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YouTube premier tonight of a piece that I performed in with Psappha Ensemble. George Crumb - Quest (UK premiere) Recorded Live on 1st October 2015 at Hallé St Michael's, Manchester, UK
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YouTube premier tonight of a piece that I performed in with Psappha Ensemble. Anna Thorvaldsdottir - In the Light of Air Recorded Live on 6th February 2020 at Hallé St Peter's, Manchester, UK  I recorded a live at home session for Scala Radio which is broadcast today from 8pm
Live radio interview with Simon Mayo on Scala Radio at 10.30am. Scala Radio will be featuring tracks from my debut CD, Beyond the Horizon all week as Album of the Week. Private launch party at Casa Mia in Sandbach  Premiere performance of Harps Across the North by the Harps of the North ensemble run by Anita Aslin in North Yorkshire. This performance is part of Lauren's Harps Across the North project, working with three separate harp groups across the North of England. Harps across the North is a new multi-level harp ensemble piece in three movements composed by Lauren Scott for amateur harp groups. More about the project HERE  Anna Thorvaldsdottir In the Light of Air
This is an extraordinary 42 minute piece for Viola, Cello, Harp, Piano and Percussion and will be followed in the second half by the seminal Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire Concert at Halle St Peters, Manchester and tickets for this are HERE Playing 1st harp with the RLPO in a set of Schubert Songs with baritone soloist Benjamin Appl
Concerts in Leeds Town Hall Saturday 25th January and afternoon concert in the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool 26th January. Playing 2nd harp with the RLPO in Webern's Im Sommerwind
Lots of great music in this concert including Mahler 1, and the concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 tickets here Workshop of Harps Across the North with the Dynamic Harps ensemble run by Shelley Fairplay in Cardiff, Wales. Harps across the North is a new multi-level harp ensemble piece in three movements composed by Lauren Scott for amateur harp groups. More about the project HERE  I'll be playing principal harp with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra glissing in the new year with some James Bond classics. Details HERE  It's that time of the year again to cuddle up with your loved ones and come and see one of the best family shows in the country! Performances around the country - with multiple shows each day. but BOOK EARLY - these sell out!! Don't miss out, these are fantastic shows for all the family. As well as the classic SNOWMAN with film, there are various other films we do depending on venues. Tchaikovsky Nutcracker, The Donkey or The Bear and the Piano. Details HERE 02/12/2019 1:30pm
Derby The Riverside Centre (Schools Only. Plus The Nutcracker) 02/12/2019 6:30pm Derby The Riverside Centre (Plus The Nutcracker) 03/12/2019 10:45am Derby The Riverside Centre (Relaxed performance for special schools. Plus The Nutcracker) 03/12/2019 1:30pm Derby The Riverside Centre (Schools Only. Plus The Nutcracker) 04/12/2019 1:30pm Chesterfield Winding Wheel (Schools only. Plus The Nutcracker) 04/12/2019 6:30pm Chesterfield Winding Wheel (plus The Nutcracker) 06/12/2019 1:30pm Salisbury Cathedral (plus The Bear and the Piano) 06/12/2019 4:00pm Salisbury Cathedral (plus The Bear and the Piano) 06/12/2019 7:00pm Salisbury Cathedral (plus The Bear and the Piano) 07/12/2019 2:00pm Coventry Cathedral (plus A Donkey's Tale) 07/12/2019 4:30pm Coventry Cathedral (plus A Donkey's Tale) 10/12/2019 11:00am Buxton Octagon (Relaxed performance for special schools. Plus The Nutcracker) 10/12/2019 1:30pm Buxton Octagon (Schools Only. Plus The Nutcracker) 10/12/2019 6:30pm Buxton Octagon (plus The Nutcracker) 11/12/2019 1:30pm Beverley Minster (plus A Donkey's Tale) 11/12/2019 4:30pm Beverley Minster (plus A Donkey's Tale) 11/12/2019 7:00pm Beverley Minster (plus A Donkey's Tale) 12/12/2019 2:00pm Salford The Lighthouse (Relaxed performance for ForHousing tenants, community volunteers, staff members, family & friends. Plus The Nutcracker) 12/12/2019 6:30pm Salford The Lighthouse (Relaxed performance for ForHousing tenants, community volunteers, staff members, family & friends. Plus The Nutcracker) 14/12/2019 1:00pm Winchester Cathedral (plus A Donkey's Tale) 14/12/2019 3:00pm Winchester Cathedral (plus A Donkey's Tale) 14/12/2019 7:15pm Winchester Cathedral (plus A Donkey's Tale) 18/12/2019 1:30pm Bradford St. George's Hall (plus The Bear and the Piano) 18/12/2019 6:30pm Bradford St. George's Hall (plus The Bear and the Piano) 20/12/2019 3:00pm Chester Cathedral (plus The Nutcracker) 20/12/2019 7:30pm Chester Cathedral (plus The Nutcracker) 21/12/2019 11:30am Chester Cathedral (plus The Nutcracker) 21/12/2019 2:00pm Chester Cathedral (plus The Nutcracker) 21/12/2019 5:45pm Chester Cathedral (plus The Nutcracker) 21/12/2019 8:00pm Chester Cathedral (plus The Nutcracker) 27/12/2019 2:00pm Lichfield Cathedral (plus A Donkey's Tale) 27/12/2019 4:00pm Lichfield Cathedral (plus A Donkey's Tale) 27/12/2019 7:00pm Lichfield Cathedral (plus A Donkey's Tale) 28/12/2019 5:00pm Liverpool Cathedral (plus A Donkey's Tale) 28/12/2019 7:30pm Liverpool Cathedral (plus A Donkey's Tale) 30/12/2019 1:30pm Ely Cathedral (plus The Bear and the Piano) 30/12/2019 4:00pm Ely Cathedral (plus The Bear and the Piano) 30/12/2019 7:00pm Ely Cathedral (plus The Bear and the Piano) Vaughan-Williams epic Sea Symphony and Five mystical Songs with the Sheffield Oratorio Chorus.
Sheffield Cathedral Details HERE I'm delighted to be playing the chamber version of Faure Requiem - this time at St Mary's Church Nantwich.
Tickets available on the door. I'm playing 2nd harp with the Halle Orchestra in some beautiful French Music by Debussy & Ravel.
Details HERE I'm absolutely thrilled to be performing a solo lever harp recital at the Perth Harp Festival in Western Australia on Friday 4th October at 12.45-1.30pm at WAAPA. Tickets are available for just the concert as well as for the whole festival.  I'm also giving a workshop on the Friday afternoon as part of the festival.
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, 2 Bradford Street, Mount Lawley details of tickets HERE Wallace & Gromit Musical Marvels with the Picture House Orchestra are doing 4 shows at the Edinburgh Festival on 15th and 16th August Shows are at the Pentland Theatre, EICC  I'll be tutoring at this year's Harp North West Festival in Cumbria presenting a couple of workshops on fun and funky extended techniques that can be achieved on lever harp for all levels of players. We will be having a go at trying out the various extended techniques in this session and then incorporating as many as we have mastered into some mixed ability ensemble pieces that I'm currently writing.  The festival runs from 26-28th July 2019 - Ambleside campus of University of Cumbria with Meinir Heulyn, Ben Creighton Griffiths, Jean Altshuler, Alice Pell, Mary Dunsford and myself.
All harp players are welcome and details are here Big shout out to Mary Dunsford who does an amazing online scheme called JaNewAry for Harps North West where she delivers online tutorials every day throughout January. This year she did a series of tutorials on my arrangements of Pure Imagination for lever harp. I have done two versions for lever harp - one with lever changes, and a more straight forward version without lever changes. I was VERY impressed with Mary's tutorials, she has a lovely manner and a charming way of explaining things! link here Playing with the Northern Chamber Orchestra during their residency with Buxton Festival - for the harp this is just the one opera this year - Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin  Lunchtime recital with Conrad Marshall at St Mary's Church Sandbach.  The third of our recitals of early classical music for flute and harp with Conrad this Summer.
St Mary's Church, SANDBACH. This concert is free, but there is a retiring collection. 12.30-1.15pm Boisvallee Sonata Donizetti Andante Sostenuto J.S. Bach Sonata in G minor Mozart Andante from Flute & Harp concerto Spohr Rondo |
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