CHESHIRE HARPIST

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Oona graduated with a Bachelor of Music Degree from Edinburgh University in 1984. Having then achieved a Performers’ Diploma on the harp and a Masters Degree at Bangor University specialising in Performance on the Harp, Oona has established a busy and successful career as a freelance harpist in North West England and North Wales. She offers a wide repertoire of music in many different styles ranging from Classical, Celtic, Modern and Bollywood, on both the large concert harp and smaller Celtic harp, tailored to create the perfect ambience for the particular special event. Oona will provide beautiful music for many special occasions such as weddings, Valentines’ Day, Mothers’ Day, anniversaries, birthday parties, christenings and funerals.

Classical

Air on a G String (Bach)
Allegro (Handel) C
Au Bord du Ruisseau (Renie)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Balcony Scene (from 'Romeo and Juliet') (Craig Armstrong) C
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Cavatina (Myers)
Chaconne (Clarke) C
Chanson dans la Nuit (Salzedo)
Flower Duet (Delibes)
Gabriel's Oboe (from 'The Mission') (Morricone) c
Gymnopedie No. 1 (Satie)
'Hornpipe' from 'Water Music' (Handel)
I Giorni (Ludovico Einaudi)
Largo from 'Winter', from 'The Four Seasons' (Vivaldi)
'Morning' from Peer Gynt (Grieg)
Nocturne (Glinka)
Passacaille (Handel)
Pavane (Fauré)
Pie Jesu (Lloyd Webber) C
Prelude in C (J S Bach)
Prelude No. 3 (Tournier)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, 18th Variation (Rachmaninoff)
Ricordo Ancor ('Pelagia's Song' from 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin') (Warbeck)
River Flows in You (Yiruma)
'The Godfather' Love Theme (Nino Rota)
The Queen of Sheba (Handel)
Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò) (Sartori)
To a Wild Rose (MacDowell)

Popular / Easy Listening

A Thousand Years (from 'The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn') (Christina Perri)
A Whiter Shade of Pale (Procol Harum)
A Whole New World (from Disney's 'Aladdin') (Menken)
All I Ask of You (from 'Phantom of the Opera') (Lloyd Webber) C
All of Me (John Legend)
All the Things You Are (Kern/Hammerstein)
Always (Jon Bon Jovi)
Amazed (Lonestar)
And I Love Her (The Beatles) C
Aniron (from 'Lord of the Rings') (Enya)
Annie's Song (John Denver)
Beauty and the Beast (Menken)
Blue Moon (Rodgers/Hart)
Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley)
Can You Feel the Love Tonight? (from Disney's 'The Lion King') (Elton John)
Cavatina (Myers)
Circle of Life (Elton John)
Clocks (Coldplay)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen)
Endless Love (Lionel Ritchie)
Evening Falls (Enya)
Everything I Do (Bryan Adams)
Fields of Gold (Sting)
Flightless Bird, American Mouth (from 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn') (Samuel Beam)
For the Love of a Princess (from 'Braveheart') (Horner)
From This Moment On (Shania Twain)
Greatest Day (Take That)
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? (Van Morrison) C
Heaven (Bryan Adams)
Hedwig's Theme (from 'Harry Potter') (Williams)
Hey Jude (The Beatles)
How Long Will I Love You? (Ellie Goulding)
I Get a Kick Out of You (Porter)
I Giorni (Ludovico Einaudi)
I'm Yours (Jason Mraz)
In My Life (The Beatles)
Into the West (from 'Lord of the Rings') (Shore/Walsh)
I Won't Give Up (Jason Mraz)
Kissing You (from 'Romeo and Juliet') (Des'ree)
Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley)
May It Be (Enya)
Moon River (Mancini/Mercer)
My Heart Will Go On (from 'Titanic') (Horner) C
North (the 'Visit Scotland' advert) (Paul Mounsey)
Nothing Else Matters (Metallica)
One Day Like This (Elbow)
Over the Rainbow (Arlen/Harburg)
Paradise (Coldplay)
Right Here Waiting (Richard Marx)
River Flows in You (Yiruma)
Skyfall (Adele)
The Last Thing On My Mind (Tom Paxton)
The Wind Beneath My Wings (Henley/Silbar)
Think of Me (from 'Phantom of the Opera') (Lloyd Webber)
Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò) (Sartori)
To Make You Feel My Love (Dylan/ Adele cover)
Truly Madly Deeply (Savage Garden)
Unchained Melody (North/Zaret) C
Waterfall (Stone Roses)
Watermark (Enya)
What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
Wherever You Are: The Military Wives' Prayer (Mealor)
Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton) C
You'll Never Walk Alone (Rodgers/Hammerstein)
You Raise Me Up - Westlife (Lovland/Graham)
Your Song (Elton John)
You're Beautiful (James Blunt)
You're Still the One (Shania Twain) C

Traditional Music of the British Isles

Andowin at da Bow (Trad.) C
Ar Lan y Môr (Trad.)
Berwyn (Delyth Evans) C
Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn (Watching the Wheat) (Trad.)
Cariad Pur (True Love) (Delyth Evans) C
Carolan's Concerto (O'Carolan) C
Carolan's Welcome (O'Carolan) C
Cockles and Mussels (Trad.)
Cruit gun Cheis, Ceall gun Aba (A Harp without a Key) (Kennedy) C
Dafydd y Garreg Wen (David of the White Rock) (Trad.)
Danny Boy / The Derry Air (Trad.) C
Don Oiche Ud I mBheithil (The Night in Bethlehem) (Trad.) C
Down by the Salley Gardens (Trad.) C
Eleanor Plunkett (O'Carolan) C
Give Me Your Hand (Trad.) C
Greensleeves (Trad.) C
Lament for a Blind Harper (Stevenson) C
Last Rose of Summer (Trad.)
Llety'r Bugail ('The Shepherd's Abode') (Trad.)
Llydaw (Brittany) (Trad.) C
Lord Galway's Lamentation (O'Carolan) C
Merch Megan (Megan's Daughter) (Trad.) C
My Lagan Love (Trad.)
My Love is like a Red, Red, Rose (Trad.) C
Och Nan Och, 'smi fo leireadh (Trad.)
Scarborough Fair (Trad.) C
She Moved Through the Fair (Trad.)
Suo Gân (Trad.) C
The Ancient Sports of the Glen (Trad.) C
The Bard of Armagh (Trad.) C
The Fields of Athenry C
The Galway Piper (Trad.)
The Lark in the Clear Air (Trad.)
The Last Rose of Summer C
The Leaving of Liverpool (Trad.)
The Mermaid's Song (Trad.) C
The Swan (McKay) C
The Walls of Liscarroll (Trad.) C
Walsh's Hornpipe (Trad.) C
Y Deryn Pur (The Gentle Bird) (Trad.)

Bollywood / Asian

Chukar Mere Manko
Chura Liya Hai
Kal Ho Naa Ho
Khabi Kushi Khabi Ghum
Kuch Kuch Hotha Hai
Meri Mehbooba
Om Jai Jagdisha Hare
Pehla Nasha
Piyu Bole
Pyar Diwana Hota Hai
Tuje Dekha To Ye Jaana Sanam
Tujhko Jo Paya
Tum Hi Ho (from 'Aashiqui 2')

Jewish

Artsa Alinu
Chorsha ha Eucaliptus C
Dodi Li ('I Am My Beloved's')
Erev Shel Shoshanim
Hava Nagila
Hevenu Shalom
Hine Ma Tov
Jerusalem of Gold
Kadosh
Kozatzke
L'cha Dodi
Mi Yitnami Of C
Oseh Shalom
Sh'ma Yisroeyl
Sunrise, Sunset (from 'Fiddler on the Roof') (Bock/Harnick)

Christmas Repertoire

Away in a Manger
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
In the Bleak Midwinter
Silent Night
Walking in the Air
We Three Kings of Orient Are
When a Child is Born
White Christmas

Numerous weddings and corporate events over the course of a 15 year career.

General Information:

Name: Cheshire Harpist

Location: The North

Band Members:

Main Category: Harpists

Other Categories: Charity Events, Christmas Parties, Corporate, Events, Live Music, Military Balls & Events, Musicians, Product Launches, Promotional Events, Remembrance Events & Funerals, Weddings

Lineups/Options:

Solo Musician:

Timings:

Standard Set Times: 1 to 4 hours

Set Up Time: 1 hour

Usual Arrival Time: 1 hour before performance

Usual Finish Time: half an hour after performance

Space Required (w x d):

Solo Musician:

Sound & Lighting:

PA suitable for: have own 50W amplifier and associated equipment

Stage Lighting:

Dance Floor Lighting:

Free use of PA via iPod:

DJ included:

Star Cloth:

Other Requirements

Hospitality/Artist Rider: light vegetarian meal and soft drink required if performance time over 2 hours

Technical Requirement: Space no smaller than 3 x 5 ft.

If playing outside, it must be warm (at least 15 degrees celcius) and dry, and shade from the sun must be provided. Flat, hard surface required.

Kierstan, What can I say – the music was beautiful.

Oona, What can I say – the music was beautiful. I cannot thank you enough for the time and effort you put into our wedding, the musical combination worked perfectly to created just the right atmosphere for us, thank you so much. I hope we can find an excuse to have another party soon enough to be able to ask you to play for us again. Thank you so much!

Lizzie and Richard, Your playing was absolutely amazing

Dear Oona, I just wanted to say a massive thank you for your beautiful music on Saturday. I'm so sorry I didn't get a chance to say hello on the day. We had the best time! Your playing was absolutely amazing and so many people commented on how good your were. I will never forget the sound of the harp when I walked into the ceremony. Many many thanks for being part of our special day.

Janeen, Thank you so much for creating a wonderful ambiance at our wedding

Dear Oona, thank you so much for playing at our wedding on the 25th July in Cheshire. 'Moon River' that you played on the Harp when I entered the Church was the most loveliest sound and all my guests commented on how it brought a tear to their eyes. The music you played in Church and at the champagne reception was fantastic and it exceeded my expectations. Everyone commented how much they were enjoying listening to you. Thank you so much for creating a wonderful ambiance at our wedding - a day to be remembered.

Please Note: The fees indicated below are approximate and based on a central location for each county. They are intended to provide a rough guide only and exact quotes can only be given once the date and exact location of your event have been provided.

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