Marged Hall

Performing

As a soloist Marged has performed at venues all across the UK. During her time studying in London and in Cardiff, she performed in a variety of settings including fundraising events for Live Music Now and the charity Music in Hospitals, and corporate events such as the UEFA Champions League Dinner held in Caerphilly Castle. She has extensive experience providing music for a variety of events and venues from Showcase concerts in the National Museum of Wales, as well as private recitals for Livery Companies and corporate events across South Wales and in London.

… her choice of repertoire had just the right variety for the occasion and she moves with ease between classical pieces to contemporary music and jazz. A real joy to hear her play!
—Jean Newble

Marged is happy providing that extra special touch at family gatherings and special events including weddings and special ceremonies. She has provided entertainment in some beautiful venues from London to West Wales, Castell Coch in the hills outside Cardiff to outside summer weddings in beautiful stately home gardens in the Cotswolds. Please contact her directly for a full repertoire list and a quote.

Marged Hall

Performing

Orchestral & Chamber

Marged is a passionate chamber musician and thrives whilst engaging in chamber music ranging from duets, harp ensemble, chamber orchestra, musical theatre pit performance, to full symphony orchestra. She started her harp studies at age 9 with Principal Harpist of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Eluned Pierce at the Junior Department of the Royal Welsh College, who inspired her, and instilled her love of orchestra thanks to the passion and encouragement she showed. Marged joined the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain aged 12 which led to further extensive and varied orchestral experiences performing with all the major British youth orchestras of which she was joint Principal and Principal harp. These experiences gave her exposure of working with world renowned conductors including Sir Neville Marriner, Vasily Petrenko, Sir Mark Elder, Carlo Rizzi and Antonio Pappano in some of the best concert venues in the world.

Whilst studying for her Masters degree Marged appeared in concert with the BBC Symphony Orchestra of Wales through their side-by-side scheme and benefitted for two years from the WNO side-by-side scheme. In the summer of 2019, Marged graduated from the Harp Masters Audition Training Course in Switzerland with Petra Van Der Heide, enhancing her orchestral skills further.

…she is alert to every gesture or glance, instinctively adjusting to my interpretational whims, often with a reassuring smile.
—Andrew Taylor - Music Director APO

Marged enjoys working freelance having worked with the British Sinfonietta, Cardiff Sinfonietta and the Cinematic Sinfonia at home, and Opera Nordfjordeid abroad. She has frequently collaborated with Dennis O’Neils Wales International Academy of Voice and performed with soloists such as Sir Bryn Terfel. Marged also enjoys collaborating with singers and choral societies, notably a day touring Brecon and the surrounding area with The Decibelles performing Britten’s Ceremony of Carols.

Marged is a founding member of Harp Quartet Canna who are based in Cardiff focusing on promoting the music of Wales, the music of female composers, and encouraging and commissioning new music for harp quartet and other harp ensemble combinations. As individuals, founding members Marged, Alis, Megan and Chloe are varied in their musical passions from orchestral work, to outreach and work in the community, to folk harp and composition/arranging, bringing together a wide variety of strengths and inspirations.

Please contact her if you’d like to read her full CV.