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5/10/2018

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Welcome to the first official blog post of Harriet Flather Musician.
I thought I’d use this opportunity to chat to you a bit about what makes up my life and what I enjoy, other than music.
It’s very easy to forget that playing and teaching music is my job. Music has always been a huge part of my life – I started piano aged 5 – and have taken on a new instrument every so often to keep things interesting! Now, I specialise in woodwind and harp.
I studied clarinet at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, one of the most awesome places on the planet. It’s so alive with music and drama and bursting with creativity, I loved my time there. I also studied saxophone there for a while and this led me down the path of musical theatre and to meet some truly wonderful people. While traversing the course of in-ear monitors, mics, vamps and button notes, I discovered the flute. Mainly because I had to! I was playing in “Legally Blonde” and my part had lots of flute so there was no getting out of it. I basically learnt to play the part in a month and then set about actually learning how to play the flute…
I started harp aged 9 or 10, I can’t actually remember! To my parents’ annoyance I took to it very quickly and loved it. However, fast forward 8 years later and I had to make the decision between harp or clarinet. I chose clarinet. Having left university, having had a pretty horrific experience on stage (which I will blog about!) I realised I needed to create music in any way I could. Re-enter the harp. Once I sat down and played for a few weeks, I realised I hadn’t lost much of my technique.
Now, I spend my weeks teaching all my instruments, playing saxophone in a big band, playing harp at weddings and functions and generally trying to be as creative as I can! It is a struggle to be a freelance musician in a rural area like Rutland but I hope I’m making it work! I’m willing to travel!
Outside of my work, I love reading. I don’t read fast but I love to read. I’m also a keen baker (who isn’t these days) and I’m getting into cycling. I like National Trust properties, old cars, history and being outside when I can. I’m also on a mission to raise £5000 for Dementia UK at the moment – you can read all about this on my Fundraising page!
So that’s me, Harriet. Hopefully that’s given you a little insight into how I got where I am today, there will be more I promise…!
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7/12/2019 06:59:02 am

Harriet Flather, I have learned music from you but I did not know enough things about you which you have told in this blog. There is so much interesting things in your life which you have done other than music and these facts were hidden.

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    Welcome!

    Welcome to the blog of Harriet Flather Musician!

    I’ve wanted to do this for a while and now feel I have found sufficient inspiration to deliver content that you will find interesting and engaging! I’m hoping to cover a lot of different things here: a description of my week and give you an insight into the life of a freelance musician; some resources for music teaching; information on weddings such as music and why you should have a harpist; and finally I’m going to be bringing in some guests to chat to you about what they do as well!

    ​I hope you enjoy, writing is a fairly new venture for me but it’s good to be back in the proverbial saddle. ​

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