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Gráinne Hambly is an internationally known Irish traditional
harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orchestras or ...
er, teacher and musician.


Life and education

Hambly was born to Michael Hambly and Mary Joyce in Knockrickard
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, Ireland in 1975. She has 2 musician sisters. She learned traditional Irish music on the tin whistle as a child and then learned the concertina and harp. Hambly won the All-Ireland senior competition in
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in 1994 on the concertina. She also won the Harp Festivals competitions at Keadue in 1994 and Granard in 1995 and the All-Ireland senior harp competition in 1994. She was also a member of the National Folk Orchestra and toured with the Belfast Harp Orchestra founded by Janet Harbison. She graduated initially with a bachelor's degree and then with a master's degree in Music from
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in 1999. She then completed a graduate diploma in Education (Music) from the University of Limerick. She is a teacher of traditional Irish music and performs in concerts and festivals internationally as well as having had a number of records produced.


Works

* Between the Showers * Golden Lights and Green Shadows * The Thorn Tree * Music from Ireland and Scotland * Traditional Irish Music Arranged for Harp


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hambly, Gráinne 1975 births Living people Irish women harpists Musicians from County Mayo 20th-century Irish harpists 21st-century Irish harpists Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Alumni of the University of Limerick