Available to book from £200 (GBP). For an accurate quote please make an enquiry.
I am a freelance harp and trumpet player living in the South West and working across the south of England. I offer a friendly, professional service providing instrumental music for weddings, parties, and a wide range of private and corporate events.
My repertoire is huge! I can play music by many composers, including Bach, Metallica, Debussy, the Stranglers, Britten, and the Beatles. I am also happy to discuss requests in any genre.
= areas covered (up to 110 miles)Popular, Jazz and Contemporary
Closest Thing to Crazy – Mike Batt (sung by Katie Melua)
Nine Million Bicycles – Mike Batt (sung by Katie Melua)
Lady Lynda – The Beach Boys
Love Me Do – The Beatles
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – The Beatles
All You Need is Love – The Beatles
Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles
Flaws and All – Beyoncé
Be Without You – Mary J. Blige
Crashed the Wedding – Busted
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
Symphony – Clean Bandit
Halleluia – Leonard Cohen (also sung by John Cale, Jeff Buckley and others)
Clocks – Coldplay
Sky Full of Stars – Coldplay
Video Games – Lana Del Rey
Take Five – Paul Desmond (performed by the Dave Brubeck Quartet)
Make You Feel My Love – Bob Dylan (also sung by Adele)
I Giorni – Ludovico Einaudi
Le Onde – Ludovico Einaudi
Nuvole Biance – Ludovico Einaudi
Una Matina – Ludovico Eisnaudi
Mirrorball – Elbow
Only Time – Enya
Songbird – Fleetwood Mac (also sung by Eva Cassidy)
Everlong – Foo Fighters
Wake Me Up When September Ends – Green Day
Sweet Child o’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses
White Wedding – Billy Idol
The Trooper – Iron Maiden
Your Song – Elton John
Better Together – Jack Johnson
All My Life – K-Ci & JoJo
Better Together – Jack Johnson
Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
All of Me – John Legend
Free Bird – Lynyrd Sknyrd
Marry You – Bruno Mars
Is This Love – Bob Marley
Starry Starry Night – Don McLean
Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
I Won’t Give Up – Jason Mraz
Milonga para Amar – Dr Alfredo Rolando Ortiz
Fireflies – Owl City
Wedding of Cupid and Psyche – Judith Pintar
My Destiny – Lionel Richie
Next to Me – Emeli Sandé
Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? – Peter Sarstedt
How Long Will I Love You - Mike Scott (sung by Ellie Goulding)
Kiss Me – Ed Sheeran
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
Perfect – Ed Sheeran
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkle
Underneath Your Clothes – Shakira
Stay With Me – Sam Smith
Secret Garden – Bruce Springsteen
Fields of Gold – Sting (also sung by Eva Cassidy and Katie Melua)
Golden Brown – The Stranglers
One – U2
Higher Love – Steve Winwood (also sung by Whitney Houston)
River Flows in You – Yiruma
Wonderful World – Peretti-Creatore-Weiss (sung by Louis Armstrong)
Can’t Help Falling in Love – Peretti-Creatore-Weiss: (sung by Elvis Presley)
I’m Coming Out – Edwards-Rodgers (sung by Diana Ross)
When You Say Nothing At All – Overstreet-Schlitz (sung by Keith Whitley, Roman Keating and others)
From Films, Television and Musicals
Arlen: Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz)
Armstrong: Glasgow Love Theme (from Love Actually)
Blake: Walking in the Air (from The Snowman)
Del Rey: Young and Beautiful (from The Great Gatsby)
Des’ree: Kissing You (from Romeo + Juliet)
Djwadi: Game of Thrones Theme Music
Elfman: Ice Dance (from Edward Scissorhands)
Gershwin: Someone to Watch Over Me (from Oh, Kay!)
Goo Goo Dolls: Iris (from City of Angels)
Horner: For the Love of a Princess (from Braveheart)
Kent: Bring Me Sunshine (from Morecombe and Wise)
Lloyd Webber: Songs from The Phantom of the Opera, Catz and Evita
Mancini: Moon River (from Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
Mancini: The Pink Panther (from The Pink Panther)
McBroom: The Rose (from The Rose)
Myers: Cavatina (from Walking Stick and The Deer Hunter)
Newman: You’ve Got a Friend in Me (from Toy Story)
Rodgers: Songs from The Sound of Music, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I
Silvestri: Legend (from Practical Magic)
Sondheim: Send in the Clowns (from A Little Night Music)
Tiersen: Comptine d’un autre éte: L’après midi (from Amélie)
Williams: Jurassic Park Theme Music
Shore: Concerning Hobbits (from Lord of the Rings)
Lennox, Walsh & Shore: Into the West (from The Lord of the Rings)
Burwell: Bella’s Lullaby (from Twilight)
Iron and Wine: Flightless Bird American Mouth (from Twilght)
Christian Perry: A Thousand Years (from Twilight)
Sleeping at Last: Turning Page (from Twilight)
Bock, Weiss & Holofcener: Mr Wonderful (from Mr Wonderful)
Bricusse & Newley: Pure Imagination (from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
Pasek & Paul: A Million Dreams (from The Greatest Showman)
Various: Love Me Like You Do (from Fifty Shades of Grey)
Menken: Songs from The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin
Elton John: Songs from The Lion King
Anderson-Lopez & Lopez: Songs from Frozen
Classical
Alvars: Romance in A flat
Albinoni: Adagio (from Oboe Concerto)
J. S. Bach: Prelude in C
J. S. Bach: Suite BWV 1006A
J. S. Bach: Presto (from Violin Sonata No. 1)
J. S. Bach: Prelude (from Cello Suite No. 1)
Boyce: Canon in C
Britten: Interlude from A Ceremony of Carols
Byrd: Wolsey’s Wilde
Byrd: La Volta
Cabezón: Pavane and Variations
Campion: Now Hath Flora Robb’d her Bow’rs
Canteloube: Bourres d’Auvergne
Charpentier: Trumpet Prelude
Clarke: The Prince of Denmark’s March
Corelli: Sarabande (from Sonata No. 7)
Debussy: The Girl with Flaxen Hair
Debussy: Clair de Lune
Debussy: First Arabesque
Debussy: Réverie
Délibes: Flower Duet (from Lakmé)
Donizetti: Nò, Nò Che Infelice Appieno (from Ugo Comte di Parigi)
Dowland: Lachrimae Antiquae Pavane
Dowland: Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home
Dowland: The Earl of Essex Galliard
Farnaby: Nobody’s Gig
Farnaby: Giles Farnaby’s Dreame
Fauré: Pavane
Glinka: Nocturne
Gounod: Ave Maria
Grandjany: Automne
Händel: Concerto in B Flat Major
Händel: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Solomon)
Hasselmans: Trois Petites Bluettes
Hasselmans: Feuilles D’Automne
Holborne: Hartes Ease
G. Holst: Song Without Words “I’ll Love My Love”
G. von Holst: Serenade
G. von Holst: Ye Banks and Braes
G. von Holst: The Farewell of Raoul de Coucy
Jones: Ar Hyd y Nos
Lehar: Love Unspoken (from The Merry Widow)
Macdowell: To a Wild Rose
Massenet: Meditation (from Thais)
Mendelssohn: Wedding March (from A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Morely: It was a Lover and his Lass
Munday: Robin
Offenbach: Barcarolle (from Tales of Hoffman)
Pachelbel: Canon in D
Playford: All in a Garden Green
Puccini: Musetta’s Waltz (from La Bohème)
Puccini: O Mio Babbino Caro (from Gianni Schicchi)
Purcell: Trumpet Tune
Purcell: Dido’s Lament (from Dido and Aeneas)
Respighi: Siciliana
de Ribayaz: Marionas
Satie: Trois Gymnopédies
Schubert: Ave Maria
R. Schumann: Träumerei
Stanley: Trumpet Voluntary
Susato: Nachtanz
Tailleferre: Sonata for Harp
Thomas: Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn
Verdi: La Donna e Mobile (from Rigoletto)
Verdi: Va Pensiero (from Nabucco)
Wagner: Bridal Chorus (from Lohengrin)
A Variety of Folk Music including:
Greensleeves
Scarborough Fair
Dark Lady of the Glen
Brian Boru’s March
Londonderry Air
Carolan’s Concerto
Carolan’s Dream
Si Bheag Si Mhor
Bridget Cruise
She Moved through the Fair
Ash Grove
David of the White Rock
The King’s Departure
Watching the White Wheat
Auld Lang Syne
Ye Banks and Braes
My Love is like a Red, Red Rose
Skye Boat Song
I Love My Love
Strawberry Fair
Sweet Nightingale
Trelawny
The harp is a big heavy instrument that moves on wheels. As such it requires nearby parking and good access. As rule of thumb, if a venue has good disabled access, then it is also ok for a harp. Some steps are negotiable provided help is provided.
I need to know whether a venue has good access, and what the parking situation is like.
The harp is fully acoustic and does not need any additional amplification.
No, but my breaks to not tend to be long.
I think my best gig would probably be playing in Italy, and various outdoor venues for a production of Robin Holloway's Nausicaa. Best venue is a tricky one to answer, but I have a special fondness for venues such as Pendennis Castle or Polhawn Fort - both such wonderful settings!
Probably weddings - everyone is happy!
I have been playing in public since I was a kid, but I think my first paid gigs were probably in the sixth form. I started playing professionally after university, over ten years ago.
Really hard question to answer! Sometimes it's Bach, sometimes it's Britten, sometimes it's the Beatles. But mostly it is whatever piece I am playing at any given moment.
I aim to arrive an hour in advance to get set up. Thereafter performance times are entirely flexible.
I am happy to play outside on a level surface, provided it is dry and not too windy. If sunny, then I would need shade if playing outside for an extended time.
Clients are welcome to choose some pieces from my repertoire, and I am happy to discuss any additional requests.
Words like "beautiful" and "magical" and "perfect for the occasion" tend to get used.
I am usually booked by individuals, but also occasionally by organisations. I list a few of the latter below.
Cabilla Cornwall
Osborne Hotel, Torquay
Eden Project
Bodmin Town Council
HMS Drake
RM Chivenor
Senior Discovery Tours
Sanctuary Housing
Savernake View Care Home
Devon Baroque Orchestra
Devon Philharmonic Orchestra
Torbay Symphony Orchestra
Dodecantus Chamber Choir
Sheldon Singers
St Mary's Singers
Wadebridge Choral Society
East Cornwall Bach Choir
St Austell Choral Society
Sheldon Singers
Axminster Choral Society
This list of venues in the UK is by no means complete, but gives some idea.
Alverton Hotel, Truro
Atlantic Hotel, Newquay
Balmer Lawn Hotel, Brockenhurst
The Barn at Pengelly
Barnstaple Guildhall
Barnstaple Hotel
Bedford Hotel, Tavistock
Berkley Castle
Boconnoc House and Estate
Coombe Lodge, Blagdon
Bull Inn, Hardway
Caeryhays Estate
Camilla Cornwall, Bodmin Moor
Carlyon Bay Hotel
Cheltenham Ladies' College
Christ Church College, Oxford
City College, Plymouth
Clevedon Hall
Clifton Pavilion, Bristol
Compton Acres, Pool
Deer Park, Honiton
Duke of Cornwall Hotel, Plymouth
Durrant House Hotel, Bideford
Eden Project
Elmer's Court, New Forest
Enys Gardens, Penryn
Ever After, Dartmoor
Exeter Cathedral
Exeter Castle
Exeter Golf and Country Club
Falcon Hotel, Bude
Falmouth Hotel
Fowey Hotel
Gidleigh Park, Dartmoor
Goongillings Farm, Constantine
Gorwell Farm, Abbotsbury
Grand Hotel, Torquay
Grittleton House, Chippenham
The Green, Bodmin Moor
Hareston Manor, Brixton
Headland Hotel, Newquay
Hebasca Hotel, Bude
Highbullen Hotel, Umberleigh
Highcliffe Castle, Christchurch
Higher Eggbeare Farm, Cheriton Bishop
Hillersdon House, Cullompton
Hinton St Mary Estate
HMS Drake, Plymouth
Hotel Endsleigh, Dartmoor
Horn of Plenty, Tavistock
Huntsham Court, Exmoor
Kentisbury Grange, Barnstaple
Kilminorth Cottages, Looe
Kota Kai, Porthleven
Lamorran Gardens, St Mawes
Lands End Hotel
Lanhydrock House and Estate
Lanhydrock Hotel
Llawnrock Hotel, Gorran Haven
Lewtrenchard Manor, Lewdown
Livermead House Hotel, Torquay
Lulworth Castle
Manor House, Castle Coombe
Marazion Methodist Church
Marshwood Manor, Bridport
Metropole, Padstow
Moorland Hotel, Dartmoor
Mount Edgcumbe House
Muddifords Court, Willand
Nancarrow Farm, St Allen
New Court Cheltenham
Newdowns Farm, St Agnes
New Holmwood Hotel, Cowes
Oak Barn, Hittisleigh Barton
Ocean Cave, Westward Ho!
Ocean House, St Austell
Old Down Manor, Bristol
Osborne Hotel, Torquay
Park Hotel, Barnstaple
Paschoe House, Crediton
Passage House Hotel, Newton Abbot
Pendennis Castle, Falmouth
Pengenna Manor, Wadebridge
Pennard House, Glastonbury
Penryn Town Hall
Pentillie Castle, Tamar Valley
Place Estate, Roseland Peninsula
Priston Mill, Bath
Polhawn Fort, Rame Peninsula
Polruan Bay Hotel
Porthleven Methodist Church
Powderham Castle
Pyns House, Upton Pyne
Rectory Hotel, Crudwell
RM Chivenor, Braunton
Rockbeare Manor, Exeter
Rockley Manor, Marlborough
Royal Citadel, Plymouth
Royal Hotel, Bideford
Roship Ban, Bodmin Moor
Saltram House and Estate
Sandy Cove Hotel, Ilfracombe
Savernake View Care Home, Marlborough
Scorrier House
Sharpham Estate
St Andrew's Church, Colebrook
St Bridget's Church, Morvah
St Constantine's Church, Milton Abbot
St Cyr and Julitta Church, Newton St Cyres
St Edward's Church, Corfe
St Endellion Church
St Elizabeth House, Plympton
St Ives Harbour Hotel
St James' Church, Berwick St James
St Just in Roseland Church
St Mary's Church, Kingskerswell
St Mellion Estate
Torre Abbey, Torquay
Tredudwell Manor, Fowey
Tregenna Castle
Trelissick Estate
Trenderway Farm, Pelynt
Trenython Manor, Tywardreath
Trevenna Farm, Bodmin Moor
Two Bridges Hotel, Dartmoor
Tudor Rose Tea Rooms, Plymouth
Valley of Rocks Hotel, Lynton
Victoria Hotel, Newquay
Watergate Bay Hotel, Newquay
Westbury Hotel, Bodmin
Woodbury Park Hotel
Woolacombe Bay Hotel
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