Jess Holmes - Harpist

This a young, enthusiastic musician has played the harp since the age of eight. She studied music both at Wells Cathedral School and Millfield School where she obtained a music scholarship on the harp. Over the years she has won many competitions and performs frequently throughout the South West. She has developed an extensive repertoire of music perfect for all occasions.

Performing at her first wedding at the age of twelve, she has continued to play professionally at weddings, parties and corporate events for the past nine years. She is a Dorset / Somerset based harpist who has played in many top hotels and venues including Wells Cathedral, Bath Assembly Rooms, Pembroke College; Oxford and the Millennium Stadium for BBC Songs Of Praise (2000).

From talking through music choices to coordinating her dress to suit your colour scheme, she will create the perfect performance to suit your individual occasion. Her beautiful music will provide a sophisticated, enchanting ambiance, that will add an elegant and professional touch to your special day.

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Jess Holmes - Harpist Repertoire

Modern 

  • Greatest Day – Take That
  • Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
  • All you need is love – Beatles
  • Yesterday – Beatles
  • Let It Be – Beatles
  • She – Elvis Costello
  • Tiny Dancer – Elton John
  • Everything – Michael Buble
  • Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
  • Feeling Good – Muse
  • The Blower's Daughter – Damien Rice
  • Make You Feel My Love – Adele
  • This Years Love – David Gray
  • Ordinary People – John Legend
  • One Day Like This – Elbow
  • On The Wings Of Love – Jeffery Osborne
  • Heartbeats – Jose Gonzales
  • With Or Without You – U2
  • Everything I Do – Bryan Adams
  • From This Moment – Shania Twain
  • Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeplin
  • Isn't She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
  • I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
  • Starlight – Muse
  • Cavatina – John Williams (The Dear Hunter)
  • Portugese Love Song – Craig Armstrong (Love Actually)
  • Come Away With Me – Norah Jones
  • Fields Of Gold – Sting
  • Lady In Red – Chris De Burgh
  • My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
  • Misty – Erroll Garner
  • Songbird – Eva Cassidy
  • What A Wonderful World – George Weiss
  • Wind Beneath My Wings – Larry Henley
  • You Raise Me Up – Westlife

Classical

  • Adagio – William Croft
  • Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel
  • Ave Maria – Bach
  • Cantique De Jean Racine
  • Chaconne – Jeremiah Clarke
  • Charades – Bernard Andres
  • Clair De Lune – Claude Debussy
  • Corcona – Alfredo Rolando Ortiz
  • Etude no’28 – F.J Dizi
  • Fantaisie – Camille Saint-Saens
  • Grand Duo Concertant Op. 85 – Mauro Giuliani
  • Ground in F with variations – Henry Purcell
  • Impromptu-Caprice – G Pierne
  • La Boite a Musique – Louise Charpentier
  • La Source – A.Hasselmans
  • Meditation from Thias – Massenet
  • Nocturne – M.Glink
  • Pachelbels Cannon in D - Pachelbel
  • Passicale – G.F Handel
  • Pavane and Variations – Antonio de Cabezon
  • Reverie – Marcel Grandjany
  • Rondo “Le garcon volage” – Anon
  • Rouet – Mademoiselle Ferry
  • Sonata in E flat – Gioacchino Rossini
  • Sonata No.1 – John Parry
  • Sonate – F.A Rossler-Rosetti
  • Sonate – J.L Dussek
  • Sonatina 2 – Dussik
  • Sonatina 2 – F.J Naderman
  • Sonatina 6 - F.J Naderman
  • Tango – Carlos Salzedo
  • Tanot zentil me mostri tua figura - Arr.D Bouchard
  • Theme con Variazioni – G.F Handel
  • Trumpet Voluntary – Clarke
  • Valse De Concert - A.Hasselmans
  • Variations on a Swiss Air – L.V Beethoven
  • Variations sur un theme de Mozart
  • Wedding March – Mendelssohn

Show Songs

  • Any dream will do – Andrew Lloyd Webber (Joseph)
  • Don’t Cry for me Argentina – Andrew Lloyd Webber (Evita)
  • Music of the night - Andrew Lloyd Webber (Phantom)
  • Wishing you were somehow here again - Andrew Lloyd Webber (Phantom)
  • I dreamed a dream – Les Miserables
  • On my own - Les Miserables
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Can you feel the love tonight? – Elton John
  • My Favourite Things – Oscar & Hammerstein
  • Sound of Music – Oscar & Hammerstein
  • La Scala – Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
  • Andante con Variazioni - Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
  • A Whole New World –Aladdin
  • Moon River – Breakfast At Tiffany’s
  • Memory – Andrew Lloyd Webber (Cats)
  • Mamma Mia! – A selection of songs

Irish

  • Cockles and Muscles – Trad.
  • Danny Boy – Trad.
  • Galway Bay – Dr Arthur Colahan
  • If You Ever Go To Ireland - Trad.
  • O’Carolan’s Air – Anon
  • The Foggy Dew – Anon
  • The Meeting of the Waters – Arr.C Marti
  • The Water is Wide – Arr.Laurie Riley
  • When Irish eyes are smiling – Trad.
  • & A selection of old airs and folk tunes

Welsh

  • Air and Rondo – Robert Bochsa
  • An Turine – John Francis Waller
  • Fire Dance – David Watkins
  • Merch Megan – O.B Dussek
  • Minstrel’s Adieu to his Native Land – John Thomas
  • Morning has Broken - Anon
  • Nocturne – David Watkins
  • Watching the Wheat – John Thomas

 

Jess Holmes - Harpist Feedback

“many of the guests praised your wonderful music and mentioned how affected they were by it. It lent a very uplifting vibration and ambience to the whole event and gave a very magical and special touch. ”

Mrs A. Hassett; Bath,

“A great asset to any occassion. she played the harp for my daughter's wedding, and accompanied a singer. I would thoroughly recommend her. ”

W. Seqse,

“We adored the music; it was exactly as we imagined it would be. You might have noticed that I was already a little tearful as I ascended the stairs and it was all because of that lovely piece Pachelbel's Canon. I'm sure some of the guests had never heard a harp before and we received so many comments on how serene and soothing it sounded. The children certainly enjoyed their music lesson! ”

Ms. T. Hutton Fellowes, Salisbury

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