Jenny Broome

Professional harpist with wide experience of weddings and private events

Jenny studied the harp with Daphne Boden at the Junior Department of the Royal College of Music and with Renata Scheffel-Stein while reading Architecture at Cambridge University.

Now a full time professional musician with a busy freelance career, Jenny Broome performs both as an orchestral player (regularly performing with West Forest Sinfonia, Canterbury Festival Orchestra, the London Gala Orchestra, Chameleon Arts Orchestra, the Midland Symphony Orchestra, South East Opera and Stowe Opera) and as an experienced soloist playing for a wide variety of private events including weddings, dinners and business functions and for the full range of classical concerts.

She has made recordings of music by Paul Carr for Claudio Records, Francis Grier’s new oratorio ‘Around The Curve of the World’ for Somm and Britten’s Ceremony of Carols. She has broadcast for Radio 4 and played for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford upon Avon, at the Barbican and on tour.

Jenny Broome has played at more than a hundred weddings at venues that include Blenheim Palace, Hever Castle, Ascot Royal Enclosure, Stansted House, Avington Park, Wentworth Golf Club, The Vineyard at Stockcross, Combe Manor, Strawberry Hill, and on board the New Orleans.

Background music is chosen from a range of different styles including light classical Spanish, French and English music, favourite songs from the shows and opera, classic favourites, transcriptions from lute and guitar repertoire.

Reviews

‘Beautifully poised…. radiant playing’

‘Jenny Broome was the soloist and she was stunning. The complex cadenza in the finale demonstrated her astonishing rapport with her instrument and her complete understanding of the music.’

‘Thank you so much for your beautiful playing of the harp, it was a lovely contribution to the day’s events – lots of friends have said to me how nice it was to hear the harp playing as they arrived – and how they enjoyed it during the meal – not too loud, not too soft – it was perfect!’