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Tamsin Dearnley

As a child, Tamsin couldn't decide if she wanted to be a harpist, a trapeze artist or an expert on Japanese art. So she hedged her bets: six years of nagging persuaded her parents to let her have harp lessons; as a more rebellious eighteen-year-old she (politely) informed her parents she was taking up a year's place in a circus school before going to university to read Japanese.

When performing and composing, Tamsin is now glad of her somewhat eclectic musical education: as a beginner harpist she learned to play medieval and traditional music by ear; as a broke student she learned on the job to play jazz in a wine bar; as an adult she went back to basics to improve her technique and sound, becoming a passionate advocate of the versatility of the lever harp. She is particularly interested in promoting the lever harp as a jazz instrument.