Live harp can bring warmth and anticipation to an occasion from the time guests begin to arrive. The sound of live music becomes part of the welcome, while the harp itself adds a distinctive visual element to the setting. As everyone gathers and the event unfolds, the music can accompany its important moments as well as the time spent talking, dining, and celebrating together.
I provide professional harp music for weddings and events in Corydon and throughout Southern Iowa. With thousands of selections available, each performance can include favorite songs, special requests, and music from a wide range of styles and traditions.
Harp Music for Your Wedding Ceremony
Music gives each part of a wedding ceremony its own feeling. The prelude welcomes guests as they gather, followed by selections for family seating, the wedding party, and the grand entrance. After the ceremony, the recessional begins the celebration with music chosen for that moment.
Live performance allows the music to follow the procession as it actually happens. I continue each selection while people make their entrances, then bring the piece to a natural musical conclusion once everyone is in place. The next selection begins at the appropriate point in the ceremony, keeping the music coordinated with each entrance and transition.
Traditional wedding selections, classical works, contemporary songs, cultural traditions, and personal favorites can all become part of the ceremony program.
Live Harp During Cocktails & Dinner
The wedding reception provides more time to explore the range of the harp and its repertoire. During cocktails and dinner, the program can move through many different selections while guests visit, dine, and enjoy the celebration.
Favorite songs and special requests can be incorporated throughout the performance, giving guests opportunities to hear music they recognize alongside selections they may not expect to hear on the harp. The instrument also contributes visually to the reception setting, making the live performance part of the experience throughout this portion of the wedding.
An Extensive Harp Repertoire
My repertoire spans centuries of music as well as contemporary favorites and popular culture. Thousands of selections offer tremendous variety, and special requests continually expand the music available for harp.
Selections include:
· Current pop songs & contemporary favorites
· Traditional wedding selections & familiar ceremony music
· Classical compositions from across the centuries
· Jazz standards & songs from the American songbook
· Folk tunes & Celtic melodies
· Music from cultures & traditions around the world
· Themes from video games & popular soundtracks
· Broadway favorites, film music, & television themes
· Sacred songs & favorite hymns
· Christmas music & other seasonal selections
Music from across these categories can be combined freely, allowing familiar favorites, newer songs, and longstanding musical traditions to share the same program.
Harp Music for Celebrations & Business Events
I also provide live harp for corporate and social events throughout Corydon and Southern Iowa. Client dinners, company receptions, awards ceremonies, networking events, ribbon cuttings, private parties, anniversaries, retirement celebrations, and holiday gatherings can all include live harp music.
The program is developed for the individual occasion, with music selected to complement the atmosphere and audience. Live performance and the beauty of the instrument add another dimension to the setting guests experience when they arrive and throughout the event.
Solo Harp & Ensemble Possibilities
Solo harp places the full sound and character of the instrument at the center of the performance, with an extensive repertoire providing variety from one selection to the next.
Harp can also be joined by violin, cello, flute, oboe, saxophone, or vocalists for duets and larger ensembles, with other instrumentation available as well. Each combination offers a different musical sound, with possibilities ranging from an intimate duet to a larger group of musicians.
Plan Music for Your Wedding or Event
The music you select becomes part of how guests experience an occasion from beginning to end. Live harp can welcome everyone as they arrive, accompany the moments at the center of the celebration, and continue throughout the time everyone spends together.
Contact me to discuss harp music for your Corydon wedding or event, check availability, and receive a personalized quote. I would be happy to hear what you are planning and discuss the music you would like to include!
Corydon & Southern Iowa Harpist
Live harp music is available throughout the surrounding Southern Iowa communities:
Allerton · Clio · Corydon · Humeston · Lineville · Millerton · Promise City · Seymour
My wedding and event harp services also extend to neighboring cities including Centerville, Chariton, & Leon, Iowa; as well as Princeton & Unionville, Missouri.
I also provide live harp music for destination weddings and events throughout the United States and internationally. From celebrations elsewhere in the Midwest to destinations across the country and around the world, I welcome opportunities to bring live harp to the places that are meaningful to you. Wherever you are planning your wedding or event, please inquire about having live harp music be part of it!
Live Harp Music in Corydon
A wedding or event is experienced through many details working together, and music is one guests encounter throughout the occasion. From the first selections they hear upon arrival to favorite songs later in the celebration, live harp can become part of the moments they associate with being there.
Get in touch to discuss live harp music for your wedding or event in Corydon or the surrounding area. I would love to be part of what you are planning and provide music that you and your guests will enjoy!