Harp music brings a distinctive sound to a wedding or event, whether the celebration takes place indoors or against the natural backdrop of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. In Houghton and throughout the Keweenaw Peninsula, the instrument becomes part of the setting while providing music that can move from significant featured moments to the more social portions of the occasion.
The harp also offers extensive musical possibilities within that distinctive sound. Personal selections and familiar songs can share a program with music from different styles, eras, and traditions, allowing the music to reflect the people celebrating while adding the experience of a professional musician playing in person.
Wedding Ceremony Music in the Upper Peninsula
Music for your wedding ceremony begins with the prelude as guests arrive. I provide selections for family seating, the wedding party, and the grand entrance, along with music for unity traditions or other musical elements included in your ceremony. The recessional accompanies the newly married couple as they depart, and postlude music continues afterward for the guests.
I follow each entrance as it happens and adjust the music to the actual length of the procession. Each selection continues for the time needed and reaches a musical conclusion once everyone is in place, allowing the ceremony to proceed according to its own timing.
Harp Music for Your Wedding Reception
At your wedding reception, the harp takes on a different role as guests talk and celebrate together. Music during cocktails and dinner provides a varied backdrop for the reception while giving guests the opportunity to hear the instrument across a broader program.
The sound of the harp can make even a familiar song feel fresh. Over the course of the reception, guests may recognize longtime favorites, hear music connected to your own tastes, and discover selections they had never expected to hear played on the instrument.
A Repertoire with Thousands of Possibilities
My complete repertoire includes thousands of songs and pieces spanning centuries of music, from longstanding favorites to music being heard today. The breadth of the collection gives you extensive choices across genres, generations, and musical traditions, whether you already know exactly what you want or would like to explore different possibilities. Special request arrangements are also available for songs beyond my existing collection.
Choices include:
· Classical favorites & traditional selections for weddings
· Pop songs & favorites from multiple generations
· Celtic music & folk traditions
· Jazz classics & standards from the American songbook
· Broadway selections & songs from musical theatre
· Movie scores, television themes, & video-game music
· International music & multicultural selections
· Christmas classics & seasonal favorites
· Sacred works & traditional hymns
Selections from throughout the repertoire can be combined freely, allowing your program to include music with personal connections as well as songs chosen simply because you enjoy them.
Music for Parties & Professional Events
Harp music offers corporate and social events a combination of background music and an instrument that contributes visually to the setting. Company receptions, anniversary celebrations, open houses, holiday parties, awards events, milestone birthdays, grand openings, and retirement celebrations can all include a professional harpist.
A broad repertoire keeps the music varied over a longer event. Familiar songs can catch a guest’s ear during conversation, while the range of the instrument allows the program to move through different musical styles and generations as the occasion continues.
Solo Harp & Ensemble Options
Solo harp provides a complete musical program on its own, with the range to accompany important featured moments and provide an engaging musical backdrop during cocktails, dinner, and other parts of the celebration.
Other professional musicians can join the harp for ensemble music, with options including violin, cello, flute, oboe, guitar, saxophone, or French horn. Additional instrumentation and ensemble combinations are also available.
Reserve a Harpist for Your Houghton Wedding or Event
Contact me to check availability and request a personalized quote. I would love to learn about your plans and provide harp music that complements the setting, the people, and the celebration you are bringing together!
Harpist for Houghton & Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Harp music is available throughout Houghton County:
Atlantic Mine · Calumet · Chassell · Copper City · Dodgeville · Dollar Bay · Hancock · Houghton · Hubbell · Hurontown · Lake Linden · Laurium · Painesdale · South Range · Trimountain
You can also have harp music for your wedding or event in Crystal Falls, Eagle River, L’Anse, and Ontonagon, Michigan.
Your plans can extend far beyond the Upper Peninsula. I provide harp music for weddings and events throughout the United States and internationally, including destination weddings around the world. Your chosen music, special requests, and the distinctive sound and appearance of the harp can all be part of the celebration, wherever you decide to have it.
Bring Harp Music to Your Upper Peninsula Celebration
The music you choose becomes part of the day itself, marking entrances, transitions, and time spent with the people who matter to you. With thousands of selections available and special requests welcome, your harp music can be as individual as the plans you have made for the occasion.
Get in touch to begin planning your music. I would be delighted to help you find the selections that belong in your wedding or event and bring them to life on the harp!