Deborah Henson- Conant

Celtic Celebration Deborah Henson-Conant, electric harp; Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra; Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra There’s no instrument more Celtic than the harp – but this is harp with a twist! Using stories, songs, virtuosic instrumentals, and a strong dose of humor, Deborah Henson- Conant brings the Celtic Bard into the 21st century. Like the Troubadours of old, Henson-Conant straps on her harp, sings and tells stories – but unlike the old days, she electrifies the harp – and the audience with tales of Motorcycle-Driving Scotsmen, haunted harpers, Robert Burns and J.D. Salinger – and then a heart-breaking rendition of Danny Boy – not the operatic tour-de-force we’re used to, but an intimate, personal song of pathos, loss, and love. She’s America’s only bad-girl harpist, “doing for the harp what Chuck Berry and Elvis once did for the guitar”(Denver Post). See her once, and you’ll never look at a harp the same way again.