I enjoy working with clients to select and perform music to make their celebration memorable.

For twenty years, I’ve helped couples choose music for their wedding ceremony that best reflects their unique personality, tastes and desires. Harp music can add an elegant touch to receptions as well, especially during cocktails or a seated meal. Whether the wedding is traditional or not so traditional, harp music will create the perfect customized ambience for your celebration.
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All wedding ceremony clients have the option to meet for a wedding consultation live at my home studio or via online video conference (included in the ceremony rate). At the consultation I play excerpts of music from my repertoire that is often most requested and together we choose the music for your ceremony that you like best. The consultation typically lasts no longer than one hour, and a non-refundable deposit is due at that time to reserve your wedding date.

Duet options for harp with other instruments such as cello, guitar, or flute are also available.

Music for a ceremony package includes...

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• Prelude ~ Approximately 20-30 minutes of romantic and joyful background music while the guests are being seated, and sets the desired mood for the occasion. Couples do not need to choose all the music for the prelude.
• Processional ~ Music performed at a gentle walking tempo while the members of the wedding party and the bride walk down the isle. Some couples choose to have more than one processional piece, especially if the wedding party is large, with a separate processional for the bride. Couples can also request a special processional selection for the seating of parents and grandparents.
• The Ceremony ~ Optional interlude of music during moments in the ceremony such as: communion, signing of the family bible, or lighting the unity candle, etc.
• Recessional ~ Joyful and jubilant music performed at a faster tempo while the bride & groom and members of the wedding party recess back down the isle.
• Postlude ~ 5-10 minutes of music immediately after the recessional while the guests exit.

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Most Requested Wedding Ceremony Music Selections:

Processionals
La Gimblette (Theme & Variations) - Andrès
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring -  J. S. Bach
Prelude in C -  J. S. Bach
​Canon in D - Pachelbel
A Thousand Years - Perri
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
“Largo” From Winter Op. 8, No. 4 -  Vivaldi
* Bridal Chorus from “Lohengrin”  - Wagner
Processional - L. Wood
*Popularly known as “Here Comes the Bride” Wagner's Bridal Chorus is not allowed in Catholic or Episcopal ceremonies, and is considered inappropriate by people of Jewish faith.

Recessionals
Ode to Joy & Variations - Beethoven
Theme form Harp Concerto in B-Flat - Handel
Married Life (Theme from Disney's "Up") - Giacchino
Wedding March - Mendelssohn
Trumpet Voluntary “Prince of Denmark’s March” - Purcell
Pavane: Style Renaissance - Wachs

Contemplative Wedding Selections
(often used for Unity Candle, Communion, Signing the Family Bible, etc.)
Arioso -  J. S. Bach
Oh, Perfect Love - Barnby
Shule Aroon (Come, oh Love) - Irish Ballad
Be Thou My Vision - Irish Melody & Traditional Hymn
Reverie - Grandjany
Blessed are Those Who Love You - Haugen (Psalm 128)
Ave Maria - Schubert 
The Prayer - Seager/Foster
His Name is Love - Voltz

These are the pieces most frequently chosen by couples for their wedding ceremony, and many other classical pieces, hymns, Celtic folk tunes, and popular love songs are also available. I am happy to honor special requests when provided with music and 30 days notice. Requests may be limited in number, and may depend on the availability of arrangements for harp.