Derbyshire
HARPISTS ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Liath HollinsNG9 |
Liath Hollins is a harpist based in the East Midlands of England. She is an experienced professional musician and her harp music has been a part of many special occasions. Liath has has a repertoire of over 1800 pieces, so that the music can be perfectly tailored to your occasion. Tuition is also available on both pedal and lever harp.
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Eleanor HudsonSK11 |
Eleanor Hudson is a qualified harp teacher in the Cheshire/Derbyshire/Staffordshire border area – teaching mostly around Macclesfield and Buxton as well as Harp Tutor at Chethams School of Music. Eleanor herself studied at Chethams, going on to attain a GMus RNCM and a distinction in harp performance form the Royal College in London. She has held principal harp posts with Northern Ballet Orchestra, Malaga Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, recently leaving this post to freelance and re train, gaining a PGCert in Music Education and a foundation degree in assisting teaching and learning both from Manchester Metropolitan University. Eleanor works actively in the area of music and mental health as well as teaching harp, piano, music theory and aural up to diploma level on a private basis.
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Lucy NolanDE23 and M15 |
Lucy Nolan began studying the harp at the age of seven with Eira Lynn Jones. After graduating from Oxford University in 2013 with a BA in Music, she returned to study for a Masters in Performance in which she achieved a Distinction. During her time at Oxford University she was awarded the Margaret Irene Seymour Award, the Archibald Jackson Prize for outstanding postgraduate results and an Alice Horsman Scholarship as well as the Oxford Philomusica Young Artists’ platform for her performance with flautist, Aimee Taylor.
Lucy is passionate about helping to develop new music for the harp. As a keen performer of contemporary music she was part of an ensemble of 20 harps who performed at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and was invited to play in the first performance of a work for harp, flute and viola by Peter Reynolds. She worked closely with the composer Paul Patterson, to prepare his work, Armistice, for a performance in July for the World Harp Congress in Hong Kong and she recently gave the European premiere of his harp duet, ‘Scorpions’ as part of the Chroma Harp Duo, a piece for which the duo was awarded first prize in the ensemble class at the Camac Harp Competition in London and the UKHA prize for the best performance of a work by a British composer. She was also selected to work with the Norwegian composer, Eyvind Gulbrandsen, as part of a Moving Classics project which culminated in the premiere of a new piece at the Hull City of Culture Festival this year. Lucy enjoys performing a wide range of music and recent projects include a concert as part of a contemporary Indian duo at an event for the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace, a programme of Mahler’s songs with Ian Bostridge, Handel’s Harp Concerto in B-flat Op.4 with New Chamber Opera and a production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical, A Little Night Music, at the Oxford Playhouse. As well as performing regularly as a soloist, Lucy is also a keen orchestral player and has worked with conductors such as Sir Mark Elder and Gabor Takacs Nagy as well as with the Piccadilly Symphony Orchestra, Philomusica of Aberystwyth, Amadeus Orchestra, Halle Youth Orchestra, Oxford University Orchestra, Oxford Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble ISIS. She was recently selected to go on tour with the European Union Youth Wind Orchestra in Luxembourg, Germany and the Netherlands. Lucy is currently continuing her development through postgraduate study at the Royal Northern College of Music with Eira Lynn Jones for which she has been awarded an entrance scholarship.
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Louise SpencerNG18 |
Louise Spencer is a classically trained, professional harpist, pianist, singer, composer and music educator living and working in Nottinghamshire and the surrounding areas. She is available to teach both pedal and lever harp as well as piano and singing. Louise has an extensive repertoire and plays regularly as weddings and events, as well as running her music practice, Mansfield Music School (www.facebook.com/mansfieldmuscischool). Louise is a fellowship member of the ISM and holds both Associate and Licentiate teaching diplomas, as well as having a Degree in music and a Master’s degree in Composition. Her approach to teaching is inclusive, supportive and encouraging, whilst maintaining the upmost professional standards. Her work as performer includes many of her own unique compositions and arrangements, and is a blend of classical and modern music
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"The finest pedal harp that has ever been made in Britain. It is much lighter than most concert harps and, this combined with an original body construction, has a range of sonority and dynamic that is quite remarkable.”
David Watkins |
Contact UsPilgrim Harps,
Stansted House, Tilburstow Hill Road, South Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8NA 01342 893242 info@pilgrimharps.co.uk |