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Classical / Popular
Kate - ID429
Styles Classical / Popular
Counties Berkshire • Dorset • East Sussex • Greater London • Hampshire • Kent • Surrey
Biography
Kate originates from Glasgow where she studied the harp at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama as a junior scholar and later graduated from Trinity College of Music in London studying with world renowned soloist, Sioned Williams.
She regularly gives recitals all over the country, including venues such as the Fairfield Halls and St James' Piccadilly, and has recently performed Handel's Harp Concerto with the Croydon Symphony Orchestra. In 2000, Kate won the UK Harp Association Prize and in 2001 the Croydon Music Festival Concerto Prize.
Kate is also a member of a flute & harp duo. Together they have been finalists of the 'Gaetano Zinetti' International Chamber Music Competition in Verona (2005) and gained a recommendation for 'Outstanding Talent' from Making Music's "Young Concert Artist Award". They have performed extensively throughout the UK and Europe and are in much demand with various orchestras, having performed the Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto in London, Birmingham and Glasgow and recorded with The Wallace Ensemble earlier this year.
The Duo completed a successful tour of Scotland in October 2004 and April 2006 as well as a tour of Yorkshire and Durham. They work in association with Beaumont Wright Promotions and perform together for the "Lost Chord" scheme (a scheme that brings music to dementia sufferers to promote well being) on a regular basis.
In addition to her chamber music work, Kate is in demand for both session and orchestral work. October 2005 saw Kate backing the pop band "McFly" on an electric harp for their debut Arena tour (and DVD) of the UK and Ireland, playing to over 200,000 people. Kate works with orchestras such as the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Norway and the Ulster Orchestra for radio broadcasts, CD recordings and live performances at the Royal Festival Hall, the Barbican Centre and the Waterfront Hall in Belfast.
REPERTOIRE LIST
Classical
Canon in D - Pachelbel
Queen of Sheba - Handel
Pavane - Faure
Variations on a theme of Mozart - Anon
Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke
Bridal March - Wagner
Bridal March - Mendelssohn
Adagio - Albinoni
Air from Water Music - Handel
Alleluia from Exulate Jubilate - Mozart
Autumn from The Four Seasons - Vivaldi
Ave Maria - Schubert
Berceuse from Dolly Suite - Faure
Theme from Mozart's Clarinet Concerto - Mozart
Entracte from Rosamunde - Schubert
Fur Elise - Beethoven
Jupiter from The Planets - Holst
Lullaby - Brahms
Meditation - Massenet
O My beloved Father - Puccini
O for the Wings of a dove - Mendelssohn
The Swan from Carnival of the Animals - Saint-Saens
Spring song - Mozart
Sonatina in Gmajor - Haydn
Preludio No 11 - Bach
To a wild rose - MacDowell
Nocturene - Chopin
Largo - Handel
Sonatina No2 - Dussek
Flute and harp Concerto - Mozart
Gavotte - Gluck
Minuet in G minor
Pavane - Wachs
Minuet in F - Mozart
Dance of the Blessed Spirits - Gluck
Watching the Wheat - John Thomas
Le Onde - Einaudi
Irish
The foggy Dew
She Moved through the fair
My Lagan Love
When Irish eyes are smiling
Londonderry Air
Spinning wheel song
Cockles and Mussels
Scottish
My Love is like a red, red rose
Sky Boat Song
Afton Water
Ye Banks and braes
Loch Lomond
Welsh
3 traditional Welsh airs
David of the White Rock
The Minstrels Adieu - John Thomas
Watching the Wheat - John Thomas
English
Greensleeves
Scarborough<
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