Passion & Blues: This is two workshops in one, “Jumpstart the Blues” and “Passion in Performance”. With “Jumpstart the Blues” you'll walk away playing the Blues -- a musical style embraced by everyone from beginners to professionals both for its simplicity and its infinite possibilities for self-expression. We'll harness its simple underlying form, learn some cool riffs and explore how this musical playground - which is fun even in its simplest form - can be developed over a lifetime to accompany your own voice, develop a soulful instrumental solo or be a 'common language' to play with other musicians.
In “Passion in Performance” we’ll look at putting more passion in your performance. Many people just like you - from adult beginners to lifelong professionals - don't realize they can instantly improve any performance without learning a single new note -- simply by putting themselves more into their playing, and by performing with a greater personal connection. You can take everything you learn in this session and apply it to every single note of every piece you play -- and then beyond your instrument to the art of performing your life with passion.
Deborah Henson-Conant is an award-winning composer and performer who specializes in the development and arrangement of music for harp, chamber ensemble, orchestra and music-theater. She’s the world’s foremost proponent of electric harp and has publishes works for solo harp, piano-vocal, chamber ensemble, symphony. She’s is also well known as an improvisor and collaborative musician, working in projects from Early-Music to Jazz.
We’ll kick off the workshop from 6-6:30 pm with a pre-workshop meet & greet with cookies.