Harriet read music at Balliol College, Oxford, where she was the holder of the Richard Lewis Nettleship Instrumental Exhibition. Prior to this she was a student of Daphne Boden’s at the Royal College of Music, Junior Department and was successful in many competitions there, winning amongst others the Ruby White Prize. She then continued her studies with Imogen Barford at Trinity College of Music where she was generously supported by awards from the Musician’s Benevolent Fund, The Countess of Munster Musical Trust and The Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.
Appearances in the last three years include playing at St James’s Palace for a celebration of the Queen Mother’s Hundredth birthday, touring Cyprus with the Girl Choristers of Exeter Cathedral as their guest soloist, a performance of Handel’s Harp Concerto with the Ten Tors Orchestra under the direction of Simon Ible and being selected to play at the Eighth World Harp Congress in Geneva.
She has been the Principal Harpist with the National Youth Sinfonia, Oxford University Chamber Orchestra and Trinity College of Music Symphony Orchestra. She is a member of the Barkham Harp Quartet, whose engagements have included performances at St James’s Piccadilly and the Windsor, Bromsgrove and Two Moors Festivals.
Sample Repertoire
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Classical Includes Bach - Prelude in C minor Bach - Sarabande and Sarabande’s Double from Violin Partita No. 1 Handel - Harp Concerto Dowland - Lachrimae Pavanne Purcell - Trumpet Voluntary (Wedding March) Schubert - Ave Maria Mozart - Flute and Harp Concerto Dittersdorf - Harp Concerto Faure - Impromptu Hasselmans - Reverie Debussy - Clair de Lune Tournier - Suite No. 1
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Popular Includes Gershwin - Prelude No. 2 Gershwin - The Man I love Bernstein - One Hand One Love Theme Tune from the Titanic The Beatles - Yesterday Burt Bacharach - The Look of Love Herman Hupfield - As Time Goes By Jerome Kern - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Lloyd Webber - The Phantom of the Opera Lloyd Webber - Memory Lloyd Webber - Pie Jesu Lloyd Webber - Starlight Express Over The Rainbow (Wizard of Oz) |
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