Harp
Work closely with your peers and professors in our tight-knit, thriving community.
The Harp Department’s courses cover solo, concerto and chamber repertoire and all aspects of orchestral playing.
From Baroque to jazz, you will be trained to take on anything the music profession requires.
The harp is thoroughly integrated into the life and work of the Academy. Students regularly collaborate with composers and instrumentalists and the Harp Department commissions new works every year. You will have the opportunity to work with specialists in orchestral and contemporary repertoire, early harp, jazz and opera as well as distinguished visiting professors.
Many academy harpists have won prizes in international competitions and our alumni hold orchestral and teaching positions worldwide. Recent alumni include Mared Pugh-Evans, Amy Turk and Elizabeth Bass.
I am so grateful for the rigorous and varied training I had from the Harp Department - I couldn’t have asked for a better foundation for building my career as a musician and harpist.
Harp students Harrison Chau and Bonnie Scott perform Henriette Renié's Les pins de Charlannes
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