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overview
Hannah is available to play for product launches, exhibition openings, corporate dinners, weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, christenings and other celebrations. Hannah has a broad repertoire, gathered over many years, and is comfortable playing in many different styles and genres, including pop, classical and Scottish and Irish music. A song list is available.
Hannah is comfortable in all settings, from small parties in people's homes through to huge events with hundreds of people attending.
Hannah plays on a Lyon and Healy pedal harp. Hannah also plays on a Starfish clarsach (the traditional Scottish harp). Clarsach is particularly suitable for Scottish themed weddings and also for smaller venues.
Biography
Experience: Hannah has played for literally hundreds of weddings and events across Scotland, and at many of the most prestigious venues in the country. Her first engagement on moving to Scotland was playing for the opening (by the then Prince Charles) of the Glasshouse at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. She is a regular at the Royal College of Physicians and Prestonfield House, has played at Edinburgh Castle on numerous occasions, and has performed at Holyrood Palace, on board the Royal Yacht Britannia, and at castles and stately homes and up and down the land. She has played for opening VIP nights at the Edinburgh international film festival, and has also twice been part of the line-up by Sky Arts at the Edinburgh International TV Festival. She has also performed at an eclectic range of shows at the Edinburgh Fringe over the years, and recently gave a solo recital of her poetry and harp compositions at the Harp and Story Festival, in Stroud, England. In May 2025 she performed with clarinet player, John Levine, at the screening of acclaimed film, ‘Paper Portraits’ by Gerda Stevenson, at the Cameo Cinema in central Edinburgh.
Qualifications: Hannah holds a diploma in harp performance (ARSM, with distinction). She also has Grade 8 harp, again, with distinction. Hannah also holds a first class honours degree in Politics from Durham University and is currently studying Participatory Arts at postgraduate level, at Queen Margaret University. Hannah also has a music teaching diploma from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of music (ARSM, music teaching). As a youngster, Hannah studied the harp at the junior department of the Royal College of Music in London, and with Charlotte Seale at the junior department of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. At both colleges she was a Junior Exhibitioner (on full music scholarship). Scroll down for venues.
Previous Venues:
Abden House, Aikwood Tower, The Atholl, Backhouse Rossie, Balbirnie House, The Balmoral Hotel, The Barbican (London), Branxholm Park Hotel, Bruntsfield Hotel, Cairneyhill (Forresters Park), Cameo Cinema, (Edinburgh), Capital Hotel (Corstorphine), Carberry Tower (Musselburgh), Cardronna Hotel (Peebles), The Caves, The Christian Heritage Centre (at St Columbas on the Royal Mile), Dalhousie Castle, The Dalmahoy, Dalmeny Park Hotel, Dirleton Castle, Doctor Neil’s Garden (Duddingston village), Dovecot Studios, Dundas Castle, Dundas Art Gallery, Dunglass Estate, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh City Chambers, Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Edinburgh Grand (Cheval), Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Fenton Tower, George Hotel, The Ghillie Dhu, Gilmerton House (East Lothian), Greyfriars Kirk, Harburn House, The Hub (Edinburgh), Hopetoun House, House for an Art Lover (Glasgow), Holyrood Palace, Inchcombe Abbey on Inchcombe Island, Kingsfield Barns, Landmark Hotel (Dundee), The Lord Clark Register Room, Linlithgow Palace, Lothian Chambers on George IV Bridge, Marine Hotel (North Berwick), Mavis Hall Park, Melville Castle, Napier Craighouse, National Museum of Scotland, Norton House, Orocco Pier (South Queensferry), Oxenfoord Castle, Playfair Library at Old College (University of Edinburgh), Pollock Halls, Prestonfield House, Radisson Blue on the Royal Mile, Rowan Tree at the Caves, Royal College of Physicians, The Royal Festival Hall (London), The Royal Terrace Hotel, Royal Scots Club, Royal Botanic Gardens, Royal Yacht Britannia, the Signet Library, St James’ Church (Pennicuik), St John’s, on Princes Street (Edinburgh), the Usher Hall (Edinburgh), Vu (Bathgate), Walled Garden (Fife), Winton House (East Lothian) and many many more.
FEEs
Exact fees are dependent on:
the whereabouts of the venue (travel costs)
how long you might need me for
Any special requests for music (although the chances are I already know all your favourites anyway)
The figures below are given as rough guidelines only. Please contact me for an exact quote.
Weddings (2025 season)
for ceremony only: from £195 (plus travel time / mileage)
for a 2-hour slot (see the note below): from £215 (plus travel time / mileage)
for a 3-hour slot (see the note below): from £275 (plus travel time / mileage)
Generally for weddings I would anticipate being set up and ready to play from 30 minutes before the ceremony was due to start, to entertain your guests as they arrive. Thus, say for a 1pm ceremony, if you booked a 2-hour slot, this would run from 12.30pm-2.30pm, so I would play for the arriving guests, through the ceremony, and then stay on to play for the first part of the drinks reception.
Corporate Events & Special Occasions (2025 Rates)
for up to 1 hour of background music: from £185 (plus travel time / mileage)
for up to 2 hours of background / ambient music: from £215 (plus travel time / mileage)
for up to 3 hours of background / ambient music: from £275 (plus travel time / mileage)
for up to 4 hours of background / ambient music: from £335 (plus travel time / mileage)
EVENTS HARPIST: Sound Clips & Song List
Here is a short youtube film showing extracts of some of the tunes I am most often asked to play. Below that is my song list. If your favourite tune is not listed, do check with me, as I may well already play it. And even if not, I am often able to learn new music for clients.
Song List
Click on songs highlighted in turquoise to hear them.
* = pedal harp only (i.e. I don’t currently have a version of this tune that works for clarsach)
+ = hymn or song that could be deemed religious. This is important to know for civil or humanist ceremonies. Different celebrants interpret the rules on religious music in different ways. Some celebrants will not allow any religious music at all. Others are happy with it, so long as it is purely instrumental with no singing. Always check with your particular celebrant.
Ae Fond Kiss
Air for Hogmanay
All of Me All
Things Bright and Beautiful +
All Through the Night
All You Need is Love
Amazed
Amazing Grace +
Annie Laurie
Annie's Song
Arrival of The Queen of Sheba (The)
Ash Grove (The)
Athole Highlanders (The)
Auld Lang Syne
Autumn Colours
Ave Maria +*
Away in a Manger +
Banks of the Suir (The)
Barcarolle, by Grandjany
Beeches and Bracken
Belter
Be still my soul +*
Be Thou my Vision +
Bella's Lullaby (from 'Twilight') *
Best Day of My Life
Better Together
Bind Us Together Lord +
Bizarre Love Triangle
Blue Bells of Scotland (The)
Brian Boru’s March
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Caledonia
Calon lan (Welsh hymn)+
Canon in D, by Pachelbel (for a short ailse) (aka Pachelbel’s Canon)
Canon in D, by Pachelbel, (for a long aisle) (aka Pachelbel’s Canon)
Can't Help Falling in Love
Captain Sudley
Carolan's Dream
Carolan's Welcome
Carol of the Bells
Carrickfergus
Chaconne (Jeremiah Clarke)
Charlotte in Spring
Chanson
Chasing Cars
Chi mi Muile
Clair de Lune (in a shortened arrangement)
Clover’s Song
Codiad Yr Ehedydd
Colours of Day +
Come Down O Love Divine + *
Comin' Thro' the Rye
Conte de Noel, by Renie
Coventry Carol +
Dance (From Alceste), by Gluck
Dance of Sugar Plum Fairy by Tchaikovsky *
Danny Boy
Danza de Luzma, by Alfredo Rolando Ortiz
Dark Island (The)
David of the White Rock
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind + *
Deck The Halls +
Dexter Day, by Wendy Stewart
Ding Dong Merrily on High +
Don't Stop Believing
Do you Remember that Night
Dream, by Priscilla Ahn
Earth to Heaven, by Pedro Orbegozo + *
Easter Garden (an)
Eleanor Plunket
Eleanor of Usan
Etude 21 Andante molto calmo, by Pozzoli *
Everything I do *
Fairy Queen (The)
Ferns wave farewell (the)
Fields of Gold
Fireflies
First Frost (The)
First Noel (The) +
Fly Me To The Moon (in three beat tempo) *
Ford Castle, by Anne Macdearmid
Forrest Gump Main Title theme
For the Love of a Princess (from 'Braveheart')
Gabriel's Oboe
Give Me Joy in My Heart +
Glasgow Love Theme (from 'Love Actually')
Gigue, by David Watkins
God Only Knows
Goodnight
Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer +
Greensleeves
Hallelujah, by Leonard Cohen +
Happy Together *
Hark The Herald Angels Sing +
Have I Told You Lately that I Love you?
Heartbeats, by Jose Gonzalez
Here Comes The Sun
Ho Hey
How to train your dragon (Test Drive), abridged.
Highland Cathedral
Huntingdon Castle
I Giorni (shortened version)
Inis Oirr (Inisheer)
I'm Kissing You
I'm On My Way
I Saw Three Ships +
I'm Yours
It had to be you *
Irish Boy
January Rain
Jingle Bells
Joy to the World +
Jupiter (From 'The Planets')
Kitty of Coleraine
Kean O'Hara
La Valse D'Amelie
La Vie en Rose
Lady Gethin
Leaves blowing gently in a summer breeze
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence + *
Let There be Love *
Lewis Bridal Song (aka Mairi's wedding)
Loch Voil
Loch Lomond
Lord of all Hopefulness +
Lord of the Dance
L-O-V-E *
Love Divine + (N.B.Tune I've played = HYFRYDOL)
Love's Been Good to Me
Lullaby, by Schubert
Mairi’s Wedding (aka Lewis Bridal Song)
Make me a Channel of your Peace + *
Married Life (from 'Up')
Marry Me, by Neil Diamond *
May it Be (From 'The Fellowship of the Ring')
Memory (from 'Cats')
Merch Megan
Million Dreams (A)
Minstrel Boy (The)
Miriam’s Dance
Moon River (from 'Breakfast at Tiffanies')
Morning Has Broken +
My Heart Will Go On (from 'Titanic')
My Love is Like a Red Red Rose
Niel Gow’s Lament for the death of his 2nd wife
Nocturne (pedal harp version)
O Little One Sweet +
O Thou who camest from above +
Once Upon a Time (Storybook Love, from the Princess Bride)
One Day Like This
One More Step Along the World I go +
Only You (from 'Starlight Express')
Orinocco Flow
Pachelbel’s Canon (aka Canon in D - sound clip above)
Pearl Fishers (short extract)
Pie Jesu +
Praise My Soul the King of Heaven +
Prayer (The), by Sager et al +
Queen's Mairies
Reverie, by Alphonse Hasselmans
Reverie, by Marcel Grandjany
Rondo, by Passler
Rose March
Rouet, by Alphonse Hasselmans *
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Salut d'Amour, by Edward Elgar *
Sgioba C
She Moved Through The Fair
Simple Gifts
Skye Boat Song (The)
Someone Like You
Songbird
Song to Friendship, by Mozart
Stairway To Heaven *
Star Wars (Main Theme)
Storybook Love
St Patrick's Breastplate +
Such Love, by Graham Kendrick
Suo Gan
Suteki Da Ne
Thousand Years (A)
Time To Say Goodbye
Trip to Sligo (A)
Trumpet Tune, by Henry Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary, by Jeremiah Clarke
Twin Peaks
Variations sur un theme de Mozart (anon)
Waltz for the end of summer
Waltzing Matlida
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Wedding March, by Felix Mendelssohn
Wedding March, by Richard Wagner
Westminster Carol +
Wild Mountain Thyme
White Christmas
Winter, by Vivaldi (from 'The Four Seasons')
Winter, by Tori Amos
Wonderwall
Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness + *
You are Always On My Mind
You are My Sunshine
You are the Best Part of Me
You Raise Me Up
You’re my best friend
You're So Cool
GDPR Statement for wedding and corporate event clients:
THIs IS How I use Your Data
As your event harpist (or potential event harpist) I am committed to protecting your information and privacy and to complying with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018.
For Visitors to this site:
No personal data (such as names, addresses, e-mail addresses or dates of birth) is inputted into this site, and therefore no such information is stored. The website does however use essential cookies to enable the site to function. Further cookies (for instance, for analysis) can be opted into, if desired, by clicking the relevant boxes in the cookie banner.
For Potential Clients who Contact me via e-mail or phone to request a quotation:
How I store your information and what I use it for:
If I am contacted and asked for a quote, I keep a (paper) record of the conversation and/or I keep e-mails in a folder in my inbox, for a reasonable period of time, in order to i.) be able to answer the enquiry, ii) be able to answer any follow-up questions, and iii) potentially be prepared to deliver the required service to the customer, if desired.
Any contact from me would only be in relation to that specific enquiry.
What information do I store (for a reasonable period of time):
Examples of information I would keep for a reasonable period of time include:
* name of potential client/ organisation
* contact details of potential client (telephone number; e-mail address)
* date of proposed event
* venue/location for proposed event
* any particular music requests you are thinking about
How long I store your information for:
Once I am clear that the enquirer does not require my services (usually once the date of the event has passed) I delete the record.
For Clients who make a booking:
How I store your information and what I use it for:
I store your information as notes (on paper) and I also keep any e-mails relating to your booking in a folder in my in-box. I use your information to enable me to organise my performance at your event, by using your contact details to discuss timings, pricing, parking logistics, music choices and so on. I may also use your information to send out invoices. I may very occasiionally forward you information from other sources, specifically in order to help provide you with the required service: for instance, I may send you a link to a website showing a harpist playing a tune that you yourself are considering including at your event, so you can hear how it sounds on the harp.
What information do I store (for a reasonable period of time):
Examples of information I would keep for a reasonable period of time include:
* name of potential client/ organisation
* contact details of potential client (telephone number; e-mail address)
* date of proposed event
* venue/location for proposed event
* name of key ‘go-to’ person for any enquiries on the day, e.g. best man
* any particular song requests
* a note of when payment is recieved
How long I store your information for:
I store any detailed information (such as your telephone number, song requests, name of best man etc) until 3 months after business has been concluded and any monies owed paid in full. Beyond the three months, the detailed information is deleted. Some (abreviated) details will remain in my financial record keeping, as a line in my books, to enable me to keep basic records as required for tax purposes. This would look like this: ‘performance fee: surname of client, venue, date of event, amount paid’. Further, depending on method of payment used, and any reference that may have been given by the client (e.g. when doing a bank transfer), these same abbreviated details may also be retained on my bank statements.
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