The Derry Wedding Harpist - Harpist
The Derry Wedding Harpist began playing the harp with Dr. Janet Harbison and performed with the Grammy award winning Belfast Harp Orchestra in Ireland, France and Germany. She is available for weddings and events throughout Northern Ireland.
Since then she completed a HND in Traditional Irish Music in the Donegal Gaeltacht and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Irish music and dance studies at the University of Limerick in 2009. She also graduated with an MA in Music Therapy at the University of Limerick in 2011 and is now a qualified freelance HPC registered Music Therapist, having started her own company in 2011.
Her harp teachers have in included Laoise Kelly, Grainne Hambly, Michael Rooney, Anne-marie O'Farrell, Maire Ni Casagaigh, among many other fine exponents of the Irish harp.
The Derry Wedding Harpist has performed for the Queen at the official royal visit of the Titanic Centre Belfast 2012 and was the resident harpist at a five star beach and wedding resort in Byblos, Lebanon in 2009.
She was also resident harpist at Bunratty Castle in 2007 and performed and taught the harp in the Lorient Interceltique festival, and the Isle of Man festival Yu Chruinnaght 2006.
The Derry Wedding Harpist has played for many state dignitories and corporate functions across Ireland and the United Kingdom, and recorded for RTE, BBC and the Sydney Youth Theatre. She continues to teach and perform the harp based in the North West of Ireland.
View similar acts:The Derry Wedding Harpist - Harpist Repertoire
Classical
- Canon in D - Pachelbel
- The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
- Gabriel's Oboe - theme from 'The Mission' - Morricone
- Bridal Chorus - 'Here Comes the Bride' - Wagner
- Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring - Bach
- To a Wild Rose - McDowell
- L'origine Nascosta - Ludivico Einaudi
- Ave Maria - Bach, Schubert
- Panis Angelicus
- The Prayer - Andreas Bocelli
Popular / Easy Listening
- Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard, from the Film 'Once'
- Your Song - Elton John, Ellie Goulding
- To Make you feel my Love - Bob Dylan, Adele
- Theme from Braveheart Film - J. Horner
- My Heart Will Go On -theme from 'Titanic' - Horner
- Hey Jude - Lennon, McCartney
- Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
- No Surprises - Radiohead
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Arlen
- Songbird - Eva Cassidy, Fleetwood Mac
- You Raise me Up - Josh Groban
- Summertime
- Moonriver - Mercer/Mancini
- Fly me to the moon
- The Look of love - Bacharach
- What A Wonderful World
- Rule The World - Take That
- The Greatest Day - Take That
Spiritual
- The Clouds Veil - Liam Lawton
- Ag Criost an Siol - O'Riada
- Bi Iosa Im Chriose
- The Hiding Place
- The Lords My Shepherd
- Amazing Grace
Irish
- As She Moved Through the Fair - Traditional
- Danny Boy - 'The Derry Air'- Traditional
- Give me your Hand - Traditional
- Inisheer - Traditional
- Eleanor Plunkett - O'Carolan
- Ag Jhanius - Michael Rooney
- Planxty George Brabazon - O'Carolan
- Carolan's Welcome - O'Carolan
- Carolan's Concerto - O'Carolan
- Si Beag Si Mor - O'Carolan
- Bi Iosa Im Chriose - O'Riada
- The Isle of Hope
- Marble Halls - Enya
- Miss Hamilton - Traditional
- The Bard of Armagh
- Down by the Sally Gardens - Traditional
- My Lagan Love - Traditional
Scottish
- The Swan - Catriona MacKay
- The Atholl Highlanders Jig - Trad.
Welsh
- Myfanway - translated: 'My Beloved' comp. J. Parry
English
- Greensleeves
- Scarborough Fair
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