Weddings
Camilla
has vast experience in playing for weddings, ranging from a ceremony in a
windmill to 600 guests arriving at a Park Lane hotel. Her repertoire list is
vast but can usually accommodate more unusual requests. Camilla is extremely
popular as a wedding harpist, so it wise to book her as early as possible.
Presently, Camilla is enjoying a varied career as a freelance harpist; working with orchestras, chamber groups and solo. She has played principal harp in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and has performed various concertos, including Mozart’s Harp and Flute Concerto in Canterbury Cathedral. She has given many solo recitals throughout Europe, including the World Harp Congress held in Prague and a performance at the European Harp Symposium in Amsterdam. She has been a soloist on all three Fred Olsen Cruise Liners around Europe and Africa. For two years Camilla was harpist in residence at the Grosvenor House Hotel and currently holds residencies at the Langham Hilton and the Park Lane Hilton.
In 2002, television appearances included playing with Aled Jones for ITV and jazz/soul singer Natalie Cole on BBC’s Parkinson show. She was also a featured artist in a TV series, ‘Music in Mansions’.
Harpist Camilla was born in 1979 and began
playing the harp at the age of eight. She was a music scholar at the King’s
School, Canterbury and was awarded an entrance scholarship to the Royal
Academy of Music, where she graduated with honours, on a Bachelor of music
degree. There, she studied with acclaimed harpists, Skaila Kanga and Daphne
Boden.
Ensembles that Camilla works with include the Arion Duo, with flautist Eliza
Marshall and is part of the Korros Ensemble, a beautiful combination of
flute, clarinet and harp, which have a busy recital schedule for 2003,
including their debut at St. Martin-in-the-fields. She also accompanies
soprano singer, Victoria Barbé.
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Sound Samples |
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Sample Repertoire (This is a sample repertoire list and is by no means definitive.) |
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Wedding MusicBridal March (from ‘Lohengrin’) – WagnerWedding March (from ‘Midsummer’s Night Dream’) – Mendelssohn Prince of Denmark’s March - Clarke Canon in D – Pachelbel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel Jesu, joy of man’s desiring – Bach Spring (from ‘The Four Seasons’) - Vivaldi Air and Minuet (from ‘The Water Music’) - Handel Show Tunes Selections from: Cats Phantom of the Opera Les Miserables West Side Story Popular and Jazz SongsYour Song – Elton JohnOver the Rainbow – Arlen As Time Goes By – Hupfeld You are the Sunshine of my Life – Stevie Wonder Have I told you lately – Van Morrison Ain’t Misbehaving – Fats Waller |
Film MusicMoon River – ManciniLove Theme from ‘The Godfather’ – Rota Cavatina – Myers The Way We Were – Hamlisch The Heart Asks Pleasure (Theme from ‘The Piano’ ) – Nyman Theme from ‘On a Golden Pond’ – Grusin Other Classical MusicClair de lune – Debussy O mio babbino caro – Puccini Meditation de Thais – Massenet Pavane – Fauré Le Cygne – Saint-Saens Polovetsian Dance – Borodin Love Theme from ‘Spartacus’ - Khatchaturian TraditionalLondonderry Air (Danny Boy) Amazing Grace Greensleeves The Ash Grove Lagan Love My love is like a red, red rose |