Hilary Davies (Harmony Yemanya)

is a flautist, multi-instrumentalist, music therapist and composer. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in July 2019 with an MA (with distinction) in Music Therapy. She also has BA (2:1) and MA (Cantab.) degrees in music from the University of Cambridge (Gonville and Caius college), and studied for a Postgraduate Performance diploma in flute at Trinity College of Music, London. As well as flute, she plays a number of other instruments including violin, piano, guitar, viola da gamba and crwth (Welsh bowed lyre). Hilary is familiar with a number of musical styles including classical music (especially Early Music and contemporary/experimental classical music), folk (Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Breton etc.),jazz and free improvisation. She has recorded four solo albums of her original compositions and songs: "Internal Sunshine" (2006), "Medicina" (2008), "Through the Lanes" (2011) and "Eirlys" (2017).

Her latest release, "Eirlys (Snowdrop)", is a collection of original songs on the themes of nature, loss and Celtic mythology, as well as original arrangements of traditional folk songs in Cymraeg (Welsh). All vocal and instrumental parts on the album are performed by Hilary Davies (Harmony Yemanya). Available for mp3 download from CD Baby:

http://store.cdbaby.com/cd/harmonyyemanya

CDs can be ordered via the "Recordings" page.

Music samples

"Hiraeth am Feirion" (trad. Cymraeg, arranged by Hilary Davies) and "Snowdrop" (lyrics and music: Hilary Davies) are from "Eirlys (Snowdrop)" (2017).