Her love for music began at an early age at King’s School Canterbury, she was twice overall winner at the Kent Festival, regional finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year and finalist in the World Harp Festival. In 1997, she was awarded the Craxton Memorial Award and an entrance scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, where she graduated with honours, on a Bachelor of music degree. There, she studied with acclaimed harpists, Skaila Kanga and Daphne Boden.

Camilla has a varied career in all aspects of performing. Her solo endeavours have taken her to Prague for the World Harp Congress and a performance at the European Harp Symposium in Amsterdam, as well as many recital venues throughout Britain. Her extensive range of fund-raising concerts in Kent was even recognised by an invitation to the Queen’s Garden Party. She has also performed various concerti, including Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto in Canterbury Cathedral. Olsen Cruise Liners have invited Camilla on numerous occasions to give recitals on all of their fleet, this year she performed aboard the Black Watch from Tahiti to Barbados.

Chamber music also forms large part of her career with The Arion Duo(flute and harp) and The Korros Ensemble, a unique and beautiful combination of flute, (Eliza Marshall) clarinet, (Nicholas Ellis) and harp They have a busy recital schedule, which has included St. Martin-in-the-fields and Killaloe Cathedral in Ireland. Several composers have been writing new works for them including three commissions they recently premiered with the Ballet Rambert.

She has played principal harp in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the South Bank Sinfonia. Her session work has included album tracks for Morrissey and Incognito, and includes television performances with Natalie Cole, Aled Jones and Hayley Westenra. Also she played with Barry Manilow at Blenheim Palace and recorded a BBC special with him. She has accompanied soprano, Katherine Jenkins live on ITV and was part of Michael Bublé’s big band on ‘Parkinson’. Most recently she accompanied Sir James Galway at the Classical Brit Awards, 2005.

Vastly experienced in the field of background music, Camilla enjoys showing the versatility of the harp with her wide repertoire, ranging from classical, through jazz, to pop. She has done functions for many top class hotels including, Claridges, The Landmark, The Dorchester and The Mandarin Oriental.

She has entertained members of the Royal Family (Prince Charles, Prince Andrew, Prince Philip and Princess Anne) and the Prime Minister and also celebrities such as Cilla Black, Gloria Hunniford and Barbara Windsor During the past seven years, she has also held long term residencies at the Grosvenor House Hotel and Park Lane Hilton, and is currently harpist to the Langham Hotel.