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Welcome to the official website of Sally Pryce, one of the leading harpists of her generation. She is becoming increasingly in demand as a chamber musician and orchestral player as well as continuing her solo career.

In the following pages please find details of Sally and her chamber music groups and where you can hear them.

Biography

Born in 1979, Sally Pryce studied at the Purcell School and Royal College of Music with Daphne Boden, graduating in 2001 with first class honours and the Worshipful Company of Musicians’ Silver Medal. The Young Concert Artists Trust (YCAT) selected her for representation in 2003.

During her studies Sally won numerous national and international prizes including first prize in the 1999 London Harp Competition and in 1998 reached the final six in the prestigious International Harp Contest held in Israel. In 1996 she won the Marisa Robles Harp Prize in the Royal Over-Seas League Competition and was a finalist in the BBC Young Musicians Competition.

Over the last year Sally has continued to give recitals at major venues and festivals throughout the UK including return visits to Wigmore Hall and Bridgewater Hall with flautist Adam Walker (BBC Concerto Finalist in 2002), recitals in Paris and Madrid and a critically acclaimed Park Lane Group recital at the Purcell Room. As a soloist she has performed Debussy’s Danse sacrée with the Scottish Ensemble at Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh and venues throughout Scotland and performed Mozart’s Flute & Harp Concerto with the Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra. In August Sally gave three world premieres at the Presteigne Festival including new works by Huw Watkins and Adrian Williams especially commissioned for her.

Engagements during the 2006/07 season include a return visit to Wigmore Hall (5 December) with the Sally Pryce Ensemble, her debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and concerts at St. George’s Bristol and in Aldeburgh. In addition to her Ensemble, Sally has started a duo called the Dorette Violin and Harp Duo with Elizabeth Cooney.

Abroad Sally has performed at the Eighth World Harp Congress in Geneva, the Yamaha Foundation in Tokyo, and given recitals in Hungary, Czech Republic, Israel and the USA. As a member of the Live Music Now! Scheme, Sally gave over 200 concerts between 2002-06. She has given several premieres of new works with contemporary groups and has performed with the ensembles Lontano and Okeanos. Sally also works as a free-lance player with several orchestras in the UK, including London Musici, Northern Sinfonia, Northern Ballet, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Orchestra and the Royal Ballet Sinfonia.

Sally’s concerto work has included performances of Debussy’s Danse sacreé with the Northern Sinfonia, works by Gliere and Debussy with the Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra and performances of Ginastera’s Concerto, Handel’s Concerto and Mozart’s Flute & Harp Concerto in venues around the UK. She has appeared on Norwegian and British television and American and British Radio, including BBC Radio 3.