Profile
Leah has studied harp since she was six years old, beginning with the Celtic harp, graduating to the concert harp and passing Grade 8 Pedal Harp with a distinction at the age of eighteen. Since then she has gained an honours degree in music with harp performance at the University of Leeds.
Her orchestral playing has taken her to Italy, Wales and Germany. She was selected to represent England in the prestigious New Sounds Concert at the Edinburgh International Harp Festival of the millennium. She has played on the BBC’s Songs Of Praise. Leah is highly experienced at playing at both church and civic weddings, evening receptions, and society functions. She has a reputation in the best hotels of Yorkshire for her professionalism, reliability and musicality.
Leah’s repertoire is very varied, ranging through Classical to Celtic and including show tunes, film themes and jazz. She also plays her own compositions and arrangements. Her experience of playing at functions began at eleven and she has played at civil ceremonies, drinks receptions, wedding breakfasts, society functions and special occasion dinners at the most prestigious hotels and restaurants of Yorkshire.
Sample repertoire
Classical
Handel - Theme & Variations
Pachelbel - Cannon
Beethoven - Ode to Joy
H Purcell - Trumpet Voluntary
Handel - Air from "Water Music"
Mendelssohn - Wedding March
Wagner - Bridal Chorus
Popular
II Will Always Love You
The Wind Beneath My Wings
A Time For Us
The Rose
My Heart Will Go On
Folk/Early
Danny Boy
Lament for a Blind Harpist
Love Lie Near Me
Looking Forwards
Flowers of Edinburgh.
Show
Phantom of the Opera - Angel Of Music
Les Miserables - Bring Him Home
Cats - Memory
Les Miserables - Castle On A Cloud
Abba - Dancing Queen
Evita - Don't Cry For Me Argentina