Guildhall School Harp Department

Guildhall School Harp Department Welcome to the dynamic Harp Department at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, UK

🪉Alumna Spotlight🪉 We are so proud of Guildhall harp alumna Arwen who is performing with In The Dark as they tour their ...
23/09/2026

🪉Alumna Spotlight🪉

We are so proud of Guildhall harp alumna Arwen who is performing with In The Dark as they tour their immersive concerts across the UK.

Their new programme Pulse comes to some extraordinary London venues this autumn, including Southwark Cathedral (7 Nov) and Cutty Sark (27–28 Nov).

Arwen will be performing 30 live shows IN THE DARK with her harp…wow!!!

Congratulations Arwen!

More info & tickets: in-the-dark.com

Bethany filming in the newly decorated Guildhall School of Music & Drama studio!
22/09/2026

Bethany filming in the newly decorated Guildhall School of Music & Drama studio!

We are back and excited to begin a new academic year!A warm welcome to new undergraduate students Molly, Michal and Etty...
15/09/2026

We are back and excited to begin a new academic year!
A warm welcome to new undergraduate students Molly, Michal and Etty and new postgraduate students Bethany, and Rose.

10/08/2026

We had a great time at the World Harp Congress and One Harp World in Toronto! Our head of harp Imogen Barford met up with old friends, and students past and present!

Congratulations to our junior department professor Harriet Adie on the publication of her six movement suite for harp ‘U...
30/06/2026

Congratulations to our junior department professor Harriet Adie on the publication of her six movement suite for harp ‘Under the Apple Tree’.
The suite is composed for pedal harp harpists at ABRSM grade 6-7 level and each movement describes the trees traditionally found in an old English orchard.
The title piece appears on the ABRSM grade 6 syllabus and also exists in a version for harp duo.
Harriet has written many beautiful and imaginative works for lever and pedal harp, chamber and multiple harps as well as a series of essential sight-reading books. All her music can be found via her website www.harrietadie.com

Saying hello to the summer holiday and goodbye to another academic year! Our students and professors will be attending a...
29/06/2026

Saying hello to the summer holiday and goodbye to another academic year! Our students and professors will be attending and teaching on summer schools, heading to Toronto to One Harp World, giving concerts and of course…practising!

27/06/2026

The second day of our summer harp festival was orchestral audition training with our special guest Heidi Krutzen from the Philharmonia Orchestra. Heidi was joined by our orchestral professor Bryn Lewis (LSO) for a screened audition of prepared excerpts. In round 2, the screen was removed so we had the chance to reflect on the difference in the way we played and listened. Heidi gave us some valuable feedback and tips and answered our many questions about the process.
Congratulations to third year student Grace who was the overall ‘winner’ of the audition and thank you to Salvi London who sponsored the event!

26/06/2026

Here are some more highlights from day 1 of our harp festival this week.
During the afternoon we were treated to an enchanting recital of music for Lyre by Lina Palera and Theodoros Koumartzis from the Seikilo Culture Organisation. Postgraduate student Eleanor Medcalf celebrated the harp music of Benjamin Britten with help from Ellie, Emily, Arwen, Susan and Matilda in performances of his songs, the Interlude and Suite for harp.
Our chamber recital featured contemporary works by Musgrave and McGuire and a world premiere trio by Benji Gronlie.
Finally, we listened to a fascinating lecture-recital from our celebrity guest Sioned Williams on the life and music of John Thomas.
It was a day of outstanding music making, celebrating the harp from its origins to the present day.

25/06/2026

Highlights from the first day of our summer harp festival, more to come! It was hot, the music was wonderful and we all tried to play the Lyre…
Thank you for the beautiful music Lina, Theodoros, Joy and Jorge.

Just under 1 week to go until our 2026 Summer Harp Festival, who is coming along?All events are free but please send us ...
16/06/2026

Just under 1 week to go until our 2026 Summer Harp Festival, who is coming along?
All events are free but please send us a message if you would like to come to the Lyre workshop. The recital by Sioned Williams is fully booked.

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