Composer, performer, singer, songwriter, author, cartoonist, entertainer, comedian, electric harpist – mix those together and you can just begin to describe Deborah Henson-Conant. Whether she's tearing up the Edinburgh Fringe festival with her one-woman show, touring the country with the Boston Pops, opening for Ray Charles at Tanglewood, or mesmerizing a theater-full of children at the Kennedy Center, Henson-Conant, live, on stage, is a powerful experience. Henson-Conant rocked onto the jazz charts in the late 80's with her albums on the GRP label. Since then she's established her own record label and released a dozen other albums from Latin Jazz to Celtic, Blues, Folk-Pop and Spoken Word. She's jammed, on-stage and off, with the likes of Steven Tyler, Bobby McFerrin, Rufus Reid, Keith Lockhart, Doc Severinsen and Marvin Hamlisch. She's a Grammy-Nominated artist and star of "Invention & Alchemy," her one-woman show with full orchestra, which debuted on PBS stations in March 2007. She's premiered her compositions with countless symphonies, lectured at the Paris Conservatory, and received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and "Meet the Composer." She's been featured on NBC, CBS, and CNN, and starred in the PBS Special "Celtic Harpestry." Henson-Conant has revolutionized her instrument. She's brought vibrant passion and individuality to its sound - and in the process she herself has been transformed. Her work is an exploration of possibilities – a transformation that moves her audience out of the ordinary and into the extraordinary. For more information, visit her website: www.HipHarp.com.
