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Anwen Thomas
Harp
Orchestral Experience
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – including BBC Proms 2023
- Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra, solo harp with orchestra, 2024
- Southbank Sinfonia, 2023
- Milton Keynes Sinfonia, 2023
- Performance with 'Inchant' Choir, 2023
- Performance with 'Le Voci Ladies Choir', 2023
Orchestral Training
- London Philharmonic Orchestra – Foyle Future First 2023/24
- Pit Orchestra for Academy production of Carousel 2023
- Academy Symphony Orchestra 2018 – 2023
- Academy Soloists Orchestra 2022
- National Youth Orchestra of Wales 2017 – 2019 & 2021
- Academy Chamber Orchestra 2020
- Four Counties Youth Orchestra, Wales (Principal) 2013 – 2017
TV, Commercial and Recording Experience
- ITV's This Morning, Live performance 2022
- 'Up on The Roof' 2021 - film recording (duet with violin)
Community and Participation Experience
- Working through the Open Academy department at the Royal Academy of Music:
- Performing and collaborating with school children through ‘Hold the Drama’ workshops and performances 2023
- Performing and collaborating with Wigmore Hall’s ‘Music for Life’ programme and the Open Academy department at workshops for Dementia Patients and their carers 2022-2023
- 'Together in Sound' with Braintree Museum and Anglia Ruskin University, 2023
Solo and Chamber Experience
Solo
- Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra, solo harp with orchestra, 2024
- Live Music Now Musician, 2023
- Recital for the Elgar Society, 2022
- Performances at World Harp Congress, 2022
- Competed in 12th USA International Harp Competition, 2022
- Solo recital with Mynyddislwyn Male Voice Choir, 2022
- Solo performance at the Mansion House, London, 2021
- Performance of harp and choral compositions, including new music, 2020
Chamber
- Albeo Trio recital at Benslow Music, 2024
- Albeo Trio recital at St Olave Church, Hart Street, 2023
- Albeo Trio (2023 – current) including performances for Age UK and recitals around UK
- Flute/Viola/Harp Trio performances at Regent Hall and the Angela Burgess Recital Hall, London, 2022
- Performance at the Three Choirs Festival, of a new work for 4 harps, choir, organ & narrators
- 2 Harps/Flute performance at Angela Burgess Recital Hall, London, 2021
- Voice/Harp performance at David Josefowitz Hall, London, 2021
- Flute/Cello/Harp Trio performance at David Josefowitz Hall, London, 2020
- Harp Quartet performance at Charlton House, London, 2019
- Harp Duet performance at MusicFest, Aberystwyth, 2019
- Harp Duet performance at Wales Millennium Centre – Televised, 2018
Prizes and Awards
- Harp Prize for highest recital mark, Royal Academy of Music, 2023
- Very Highly Commended, Guy Magrath Harp Prize, 2023
- MA Scholarship, Rainer and Doreen Burchett Charitable Trust Scholarship, 2021
- Regency Award, Royal Academy of Music, 2021
- Gwynne Leyshon Prize, Royal Academy of Music, 2021
- Winner, Nansi Richard Prize and Scholarship, 2021
- Very Highly Commended, Skaila Kanga Harp Prize, 2020
- Winner, Youth Competition and Scholarship, Wales International Harp Festival, 2018
- Full BMus Scholarship, Rainer and Doreen Burchett Charitable Trust Scholarship, 2017
- Winner, Blue Riband Competition and Scholarship, National Eisteddfod of Wales, 2016
Qualifications
- Royal Academy of Music, studied under Skaila Kanga and Catrin Finch 2021-2023
- Master of Arts – Distinction
- DipRAM
- Royal Academy of Music, studied under Karen Vaughan 2017 – 2021
- BMus Hons – First Class
- LRAM teaching qualification 2021
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Instruments
Harp