Anne Harper (B Mus (Hons) Perf; M Mus (Dist)) studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). In 1999 she was awarded the prestigious Silver Medallion by the Worshipful Company of Musicians.
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A busy freelance orchestral career followed which saw her performing frequently with the Orchestra of Scottish Opera, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Returning to Ireland in 2004, Anne continued to freelance, becoming a familiar face with the Ulster Orchestra under the musicianship of (then) Principal Clarinet, Chris King.

These days she enjoys regular trips to Dublin, playing Clarinet and Bass Clarinet with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra and the RTE Concert Orchestra.

An Associate of the Ulster Orchestra, Anne helps to deliver their schools education programme, Crescendo; providing music education to young children in an area of social deprivation. Her instrumental pupils have gone on to win places at Music Colleges and Universities throughout the UK and Anne is also a performance tutor at Queen's University in Belfast.

In recent years she has begun to explore the use of the clarinet in Irish traditional and folk music, most notably with musician (and fellow environmentalist) Colum Sands. Anne enjoys blurring the lines between different art forms, musical genres and between performers and audiences. Inspired by folklore, heritage and the natural world, she also composes and is learning to play the harp! Some of her thoughts and musings can be found here, you can connect with her on facebook, or have a listen here.

Anne has three young children & is married to Jonathan.