Music is one of the parts of a wedding or event that guests experience from the moment they arrive. In Hillsboro, Arnold, and throughout the St. Louis region, a harpist brings a distinctive sound to the occasion along with the striking presence of the instrument itself.
The harp can make an entrance feel significant, welcome guests into a reception, and provide music as people spend time together later in the event. Familiar songs take on a different character on the instrument, while a professional musician can respond directly to the timing and pace of the occasion.
Harp Music From Prelude Through Postlude
Before the first entrance of your wedding ceremony, prelude music creates the musical atmosphere guests encounter as they arrive. Once the procession begins, different selections can accompany family seating, the wedding party, and the grand entrance. Music can continue within the ceremony for unity traditions or other chosen moments, followed by the recessional and postlude music as guests depart.
The length of a procession is determined by the people in it, so I follow each entrance as it happens. I adapt the music in real time and bring each selection to an appropriate musical conclusion once everyone is in place.
A Musical Backdrop for Your Reception
Cocktails and dinner offer a different way to incorporate harp music into your wedding reception. Guests can talk and celebrate while the harp provides a varied program that develops over the course of the reception.
Hearing recognizable music on the harp can also become part of the guest experience. Songs associated with favorite artists, movies, shows, or other memories can sound fresh in a harp arrangement, giving the reception music a connection to the people and interests represented at your celebration.
Thousands of Songs for the Harp
My repertoire spans centuries of music, with thousands of available selections. Special request arrangements are available when there is another song you would like to include.
Your choices can include:
· Popular songs & contemporary favorites
· Classical repertoire & traditional music for weddings
· Jazz standards & enduring American favorites
· Broadway songs & musical theatre selections
· Film scores, television music, & video-game themes
· Celtic tunes & folk traditions
· Arabic music & Bollywood selections
· Sacred works & familiar hymns
· Christmas classics & seasonal music
The range of available music makes it possible to bring together selections from different generations, traditions, and parts of your life within one program.
Music for Parties & Professional Events
A harpist can add a distinctive musical element to corporate and social events throughout the St. Louis region. Client receptions, anniversary celebrations, product launches, milestone birthdays, holiday parties, awards events, grand openings, and company celebrations can all incorporate harp music.
The program can adapt as the event moves from guest arrival into conversation, presentations, or other scheduled activities. Because the music is being created in the room, I can respond directly to changes in timing and activity throughout the occasion.
Solo Harp & Professional Ensembles
Solo harp offers extensive musical variety and a sound that can fill several different roles within the same event. It can accompany featured moments as well as longer periods of background music, making it a complete choice for an entire musical program.
The harp can also be joined by other professional musicians, including violin, saxophone, cello, flute, guitar, viola, or trumpet. Additional instruments can be incorporated for the ensemble you have in mind.
Reserve a Harpist for Your Hillsboro or Arnold Event
Contact me to check availability and request a personalized quote. I would love to learn what you are planning and provide harp music that becomes a natural part of your wedding or event!
Harpist for Hillsboro, Arnold, & the St. Louis Region
Harp music is available throughout Jefferson County:
Arnold · Byrnes Mill · Cedar Hill Lakes · Crystal City · De Soto · Festus · Herculaneum · Hillsboro · Kimmswick · Lake Tekakwitha · Olympian Village · Parkdale · Peaceful Village · Pevely · Scotsdale
Weddings and events can also include harp music in Farmington, Potosi, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis, and Washington, Missouri, as well as Waterloo, Illinois.
Your wedding or event can include harp music wherever in the world you choose to celebrate. I provide music throughout the United States and internationally, including for destination weddings. Your favorite songs, special requests, and the distinctive sound and presence of the harp can all become part of the occasion, whether you are celebrating close to home or in a destination thousands of miles away.
Bring Harp Music to Your St. Louis Area Celebration
Choosing a harpist gives you an instrument with a recognizable sound, an impressive visual presence, and a repertoire broad enough to reflect many different musical tastes. Most importantly, the music becomes part of the wedding or event itself, accompanying the people, moments, and experiences that matter to you.
Get in touch to begin planning. I would be delighted to help you create a musical program that supports the celebration you envision and adds to the experience you are sharing with your guests!