Harp in Wales

About Harp in Wales

Rebecca performs as a solo harpist for numerous weddings and corporate functions throughout the year. She started playing the harp at the age of 12. Within six months she had already won the Harp Solo for the National Youth Eisteddfod. She went on to win numerous competitions, the Royal National Eisteddfod on more than one occasion and local and national music competitions.

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She furthered her musical studies at the Royal College of Music, London, where she studied under leuan Jones. Whilst at college, she played the harp for all of the college orchestras, particularly enjoying the 20th Century Ensemble, and the Opera Orchestra. She became principal harpist of the National Youth Orchestra of Wales, the Jersey Symphony Orchestra, and is currently principal harpist with the British Police Symphony Orchestra and the Sidcup Symphony Orchestra.

She performs with the British Police Symphony Orchestra to sell out performances of the Last night of the Proms concert at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham every year.

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She has performed at numerous Gala events for the Princes Trust, in the Presence of HRH Prince Charles, and numerous celebrities Tom Jones, Anthony Hopkins, Ruth Madoc, to name but a few. She enjoys charity work, and has performed at numerous fund raising events, for Leukaemia Research, Cancer Research, the Princes Jubilee Trust, Headway, Unicef and numerous Police Federation conferences.

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She performs annually for the Story of Christmas charity event at St George's Hanover square, in the presence of many top celebrities. Last years performance was played on Classic FM.

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Television appearances include the performance of the Mozart Flute and Harp concerto in Paris for Designed by Emmanuel. She also performs at the Albert Hall every year for the BBC festival of remembrance.