Eilidh was born in Inverness, and began 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 Eilidh 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, Eilidh 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.
Eilidh is fast becoming one of London's busiest Harpists and 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 to Italy with a jazz funk group called “The Orchestra” and has had a solo appearance at the European Harp Symposium held in Amsterdam.
As a member of the Samsara Duo (flute and harp) she is on the “Live Music Now” Scheme which organizes concerts in the community for people who might not normally have access to live music. The duo recently toured Yorkshire and throughout Scotland, which included a performance at Holyrood House. They have also given concerts at The English Music Festival and The Warwickshire Music Festival.
Eilidh often performs at the Langham Hilton and the Park Lane Hilton Hotels and has recently returned from a cruise around Norway playing with her harp trio, Angelica.
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Arrangements of Popular Classical Melodies J.S. Bach Air on a G String J.S. Bach Prelude in C Major J.S. Bach Sheep May Safely Graze J.S. Bach Sarabande from Violin Partita No. 1 Beethoven Moonlight Sonata Beethoven Sonata Pathetique Beethoven Fur Elise Grieg Morning from Peter Gynt G. F. Handel Air from The Water Music G. F. Handel Sarabande G. F. Handel Largo G. F. Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon Macdowell To a Wild Rose Mendelssohn Wedding March (from A Midsummer Nights Dream) Offenbach Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffman Pachelbel Canon in D Purcell Trumpet Tune Schubert Ave Maria Wagner Wedding March (from Lohengrin) Opera Themes Donizetti Una Furvita Lagrima (L’Elisir d’Amore) Lehar Love Unspoken (The Merry Widow) Puccini Oh, my beloved father (Gianni Schicchi) Verdi Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco) Popular/Jazz Albert Feelings Burke/Garner Misty Carmichael Stardust Denver Annie’s Song Gershwin Embraceable You Gershwin But Not For Me Gershwin Fascinating Rhythm Gershwin/Kern Long Ago and Far Away Howard Fly Me To The Moon Kaempfert Strangers In The Night Kern Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Porter I Get a Kick Out Of You Presley Love Me Tender Previn You’re Gonna Hear From Me Raye/De Paul You Don’t Know What Love Is Richie Endless Love Rodgers My Funny Valentine |
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To Say Goodbye Weiss Lullaby of Birdland Film Themes Arlen Over The Rainbow (Wizard of Oz) Elton John/Rice Can You Feel The Love Tonight (The Lion King) Hamlish The Way We Were Horner/Jennings My Heart Will Go On (Titanic) Hupfield As Time Goes By (Casablanca) Lai Where Do I Begin (Love Story) Mercer/Mancini Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany’s) Myres Cavatina (The Deer Hunter) Rota Romeo and Juliet Willaims Schindlers List Musicals Bock Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof) Lloyd Webber Memory (Cats) Lloyd Webber All I Ask Of You (Phantom of the Opera) Lloyd Webber Think of Me (Phantom of the Opera) Sondheim Send in the Clowns Traditional / Folksongs English Greensleeves Drink To Me Only Irish Londonderry Air Various Others Welsh David of the White Rock Ash Grove Scottish Eriskay Love Lilt Skye Boat Song Various Others American Swing Low Sweet Chariot Harp Solos by other Composers C.P.E. Bach Sonata in G Minor J.S. Bach Giga Lute Suite No. 1 Dizi Etudes No. 1 and 21 Dussek Sonata in C Minor Faure Une Chatelaine en sa tour.. Glinka Nocturne Variations on a theme of Mozart Godefroid Etude de concert Parry Sonata No. 1 Parish Alvars Introduction, Cadenza and Rondo |