Imagine your guests gathering beside Lake Superior as live harp music fills the space around them. The sound becomes part of their arrival, the anticipation before the ceremony, and the moment everyone turns for your grand entrance. In Ashland and the Apostle Islands, where the lake, islands, forests, and shoreline create an extraordinary setting for a celebration, live music gives those surroundings an emotional soundtrack all your own.
I provide live harp music for weddings and events throughout Ashland, the Apostle Islands, and Northern Wisconsin. Whether you are celebrating along the Lake Superior shoreline, on Madeline Island, at a resort, in a church, on a private property, or surrounded by the Northwoods, the music is personalized around the experience you want to share with your family and friends.
Wedding Harp Music in Ashland & the Apostle Islands
Prelude music welcomes guests to your wedding ceremony as they arrive. The music then moves into selections for family seating and the wedding party before a new piece marks your grand entrance.
Harp music accompanies meaningful elements you have chosen for the ceremony, including a unity tradition, signing, presentation of flowers, or a moment of reflection. Once you are married, the recessional brings a joyful musical finish to the ceremony as you walk back down the aisle together.
Your selections are built around the wedding you envision. You may incorporate favorite songs, family or cultural traditions, timeless wedding music, and special requests that give the ceremony a personal connection to the two of you.
Extend the Music Into Your Wedding Celebration
You may add live harp music for cocktail hour, dinner, and your wedding reception, choosing the portions of the celebration where you would most like your guests to experience the harp.
These additional performances are personalized around your musical preferences and the plans you have made for each gathering. You may also include harp music at a welcome celebration, rehearsal dinner, brunch, or another event surrounding your wedding.
For celebrations in the Apostle Islands and along Lake Superior, where family and friends may spend several days together, these additional gatherings offer more opportunities to make live music part of the memories everyone shares.
Music From Classics to Contemporary Favorites
Your wedding soundtrack may bring together music from completely different eras and traditions. My extensive repertoire gives you the freedom to choose pieces that have meaning to you, discover new possibilities, and hear familiar favorites transformed by the sound of the harp.
Selections include:
· Traditional wedding favorites and classical works
· Pop songs and contemporary love music
· Jazz standards and Great American Songbook favorites
· Celtic, folk, and traditional melodies
· Music from Broadway and the musical theatre stage
· Hymns and sacred selections
· Film, television, and Disney favorites
· Seasonal music and holiday classics
· Special requests and individually arranged songs
You may combine these styles in whatever way reflects your musical tastes. Custom arrangements also open the door to songs outside my existing repertoire, giving you the opportunity to incorporate music with a particularly personal connection.
Live Harp for Northern Wisconsin Events & Gatherings
I also provide live music for corporate and social events in Ashland, the Apostle Islands, and throughout Northern Wisconsin. Client dinners, corporate receptions, employee celebrations, recognition events, holiday parties, grand openings, anniversaries, civic occasions, and private gatherings all offer opportunities to make the harp part of the guest experience.
The instrument creates a striking visual presence, and the live performance adds another layer to the atmosphere you have created for the occasion. I develop the musical program around your event and your guests, making the performance feel integral to the experience from the time everyone arrives.
Solo Harp & Ensemble Possibilities
The depth and range of solo harp make it a complete choice for weddings and events, while additional musicians offer a different palette of sounds. You may choose an ensemble incorporating harp with violin, vocalist, trumpet, viola, flute, or cello. Other instrumentation is available as well.
Duets, trios, quartets, and larger ensembles give you flexibility in creating the musical and visual presence you envision. Your choice of instrumentation may reflect favorite repertoire, the character of your celebration, or simply the sound you most enjoy.
Add Live Harp to Your Lake Superior Celebration
The music your guests hear becomes part of their experience of the place and the celebration you have brought them together to share. If you are planning a wedding or special event in Ashland, the Apostle Islands, or Northern Wisconsin, reach out with your date and location to check availability and receive a customized quote.
Harp Music in Ashland, the Apostle Islands, & Northern Wisconsin
I provide live harp music throughout Ashland, the Apostle Islands, and the surrounding Northern Wisconsin communities, including:
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore · Ashland · Bayfront · Birch Hill · Butternut · Clam Lake · Diaperville · Franks Field · Glidden · Jolmaville · La Pointe · Marengo · Mellen · New Odanah · Odanah
For weddings and events throughout the greater Lake Superior region, I am also available as a harpist in Hayward, Hurley, Phillips, & Washburn, Wisconsin; Ironwood & Ontonagon, Michigan; and Duluth, Grand Marais, & Two Harbors, Minnesota.
Your wedding may take you from the shores of Lake Superior to somewhere entirely different. I provide live harp music for destination weddings throughout the United States and internationally, from islands and coastal settings to historic cities, mountain retreats, and remarkable venues around the world.
Whether you envision one beautiful day or several celebrations shared with family and friends, the harp gives those experiences a musical connection that belongs to your wedding.
Let the Music Become Part of the Place
Years from now, you will remember the view across the water, the people gathered around you, and exactly how it felt when the music began for your grand entrance. Live harp music weaves itself into those details, giving the setting and the moments you share there a sound of their own.
If you are planning a wedding in Ashland, Madeline Island, the Apostle Islands, elsewhere around Lake Superior, or at a destination farther away, share your plans with your date and location. I would love to play for your wedding and make the sound of the harp part of everything you remember about celebrating in a place you love!