Edinburgh and Lothian
HARPISTS ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Elinor EvansEH7 |
Born in Scotland of Welsh parents, Elinor is a hybrid of two Celtic cultures. In 2014 Elinor completed her degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, going on to gain her Post Graduate Diploma in Composition at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 2016 whilst also gaining her ARIAM (Teaching) from the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin. She has competed successfully in many festivals and in 2015 won the prestigious Trophée Camac de Harpe Celtique in Lorient, Brittany, being the first Scottish harpist to do so. She has released a CD and an EP showing her distinctive style and featuring her own compositions alongside sensitive arrangements of traditional pieces. In 2019 Elinor won the Princess Margaret of the Isles Senior Clarsach competition in Armadale Castle, Skye. In 202 during the lockdown she embraced on line teaching finding innovative ways to engage her young (and not so young) pupils. She is a natural teacher and performer and believes music should be available to all.
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Corrina HewatEH13 |
Corrina Hewat is Principal Scottish Harp Tutor at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is a harpist, singer, composer & arranger, musical director, recording artist and musical collaborator. Nominated Instrumentalist of the Year at the Scottish Traditional Music Awards and the recipient of a ‘Women in Music’ Award for composition, her huge range of musical influences has contributed greatly to her individual take on traditional music. Corrina achieved recognition for her work with Bachué, Shine (with fellow harpist Mary Macmaster) and Scots supergroup The Unusual Suspects (nominated Live Act of the Year). She is a sanctioned judge for the Harp Society of America and has run masterclasses across USA and Europe.
“Corrina Hewat is what June Tabor would be if she were a harper. Like Tabor, Hewat's repertoire is as broad, deep and cool as the North Sea. She does everything except what you might expect. A Scottish standard like Robert Burns' Ae Fond Kiss is transformed into a sleepy torch song, with Hewat's voice leaking smoke and the low strings of her harp buzzing like basso bees.” Sing Out Magazine
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Jannetta PecharEH10 |
Jannetta Pechar is an Edinburgh based harpist. Previously the Principal Harpist with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra . Jannetta has extensive teaching experience having taught the clarsach at Gordundston and at George Watson, Edinburgh.
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Charlotte Petersen |
Charlotte is one of Scotland’s established talents in composing and arranging traditional music for the clarsach. Her compositions have delighted audiences around the world and have been recorded as soundtracks for several BBC radio plays. Charlotte has published a series of books containing her own arrangements and teaches clarsach and harp at schools around Edinburgh. Her warm stage presence and skilful communication make Charlotte a sought after performer and popular teacher in Scotland and abroad.
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Pippa Reid-Foster |
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
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Heather YuleEH40
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Heather Yule is an experienced teacher of the Scottish harp (clarsach) and is happy to work with all levels and ages. She has also taught courses throughout the UK and at various events in the USA and Cape Breton, Canada.
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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 |