About Us

When imagining beautiful music, what instrumentation could be more descriptive than the magic combination of harp and voice?

Performing in Sydney and surrounds, Tina Harris and Jayne Hockley combine the grace of the harp and the beauty of the voice.

Their performance is at once breathtakingly intimate and dramatically rewarding.

This unique duet is extremely versatile and can resonate throughout more intimate venues as it can larger concert halls. The repertoire of Angelica ranges from early love songs and classical ballads to popular songs and operatic arias.
From dinner parties to weddings or corporate functions, Angelica is the perfect choice for creating a unique atmosphere.

Originally trained in both acting and music, Tina Harris’s love of the stage is evident in her performance style.

After graduating from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Tina joined Opera Australia and performed in both main stage and touring productions including Marriage of Figaro, Grandma’s Shoes (a collaborative work with Theatre of Image) and Hansel and Gretel.

She also performed the role of Ianthe in Iphis by Elana Kats-Chernin for The Chambermade Opera Company in Victoria.

Tina then packed up her life and husband and moved to Paris for 6 months where she trained in French song
and language as well
as working with some

of Paris’s leading
coaches and teachers at the Bastille Opera.

From Paris to Tokyo, Tina took up a residency in the Chiba prefecture pioneering a group, 'SASIE' to help teach English through song. While living in Chiba Tina continued, performing solo recitals and after a year and a half in Japan, Tina and her husband Mark moved back to Australia for the birth of their first daughter.

Since returning to Sydney, Tina has been continuing with solo corporate engagements and private functions as well as teaching at SCEGGS Darlinghurst.

Opera roles include 'La Rondine', 'Iphigenia in Taurus', 'L'enfant el les sortileges' – in the role
of L'enfant, 'La Finta

Semplice' – in the role of Ninetta, ‘The Beggar's Opera’, ‘Die Zauberflote’ – in the role of Second lady, ‘Hansel and Gretel’ – in the role of Gretel, ‘Grandma`s Shoes’ – in the role of Star and ‘Iphis’ – in the role of Ianthe.

In 2007 Tina has performed the Brahms Requiem and Sinfonia Antartica for Cantillation Choir with The Sydney Symphony as well as appearing as a soloist for the 2007 Bestest charity Dinner.

Tina is a Masters of Performance (Opera) graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She also holds a Diploma of Opera also from the Sydney Conservatorium and a Bachelor of Creative Arts from Wollongong University.

Jayne Hockley has extensive performing experience, including orchestral work, recordings, television appearances, radio broadcasts, and high profile corporate and private functions.

As a soloist, some of Jayne’s highlights include playing at a cocktail party for Elle McPherson, being the guest soloist of Victor Borge at the Opera House, playing at receptions for Prince Edward and the Crown Prince of Thailand at Government House in Perth, and at the wedding ceremony of Bec Cartwright and Lleyton Hewitt in the Opera House.

As a freelance orchestral harpist, Jayne has had the

opportunity of playing in the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, and the Sydney, West Australian and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras.

She has also performed in the musicals, Evita, 42nd Street, The King and I, South Pacific, Me and My Girl, My Fair Lady and The Producers. Other orchestral career highlights include playing in two Hollywood film scores (recorded in Perth), and playing with the Electric Light Orchestra in Perth in 1995.

In 1997, Jayne recorded a CD, with flautist Naomi Halls. Titled Moon over the Ruined Castle, it is a relaxing collection of well-known classical and Japanese melodies.

Jayne’s second CD, Thyme & Roses was released in December 1999. Featuring harp and voice, with soprano Taryn Fiebig, it also has a touch of mandolin and cello. Irish, Scottish, and English love songs are interspersed with several instrumentals.

Jayne is a graduate of the NSW Conservatorium of Music (Bachelor of music with a major in harp performance). She has also studied in the USA and participated in the world harp congress in Copenhagen in 1995.

Jayne’s concert harp, built in 1929 by the Wurlitzer Company in Chicago, is an exquisite instrument. Beautifully decorated in gold leaf, it produces a magnificent sound.