Harriet Adie

Biography

The founder of Harp Exam Boot Camp and author of the hugely popular The A-G of Sight Reading series, Harriet Adie is the specialist harp coach for the LRAM course at the Royal Academy of Music and teaches at the Junior Department of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has given classes at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and The Purcell School, and is regularly invited to adjudicate harp competitions across the UK.

Harpist and composer Harriet Adie is an accomplished chamber musician and founding member of the internationally recognized ensemble 4 Girls 4 Harps. Their recordings have been broadcast on Classic FM, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4. Harriet has worked with many orchestras and ensembles including the Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra of the Swan, London Festival Sinfonia, Covent Garden Sinfonia, Northern Sinfonia and London Oriana Choir. In December 2022 Harriet released her debut solo album, Christmastide, featuring her own arrangements of traditional Christmas carols for harp. The recording was well received by critics, leading to Scala Radio naming her as ‘One to Watch’.

Harriet read Music at Balliol College, Oxford whilst studying privately with Daphne Boden. Further study at Trinity Laban Conservatoire followed, where she was taught by Imogen Barford and supported by awards from the Musician’s Benevolent Fund, the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, and the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund.