About Holly

Harpist and clarsach player available for any occasion and wedding in and around Edinburgh.

Harpist

Edinburgh

Having just graduated from the University of Oxford with a first class degree in music, Holly has been taught by Helen Macleod, Fiona Rutherford and currently Sharron Griffiths. A keen chamber music and orchestral player, she has played with the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland Symphony Orchestra as well as the Edinburgh Youth Orchestra. Winning several competitions at the Edinburgh competition festival, including the 15 minute recital prize and the Harp Medal, she was selected to play in the highlights concert in the Queen’s Hall along with duet partner Naima Heath. She has performed at a variety of venues around Edinburgh, including The Edinburgh Castle, The Sheraton Hotel, Mansfield Traquair and St Cecilia's Hall. She would be delighted to play for any occasion, providing background music as well as solo performance and has an expansive variety of repertoire to fit your taste, including classical, traditional and contemporary music across both instruments. She will also take any requests and is happy to arrange your well loved music for the harp.

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4th Anniversary

This act has been working with Encore for over 4 years

Musicianship

Genres:

Classical, Baroque, Early music, Opera, Renaissance, Contemporary classical, Classical crossover, Film / TV music, Fanfare, Folk, Ceilidh, Traditional Irish folk, Welsh folk, Traditional English folk, Easy listening, Light music, Pop, Bluegrass, Ambient pop

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Instruments:

Harp, Celtic harp

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Event types:

Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve

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Other skills:

Instrumental teaching

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Reviews

Thank you so much for playing on Monday. It was really wonderful and all the guests commented on how great it was.

Many thanks for your excellent performance last night. I had not heard that particular piece before—it’s great and thanks for letting me hear it played so well. I am glad you were able to join us and hope to see and hear you again soon.

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