Harp Music

Margaret started harp lessons at the age of fourteen with Surrey based harpist Susannah Shucksmith. She then continued her musical training under Sidonie Goossens OBE and finished her studies with Sussex harpist Helen Arnold.

She now works as a soloist and has given recitals at National Trust properties, has played at the City of London Guildhall, The Baltic Exchange, The Savoy, Ritz and Hilton Langham Hotels in London, The Garrick Club in London, Glyndebourne Opera House, The Royal Courts of Justice and for many weddings, private and charity functions.

She plays in the State Rooms at Penshurst Place in Kent wearing Period Costume and recently featured in the 2009 BBC2 series 'The Supersizers Go Medieval' with Sue Perkins, which was filmed there.

Harp music will will enhance any occasion, be it wedding, dinner, funeral, lecture/recital or charity event - it is the ideal relaxing background music.

Costumes

Margaret makes period costumes and wears them when she plays at historic venues.
Some of these have been Carrisbrooke, Chiddingstone, Corfe, Bodium, Hever Castles,
Battle Abbey, Clandon Park and Polesden Lacey,

Venues

More unusual venues include:
The Insurance Institute London, Southampton Airport,The Foundling Hospital London,
in the VIP marquee during the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, London Zoo, Fort Nelson,
The Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust in Arundel, Gatwick Airport and The Royal Courts of Justice -
to name but a few.

Harp music can also be very theraputic and Margaret regularly entertains residents in
nursing, residential and care homes. She also gives informal talks and demonstrations to school children, Women's Institutes, Rotary, Lions, Probus and other groups . Margaret is currently Resident Harpist at The Insurance Institute of London and Penshurst Place in Kent.