Lucy Bunce
Lucy
was born in November 1972 to Barry and Colleen Hart, both school
teachers. She was raised in Sidcup, Kent, along with her younger
brother Matthew. She says her musical genes come from her Dad,
who later ran his own music publishing business. Her earliest
musical memories are standing next to him as he played the piano
and she sang. As a child she learned the piano and oboe and her
Dad encouraged her to sing from the age of four at local Poetry
and Folk evenings.
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After school Lucy studied for a music degree at King's College London and afterwards she and her husband Robin, an academic writer, moved to Cambridge. There Lucy studied Music Therapy at Anglia University before becoming Assistant Director of Music King's College School, Cambridge, in 2001. Lucy would count her Dad at the top of the list of inspirational musicians. He showed her that music is fundamentally about communication.
From her University days Lucy has worked with singing teacher Corinne Shirman-Sarti, who helped her develop more freedom and depth to her singing voice. And when Alison Nicholls - winner of the World Harp Competition - heard some of Lucy's students at King's she offered to be a harp consultant there and has since inspired Lucy to make the most beautiful sound possible on the harp - the most beautiful instrument. Other musical influences (from a distance) are Paul Simon, Annie Lennox, Kate Rusby, Purcell, Monteverdi and Britten.Lucy has performed many times as a classical soloist, . She has since started performing in local acoustic clubs around Cambridge. Her sets include a mixture of original acoustic material and folk song covers - a genre she says feels like her musical home. In 2007 Lucy met musician, film composer and producer Julian Wiggins, who agreed to record and produce a CD for Lucy. 'May the rain fall softly' was released to coincide with a gig at King's College Chapel in January 2008. Since then tracks from the CD have been played on Radio Cambridgshire, Radio 2 and Radio Wales.
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