CAMILLA PAY www.camillapay.com HARP

PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of birth: 26/09/79
Nationality: British

EDUCATION
1997-2001 Royal Academy of Music (entrance scholar)

EQUIPMENT
Salvi Diana Harp
Accusound pickup

EXPERIENCE

LIVE
2006 Jay-Z Show at Albert Hall performing with Hustla Symphony Orchestra, Guests including Beyonce, Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow
2006 Trinitì live performance for ‘The Heaven and Earth Show’ on BBC1
2006 Katherine Jenkins accompanist for BBC’s ‘Sunday AM’
2005 Katherine Jenkins accompanist for ITV’s Christmas Eve Service
2005 Solo harpist for Blue Peter Marie Antoinette show
2005 Kanye West Radio 1 Album Showcase at Abbey Road feat. John Legend and Lupe Fiasco/TOTP/CD:UK/CQ Party Show in Milan
2005 Sir James Galway accompanist at the Classical Brit Awards
2005 McFly Comic Relief / Butlins Arena Show
2005 Michael Bublé big band ‘Parkinson’
2004 Katherine Jenkins ‘GMTV’ performances
2004 Barry Manilow Blenheim Palace Show
2004 Trio performance filmed for Channel 4 series ‘What the Butler Saw’ series
2004 Lily Fraser showcases: Cargo, Cobden Club, Port Eliot Literary Festival, Secret Garden Festival, The Bedford, Bush Hall, Underbelly(Edinburgh Fringe Festival)
2003 BBC London radio live solo on Danny Baker’s Breakfast Show

RECORDING SESSIONS

2007 The Streets Album Session
2006 Jay-Z co-writing harp parts for Radio City Hall show
2006 Sinead O’Connor album sessions
2006 MacArthur Glen Advert Session Solo Harp
2005 Plastic Cinema feat. Faye Tozer harp on ‘Take Me Under’
2005 La-La Land harp on ‘Dancing with Shadows’
2005 The Divine Comedy album sessions
2005 Kanye West Backing tracks for Late Regristration album
2005 Ben Lake Big Band Session for Sony Demo
2004 Album tracks for ‘The Funky Lowlives’
2003 Morrissey album tracks
2003 James Bond Songs compilation album session
2003 Fauré Requiem recording with Canterbury Cathedral Choristers
2002 Harp Sampling session for Yamaha
2002 Featured artist in ITV Meridian’s Music in Mansions
2002 Incognito album session
2001 Britten Ceremony of Carols recording with Christ Church College Choir

TV

2007 Katherine Jenkins & Andreo Bocelli Strictly Come Dancing
2007 Katherine Jenkins GMTV / Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 Ian Brown T4
2007 Hayley Westenra GMTV
2006 Vittorio Grigolo ‘Davina’ / TOTP
2006 Katherine Jenkins ‘Des & Mel’
2005 Katherine Jenkins GMTV / ‘Des & Mel’
2005 The Choirboys ‘Xmas Mania’
2005 Bonnie Tyler Backing Vocals
2005 ABC Backing Vocals
2005 Patrizio Buanne GMTV
2005 Aled Jones ‘Des & Mel’
2004 Barry Manilow BBC Special
2004 Hayley Westenra ‘Xmas Mania’
2004 Josh Groban backing vox for ‘Children in Need’
2003 Hayley Westenra ‘Des and Mel’
2002 Natalie Cole ‘Parkinson’
2002 Aled Jones ‘Des and Mel’
2001 Spiritualized pop promo video

ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Principal harp)
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
Southbank Sinfonia
Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra
National Youth Orchestra

OTHER
Performances include:

Canterbury Festival Solo recital in Cathedral Crypt
Deal Festival Solo Recitals Contemporary Harp Works including three premieres & inaugural performance in new Pines Calyx Venue
Friends of Canterbury Festival Fundraising recitals
Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto in Canterbury Cathedral for Canterbury Choral Society
Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto for Hythe Choral Society
Lecture Recital for Jane Austen Society
Guest artiste with The Locrian Ensemble
European Harp Symposium Solo Performance in Amsterdam
World Harp Festival Solo Performance in Prague