Catrin Meek
Harpist
Catrin Meek is London based Welsh harpist. Since studying at the Royal Academy of Music (MA) and the Royal College of Music (BMus) she has performed throughout the country in a wide range of endeavours. Theatre work has been a focus, being the harpist for The Baker’s Wife at the Menier Chocolate Factory, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Box of Delights, La Cage Aux Folles at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London Musical Theatre Orchestra’s A Christmas Carol at the Dominion Theatre, deputising in the original Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesties theatre, Les Misérables at the Gielgud theatre and the English National Opera’s Man of La Mancha and My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum. Her love of music has brought her to some of the nations finest concert halls playing with the English National Ballet, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, London Contemporary Orchestra and Southbank Sinfonia. She has recorded at Abbey Road, Air and Angel studios, and enjoys being a regular extra with the English National Opera. She has performed in the ENO’s production of Die Walküre, Das Rheingold, Carmen, La Bohème, and recorded popular opera arias for the ENO Breathe scheme. She is grateful to the support of the Philharmonia Orchestra Martin Musical Scholarship Fund 2020-2022.
At the front of the stage she has played to raving reviews in the Handel, Boieldieu and Mozart harp concertos with orchestras in Wales and London. Catrin also loves to perform for patients and staff at St Georges Hospital Tooting, for Guerlain perfume Covent Garden and for members of the Royal Family on many occasions.
Performing on 10/11/2024