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Wedding Harpist UK - Lauren Scott

Make your wedding unforgettable with Lauren Scott, a premier UK wedding harpist. With over 30 years of experience, Lauren offers elegant live harp music for ceremonies, receptions, and events across Cheshire and beyond. Choose from a versatile repertoire, including classical, pop, and custom arrangements, tailored to your special day. Hire this expert harpist for hire in the UK to add a magical touch. Contact Lauren to book or discuss your wedding music today.
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Lauren Scott, UK wedding harpist, performing at a ceremony.
Lauren Scott is a professional harpist based in Cheshire and performs at weddings, Asian weddings, functions, private events, private parties and corporate events within a 45 mile radius of Sandbach; covering the counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Greater Manchester, North Wales and Merseyside.
Over 30 years as a UK wedding harpist, Lauren Scott brings elegance and expertise to your day.
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​Make your wedding special with the addition of live music. Lauren is happy to provide live music for your ceremony and can position herself in your ceremony room so that you have a safe environment for yourself and your guests whilst enjoying live music on your special day. Last minute bookings in the Cheshire area are available.
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Lauren works exclusively for wedding agency Hipswing Entertainments who specialise in Lighting, Dance Floors, Entertainments, Audio Visual, Staging and all kinds of extras - you can see what they offer HERE   If you are booking a wedding package with Hipswing and also want to book Lauren to play harp for your event, please contact them as they will be able to work out a package deal. Alternatively, you can contact Lauren directly HERE. Please state the date of your event, timings and venue address with your enquiry
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 "Pre-eminently thoughtful and compelling, she draws sounds of deep soulfulness and will-o-the-wisp rustlings. Her Lever Harp sings sweetly and the recording is beautifully judged."  BBC Music Magazine

"I think you're going to like this album... rather fabulous it is, too"  Simon Mayo - ​Scala Radio Album of the Week

"Simply beautiful sounds... an entrancing new disc. The ringing strings blossom into a kaleidoscope of color." HARP COLUMN

"What a stunning display of colors Scott creates!" American Record Guide

"When Scott began playing the folk harp, composing her own music came like a 'shot out of the blue', and we are the beneficiaries of a raft of delightful original works." HARP COLUMN 

"Scott makes ingenious use of effects, most notably that of vibrato, to lend sonorous expressivity to the repeated motives. Her music is open, expressive and filmic and a real hit with audiences. Highly recommended." HARP magazine  ​
Gabriel's Oboe played live 'at home' for a live broadcast on Scala Radio
Greensleeves played at an outdoor wedding
"When you book Lauren to play the harp at your wedding you know your event is in safe hands!"   wedding agent
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Lauren is a professional harpist and composer based in Cheshire with a playing experience ranging from weddings and private events through to high profile classical concerts such as the BBC Proms and media broadcasts. Lauren can perform on either the larger pedal harp or a small lever harp with a discrete battery powered amplifier.  Providing there is some form of overhead shelter and solid flooring, Lauren is happy to play outdoors.

WEDDINGS AND PRIVATE EVENTS
Lauren has been performing at hundreds of weddings, functions and private events over 30 years. In that time, she has a played in all sorts of situations including wedding ceremonies, drinks receptions and dinners, in venues ranging from the stately homes and hotels across the UK to the Tower of London to H.M.S. Invincible. With a wide ranging repertoire, and exemplary professionalism always providing the best quality music for every occasion; your event is in safe hands!

BACKGROUND
​Lauren fell in love with the harp aged four after seeing a historic lever harp in a museum in Australia. After two years of pestering her parents she began harp lessons aged six when her family moved back to England. Lauren studied harp at Trinity College of Music and has a busy portfolio musical career.  As an established and in demand freelance player, she plays guest principal harp with many of the UK’s leading orchestras and chamber groups as well as pursuing her own projects. Her harp playing has led her to performing in venues across the UK from the Royal Albert Hall to West End shows to commercial recordings to live broadcasts on radio and TV.
Farewell to Stromness played live 'at home' for a live broadcast on Scala Radio
​Pure Imagination from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory played at an outdoor wedding. The harp strings don't normally look like this when being played in real life! This is a "trick of the eye" effect which is a combination of the light and speed of the video capture. 

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As a general rule music for weddings breaks up into the following 3 separate sections

1. If you are having a civil wedding there is the ceremony itself. This involves playing as guests arrive, a processional as the bride makes her entrance, 2 pieces during the signing of the register, and a recessional as you leave the room.
2. Drinks reception after the service (usually whilst photos are happening, as there can be general milling around for the guests).
3. During the wedding breakfast.

Lauren has a wide ranging and extensive repertoire, and if you have a special piece you want playing she would be happy to accommodate any requests as long as the piece transfers well to being played on the harp. For drinks receptions and wedding breakfasts she has an extensive repertoire, ranging from light classical music (ie music that most people will recognise from adverts & films etc,) ballet and opera tunes, songs from the shows, jazz standards, Disney tunes, contemporary love songs and traditional folk music.  The music Lauren plays caters for all ages and she tends to play a mixture of music which is appropriate at the time to help set the “mood”. For Asian weddings and Bollywood harp please see the Bollywood repertoire list below.
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The following tracks below are proven to be popular and well suited to church weddings, civil ceremonies & civil partnerships.
Harp wedding processional songs
1. Here Comes the Bride, by Wagner
2. 18th century march
3. Trumpet Voluntary, by Clarke
4. Canon, by Pachabel
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Harp music for signing of the register 
5. 1st Arabesque, by Debussy
6. Flower Duet, by Delibes
7. Moon River
8. All I Ask of You, by Lloyd-Webber
9. Rhapsody, by Rachmaninoff
10. Nessun Dorma, by Puccini
11. Evergreen, by B Streisand
12. Bacarolle, by Offenbach
13. Meditation from Thais, by Massenet 14. Nocturne, by Godefroid
15. Feelings, by M Albert
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Harp wedding recessional songs
16. Queen of Sheba, by Handel
17. Ode to Joy, by Beethoven
18. Wedding March, by Mendlessohn 

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Lauren has a wide ranging and varied repertoire of beautiful harp music which can provide the perfect ambience for any special event. From light classical, to opera, ballet, love songs, songs from the shows, jazz standards, Disney tunes, Scottish, Irish and of course, Welsh harp music. 

Lauren Scott also has a repertoire of Bollywood music which she plays when requested in advance of the event. 

This is a small selection from her repertoire for weddings and corporate events. If you are after a particular tune and it’s not on this list the chances are Lauren can play it, it’s just not made it to this list yet!
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The Cheshire harpist is available in these areas in the North West

Harp music ideas

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Wedding March - Mendelssohn
Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke
Chaconne - Clarke
Ode to Joy - Beethoven
Here comes the bride - Wagner
Queen of Sheba - Handel
Canon in D - Pachabel
Sheep my safely graze - Bach
Air from Water Music - Handel
Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring - Bach
O Perfect Love - Barnby
Air on a G String - Bach
Ave Maria - Gounod

classical / light classical        
1st Arabesque - Debussy
Harp concerto - Handel
selection from The Four Seasons - Vivaldi
Morning - Grieg
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini - Rachmaninoff
Gymnopedie No 1 - Satie
Meditation from Thais - Massanet
Ave Maria - Schubert
Clair de Lune - Debussy
Intermezzo Theme - Mascagni
The Heart Asks Pleasure  -  theme from The Piano - Nyman
Le Onde - Einaudi
I Giorni - Einaudi
Salut D’Amour - Elgar
Time to say Goodbye - Sartori
Adagio after Aranjuez - Rodrigo
Gabriel’s Oboe - from The Mission
Farewell to Stromness - Peter Maxwell Davies
Minuetto - Boccherini
Waltz - Brahms
River Flows in You - Yurimi

opera / ballet
Oh my beloved Daddy - Puccini
Bacarolle - Offenbach
Flower Duet  - Delibes
Nessun Dorma - Puccini
Duet from Pearl Fishers  - Bizet
Entraact from Carmen - Bizet
Habanera from Carmen - Bizet
Rusalka - Song to the Moon  -  Dvorak
Valse from Coppelia - Delibes
Mazurka from Coppelia - Delibes

songs from shows / pop / love songs / films / jazz standards
Across the Universe Lennon & McCartney
A Day in the Life of a Fool Luiz Bonfá
A Million Love Songs Take That
A Thousand Years from the Twilight films
A Whole New World from Aladdin
At Last Etta James
All of Me John Legend
All I Ask of you from Phantom of the Opera
All I have to do is dream The Everly Brothers
Angel of Music from Phantom of the Opera
Annie’s Song John Denver
As If We Never Said Goodbye from Sunset Boulevard
Beautiful Christina Aguellera
Beauty & the Beast (Tale as Old as Time) from Beauty & the Beast
Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell
Bloom Paper Dragons
Braveheart theme from Braveheart
Bring Me To Life Evanescence
Bring Him Home from Les Miserables
Can you Feel the love tonight from The Lion King
Can't Help Falling in Love Elvis
Cavatina  from The Deer Hunter
Chasing Cars Snow Patrol
Clocks Coldplay
Close to You The Carpenters
Colors of the Wind from Pocahontas
Come Away with Me Norah Jones
Days of Wine and Roses Henry Mancini
Don’t Know Why Norah Jones
Dream Frank Sinatra
Dreams Fleetwood Mac
Embraceable you Gershwin
Endless Love Lionel Richie
Evergreen Barbara Streisand version
Everything Michael Buble
Everything I do Bryan Adams
Fairytale Enya
Feelings M Albert
Fields of Gold Sting
Fireflies Owl City
Flightless Bird, American Mouth from the Twilight films
Fly me to the Moon Frank Sinatra
Fools Rush In Frank Sinatra
Forever My Love The O’Neill Brothers
From this Moment On Shania Twain
Game of Thrones theme
Grow Old With Me Tom Odell
Hallelujah from Shrek
Halo Beyonce
Have I Told You Lately Van Morrison
Hello Adele
Here Comes the Sun George Harrison
Hey Jude Lennon & McCartney
Home Michael Bublé
Hotel California The Eagles
How Long Will I Love You Ellie Goulding
Ice Castles theme Barbara Streisand
I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables
If I Loved You from Carousel
If I Never Knew You from Pocahontas
I’ve got you Under My Skin Frank Sinatra
Just the Way You Are Bruno Mars
Kissing You Des’ree from Romeo and Juliet
La Vie en Rose Edith Piaf
Ladies in Lavender Nigel Hess
Lady in Red Chris de Burgh
Let It Go from Frozen
Let There be Love Nat King Cole
Life on Mars? David Bowie
Love Story Taylor Swift
Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso A Morricone
Lovin You Minnie Ripperton
Make You Feel My Love Adele
Marry You Bruno Mars
May It Be Enya from Lord of the Rings
Misty Erroll Garner
Mr Blue Sky Electric Light Orchestra
Moonlight in Vermont Tony Bennett
Moon River Mancini
Music of the Night from Phantom of the Opera
My Cherie Amour Stevie Wonder
My Heart will Go On Celine Dion from film Titanic
My Favourite Things from The Sound of Music
Night and Day Cole Porter
On My Own from Les Mis
Only Just Begun Carpenters
Out of Africa theme John Barry
Over the Rainbow from Wizard of Oz
Part of Your World from The Little Mermaid
Perfect Ed Sheeran
Perhaps Love John Denver
POV Ariana Grande
Pure Imagination from Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
Right Here Waiting Donny Osmand
River Flows in You Yiruma
Safe and Sound Taylor Swift from The Hunger Games
Secret Love Doris Day
Send in the Clowns Stephen Sondheim
Shallow Lady Gaga
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Otis Reading
Someone Like You (Use Somebody) Kings of Leon
Something George Harrison
Somewhere from West Side Story
Songbird Eva Cassidy
Star Dust Hoagy Carmichael
Stars  from Les Miserables
Starlight Express Lloyd-Webber
Summertime George Gershwin
That’s Amore  Dean Martin
The Godfather theme from The Godfather
The Lady in Red Chris DeBurgh
The Man I Love Billie Holliday (Gershwin)
The Power of Love Frankie Goes to Hollywood
The Rose Westlife
The Way You Look Tonight Jerome Kern
The Wind Beneath my Wings Bette Midler
Thinking Out Loud  Ed Sheeran
Think of Me from Phantom of the Opera
Unchained Melody theme from the film Ghost
Under the Boardwalk The Drifters
Unexpected Song  from Song & Dance
Viva la Vida Coldplay
Watermelon Sugar  Harry Styles
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again from Phantom of the Opera
When a Man Loves a Woman Percy Sledge
What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong
When I Fall in Love Nat King Cole
​When You Wish Upon a Star Disney
White Wedding Billy Idol
Windmills of Your Mind  from Thomas Crown Affair
Wonderful Tonight  Eric Clapton
You are the Sunshine of my Life Stevie Wonder
You’ll Never Walk Alone  from Carousel
You Raise Me Up Westlife
You're Still The One Shania Twain
Your Song  Elton John


folk - this is a very small selection of my folk music
Eleanor Plunkett                Irish
The Banks of the Suir            Irish
Brian Boru’s March                Irish
Danny Boy                    Irish
Watermark                    Enya
From Where I Am                Enya
My love is like a red red rose        English    
Greensleeves                English
The Water is Wide                English
Scarborough Fair                English
Over the Sea to Skye            Scottish
Calon Lan                    Welsh    
Watching the Wheat            Welsh
David of the White Rock            Welsh
The Ash Grove                Welsh


Bollywood music
Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai
Yeh Galiyan Yeh Chaubara
Kehna Hi Kya
Tu Hi Re
1942 Love Story
Tera Saath Hai Kitna Pyara
Baahon Ke Darmiyaan
Mausam Ke Sargam
Tere Bina Jiya Jaaye Na
Tumko Hi Chahenge Hum
Chalo Tumko Lekar Chale
Ek Ladki Ko Dekha
Mere Mehboob Mere Sanam
Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna
Mere Humsafar
Ek Shararat Hone Ko Hai
Mere Khwabon Ka Har Ek Naqsh Mita De Koi
Hum Kisise
Pehlanasha
Kal ho naa ho sad 
Kuch Na Kaho
Raat Ki Hatheli Par
Kuch Kuch
Do Pal Veer Zaasa
Dil Ne Yeh
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Yeh Kahan Aa Gaya Hum
Chori Chori Chupke Chupke
Chhann Chhann
Hum Ko Humisie Chura Lo
Mere Naseeb
Veer Zoara Tere Liye
Hum Chup Hain
Kaho Naa...Pyaar Hai
Merimehbooba
Chand Mera Dil
Khabie Khushi Khabie Gham
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Private function at Gawsworth Hall in Cheshire

Please note that some Registrars don’t allow music which can have “religious” connotations to played at a civil ceremony.  There is no “law” saying which music is religious, it is purely up to the Registrars personal taste.  Different county registrars have different ways of interpreting this rule, but as a general rule of thumb if it is normally sung in a church then it won't be allowed at a civil ceremony.

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Performing at a beautiful wedding ceremony in Cheshire
The pedal harp is surprisingly portable! Harpists will use a specialist trolley to wheel the harp from their car to where you want them to perform. If there is good disabled access in the venue, then the harpist can generally use that to wheel the harp to where they need to set up to play.  
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The small lever harp is a wonderful alternative to the pedal harp at your wedding where access may be an issue. If your venue has lots of steps, or access is only by spiral staircases you might want to consider a lever harp for your live music. Harpists can generally wheel their harp up a few steps without any problem. However if there are a lot of steps then you should arrange for sometime to assist them. 
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Wedding at St Mary's Church in Nantwich
​Lauren has a battery powered amplifier she can connect to her lever harps, so you don't need to worry about whether the sound will travel in a larger space.

​If your wedding is outdoors then playing the lever harp can be a better choice than a pedal harp as it is quicker to set up and can be moved quickly in case of inclement weather.
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Playing lever harp at a wedding in The Abbey on the Isle of Iona in the Inner Hebrides
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If your event is outdoors, then you will need to make sure that there is a solid floor that the harp can stand on. Matting laid over grass does not provide a secure surface for your musicians. Wooden decking, paving slabs or temporary dance floors laid onto grass are ideal surfaces for pedal harps.

For lever harps only, compact natural ground areas are ok as a surface to set up and perform on. 

Because of the value of the instruments there needs to be some protection from the UK weather! Ideally a roof covering and / or a wind shelter on one or more sides is required. Siting the harp near a wall usually works as a shield against the wind. Full sun and wind is not good for these expensive instruments.

A good way to check whether the spot you want your musician to play in outdoors is ok, is to stand in it and ask yourself whether you would be comfortable staying in that same spot for 2 hours. Essentially if you are not comfortable and it's a bit chilly, a sun-trap, or a bit of a wind tunnel then it won't be comfortable for your musician! 
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Watch Lauren performing a duet with Katherine Jenkins, and performing on the popular BBC TV antiques programme "Flog it!"
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Lauren the harpist really set the tone for the reception, her playing was simply beautiful and so many people said how good she was.  L&N wedding at Nunsmere Hall
We both wanted to make sure you knew that the music we heard you play throughout the day was fantastic, and it really added a lovely atmosphere to the proceedings. The amount of guests that have said to us how lovely it was to have the harp playing before, during, and after the ceremony, and how much they enjoyed listening to you play, is truly indicative of the lovely contribution you made. You really helped to create the whole tone of the day-celebrations, and your performance was everything we had hoped for.  
R&N wedding at Crewe Hall
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Lauren the harp player was absolutely amazing on Saturday, all the guests commented on how lovely the harp fitted in with the Bramall Hall Venue.
R&J wedding at Bramall Hall
Just to say thank you very much for your input at our wedding at Mere Court. Many of our guests commented on your delightful music, and you helped to create the kind of atmosphere we had hoped for. We would not hesitate to recommend your services. R&M wedding at Mere Court
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