by Amanda Whiting | 2 Aug 2010 | Harp News
Quite a busy weekend, from a beautiful church in Worcester and Grafton Manor to the North Star (not literally!)I have been really pleased to be asked to play a few times in the trendy new venue (where a backdrop of a forest and plastic grass underfoot, added to gold...
by Amanda Whiting | 16 Jul 2010 | Harp News
This week is graduation week in Cardiff and I had the pleasure of playing the harp for Stephen Fry who was receiving an honorary degree and speaking at the ceremony. I didn’t manage to invite him for dinner though!…..
by Amanda Whiting | 12 Jul 2010 | Harp News
The week began with a 2 day tour for Lost Chord..a charity which takes live music to elderly homes. I was working with Celtic Manor’s Richard Harris. Usually known for singing at the piano, we lost it on the way resulting in a piano-less Richard accompanied by...
by Amanda Whiting | 28 Jun 2010 | Harp News
What a weekend! It started Thursday playing for HSBC in Bovey Castle, Dartmoor. The room was set out like a Midsummer Night’s Dream with trees and fountains…and I was the fairy playing the harp..with wings too! On Friday I was thrilled to be playing for...
by Amanda Whiting | 26 Apr 2010 | Harp News
Over the past few months I have been honoured to be working with jazz harp legend Deborah Henson Conant. I went to see her in Cardiff when I was about 1o. She made the harp ‘cool’!!!so to be asked to perform her music at the recent Harp Festival in...
