Emmy the Harp Versatile harpist, many styles - Jazz, Classical, Modern, Folk, World Music

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I fell in love with harp as a young child, and since then I have devoted 25 years to studying this beautiful instrument.

Since moving to Bristol at the age of 19, I have been fully shaped and inspired by the city's diverse culture. I have soaked up Bristol's rich music life - jazz, dub, electronic, experimental, folk. I studied with a master Kora player and developed a unique style fusing fiery West African rhythms with rich classical and jazz harmonies. I have worked with refugees, forest schools, farms, storytellers, children's TV, experimental poets, rock bands, theatre projects, circus performers, yoga teachers and sound therapists - all of this has brought huge diversity and a fresh, unusual sound to my music. Music is my life; when not playing the harp I am playing bass guitar or the alto flute or the Zimbabwean Mbira.

Here is a brief selection of music in my current repertoire; anything not here I may be able to learn for you, just ask. I specialise in playing well-known Jazz, Folk, Rock and Modern songs, as well as knowing a few famous classical pieces and composing my own music. In my own music I am particularly inspired by West-African Kora music. I am flexible, and can arrange a set in the style you're looking for at your event.

I am a composer, teacher of music theory and proficient session musician, meaning I can make personal arrangements of your own song choices and advise you on the musical content for your event.

I also collaborate with a vocalist, Freya Widdicombe; together we're known as Cat's Eye Moon, singing a range of styles: jazz, blues, folk, modern, and willing to take requests...

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Location

Based in Bristol, Bristol

Will travel up to 500 miles
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Claude Debussy - Claire de Lune, Girl with Flaxen Hair

Erik Satie - Gymnopedie 1, 2 and 3, Gnossienne 1

Gabriel Faure - Pavanne

Pachelbel - Cannon in D

Bach - Prelude in C

Mozart - Laudate Dominum

Schubert - Ave Maria

Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro

Ain’t misbehavin’

All of Me

All the things you are

At Last

Bella’s Lullaby (Twilight Film)

Come Away with Me

Girl From Ipenema

In a sentimental mood

It don't mean a thing

Its only a Paper Moon

Let There Be Love

Lullaby of Birdland

Misty

My Blue Heaven

Nearness of You

Nobody knows you when you're down and out

Over the Rainbow

Sunny

Unforgettable

What a Wonderful World

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Call Me The Breeze

Call The Doctor

Case of You

Dance Me To The End Of Love

Don't Go To Strangers

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Eight Days a Week

Eleanor Rigby

Fields of Gold

Gates of Eden

Grandma's Hands

Hallelujah

Hear Comes the Sun

House of the Rising Sun

I want to hold your hand

I Wish I Knew How It Felt To Be Free

Mr Bojangles

Mr Tamborine Man

My Lagan Love

Norwegian Wood

Romeo and Juliet

She Moved Through the Fayre

Si Bheag Si Mhor

Sound of Silence

The Boxer

The Parting Glass

The Sound of Silence

She's Got Her Ticket

Simple Twist of Fate

Songbird

The Closest Thing to Crazy

The 59th Street Bridge Song

Woodstock

You've Got a Friend in Me

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