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London Based - Will travel.
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Wedding
Harpist , was born in Inverness, and began harp lessons on the Clarsach at the age of seven. Five years later she was awarded a Traditional
Music Scholarship to Lomond School.
At the same time she gained a place at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music
and Drama as a Junior Department Student. In June, 1999 graduated from Trinity College of Music where she studied with Sioned Williams, Principle Harpist, BBC Symphony Orchestra. Whilst there she performed Debussy’s “Danses Sacree et Profane”. In 2001 she completed a two-year Postgraduate Performance Course studying with Skaila Kanga at the Royal Academy of Music, supported by the Winifred Disney and Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation Awards. In July 2000 she achieved Highly Commended in the Julia Leney Prize for Harp. From 1993-96, was Principal Harpist with the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland and between 1997-99, with the National Musicians Symphony Orchestra. Her professional work includes performances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Foundation Philharmonic Orchestra and she also worked with the Britten-Pears Orchestra and British Youth Opera. has also recorded for the band Travis, appeared on TV with Andrea Bocceli and has played with Sir Paul McCartney, Sir George Martin and Dire Straits. Last summer she toured Italy with a jazz funk group called “The Orchestra” and has a solo appearance at the European Harp Symposium held in Amsterdam.
Between her other commitments, often performs as a wedding harpist or for corporate events.
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