Frances Kelly
Trained on the modern harp and with a music
degree from Cambridge University, Frances Kelly was one of the
first harpists to explore early harps, their repertoire and in
particular, the use of the harp as a continuo instrument.
Well known both as a chamber musician and soloist, she is now a
leading exponent of early harps and much in demand as a continuo
player. She has performed, broadcast and recorded with many
distinguished ensembles including the Gabrieli Consort and Players,
the Sixteen, the New London Consort, and the Orchestra of the Age
of Enlightenment as well as working with English National Opera,
Welsh National Opera and Glyndebourne Touring Opera. She has
numerous chamber music recordings to her name as well as a solo
Harp Collection, Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto, Handel’s Harp
Concerto and Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. Her work has taken her
throughout Europe and to the USA, Mexico, China and Japan. She also
enjoys a busy teaching practice at home and at both junior and
senior departments of Trinity College of Music.