Harp Blog
Read about Amanda Whiting’s latest performances, collaborations, and teaching work.
A new year and new ideas
Last year was fantastic; from playing in some great festivals and functions to writing a successful Christmas jazz book. This year will see the spotlight on my jazz, hopefully working with lots of new (and old) musicians as well as solo jazz harp. Another jazz harp...
Great week
Last week was an amazing week. Tony and I received the new Christmas books and the revised Contemporary Sounds for harp back from the printers. So pleased..they look amazing and we have had fantastic feedback. Ray Pool and Danielle Perrett have give us phenomenal...
Christmas books and Autumn projects
Tony and I have just finished our 12 Christmas jazzy carols. We are so excited as they range from swing to Calypso as well as some new Christmas compositions written by ourselves. The book will be out by Mid October..so watch this space. The last few weeks have...
A busy but amazing few weeks
It has been a dream of mine to play at festivals for as long as I can remember. The last few weeks have been amazing. With Matthew Halsall and The Gondwana Orchestra we played at Ghent Jazz Festival, London Jazz Cafe with Dwight Trible and then Pori66 in Finland. They...
Weddings and planning for Jazz66 Pori
I've been up and down the motorway alot this week. Le manoir and Celtic Manor have been keeping me busy. Besides some beautiful functions, I have been teaching at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and starting to practise for playing at Jazz66 with Matthew...
A great few weeks
Summer has arrived and weddings are in full flow with beautiful dresses and venues and nervous grooms. I've been playing everything from Shrek to Chopin. It's been interesting and quite time consuming listening and arranging all the requests. There is never a dull...
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