Harp
With world-class training and a wide variety of opportunities to perform, you’ll gain all the skills you need to flourish as a professional harpist.
Why study harp at RWCMD?
- You'll join a small, close-knit department, creating a nurturing and supportive environment.
- Our diverse and challenging programme prepares you for life in the contemporary professional world, covering solo and chamber performance in orchestral playing, and jazz.、
- Under the guidance of our head of department, Kathryn Rees, you will receive One-to-one lessons and weekly performance classes. These centre on developing techniques and learning a broad repertoire of solo works, including notable concertos and chamber pieces.
- Opportunities to perform include solo and chamber public recitals, orchestral and operatic performances, musical theatre, and collaborative projects with other departments.
- Our distinguished team of regular teachers include Valerie Aldrich-Smith who teaches orchestral repertoire with classes from our visiting tutor, Katherine Thomas, along with Amanda Whiting who gives regular jazz and pop arranging classes.
- You can also take part in masterclasses with our visiting artists and watch recitals given by internationally renowned soloists who visit the College each year, such as Isabelle Perrin, Alexander Boldachev, Joel von Lerber, Catrin Finch, Sivan Magen, Sylvain Blassel, Anneleen Lenaerts, Florence Sitruk, Chantal Mathieu and Maria Luisa Rayan.
- Students who qualify are given the opportunity to audition for professional placement schemes with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, working side by side with world class orchestral musicians.
- We have a wide range of harps that you can use for practising, performing and assessments, including concert harps, a semi-grand harp, Erard Grecian harps, two Welsh triple harps and several clarsaches.
