Scottish harpist Helen MacLeod began her musical education on the clarsach in the West Highlands where she discovered her love of traditional music. Helen studied Pedal Harp at St Mary’s Music School in Edinburgh and at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester where she successfully gained a Bmus(Hons) in music performance.

Helen embarked on her freelance career in Manchester, performing with both the Halle Orchestra and the Manchester Camerata. In 2003 she returned to Scotland, where she currently enjoys a busy and varied career performing with many of Scotland’s leading orchestras, including the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and has performed at many prestigious events across the UK. Helen also recently featured in the soundtrack of the highly acclaimed Gaelic film Seachd.

A keen teacher, she is a regular tutor at the Edinburgh International Harp Festival and was recently the guest tutor at the first Derbyshire Harp Festival.