Ben Creighton Griffiths Jazz Harp Workshop Kew Victoria August 16th 2025
Phyllis Hore Room (KEW LIBRARY)
Event description
WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION TO IMPROVISATION
Suitable for all styles of harp from beginner to advanced levels. No previous jazz knowledge required.
PLEASE BRING YOUR HARP (LEVER OR PEDAL) TO PARTICIPATE
THERE ARE LIMITED TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT SO BOOK EARLY
BEN CREIGHTON GRIFFITHS is an Internationally touring jazz and classical harpist based in Wales. He made his International debut at the 2004 1er Concours International de Harpe in Nantes, France where, aged 7, he came second in the Under 18 division. In 2006 he won the Under 13 Division of the Wales International Harp Festival before going on to win the 2008 Junior Lily Laskine competition in Paris, winning a concert harp in the process.
Originally classically trained he now specialises in jazz both as a soloist and with his bands – the Transatlantic Hot Club and Chube. His career has taken him across the world including to America, Canada, the Caribbean, Hong Kong, India, Brazil, and across Europe and has seen him collaborate with musicians such as Catrin Finch, Dennis Rollins MBE, and Tatiana Eva-Marie. As well as a performer he is a composer, most recently developing a concert schedule for his own Concerto for Jazz Harp & Symphony Orchestra. He has taught workshops in jazz across the world and has been a guest tutor in the harp and trad music departments at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Upcoming appearances at the time of writing include a UK spring tour with the Transatlantic Hot Club, the Welsh premiere of his Concerto with the Cardiff Philharmonic at the BBC Hoddinott Hall, and his first performing trip to Australia in the summer.
This concert is sponsored by
CARTER HARPS AUSTRALIA: www.carterharpsaustralia.com.au
More information about Ben Creighton Griffiths is available at: www.bjcg.co.uk
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