Kirsty Body
Workshop Leader
Harmonia Music was founded in September 1999 and is run by Kirsty Body B.Ed (Cantab). After several years as a primary teacher, Kirsty set up this exciting venture bringing a wide variety of music making opportunities to people in Cambridgeshire and beyond. Over the years Harmonia has developed into a well-respected music business with many different strands.
Kirsty is a highly sought woodwind teacher, specialising in the first 5 grades for all woodwind, and up to grade 8+ in her first instrument, bassoon. She runs singing groups including the fabulous Harmonia Singers women's choir, and has had great success with the Harmonia Youth Singers and Young Singers with many appearances at the National Festival of Music for Youth.
Kirsty has worked in many schools teaching woodwind, whole class instrument sessions (ocarina, samba, African drumming, keyboard, recorder, tin whistle) as well as general music curriculum, and is a former leading teacher for music for Cambridgeshire.
Current activities include Harmonia Singers, woodwind teaching, PhilHarmonia Orchestra (aimed at players up to grade 5), wind band, African drumming workshops, and corporate team-building events.
Harmonia has become well known in more recent years for intensive ABRSM grade 5 theory courses, attracting pupils from all over the UK and as far away as Canada, Istanbul and Bermuda! Kirsty has developed her own course booklet which has proved very successful.
In her spare time Kirsty loves crochet and gardening, and is gradually covering all the footpaths of Cambridgeshire on her long walks.