C.V

Instrument:

• Harp

Education:

• Royal Northern College of Music
• Trinity College of Music

Qualifications:

• Graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music
• Postgraduate Certificate in Performance Trinity College of Music

Awards:

• 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
• 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

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