![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](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/DHenson-Conant_Blue-Background-201x300.jpg)
![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,...![Q&A – Jazzy Holiday Music?](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/musical-conversation-heart-soul-of-jazz.jpg)
Q&A – Jazzy Holiday Music?
As I gear up for the next session of my online course “Hip Harp Toolkit” (starting Oct. 21st), I get a lot of questions via my “Ask a Question” link from people interested in the course. This particular course focuses on Holiday music as a way...![Q&A – Hospice Harping with Hip Harp Toolkit?](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/hospice-harping-HHT-text-image.jpg)
Q&A – Hospice Harping with Hip Harp Toolkit?
As I gear up for the next session of my online course “Hip Harp Toolkit” which starts Oct. 21st, I’ve been getting a lot of questions — and decided to post some of them here. Here’s one I got this morning: Question I play for hospital...![Rhythm in Baroque Flamenco (1)](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bfbc-rhythm-big-3s.jpg)
Rhythm in Baroque Flamenco (1)
I always get excited whenever someone says “I have a dumb question” and this one came from Faye, a student in my “Baroque Flamenco Bootcamp” online course where harp players learn to play a dramatic showpiece of mine called “Baroque Flamenco.” She wrote:...![Sarah and the Baroque Flamenco](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/close-sarah-blog-baroqueflamenco-01.jpg)
Sarah and the Baroque Flamenco
This is a tiny story told through a series of Facebook chats. It started with a Christmas present and ended with a radio interview and an impassioned performance. I especially love the conclusion because it involves my composition “Baroque Flamenco.” This...![Eleanor Turner’s Baroque Flamenco Story](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Eleanor-Turner-harp-207x300.jpg)