Emily Granger | Solo Harp at UKARIA - 'A Thing of Beauty'

'A Thing of Beauty' | Emily Granger, solo harp at UKARIA

In a time that often feels fast, noisy, and unsettled, A Thing of Beauty is a return to something quieter.

This new album and tour from harpist Emily Granger brings together music that lingers — works by Australian women composers, alongside new commissions and a series of deeply personal transcriptions. These are pieces that don’t demand attention so much as invite it, unfolding at their own pace.

Threaded through the program are moments of poetry and reflection, offering a glimpse into the ideas and images that shaped the music. The result is an experience that moves between stillness and motion, simplicity and depth — a space to listen, and perhaps to breathe.

Created almost entirely by women, from composition through to visual realisation, A Thing of Beauty is both a celebration and a quiet act of focus: on sound, on presence, and on the small things that hold us.

Don't miss this stunning performance at UKARIA Cultural Centre!

Presented by the Bowerbird Collective

ADD A LIGHT LUNCH TO YOUR CONCERT BOOKING: https://my.ukaria.com/hearty-soup-2026/13-june-2026

What others are saying:

“Intoxicatingly beautiful” - The Australian

“brilliantly virtuosic” - ABC Classic

“Virtuosic and versatile” - Limelight

“beautiful… showcases the instrument’s versatility and depths of colour and timbre attainable.” - BBC Music Magazine

Elena Kats-Chernin – Unsent Love Letters (2016)

Hillary Kleinig – A Thing of Beauty (2025)*

Alice Chance – Emily’s Suite (2025)*

1. Full of Wonder 

2. Ballad 

3. Chorale 

Anne Cawrse – Come to me (2025)*

Ulpia Erdos – Reminiscing (1998)

Margaret Tesch-Muller – Snow and Shadow (2017)

Katy Abbott – Not Just Another Day (2001)

Nat Bartsch – Call and Response (2017)

Tara Minton – Alby’s Lullaby (2015)

Christina Sonnemann – Karoola Seasons  (2006)

1. Spring

2. Summer 

3. Autumn 

4. Winter 

Sally Greenaway – Encore di Lirico (2014) & Perhaps Tomorrow (2009)

*World Premiere