Outer Hebrides

Harpists are listed in alphabetical order

Meredith McCrindle

AYR

Meredith also runs our Pilgrim Harps showroom in Ayr

Meredith McCrindle is a native of Houston, Texas. In 2009 she moved to Scotland to begin her postgraduate studies at St. Andrews University in Fife. She and husband Simon moved "home" to Ayr in 2011, opening Ayr Guitar, 62 Alloway St. @ Burns Statue Square. In October 2013, Meredith and Simon became parents to twin boys, William and Alexander.
Meredith has played professionally since 1999 and has been teaching harpists of all ages since 2004. She has studied with many notable harpists including, Dewey Owens, Kimberely Snauffer, Rachel VanVoorhees, Ray Poole and Iain Hood. Meredith has worked in the music industry in a variety of positions including, marketing for Artists House Music, New Orleans; Southern District Representative for The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Grammy University, Memphis, Tennessee and the Houston Symphony Orchestra in Houston, Texas. In 2009 Meredith was the Production Coordinator for Unwigged and Unplugged (Spinal Tap) Live Concert filmed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Meredith maintains an active performance career, which includes many weddings, special events and guest appearances in Ayrshire and across Scotland.
Meredith received her Bachelor’s degree in Harp Performance and Music Business from Loyola University, New Orleans. As a Katrina survivor she has a keen interest in re-building communities. This interest has blossomed in Ayr where she is an active member of the business community and is a member of the Ayr Town Centre Steering Group and is the Chair and Lead Producer of a local Halloween festival, TamFest. Meredith received her postgraduate degree from the University of St. Andrews, where she was awarded a harp scholarship, while studying management in the creative industries. Currently, Meredith is the resident harp instructor at the Wellington School, Ayr.
Education: MLITT Management in the Creative Industries, University of St. Andrews, Fife; BA in Harp Performance and Music Industry Studies, Loyola University, New Orleans; Graduate, St. Agnes Academy, College Preparatory, Houston, Texas.

meredithmccrindle@gmail.com

07951 484988

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Pippa Reid-Foster

Central Scotland and Argyll & Bute

Born and having lived most of her life on the West Coast of Scotland, Pippa sees the beautiful and dramatic landscape very much as home territory.

Pippa, a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, is not only an accomplished performer and composer but is also passionate about passing on her skills to a new generation of musicians and composers. Alongside her hectic performance schedule and her teaching practice Pippa has released her debut album Driftwood Harp. ‘A fantastically well understood album, the combination of harps and soul not in question and one that offers a story of redeeming hope.’ Iain D. Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision

contact@pippareidfoster.com

07842 765220

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Please contact Pilgrim Harps on 01342 893242 or email info@pilgrimharps.co.uk for the following harpists contact information.