EVENTS HARPIST: Biography (Performance) & Venues
Experience: Hannah has played for literally hundreds of weddings and events across Scotland, and at many of the most prestigious venues in the country. Her first engagement on moving to Scotland was playing for the opening (by the then Prince Charles) of the Glasshouse at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. She is a regular at the Royal College of Physicians and Prestonfield House, has played at Edinburgh Castle on numerous occasions, and has performed at Holyrood Palace, on board the Royal Yacht Britannia, and at castles and stately homes and up and down the land. She has played for opening VIP nights at the Edinburgh international film festival, and has also twice been part of the line-up by Sky Arts at the Edinburgh International TV Festival. She has also performed at an eclectic range of shows at the Edinburgh Fringe over the years, and recently gave a solo recital of her poetry and harp compositions at the Harp and Story Festival, in Stroud, England.
Qualifications: Hannah holds a diploma in harp performance (ARSM, with distinction). She also has Grade 8 harp, again, with distinction. Hannah also holds a first class honours degree in Politics from Durham University and is currently studying Applied Arts at postgraduate level. As a youngster, Hannah studied the harp at the junior department of the Royal College of Music in London, and with Charlotte Seale at the junior department of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. At both colleges she was a Junior Exhibitioner (on full music scholarship). Scroll down for venues.
VENUES
Abden House, Aikwood Tower, The Atholl, Backhouse Rossie, Balbirnie House, The Balmoral Hotel, The Barbican (London), Branxholm Park Hotel, Bruntsfield Hotel, Cairneyhill (Forresters Park), Capital Hotel (Corstorphine), Carberry Tower (Musselburgh), Cardronna Hotel (Peebles), The Caves, The Christian Heritage Centre (at St Columbas on the Royal Mile), Dalhousie Castle, The Dalmahoy, Dalmeny Park Hotel, Dirleton Castle, Doctor Neil’s Garden (Duddingston village), Dovecot Studios, Dundas Castle, Dundas Art Gallery, Dunglass Estate, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh City Chambers, Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Edinburgh Grand (Cheval), Edinburgh International Conference Centre, George Hotel, The Ghillie Dhu, Gilmerton House (East Lothian), Greyfriars Kirk, Harburn House, The Hub (Edinburgh), Hopetoun House, House for an Art Lover (Glasgow), Holyrood Palace, Inchcombe Abbey on Inchcombe Island, Kingsfield Barns, Landmark Hotel (Dundee), The Lord Clark Register Room, Linlithgow Palace, Lothian Chambers on George IV Bridge, Marine Hotel (North Berwick), Mavis Hall Park, Melville Castle, Napier Craighouse, National Museum of Scotland, Norton House, Orocco Pier (South Queensferry), Oxenfoord Castle, Playfair Library at Old College (University of Edinburgh), Pollock Halls, Prestonfield House, Radisson Blue on the Royal Mile, Rowan Tree at the Caves, Royal College of Physicians, The Royal Festival Hall (London), The Royal Terrace Hotel, Royal Scots Club, Royal Botanic Gardens, Royal Yacht Britannia, the Signet Library, St John’s, on Princes Street (Edinburgh), the Usher Hall (Edinburgh), Vu (Bathgate), Winton House (East Lothian) and many many more.