Camilla Pay was born in 1979 and began playing the harp at the age of eight. She was a music scholar at the King’s School, Canterbury and was awarded an entrance scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, where she graduated with honours, on a Bachelor of music degree. There, she studied with acclaimed harpists, Skaila Kanga and Daphne Boden.

             Presently, Camilla is enjoying a varied career as a freelance harpist; working with orchestras, chamber groups and solo. She has played principal harp in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and has performed various concertos, including Mozart’s Harp and Flute Concerto in Canterbury Cathedral. She has given many solo recitals throughout Europe, including the World Harp Congress held in Prague and a performance at the European Harp Symposium in Amsterdam. She has been a soloist on all three Fred Olsen Cruise Liners around Europe and Africa.  For two years Camilla was harpist in residence at the Grosvenor House Hotel and currently holds residencies at the Langham Hilton and the Park Lane Hilton.

            In 2002, television appearances included playing with Aled Jones for ITV and jazz/soul singer Natalie Cole on BBC’s Parkinson show. She was also a featured artist in a TV series, ‘Music in Mansions’. 

             Ensembles that Camilla works with include the Arion Duo, with flautist Eliza Marshall and is part of the Korros Ensemble, a beautiful combination of flute, clarinet and harp, which have a busy recital schedule for 2003, including their debut at St. Martin-in-the-fields. She also accompanies soprano singer, Victoria Barbé.
 

                        Camilla has vast experience in playing for weddings, ranging from a ceremony in a windmill to 600 guests arriving at a Park Lane hotel. Her repertoire list is vast but can usually accommodate more unusual requests.

Harpist - Camilla Pay

Repertoire List

This is a sample repertoire list and is by no means definitive.

Wedding Music

Bridal March (from ‘Lohengrin’) – Wagner

Wedding March (from ‘Midsummer’s Night Dream’) – Mendelssohn

Prince of  Denmark’s March - Clarke

Canon in D – Pachelbel

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel

Jesu, joy of man’s desiring – Bach

Spring (from ‘The Four Seasons’) - Vivaldi

Air and Minuet (from ‘The Water Music’) - Handel

Other  Classical Music

Clair de lune – Debussy

O mio babbino caro – Puccini

Meditation de Thais – Massenet

Pavane – Fauré

Le Cygne – Saint-Saens

Polovetsian Dance – Borodin

Love Theme from ‘Spartacus’ - Khatchaturian

Traditional

Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)

Amazing Grace

Greensleeves

The Ash Grove

Lagan Love

My love is like a red, red rose

 Film Music

Love Theme from ‘The Godfather’ – Rota

Moon River - Mancini

Cavatina – Myers

The Way We Were – Hamlisch

The Heart Asks Pleasure (Theme from ‘The Piano’ ) – Nyman

Theme from ‘On a Golden Pond’ – Grusin

Showtunes

Selections from:

Cats

Phantom of the Opera

Les Miserables

West Side Story

 Popular  and Jazz Songs
 

Your Song – Elton John

Over the Rainbow – Arlen

As Time Goes By – Hupfeld

You are the Sunshine of my Life – Stevie Wonder

Have I told you lately – Van Morrison

Ain’t Misbehaving – Fats Waller

If you would like a written quote, click here.

Or call Mandy during office hours on 0845 200 8129

or us