HARRIET

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Harriet was an Instrumental Exhibitioner at Balliol College, Oxford where she read Music. Before this she was a student of Daphne Boden at the Royal College of Music Junior Department where she was successful in many competitions. She continued her studies with Imogen Barford at Trinity College of Music, supported by awards from the Musician’s Benevolent Fund, the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.

As a soloist she has given many recitals at major London venues including St Martin’s-in-the-Fields, the National gallery and St James’s Palace. She has appeared at the Swaledale Festival, toured the Mediterranean aboard the QE2, and has performed concertos with orchestras including the Dart Festival Orchestra and the Ten Tors Orchestra. As part of her award from the Martin Musical Fund, she toured with the Unicorn Theatre Project / Philharmonia Orchestra for their production of the opera Clockwork, culminating in performances at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Covent Garden. More recently she was awarded 2nd Prize at the hotly contested London Harp Competition and also performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra for their Music Of Today series at the QEH. Harriet has worked regularly with many orchestras including the Philharmonia, the Orchestra of the Swan and the Northern Sinfonia.

A keen chamber musician, she is a founding member of the award-winning 4 Girls 4 Harps, who's music has been broadcast on Classic FM and BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 3. They have played at many prestigious venues such as St James’s Piccadilly and St George’s Bristol, and were invited to perform at the 9th World Harp Congress in Dublin.

On the lighter side Harriet has played in all the major London Hotels including Claridges, The Ritz and the Dorchester Hotel, she has dressed up as an angel to appear at Fabric Night Club, performed on the BRIT Awards, duetted live on TV with Dermot O'Leary on Channel 4's Celebrity Big Brother, toured with the QE2 cruise ship, and performed for BBC 1's Songs of Praise. Her repertoire is enormously varied and she is happy to take requests with advance warning, and where possible, on the day.

Harriet has performed at many venues across the U.K and internationally including:
The Savoy Hotel
The Dorchester Hotel
Claridges Hotel
The Millenium Gloucester Hotel
The Manderin Oriental Hotel
The Lanesborough Hotel
The Four Seasons Hotel
Park Lane (and Hampshire)
50 St James Sketch Restaurant
Tower Bridge
Tower of London
Somerset House
The British Museum
St James Palace
Kensington Palace
Barbican centre
Groucho Club Soho
Goldsmiths Hall and Butchers Hall
City of London
Royal College of Physicians
HSBC
Canary Wharf
The Wallace Collection
Harvey Nichols
London Zoo
Leez Priory
Penhurst Place
Kent Savill Gardens
Sherbourne Abbey
Ockenden Manor
Winchester Cathedral
Goodwood
Epsom Racetrack

Classical includes:

Bach - Prelude in C, Air on the G String, Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring, While Shepherds Watch, Andante from Violin Sonata no 2
Schubert - Serenade
Boccherini - Minuet
Pachelbel- Canon in D
Delibes - Flower Duet (British Airways theme)
Handel - Water Music, Concerto in B flat, Largo
Purcell - Trumpet Voluntary
Clarke – Trumpet Voluntary
Mozart - Flute and Harp Concerto
Bizet - Carmen, Pearlfishers duet
Grieg - Music from Peer Gynt
Bellini - Music from Norma
Verdi - Music from Rigoletto
Offenbach - Barcarolle
Puccini - Music from La Boheme
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
Debussy - Clair de Lune, The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Mendelssohn - Bridal Chorus
Wagner - Wedding March
Satie - Trois Gymnopedies
Vivaldi – Music from The Four Seasons
Rachmaninov – 18th Variation from Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini

Popular includes:

Robbie Williams – Angels, She’s the one
Snow Patrol – Run, Chasing Cars
Coldplay – Clocks, Yellow
Adele – Skyfall, Someone like you
Elton John – Your Song
UB40 – Can’t help falling in Love
Elvis Costello – She
Jeffrey Osborne – On the wings of Love
Seal – Kiss from a Rose
Luther Vandross – Dance with my father, Your secret love
Joe Cocker – Love lifts us up where we belong
The Bangles – Eternal Flame
Celine Dion – Because you loved me, Titanic theme tune
Take That – Greatest Day, How deep is your love
Rod Stewart – The way you look tonight
Paul Desmond - Take Five
Burt Bacharach - They Long to be Close to You, What the world needs now is love
Richard Rogers - Blue Moon
Jaques Prevert - Autumn Leaves
Erroll Garner - Misty
Carlos Jobim – The Girl from Ipanema
The Beatles – Yesterday, All you need is love, Let it be, Here comes the sun, Here there and everywhere
Katie Mellua - Crazy
Van Morrisson - Brown Eyed Girl
Eric Clapton – You look wonderful tonight
Gershwin – Summertime, Embraceable you, I’ve got a crush on you, I got rhythm, The man I love, Someone to watch over you
Cole Porter – C’est magnifique, Ev’ry time we say goodbye, I get a kick out of you, I’ve got you under my skin, Let’s do it Let’s fall in love
Andrew Lloyd Webber – Cats, Evita, Starlight Express, Phantom of the Opera
Jeff Silbar/Larry Henley - The Wind Beneath My Wings
Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
Theme tune from The Deer Hunter
C. Carson Parks - Somethin’ Stupid
Scott Joplin - The Entertainer
Alex North - Unchained Melody
Frank Sinatra - Fly Me to the Moon
Somewhere over the Rainbow
Moon River
Louis Armstrong – What a wonderful world
Film music - Love Actually, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility
Musicals – West Side Story, The King and I, Les Miserables, Grease, The Sound of Music
Westlife - Mandy
James Bond – You only live twice, From Russia with Love, Diamonds are forever
The Carpenters – We’ve only just begun
Lonestar - Amazed
Sting – Fields of Gold

Harriet has performed at many venues across the U.K and internationally including:
The Savoy Hotel
The Dorchester Hotel
Claridges Hotel
The Millenium Gloucester Hotel
The Manderin Oriental Hotel
The Lanesborough Hotel
The Four Seasons Hotel
Park Lane (and Hampshire)
50 St James Sketch Restaurant
Tower Bridge
Tower of London
Somerset House
The British Museum
St James Palace
Kensington Palace
Barbican centre
Groucho Club Soho
Goldsmiths Hall and Butchers Hall
City of London
Royal College of Physicians
HSBC
Canary Wharf
The Wallace Collection
Harvey Nichols
London Zoo
Leez Priory
Penhurst Place
Kent Savill Gardens
Sherbourne Abbey
Ockenden Manor
Winchester Cathedral
Goodwood
Epsom Racetrack

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Name: Harriet

Location: London

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Main Category: Harpists

Other Categories: Awards Ceremonies, Charity Events, Corporate, Events, Live Music, Military Balls & Events, Musicians, Product Launches, Promotional Events, Remembrance Events & Funerals, Weddings

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Set Up Time: 1/2 hour

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Technical Requirement: Enough light to read music by
A chair without arms (dining chair height)

Madeleine and Toby, Your playing provided a lovely warmth to the proceedings

Thank you so much for playing so beautifully at Madeleine and Toby's wedding on Sunday - both at the Chuppah and at the reception.

It really helped to create a beautiful atmosphere, for the Chuppah in particular. I know that the reception was really noisy, but even so, your playing provided a lovely warmth to the proceedings.

David and Lourdes, Thank you for playing so beautifully at our wedding

I am so sorry that I did not get to see you and thank you for playing so beautifully at our wedding.

Both Lourdes and myself have been so blessed with meeting so many lovely people while arranging our wedding and making it a perfect and memorable day.

Thank you once again and I would be happy to recommend you to anyone who is looking for a harpist to play at their wedding.

Sarah and John, It was so exactly what we wanted and simply sublime in its execution

Sarah and I wanted to contact you and offer our belated but sincere thanks for the amazing job you did for us on our Wedding day at the Ashmolean in August.

We and our guests were blown away by the setting and the atmosphere created by your wonderful playing during our ceremony, It was so exactly what we wanted and simply sublime in its execution, thank you so very much.

Peter, I received numerous comments on how lovely the harp music was

Thank you so much for playing on Monday. Afterwards, I received numerous comments on how lovely the harp music was, and how appropriate. I think it had a major effect in setting the right atmosphere.

Marie and James , The music was lovely and was the perfect touch to the Ceremony.

Thank you for playing at our ceremony. James loved the Gaga song!! The music was lovely and was the perfect touch to the Ceremony. I will definitely recommend you to any friends having a wedding in the future.

Many Thanks,

Marie and James (2012)

Please Note: The fees indicated below are approximate and based on a central location for each county. They are intended to provide a rough guide only and exact quotes can only be given once the date and exact location of your event have been provided.