C.V
Instrument:
MUSICAL EXPERIENCE
Regular Orchestral:
Occasional Orchestral:
Chamber & Solo:
Musicals:
Recordings:
Teaching:
Performances at various Venues & Festivals including:
- Harp
- Graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music
- Postgraduate Certificate in Performance Trinity College of Music
- United Kingdom Harp Association Award
- David Dunn Award, The Yorke Trust
- St. Marylebone Educational Foundation Award
MUSICAL EXPERIENCE
Regular Orchestral:
- BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
- Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Royal Northern Sinfonia
- Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
- Orchestra of Scottish Opera
- Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Scottish Concert Orchestra
- Scottish Festival Orchestra
- Scottish Philharmonic Orchestra
Occasional Orchestral:
- Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- BBC Concert Orchestra
- Halle Orchestra
- Johann Strauss Gala Orchestra
- London Concert Orchestra
- Moscow City Ballet
- Northern Ballet
- Norwegian Opera & Ballet
- Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
- Royal Ballet Sinfonia
- RTE National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
- Scottish Ballet
Chamber & Solo:
- Bardic Trio: Tenor, guitar & harp trio
- Clyde Duo: Flute & harp duo
- Echo Chamber Ensemble: Flute, viola & harp trio
- New focus
- Scottish Voices
- Tenor & harp duo: with Jamie MacDougall
- Red Note Ensemble
- Solway Trio: Flute, viola & harp trio
- Flute & Harp Duo: with various Flautists
- Soprano & harp duo: with Lesley-Jane Rogers and Rachel Hynes
- Paragon Ensemble
- Opera Interludes
- Continuum Ensemble
Musicals:
- Doctor Dolittle, London Apollo & National Tour
- The King and I, London Palladium [deputy harpist]
- South Pacific, National Tour 1997 & 2012
- Camelot, Covent Garden Festival
Recordings:
- Regular Commercial CD recordings, live Radio 3 & TV broadcasts with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia & Scottish Opera.
- www.francismacdonald.com/hamilton-mausoleum-suite/ with the Soloists of the Scottish Festival Orchestra
- Andrew Wasylyk: The Paralian Album for release in 2019
- The Lost Songs of St Kilda with the Scottish Festival Orchestra
- Bardic Trio Album 2017
- Jewels of the Bel Canto, CD, including the harp cadenza from Lucia di Lammermoor with Elena Xanthoudakis & the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Signum records.
- Alfie Boe: Franz Lehar: Love was a dream CD, with Scottish Opera, Linn Records
- Commercial recordings for many CD’s & Film’s, including sessions at Abbey Road, Air & Angel Studio’s
Teaching:
- Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 2010-present
- St Andrews University 2017- present
- Junior Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 2014- present
- Douglas Academy Music School 2014- present
- Hutcheson’s Grammar School 2012- present
- Harp Tutor National Youth Orchestra's of Scotland 2011- present
- West Scotland Schools Symphony Orchestra 2008 - present
- Scottish Opera Connect Orchestra 2012- present
- Deputy teacher, Royal Scottish Junior Academy of Music & Drama, 2011
- Teacher to Students from the Glasgow & Edinburgh Universities 2008-present
- Bishops Stopford School 2007-2008
- Rosemary Works School 2006-2008
- Haileybury College 2006-2008
- Latymer Saturday
- Music School 2005-2008
- Godolphin School 2004-2007
- Milton Keynes Music service 2004-2007
- Thetford Grammar School 2002-2004
- Culford Private School 2002-2004
- Many private harp, piano and music theory students 1991- present
Performances at various Venues & Festivals including:
- Aldeburgh Festival
- Barbican halls, London
- Belladrum Festival
- Caird Hall, Dundee
- City Halls, Glasgow
- Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
- Cottier Chamber project
- Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen
- Eden Court, Inverness
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
- Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
- Glasgow University Lunchtime Concert Series
- Inverurie Music
- Kellie Castle, Pittenween Festival
- Kircaldy Music Society
- Lammermuir Festival
- Manchester Midday series
- Monymusk Arts Trust
- Music Hall, Aberdeen
- Music in Rannoch
- North Yorkshire Moors Festival
- Olavshalen, Trondheim
- Queens Hall, Edinburgh
- Royal Albert Hall, London
- Royal Festival Hall, London
- Sound Festival, Inverurie
- Spitalfields Festival
- Stanza, St Andrews
- St Cuthberts Church, Edinburgh
- St Giles Catherdral, Edinburgh
- St John’s Smith Square
- St Martins in the Fields
- St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow
- T in the Park
- UKLA Festival, Los Angeles
- Ullapool Book festival
- Usher Hall, Edinburgh
- West end Festival