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 performer on all three Fred Olsen Cruise Liners around Europe and Africa.
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’. During 2003, she played live on BBC Radio London, in the Edinburgh fringe festival and accompanied soprano Hayley Westenra for a television show. She also recorded album tracks for Incognito and Morrissey.
Vastly experienced in the field of background music, Camilla enjoys showing the versatility of the harp with her wide repertoire, ranging from classical, through jazz, to pop. She has done functions for many top class hotels including, Claridges, The Landmark, The Dorchester and The Mandarin Oriental. During the past five years, she has also held long term residencies at the Grosvenor House Hotel and Park Lane Hilton, and currently harpist at the Langham Hilton.
Camilla is part of the Korros Ensemble, a unique and beautiful combination of flute, (Eliza Marshall) clarinet, (Nicholas Ellis) and harp. They have a busy recital schedule, which has included St. Martin-in-the-fields and Killaloe Cathedral in Ireland. Last year they embarked on a nation-wide project of educational workshops and concerts for children. More recently Channel 4 filmed Korros in concert for a TV series, to be aired later this year. Camilla and Eliza also play together as The Arion Duo, a successful and popular flute and harp duo.
Weddings
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. Camilla is extremely
popular as a wedding harpist.
This is a sample repertoire for Camilla but is by no means definitive.
Wedding Harp MusicBach, J.S. – Air on a G string, Jesu, joy of man’s desiring, Sheep may safely Graze Beethoven – Ode to Joy Clarke – Prince of Denmark’s March Gounod/Bach – Ave Maria Handel – Air and Minuet (from ‘The Water Music’) Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Where E’er You Walk Koven – O Promise Me Martini – Plaisir D’Amour Mendelsohn – Wedding March (from ‘Midsummer’s Night Dream’), O for the wings of a Dove Pachelbel – Canon in D Schubert – Ave Maria Vivaldi – Spring, Autumn and Winter (from ‘The Four Seasons’) Wagner – Bridal March (from ‘Lohengrin’) Other Classical Music Albinoni – Adagio in G minor Beethoven – Minuet in G Bizet – Habañera from Carmen Boccherini – Menuet Borodin – Polovetsian Dance Debussy – 1st Arabesque, Clair de Lune, Girl with the Flaxen Hair, Rêverie Delibes – Flower Duet from Lakmé Dvorák – Rusalka’s Song to the Moon Einaudi – Le Onde Elgar – Salut D’Amour Fauré – Berceuse from ‘Dolly Suite’, Pavane, Sicilienne Grieg - Morning from ‘Peer Gynt Suite’ Khatchaturian – Love Theme from ‘Spartacus’ MacDowell – To a Wild Rose Massenet – Meditation de Thaïs Mendelssohn – On Wings of Song Offenbach – Bacarolle from ‘The Tales of Hoffman’ Puccini – O mio babbino caro, Nessun Dorma Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade Rubenstein – Melody in F Saint-Saëns – Le Cygne Satie – Gymnopédie No.’s 1, 2 & 3 Schumann – Träumerai Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake Waltz, Sleeping Beauty Waltz, Nutcracker Suite Verdi – La Donna è Mobile Traditional Amazing Grace Greensleeves Lagan Love Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) My love is like a red, red rose The Ash Grove Selection of Irish and Scottish jigs and reels Selection of Welsh Airs |
Film Music Beauty and the Beast – Ashman Cavatina from ‘The Deer Hunter’ – Myers In Dreams (from Lord of the Rings) – Shore Kiss from a Rose from ‘Batman Forever’ – Seal Kissing you from Romeo and Juliet – Atack Love is all around - Presley Love Theme from ‘The Godfather’ – Rota Moon River – Mancini My Heart will go on from ‘Titanic’– Horner She from ‘Notting Hill’– Aznavour Somewhere in Time – Barry The Heart Asks Pleasure (Theme from ‘The Piano’ ) – Nyman The Way We Were – Hamlisch The Way you look tonight - Kern Theme from ‘Love Story’ – Lai Theme from ‘BraveHeart’ – Horner Theme from ‘On a Golden Pond’ – Grusin Showtunes Selections from: Cats Chicago Evita Fiddler on the Roof Jesus Christ Superstar Les Miserables Mamma Mia Miss Saigon Phantom of the Opera Sound of Music South Pacific Starlight Express Sunset Boulevard West Side Story Whistle down the wind
Popular Songs Ain’t Misbehaving – Fats Waller As Time Goes By – Hupfeld Autumn Leaves – Kosma Can’t Help Lovin’ dat Man – Gershwin Come away with Me – Norah Jones Dream a little Dream of me – Schwandt Ev’ry time we say Goodbye – Porter Evergreen – Streisand Feelings – Albert Fields of Gold – Sting Have I told you lately – Van Morrison Hero – Mariah Carey Over the Rainbow – Arlen Send in the Clowns – Sondheim Songbird – Eva Cassidy Summertime - Gershwin Unchained Melody – North You are the Sunshine of my Life – Stevie Wonder Your Song – Elton John
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