Scroll down to listen to over 25 most requested harp tunes for weddings.
Lauren Scott is a professional harpist based in Cheshire and performs at weddings, Asian weddings, functions, private events and corporate events within a 45 mile radius of Sandbach; covering the counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Greater Manchester, North Wales and Merseyside.
The current COVID-19 government guidance on music at wedding ceremonies is HERE. Until we are allowed to have safe, large gatherings again, you can still make your wedding special with the addition of live music. You are allowed to have a harpist perform at your wedding. Check with your registrar whether you can live stream the ceremony on Facebook to your family and friends. Lauren is happy to provide live music for your ceremony during this time 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 now available, so please get in touch if you decide to go ahead with your wedding this Winter.
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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 |
Gabriel's Oboe played live 'at home' for a live broadcast on Scala Radio
Greensleeves played at an outdoor wedding
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Lauren works exclusively for 2 wedding agencies; Hipswing Entertainments who specialise in Lighting, Dance Floors, Entertainments, Audio Visual, Staging and all kinds of extras - you can see what they offer HERE DG Music who specialise in providing the UK's best wedding bands, Party bands & live music - you can see what they offer HERE If you are booking a wedding package with either DG Music or 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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WEDDINGS & CORPORATE EVENTS
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 a 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 25 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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"When you book Lauren to play the harp at your wedding you know your event is in safe hands!" wedding agent
harp wedding music
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.
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
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
Harp wedding recessional songs
16. Queen of Sheba, by Handel
17. Ode to Joy, by Beethoven
18. Wedding March, by Mendlessohn
Harp wedding music samples
Find a harpist near meLauren 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! |
The Cheshire harpist is available in these areas in the North West
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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 Song - 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Wish I Knew how to be Free - Nina Simone 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 Lady in Red - Chris de Burgh Let It Go - Frozen Let There be Love - Nat King Cole Life on Mars? - David Bowie Love Story - Taylor Swift Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso - A Morricone Make You Feel My Love - Adele May It Be - Enya from Lord of the Rings Misty - Erroll Garner 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 Out of Africa theme - John Barry Over the Rainbow - from Wizard of Oz 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 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 Sun and Moon - from Miss Saigon That’s Amore - Dean Martin The Godfather theme - from The Godfather The Man I Love - Billie Holliday (Gershwin) 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 Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again - from Phantom of the Opera 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 Raise Me Up - Westlife 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 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 Gerua |
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. 
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.
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. 
Playing lever harp at a wedding in The Abbey on the Isle of Iona in the Inner Hebrides
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 
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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