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Award winning harpist NW02 is an
exciting and engaging soloist who thrills audiences with
her dynamic performances. She began to study the harp at
the age of 12 before being awarded a place at
Chethams School of Music in Manchester to study with
Eira Lynn Jones in 1999. During this time She was
awarded the Ida Carroll String Prize for outstanding
musical achievement and also toured Holland giving
recitals in conservatoires around the country.
After gaining an entrance scholarship
to the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester in 2001 to
continue her studies, She completed her undergraduate
course in 2005 achieving a First Class BMus (Hons)
Degree and a year later, her post-graduate diploma (PGDip)
with Distinction in Performance. In 2007, she
successfully completed a Masters Degree (MMus) at the
RNCM also with Distinction in performance. To aid her
postgraduate studies, she was awarded RNCM
postgraduate scholarships as well as support from the
Musicians Benevolent Fund (MBF) and the Countess of
Munster. She concluded her time at college by winning
the Concerto Competition and performing as soloist with
the RNCM String Orchestra playing Debussy’s Danse Sacree
et Profane to critical acclaim.
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Being a
versatile and experienced musician, she has been invited
to perform live on BBC Radio 3, and made her television
debut performing live on BBC 1 for the Heaven and Earth
show with Soprano, Katherine Jenkins. She has since also
appeared on TV as part of the Royal Variety Performance.
Other notable performances have taken her to prestigious
concert venues around the UK including the Royal Albert
Hall, London, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, and the
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. She has also played
professionally with the Hallé Orchestra, Manchester
Camerata, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and
the Manchester Concert Orchestra.
Recent
successes include winning the Harp Finals at the world
renowned Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales Competition in
2003 and in September 2005 she performed as a Finalist in
the London International Harp Competition at the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In
April 2007 was selected to audition for HRH The Prince of
Wales for the position of Royal Harpist at Clarence House,
the same year she performed for HRH Queen Elizabeth II and
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh at The Royal Variety
Performance.
She
is also a very active chamber musician and performs
regularly with duo partner Fiona Slominska as the Corallia
Duo (Flute and Harp) recently giving recitals in
association with the Tillett Trust. In March 2008, they
performed in the finals of the Royal Overseas Music
Competition in London. |
