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Abigail Millar Todd

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About Abigail

Harpist based in London.
Harpist
London
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Abigail is a harpist from the north of Scotland. She grew up playing traditional music, before beginning her study of classical harp at the age of 12. She studied at Aberdeen City Music School, the Music School of Douglas Academy and Chetham’s School of Music before attending conservatoire at the Norwegian Academy of Music and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Her teachers included Isabelle Perrin, Gabriella Dall’Olio and Alina Bzhezhinska Lazorkina amongst others. Abigail has worked with various orchestras including the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Highland Chamber Orchestra and Oslo Kammerorkester amongst others. She works in a variety of jazz and popular music settings, which includes composition and lyric writing. She has worked and recorded with bands such as Fieh, Bård Berg, Julie Henrikke, New Banke, Plant and more. Abigail arranges and writes music, predominantly of the folk genre, some examples of which were published in a collection of tunes by the Clarsach Society in 2022.

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Genres:
Classical, Contemporary classical, Classical crossover, Baroque, Opera, Film / TV music, Christmas, Folk, Ceilidh, Traditional Scottish folk, Welsh folk, Traditional Irish folk, Traditional English folk, Jazz, Easy listening, Light music, Experimental, Pop
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Event types:
Concert, Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Recording session, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve, Church service
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Other skills:
Fluent sight-reader, Instrumental teaching, Theory teaching, Arranger, Lyricist, Songwriter, Transcription, Composer
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Abigail's Song list

Examples of Classical Rep:
Glinka “La Seperation”
Glinka “Barcarolle”
Glinka “Nocturne”
Prokofiev “Prelude”
Prokofiev “Piece Pour Harpe”
J.S. Bach “French Suite no. 2”
Guridi “Viejo Zortzico”
Tournier “Feerie”
Walter-Kuhne “Onegin Fantasy”
Spohr “Fantasy in C Minor”
Handel “Harp Concerto in B Flat Major”
Gliere “Harp Concerto in E Flat Major
Debussy “Arabesque No. 1”
Boieldieu “Harp Concerto in C Major”
Pierne “Impromptu-Caprice”
Hindemith “Sonata for Harp”
Pescetti “Sonata VI”
Saint-Saens “Fantaisie pour Harpe”
Scarlatti “Sonata in F Minor”
Dussek “Sonata in C Minor”
Faure “Impromptu”
Debussy “Danses Sacrée et Profane
Mozart “Flute and Harp Concerto in C Major”
Glinka “Variations on a theme of Mozart”
Tournier “Au Matin”
Customer questions

How much time do you need to set up?

I usually need around half an hour to set up!

Is the transport of your harp included in your quote?

Yes.

Can you learn specific pieces before the event?

I am happy to learn any pieces you may want before the event!

Abigail's Prices

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Standard Prices
Performance durationPrice
Short performance (up to 15 min)£143.75
Up to 1 hour£250
Up to 2 hours£343.75
Up to 3 hours£500
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Abigail's Reviews

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Martin P
2 years ago, for a Concert in London NW5
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“Abigail’s harp playing transformed our little road with the concert towards the end of the Covid period. We crowded round: spellbound, never having experienced anything like it. The notes floating over our heads, enhancing our lives and wafting us away from the deadening experience of our enforced isolation during the pandemic. These were magical, entrancing moments, that will live with us all our lives.”