Manon McCoy (she/her) is a british-french experimental harpist and composer based in the North of UK. Her work spans installation making, live performance and experimental sound art, and centres around improvisation. She is interested in exploring the boundaries of both pedal and lever harp through preparations, live processing and improvisation. Her latest record in collaboration with vocalist Alice Brookes was released in April 2025 on the Berlin based label Elektramusic. 

 

Her current projects include: 

balo - harp, drums and live electronics duo with drummer Will Shaw - expansive improvised works for harp and drums. The duo have collaborate with visual artist Luca Shaw on several performance installations (1853 Studios, Sheffield Heartspace, Lancaster Jazz Festival.) 

Baleine a collaboration between balo and Whale Detective (Hannah Brady saxophone, and Jez Matthews piano+electronics)

Member of Emergence Collective, Sheffield based large improvising collective. 

 

She has performed across the UK at venues such as: Cobalt Studios, Bishops House, White Hotel, The Samuel Worth Chapel, Brudenel Social Club, Yes MCR and festivals: Lancaster Jazz Festival, Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music, Footprints Jazz Festival and Liverpool Irish Festival. 

She has worked and performed alongside Lili Holland-Fricke, Juliana Day John Pope, Tom Harris, Stuart McCallum, Amirtha Kidambi amongst many others.

2022 recepient Sound and Music Francis Chagrin award. 

 

She is also a live sound engineer working primarily on the DIY scene in Sheffield. In house engineer of Jazz at The Lescar and Key of She Sheffield. Worked on projects with Common Wealth, Bradford 2025, Barrel Organ, Tom Robbins Production, SBC Theatre, Migration Matters festival. 

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