conversations about music and how it connects,...![My Mother taught me MUSIC](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ina-deb-sunglasses1-300x292.jpg)
My Mother taught me MUSIC
My mother was both a performer and a teacher. She took teaching me how to DO things very seriously – and one of the passions I got from my her is to share what I KNOW about how to DO THINGS – as well as sharing the profound, funny, magical, human world of...So Proud of the Half-Bakes
I was just texting to some colleagues in NYC and found myself writing: OMG – I’m so proud of the people in my Academy!!! They’re so brave and funny and committed, and willing and creative. And I just realized I should be sharing this is social media!!! I just...![Strings of Passion Takeaways from Martha](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/takeaways-image-from-email.jpg)