The Highlands Harpist - Classical & Celtic Harpist / Vocalist
The Highlands Wedding Harpist is available for weddings and special occasions and offers a diverse repertoire of Scottish traditional music alongside classical and popular music. Her music is an elegant and beautiful addition to any special occasion and is a popular choice for wedding ceremonies and drinks receptions and she can perform a mix of instrumental music and songs with the harp.
She will provide you with a personalised experience and guide you throughout the process. There is a range of options available including performing a range of genres on the pedal harp or on the lever harp. Her repertoire list is extensive, covering modern pop and film music, Celtic music and classical music. She is always happy to take your requests.
Born and brought up in the Highlands of Scotland surrounded by Gaelic song, music and culture, The Highlands Wedding Harpist's music is largely influenced by her Gaelic roots as well as her extensive classical training. This mix of the traditional and the classical has been fused with playing modern, contemporary music giving her music a distinctive tone, sound and voice.
She graduated with a first class honours degree on the pedal harp from the Royal Northern College of Music in 2017. Upon graduating she studied the harp in Brest, Brittany for a year.
The Highlands Wedding Harpist has twice been nominated for the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, and has played at numerous festivals around the UK - highlights include Celtic Connections, the Hebridean Celtic Festival and the Cambridge Folk Festival.
In 2018 she won the prestigious Gaelic Traditional Singing Gold Medal at the Royal National Mod. Since then she has gone on to sing at Dover House in London, at Am Bothan in Edinburgh and representing Scotland at the International Pan Celtic Festival in Ireland.
She was the winner of the 2019 International Pan Celtic Festival traditional harp competition. She has performed in some of the country's most notable venues and festivals including The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, The Usher Hall, The Bridgewater Hall (Manchester) and a personal highlight was performing as the principal harpist of NYOS in the BBC Proms at The Royal Albert Hall.
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Available on either lever harp or the pedal harp
- All of me - John Legend
- All you need is love/ Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
- And I Love You So - Don Mclean
- A Summer Place - Theme (1959)
- A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
- Autumn Leaves A Whole New World - from Aladdin
- Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
- Can you Feel the Love Tonight - from The Lion King
- Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
- Clocks - Coldplay
- Cowboy Take me Away - Dixie Chicks
- Endless Love - Lionel Richie
- Evergreen - Barbara Streisand from A Star is Born
- Fields of Gold - Sting
- For the Love of a Princess - from Braveheart
- From this Moment On - Shania Twain
- Happy - Pharrell Williams
- Hawaiian Wedding Song Ho Hey - The Lumineers
- I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
- Lady - Lionel Richie
- Let it Be Me - Bob Dylan/James Brown/Cher
- Marry Me - Train
- Marry You - Bruno Mars
- Moondance- Van Morrison
- My Love - Petula Clark
- Never My Love - The Association
- My Own True Love (Tara's Theme) - from Gone With the Wind
- Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - B.J Thomas
- River Flows in You - Yiruma
- Send in the Clowns - from A Little Night Music
- Shallow - from A Star is Born
- Songbird - Fleetwood Mac
- The Prayer - Celine Dion
- The Rose - Bette Midler
- The Wedding Song (There is Love) – Peter, Paul and Mary
- The Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler
- Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
- Through the Eyes of Love - Theme from Ice Castles
- Your Song - Elton John
- Wonderwall - Oasis
Only available on the pedal harp
- All I ask of You - from Phantom of the Opera
- Beauty and the Beast
- Glasgow Love Theme - Love actually
- Hedwig's Theme - from Harry Potter
- How Deep Is Your Love
- Music from La La Land - Mia & Sebastian's Theme, City of Stars, Audition
- Married Life - from Up Moon
- River - from Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Over the Rainbow - from Wizard of Oz
- Summertime
- First Day of my Life - Bright Eyes
Celtic Repertoire
This is a small representation of my repertoire of well known traditional Scottish and Irish music. I have a much larger collection available.
- Ae Fond Kiss
- A Mhairi Bhan Og
- The Aran Boat Song
- Braigh Loch
- Iall Chi mi na mor-bheanna
- The Cliffs of Doneen
- Crodh Chailein
- The Dark Island
- The Eriskay Love Lilt
- Fairy Lullaby
- Fear a Bhata Mo Ghille Mear
- My Love is Like a Red Red Rose
- Lochaber no More
- Loch Leven
- Loch Lomond
- Lovely Stornoway
- My Lovely Rose of Clare
- Sine Bhan
- She Moved Through the Fair
- The Sound of Mull
- Skye Boat Song
- Taladh Chriosta
- Tasker's Wedding Waltz
- Tiree Bridal Song
- Westering Home
- Wild Mountain Thyme
- Ye Banks and Braes
Classical Music
Available on pedal harp and lever harp
- Adagio from Sonata Op.5, No.10 - Arcangelo Corelli
- Air from Water Music – G.F.Handel
- Aria - Johann Kuhnau
- Aria from Sonata for Flute - Leonardo Vinci
- Bridal Chorus from "Lahengrin" - Richard Wagner
- Canon- Pachabel
- Caro Mio Ben - Giuseppe Giordano
- Dedication - Robert Franz
- Deo Gratias - English, A.D.1415
- Finlandia (Theme) - Jan Sibelius
- Gavotte - Christoph W. Von Gluck
- Intermezzo from "Cavalleria Rusticana" - Pietro Mascagni
- Larghetto - George Frideric Handel
- Largo - George Frideric Handel
- March from "Occasional Oratorio" - George Frideric Handel
- O Perfect Love - Joseph Barnby
- Pastorale from "Christmas Concerto" - Arcangelo Corelli
- Prelude in C - Johann Sebastian Bach
- Rigaudon (Theme) - Andre Campra
- Traumerei - Robert Schumann
- Trumpet Tune, "The Prince of Denmark's March" - Jeremiah Clark
- Wedding March from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" - Felix Mendelssohn