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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
  • 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
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