"Open your eyes and amaze your ears."
The Living Tradition · on Nae Sweets For Shy Bairns
Performing & recording
Touring, recording and a contemporary voice on the Scottish harp.
A career on stage and in the studio
About Heather
Heather Downie is a harpist, vocalist and educator from Scotland. She has spent over twenty years performing, touring and recording, and she cares just as much about the feeling in the music as the notes themselves.
Her passion for music is matched only by her passion for people, and that is exactly where her love of teaching comes from.
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A leading educator
Teaching the next generation of harpists, Heather is Principal Lever Harp Tutor at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and founder of How To Harp, where harpists from all over the world learn with her online.
Whether you are just beginning or already advanced, she will help you play with confidence, craft and real musicality, in small, clear steps.
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