ALICIA GRIFFITHS, Harp
Active performing harpist, with special interest in chamber music. Wide repertoire
from Baroque to Contemporary, playing regularly in orchestras and ensembles.
Education & Training
MMus in Performance, harp, under Gabriella Dall'Olio, and baroque harp under Frances Kelly,
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London
2010-2013
BMus (Hons) in Performance, 2:1 at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff
 Harp teachers: Caryl Thomas, Meinir Heulyn, Valerie Aldrich-Smith.
Including International Exchange at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
2006-2010
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
ABRSM Diploma, Principles of Instrumental Teaching, Harp
2009
2009
Scholarships & Awards
John Marson Prize for Harp, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Government of Navarra, Spain, Scholarship for furthering artistic studies abroad
Government of Navarra, Spain, Award for the Promotion of the Arts
First Prize Youth Category, Iberian Chamber Music Competition with Harp, Madrid, Spain
First 'accésit à l'unanimité du jury', Niveau Supérieur UFAM Competition, Paris, France
First Prize and Finalist - Arpa Plus Competition for harp students, across Spain
2011
2008-2011
2008
2004
2004
2000-2006
Masterclasses & Summer Courses
Frédérique Cambreling, Catrin Finch, David Watkins, Catherine White, Ann Griffiths, Park Stickney, Isabelle
Perrin, Sivan Magen, Ruth Faber, Ieuan Jones, Sioned Williams, Fabrice Pierre, Sylvain Blassel, Lucy Wakeford,
Rachel Masters, Willy Postma, Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Alice Giles
International Early Music Course, Daroca, Spain, with Nuria Llopis, 'arpa de dos órdenes'
International Music Course, Vitoria, Spain, with Gabriella Dall’Olio, harp
International Harp Course, Fossano, Italy, with Elisabeth Fontan-Binoche and Anna Loro
International Harp Course, Geneva, Switzerland, Chantal Mathieu
Magistralia Orchestral Summer Course, Gijón, Spain, with Zoraida Ávila, harp
Harp Ensemble Course, Le Mont-Dore, France, with Marie-Monique Popesco
2011
2011
2007
2005
2003,2004
2002-2004
Performance Experience
Solo
Recitals in London: St. Martin in the Fields, Southwark Cathedral, St. Alfege Church, Blackheath
Halls, Charlton House, Instituto Cervantes London
Brahms Vier Gesänge op.17 with the horn section from the Symphony Orchestra of the Basque
Country and Coral Andra Mari, Matinées de Miramón, San Sebastián, Spain
Mozart Concerto for flute and harp K299 with Filippo Ferioli and Bath All-Comers' Orchestra
Debussy Danses Sacrée et Profane in the Navarra International Music Festival, Spain
Debussy Danses Sacrée et Profane with Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts String Ensemble,
Singapore
Solo recital in the 'Condestable' Palace, Pamplona, Spain
2010-2013
2012
2010
2010
2009
2009
Chamber music
Flute, viola and harp trio (TrioLet), concerts in Pamplona, Spain: Palacio del Condestable, Sala
de Armas de la Ciudadela, Civivox Iturrama, CANAL4 Navarra.
Flute, viola and harp trio concerts in London: The Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Charlton
House, Blackheath Halls, Regent Hall.
Violin and harp duo with Spanish violinist Marta Ramírez (Alma Duo) in London: The Old Royal
Naval College Chapel, Blackheath Halls, St. Alfege church, Lewisham Hospital.
In Pamplona, Spain: Palacio del Condestable, Casino Principal, Popular TV Navarra.
Flute and harp duo with flautist Vicky Guise in Cardiff.
Orchestral
Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, Spain, Royal Orchestral Society, Guildford Symphony
Orchestra, Bloomsbury Chamber Orchestra, Salomon Orchestra, Constella Orchestra, Melos
Sinfonia, Whitehall Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Norway, Enfield Youth Symphony
Orchestra, Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Spain, City of Cardiff Symphony Orchestra,
The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Symphony Orchestra, The Rehearsal Orchestra,
The London Mahler Orchestra, Blackheath Halls Orchestra, Torun Symphony Orchestra, Poland,
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Symphony Orchestra
 Operas: Bizet Pearl Fishers, Gounod Faust and Puccini Suor Angelica
 Principal harpist with the Youth Orchestra of the Basque Country, Spain
 Pablo Sarasate Youth Orchestra, Pamplona, Spain
2011-2012
2011-2012
2010-2013
2006-2010
2006-2013
2007-2009
2006-2010
2003-2004
Education Work
Harp Deputy and Music Assitant for Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and Trinity Laban
Conservatoire of Music and Dance Junior Departments
2010-2013
Harp Tutor for CAVMS (Cardiff and Vale Music Services) Youth Orchestra and Harp Ensemble
2007-2010
Private Harp Teaching
Preparing pupils (both adults and children) for grade examinations
2006-2013
Referees
Gabriella Dall'Olio,
Head of Harp Studies
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
King Charles Court, Old Royal Naval College
Greenwich, London SE10 9JF
e-mail: G.DallOlio@trinitylaban.ac.uk
Frances Kelly,
Harp teacher
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
King Charles Court, Old Royal Naval College
Greenwich, London SE10 9JF
e-mail: fkellyharp@btinternet.com