Amanda Whiting


Zoom to New Zealand and Oz

The last few weeks have been amazing for meeting people from across the world. Anna Dunwoodie, queen of harps in NZ invited me to chat to her friends and pupils across the seas. It’s a great group and we have a greatlaugh as well  as learning lots about jazz!

Lockdown positivity

Im having a great time listening to music and writing music, whether for harpists or my trio. I have been lucky enough to meet some new and interesting  friends who are introducing me to a whole new world of music. Music seems to be thriving amongst my colleagues so I...

Too much to catch up on

  During these awful times with Covid 19 and Lockdown, I’ve actually been lucky and had really positive experiences musically. After my dream of playing at Ronnie Scotts was cancelled due to the virus, other fantastic opportunities have arisen. With so many...

Successful Jazzy Harp day and a tour on the way

Thanks to The Harp Studio for hosting a festive Jazzy Christmas Harp day in Newport. We had a fantastic day learning how to make our carols sound Jazzy. Bethan runs the most fantastic business and it was an absolute pleasure to work along side her as we judged the...

Just finishing a new advanced harp book

It has been a busy year. A beginner jazz book, an album and a new book for advanced harpists. The new book (to be made available on pdf) is for the advanced harpist and will contain lead sheets as well as arrangements of new pieces. The lead sheets are pieces from the...