Tara Minton is a harpist, singer and songwriter hailing from Melbourne, Australia. Her music is the divine combination of folk and jazz, soulful vocals and engaging story telling.

 

Tara will be running a harp master class with Camac Harps at Clare College earlier in the day (2-5pm).

 

After completing her studies in classical harp and piano, contemporary voice, and acting Tara begun writing songs and working as a musician in Melbourne. In March 2011 Tara had a fateful meeting with Jakez Francois - director of Camac Harps after he heard her song "play with me" on Triple J Unearthed. He liked her modern take on the harp and offered her an endorsement deal with Camac. Five weeks later Tara relocated to London and now plays a Camac Big Blue electric harp at all of her concerts. 

 

 Since moving Tara has worked extensively as a musician, performing most nights at some of London’s most exclusive clubs including the Pheasantry, the Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho, Ronnie Scott’s upstairs, Annabell’s, Mark’s, the Ashtead Jazz Club, the St Pancras Old Church and regular appearances in her local Camden Town and at the Highgate Boogaloo.

 

 Tara and her trio headlined the Camac Harp Festival in Geneva in 2012, the Melbourne Cabaret Festival in 2013 (where she performed alongside Mary Wilson of the Supremes and Olympic diving gold medalist Matthew Mitchem) and at the World Harp Congress in Sydney last year.