Nancy Hurrell 

is a harpist who enjoys playing a wide variety of music. Playing classical to jazz for events, Nancy is also known for her performances of Irish and Scottish music, and for early music. She was harpist for Tea at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Boston for five years. Nancy has presented concerts at numerous festivals including: Boston Early Music Festival, Amherst Early Music Festival, HarpCon, Somerset Harp Festival, and ICONS (Irish Connections). She performs and records with the early music groups Renaissonics and Musicians of the Old Post Road. Nancy has several CDs, and her books of harp arrangements are used by players around the world.

 

HARP STUDIES:

• University of Texas, BFA
• Studied in Cardiff, Wales, UK, with Glenis Gordon-Fleet, BBC Welsh Symphony
• Trinity College, Carmarthen, Wales, Post Graduate Diploma
• Texas Christian University, MM in harp performance
• Masterclasses in historical harp with Andrew Lawrence-King

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NANCY'S HARPS:

• Renaissance single-row, copy of a German harp in the MFA, by Catherine Campbell
• Italian Renaissance arpa doppia, a double-row by Rainer Thurau
• Spanish cross-strung, arpa de dos ordenes, by David Kortier
• Medieval Gothic bray harp by George Higgs
• Celtic Harp by Dave Thormahlen
• Classical harps by Wurlitzer and Lyon & Healy