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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