An Arran audience will be treated to the international flair and heavenly sounds of harpist Mary Reid when she visits the island later this month Mary, who is now located in London, grew up in Edinburgh, and began learning the clarsach here in Scotland, but as a teenager she moved with her family to America, and continued her musical studies in Los Angeles and Chicago.
She then graduated with distinction back in London from the Royal Academy of Music.
In her subsequent career, she has played a great variety of classical music as a soloist on various occasions in many countries, including Canada, Russia and the USA, as well as venues all over the UK. She has also played with orchestras such as the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Hallé, Northern Ballet, Opera North and the Royal Opera House and has toured Moscow with the London Sinfonietta.