Home Harp Concert in Springfield, Illinois
Home concerts are a special treat, and this one was to celebrate the birthday of a lifelong local supporter of music and the arts. It was arranged by the guest of honor’s daughter who lives in New York, and I spend the noon hour playing harp in their Central Illinois living room. They requested a variety […]
Culver Wedding Ceremony Harpist
Culver, Indiana, is known by most people as the location for Culver Academy, a prep school that gets high marks. But Culver also provides a beautiful lake front scene and is the perfect place for a wedding ceremony. Ronnie and Leigh had the opportunity to use his family’s Culver lake front home to host a […]
Taylorville Wedding Harpist ~ Ceremony Music on a Family Farm
I first met Charlee and her family at a wedding expo when our booths were next to each other. She and her family run a bridal shop in Taylorville, and they enjoyed listening to harp music all afternoon. When she began making her wedding plans, Charlee knew exactly what she wanted for ceremony music! It’s […]
Northern Wisconsin Harpist ~ Wedding Music in Hayward, WI
Elyse & Eric were married at her parents’ lake house in Northern Wisconsin. I was thrilled to be playing harp for their ceremony, and was joined by jazz violinist Randy Sabien from Hayward. The ceremony took place on their back deck overlooking Whitefish Lake, near the small town of Stone Lake, WI. The rain held […]
Rockford Harpist ~ Music for a farmhouse wedding in Lena, IL
I am always amazed with how beautiful farm and farmhouse weddings can be. The harp is a perfect addition to a ceremony in this type of setting as it can provide great flexibility in terms of ceremony music selections. My most recent farmhouse wedding was this past Saturday. The bride’s family did a fantastic job […]
Chicago Harp Music ~ Birthday Party Harpist
I spend most of my summers playing the harp for weddings, so different types of events are an enjoyable change of pace! This party was for two women who had been friends since childhood, and they were celebrating their 90th birthdays together. Their families and friends gathered for a luncheon at a home in Burr […]
Upper Peninsula Wedding Music – Harpist in Houghton, Michigan
What a beautiful setting for a wedding! The day was perfect and the rain held off so that the ceremony could go off without a hitch. What makes this story more special is that the bride’s great grandmother got married on this same family farm many years ago. The farm is located in the Upper […]
Southern Illinois Wedding Music – Effingham Wedding Harpist
Joe and Christina had a gorgeous day for a wedding on Lake Sara near Effingham, Illinois! The spot they picked was perfect with tons of shade for the guests and the bridal party with a nice breeze throughout the ceremony. Besides just being beautiful, the lake setting for this wedding had special meaning, as many […]
Southwest Michigan Wedding Harpist ~ St. Mary’s Catholic, Niles, MI
Out of all my December weddings this year, this was the only one that wanted Christmas music! I had been working with the mother of the bride primarily, and her goal was to incorporate her family’s Irish heritage into a traditional Polish-style wedding. There isn’t a better way to do that than with the music of […]
Harp & Cello Duet for a Northern Indiana Wedding
On another hot and muggy Saturday in July, I was joined by a fabulous cellist (Earle Perez) to play for a wedding on a farm in Rolling Prairie, Indiana. We always have so much fun working together, and the combination of harp and cello is both uncommon and uncommonly beautiful. After we unloaded, we parked […]