Amy Turk

Amy Turk is a harpist, arranger, composer and session artist from the UK with special interests in percussion, video games, film scores and popular music of all styles.

Aged six, Amy was already determined to become a harpist. At seven she began a decade of study with Ann Hughes-Chamberlain, a former pupil of legendary French harpist and pedagogue Lily Laskine.

Within a year Amy had joined the ranks of The Hindhead Harpists, a harp quintet showcasing Hughes-Chamberlain’s most capable students. The group gave recitals, and performed at private functions and public events, including the 1998 Petworth Proms, attended by eight thousand people.

During her school years Amy was a prizewinner at various local music festivals on both harp and piano, including twice winning first place at Woking Young Musician of the Year. She began studying orchestral percussion aged twelve, and accepted a place at the Junior Royal Academy of Music to study harp and percussion in 2004. Her first pop arrangement for harp ensemble was performed at the Royal Albert Hall the same year. At sixth form college she studied transcription,

From Amy Truk Web Site 23/11/2020