Marina (Harpist) Highly experienced professional musician for all occasions!

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The guide prices below are for events within 15 miles of Bristol, Bristol. Outside this area extra travel expenses will apply. Please get in touch for an accurate quote.
First hour or wedding ceremony: £275
Ceremony and 1 hour or 2 hours: £446
3 hours: £629
4 hours: £823
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Marina is a highly experienced professional musician for all occasions in Bristol and the South West of England. Acoustic or electric harp, Marina offers a free consultation at her home to hear her play and to help you select some music for your special day. For a wedding ceremony choose 6 songs for before hand plus one for the entrance two for the signing of the register and one for the exit. For an hour during the drinks reception choose 18 songs. For two hours during the wedding breakfast choose 36 songs.

After training at the Conservatoire de Besancon, France and the Royal College of Music, London, Marina has been playing the harp for over 40 years in the UK, 25 of which in Bristol. She has had residencies at The Royal Crescent hotel, Bath, The Royal Marriott hotel, Bristol and The Manor House at Castle Combe. She has a wide experience of playing for weddings, private and corporate functions and is open to requests provided they are suitable for the harp.

She has a wide a varied repertoire from the harp classicals, to well known classical arrangements, traditional Welsh, Scottish and Irish music, Jazz and Latin, Film, Disney, Shows and musicals, modern contemporary songs to the latest pop music like, Coldplay's Clocks and Yellow, Oasis Wonderwall, One Day Like This Elbow, A Thousand Years, Perfect, Skinny Love, Sweet Child o' Mine and Grow Old With You. She is happy to play requests if suitable for the harp.

"Weather permitting, I am happy to play outside, in a garden, gazebo or on a terrace, preferably out of the wind and in the shade. I can offer a free consultation at my home to help you select some music for your wedding, if too far away we can also do this by email or phone.

I can supply a PA system to gently amplify the harp for events where the audience is larger than around 80 guests. This is a great option for a wedding breakfast as guests can hear the music but are still able to talk."

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AVERAGE RATING

10 / 101

Location

Based in Bristol, Bristol

Will travel up to 50 miles
green circle = areas covered (up to 50 miles)
pink circle = free travel (up to 15 miles)
Please note that the circles shown on the map are calculated "as the crow flies". By road distances may vary, so please get in touch for an accurate quote.

CLASSICAL

SUGGESTIONS FOR ENTRANCE AND EXIT WEDDING CEREMONY :

BOCHERRINI – Minuetto

CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary,

Prince of Denmark’s March (Trumpet Tune)

HANDEL: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba,

Hornpipe,

Air,

La Rejouissance

MENDELSOHNN:

Wedding March from Midsummers Night Dream

PACHELBEL: Canon in D

PURCELL: Ground in F,

Roundo

WAGNER: Bridal March (Here Comes the Bride)

SUGGESTIONS FOR THE SIGNING

ALBENITZ: Sonata in D

ABINONI: Adagio in G

ANON: Variation on a theme of Mozart,

Pavane XVIc,

Greensleeves

BACH: Air for the G String,

Sarabande from Partita 1,

Preludes 1 and 8,

Jesu,

Joy of Man’s Desiring,

Sleepers Wake,

Ave Maria (Gounod),

Arioso

BEETHOVEN: Moonlight Sonata,

Ode to Joy,

Fur Elise,

Minuetto

BIZET: Habanera from Carmen

BRAHMS: Celebrated Waltz,

Lullaby

BOCCHERINI: Minuet

CHOPIN: Nocture op9 Number 2, Love s Dream number3

CLARKE: Chaconne

DEBUSSY: First Arabesque,

Claire de Lune,

Little Shepherd

DELIBES: Flower Duet,

Waltz from Coppelia

DUSSECK: Sonata in C minor

ELGAR: Chanson de Matin,

Nimrod from the Enigma Variations.

FAURE: In Paradisium,

Berceuse

FRANCK: Panis Angelicus

GILBERT AND SULLIVAN and Sullivan

I am the capitain of the Pinafore,

With cat like tread,

When a merry maiden marries,

When a wooer goes a-wooing and others

GLINKA: Variation on a theme of Mozart

GRANDJANY: Fantaisie,

Prelude number 1

GRIEG: Morning from Peer Gynt Suite

HANDEL: Passacallia,

Theme and Variations,

Sarabande and Variations from Suite number 4,

La Rejouissance,

Hornpipe and Air from Fireworks music,

Largo from Serse,

Concerto in B Flat

HAYDN: Theme Varie

HASSELMANNS: La Source,

Theme and Variations from Haydn

HOLST: Jupiter from The Planets

IVANIVICI:

Waves of the Danube and other Viennese Waltzes

MASCAGNI: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana

MACDOWELL: To a Wild Rose

MASON Joy to the World

MASSENET: Meditation

MENDELSOHNN: O’for the Wings of a Dove

MOZART: Elvira,

Opera selections from Magic Flute and Marriage

of Figaro,

Variations on Twinkle

OFFENBACH

Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffman

Opera selection various Puccini,

Verdi and Mozart

PACHELBEL: Canon in D

PUCCINI: O Mio Babbino Caro

PURCELL: Ground in F,

Roundo

RACKMANINOFF:

18th Variation on a Theme of Paganini

RAVEL: Bolero,

Pavane pour une infante defunte,

Pavane

Rodrigo: Second Mouvement Concerto de Aranjuez

SARTORI: Canto Della Terra,

Time to Say Goodbye

SATIE: Gymnopedies 1 and 3,

Gnossiennes 1

SCHUBERT: Ave Maria,

Lullaby

SIBELIUS: Finlandia

St SAENS:

The Swan

TSCHAIKOVSKY: The Sleeping Beauty Waltz,

Valse des Fleurs

TOURNIER: Etude de Concert,

Berceuse Russe,

Preludes 2 and 4,

Six Noels

VIVALDI: The Four Seasons Suite,

Spring, Summer,

Autumn and Winter,

Andante from Concerto for two Mandolins

TRADITIONAL / FOLK (also jigs and reels)

IRISH

o’Carolan’s Welcome and Ramble to Cashel,

Briget Cruise,

Concerto and Lament,

Eleanor Plunkett,

Give me your hand,

March of King Laois,

Danny Boy,

Carrickfergus,

Si Bheag Si Mhor,

Brian Boru’s March,

The Parting Glass,

Star of The County Down,

Roving Galway Boy,

Castle of Dromore,

Last Rose of Summer,

Airde Cuan,

When Irish Eyes are Smiling,

Lament for Kilcash,

land of Erin

and others.

SCOTTISH

Flower of Scotland,

Love is like a Red Red Rose,

Ae Fond Kiss,

Hush – a – bye Birdie,

The Queen’s Maries,

Fairy Lullaby,

Port Patrick,

Ellen’s Dream,

Mary Young and Fair,

Arran Boat Song,

Skye Boat Song,

My Fanwy,

The Cutting of the Fern

and others.

WELSH

The Ash Grove,

The Queen’s Marsh,

David of the White Rock,

Merch Megan,

Cariad Pur,

Dawn Through the Wattle,

Sweet Richard,

Erddigan Caer y Waun,

Cynghansail Cymry,

Myfanwy,

Land of my Fathers

ENGLISH

Greensleeves,

Scarborough Fair,

Kemp’s Jig,

Putney Ferry,

Lord Willoughby,

The Miller’s Dance,

She Moves Through the Fair

LIGHT JAZZ AND LATIN

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Sherwin

Besame Mucho

Bidin’my Time – Gershwin

Black and White Rag

Black Orpheus

Blue Moon – Rogers

Brian’s Song – Legrand

But Not for Me – Gershwin

Cumparasita

Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Ellington

Don’t Know Why – Harrips

Ebbtide

Embracable You – Gershwin

Fascinating Rhythm – Gershwin

Georgia On My Mind

I Get a Kick Out of You – Porter

I Say a Little Prayer – Bacharach

Isn’t She Lovely – Wonder

In a Sentimental Mood – Ellington

Killing me Softly with his Song

Long Ago and Far Away – Kern

Love is a Many Spendorous Thing

Lover Man

Lullaby of Birdland – Weiss/Shearing

Mack The Knife

Misty – Gardner

Moonlight Serenade – Miller

Night and Day – Porter

Over the Rainbow- Hart/Roger

Paris Was Made for Lovers – Legrand

Petite Fleur – Bechet

Raindrops Keep Failling on my Head – Bacharach

Secret Love – Fain

Serenata do Adeus – Moraes

Smokes Gets in Your Eyes – Kern

Softly as in a Morning Sunrise – Romberg

Summertime – Gershwin

Tenderly

The Entertainer – Joplin

The Girl from ipanema – Jobim

The Look of Love – Bacharach

The Man I Love – Gershwin

The Way you Look Tonight – Kern

The Way you Make me feel

The Windmills of Your Mind – Legrand

This Guy is in Love With You – Bacharach

Vai Doer – Dura

We Have all the Time in the World – Armstrong

What a Difference a Day Makes – Grever

What a Wonderful World – Thiele

Where is Love

Where or When – Hart/Roger

SHOWS AND FILMS

A Man and a Woman

All I Ask of You – Fantome of the Opera

Annie’s Song – Annie

As Time Goes By – Casablanca

August

Balcony Love Scene – Romeo and Juilet

Brideshead Revisited Theme

Bright Eyes – Watership Down

Can You Feel The Love Tonight – John

Cavatina/He Was Beautiful – The Deer Hunter

Can’t Help Falling in Love with You – Elvis

Chariots of Fire

Colours of the Wind – Pocohantas

Comptine D’un Autre Ete, L’Apres-midi – Amelie

Dances With Wolves

Edlewiss

Endless Love

Evergreen – A Star is Born

For The Love of a Princess – Brave Heart

Gabriel’s Oboe – The Mission

Glasgow Love Theme – Love Actually

Hallelujah – Cohen/Shrek

He Sleeps, love theme – Pretty Woman

Hoppipolla – Planet Earth

Hushabye Mountain – Chitty Bang

I Dreamt a Dream – Miserable

In Dreams – Lord of the Rings

It is You I have Loved – Shrek

I See The Light – Tangled

I Wanna be like You – Jungle book

James Bond Theme

Lara’s Theme – Doctor Zivago

Let It Go – Frozen

Local Hero

Love is all Around – 4 Weddings and a Funeral

Love said Goodbye – Godfather

Love Story

Love Theme – Romeo and Juiliet

Love Theme – Godfather

May it Be- Lord of the Rings

Memory – Cats

Moon River – Breakfast at Tiffany

My Heart will Go On – Titanic

New York New York

Pie Jesus – Weber

Pirates of the Carabean

PM’s Love Theme – Love Actually

Portuguese Love Theme – Love Actually

Rule the World – Stardust

Some Enchanted Evening

Somewhere – West Side Story

Stand By Me

Star Light Express

Strangers in the Night

Tale as Old as Time – Beauty and the Beast

That is Amore – Enchanted

The Battle / Honour Him – Gladiator

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World – Labyrinth

The Muppet Show – Henson/Pottle

The Music of the Night – Fantome of the Opera

The Rose

The Sound of Music

The Wedding / End Titles – Emma

Unchained Melody – Ghost

Up Where We Belong – An Officer and a Gentelman

Wallace and Gromit – Notts

Walking in the Air – Snowman

When You Say Nothing at All – Notting Hill

MODERN LOVE SONGS

A Moment Like This – Clarkson

A Woman in Love – Gibbs

All of Me – Legend

All my Life – Kci & Jojo

All You Need is Love – The Beatles

Angel – McLachlan

Angels – Williams

Anniversary Waltz

A Thousands Years – Christina Perri

Bed of Roses – Bon Jovi

Beneath You Are Beautiful – McKenzie

Because

Blackbird – The Beatles

Candle in the Wind – John

Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Gaudio

Can You Feel The Love Tonight – John

Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol

Chanson d’Amour – Shanklin

Clocks – Coldplay

Closer to You

Crazy Love – Van Morrison

Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Mercury

Everything – Buble

Everthing I Do – Adams

Fairy Tale – Einaudi

Fairytale Of New York – Pogues

Feelings – Albert

Fields of Gold – Sting

From Both Sides Now – Mitchell

From This Moment On – Twain

Grow Old with you – Wedding Singer

Get Lucky – Daft Punk

Greatest Day – Take That

Halo – Beyonce

Happy Birthday

Handbags and Gladrags – Stewart

Have I Told You Lately – Van Morrison

Heaven -Adams

How Deep is Your Love – Gibbs

How Long Will I Love You – Scott

I don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith

I Just Called To Say I Love You – Wonder

Il Giorni – Einaudi

I Am Forever Blowing Bubbles

I’m Yours – Mraz

In My Life – The Beatles

Imagine – Lennon

I Only Want to be With You – Hawer/Raymonde

Isn’t She Lovely – Wonder

It’s All About You – Mraz

I Swear – Baker/Myer

I Will Stand By You – The Pretenders

I Who Have Nothing – Donida

I Won’t Give Up – Mraz

Just The Way You Are – Mars

Kiss from a Rose – Seal

Kiss The Rain – Yiruma

L’ Hymn a l’Amour – Piaf

La Vie en Rose – Piaf

Lady – Richie

Let it Be – The Beatles

Live Forever – Oasis

Lothlorien – Enya

Love and Marriage

Love is Easy – McFly

Love Me Like You Do - Goulding

Love Me Tender – Elvis

Lovin You – Riperton

Make You feel My Love – Dylan

Marry You – Mars

Moonshadow – Stevens

My Way

My Cherie Amour – Wonder

Nights in White Satin – Hayward

Nothing Else Matters - Metallica

One Day Like This – Elbow

One Moment in Time

On The Wings of Love

On Your Shore – Enya

Perfect – Nevia

Perfect – Sherwin

Perfect Day – Reed

Primavera – Einaudi

Rule the World – Take That

Save the Best for Last

Saving all my Love for You – Masser

Send in the Clowns

She – Aznavour

She’s Always a Woman

Someone Like You – Adele

Something Gotten Hold of my Heart – Greenway

Sometimes When we Touch

Songbird – McVie

Song for Guy – John

Skinny Love – Birdie

Stand by Me – King

Storms in Africa – Enya

Stairway to Heaven – Page & Plant

Sweet Child o'mine – Guns and Roses

The Air That I Breathe – Simply Red

The Circle

The Closest Thing to Crazy – Batt

The Greatest Love of All – Musser

The Lady in Red – De Burgh

The Power of Love

The River Flows in You – Yiruma

The Sound of Silence – Simon

The Wind Beneath my Wings

The Wonder of You – Wonder

Three Times a Lady – Richie

Want to be With You – Moody Blues

Watermark – Enya

We Have Only Just Begun – Nichols

What The World Needs Now is Love

When I Need You – Sager

When We Fall in Love

Wildest Dreams - Swift

Without You

Woman – Lennon

Wonderful Tonight – Clapton

Wonderwall – Oasis

Yellow – Coldplay

You are So Beautiful – Fisher

You are the One – Twain

You Raise Me Up – Westlife

Your Song – Elton

White Wedding - Idol

Life on Mars - Bowie

Space Oddity - Bowie

BOLLYWOOD

Hum Ko Humise

Kal Ho Naa Ho

Tum Dil Ke Dhadkan

Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai

Guzanish

Tadap Tadap Ke

Jash E Bahaara

Mere Haath Mein

Aate jaste Hanste

CHRISTMAS

12 Days of Christmas – Traditional

Angels from the Realms of Glory – Traditional

Carol of the Drum – Davis

Coventry Carol – Traditional

Deck the Halls – Traditional

Down in Yon Forest – Traditional

God Rest you Merry Gentelmen – Traditional

Good King Wenceslas – Cantiones

Happy Christmas (war is over) – Lennon and Ono

Hark the Herald Angels Sing – Mendelssohn

In the Bleak Midwinter – Holst

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear – Willis

Jerusalem – Parry

Jingel Bells – Pierpont

Mary’s Boy Child – Hariston

Merry Christmas Everybody – Holder and Lea

Morning Has Broken – Stevens

O Little Town of Bethlehem – Redner

Silent Night – Gruber

Sussex Carol – Traditional

The Angel Gabriel – Traditional

The First Nowell – Traditional

The Holly and the Ivy – Traditional

When a Child is Born – Zacar

While Shepherds Watched their Flock

– Traditional

She is happy to play requests if suitable for the harp.

Technical Info

What are your basic technical requirements?

Power if PA needed. Space for stool, music stand and a harp roughly minimum of 2 meters x 3 meters.


Do you provide sound and lighting equipment?

Yes can bring my own PA to amp my harp only.


What information do you require about a venue?

Directions always appreciated. Parking suitable to unload and load a concert harp near a disabled entrance or main entrance.


Do I need a chair ?

Please no chair as I always bring my favourite stool. It's light weight and at a suitable comfortable height for my playing the harp


What's the best surface to play outside?

Please something flat and a hard surface. No gravel, sinking or inclined lawns and no uneven surfaces. All much appreciated ❤

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best gig you've ever done and the best venue you've ever played at?

Kensington Palace.


Which artists have you been most influenced by, who is your favourite artist and what is the greatest song of all time?

Harpist Harpo Marx and his brothers, they are just having so much fun. Harpo is my hero.
Love playing Sleeping Beauty Waltz to Bach to Sweet Child of Mine and Stairway to Heaven.


What's your previous experience and how did you start gigging?

Many years ago. After my studies in France and at tge RCM London.
I starting playing in a restaurant in Rye, East Sussex, called The Monastery. Never looked back since then.

Performance Info

What are your typical setup and performance times?

Set up: I like to arrive 30 minutes beforehand to set up and tune the harp.
For a wedding ceremony I like to play upto 30 minutes beforehand whist the guests arrive then choose 4 songs for the Ceremony.
Happy to play afterwards generally by the hour or half playing time. Happy to go along with what is required.


Are you happy to perform outside?

Yes, out of the sun snd wind preferably . If some rain happens I will stop aying and move the harp.


Do the clients have a say in what you play or is it a set repertoire list only?

The clients can choose and selects all the songs.
I choose and recommend songs if required.


How do previous clients most commonly describe your performances?

Amazing harpist, that can capture guests attention and just wow everyone.


Do I do requests?

Yes upto 2 free if suitable and playable on the harp. After that I charge.

Recent Clients

Marina (Harpist) has performed for these clients:

Tortworth Court hotel, near Dursley : Madeleine and Alex

Alwick Eastate, nr Bristol: Mary and Andrew

St Audries Park, West Quantoxhead: James and Nicole

Kingscote Barn, near Tetbury: Martin and Nikita

Eastwood Park, Falfield: Isabel and Luke

Guyers House, nr Corsham: Lee and Kat

Leigh Court, Abbots Leigh: Catherine and Geoff

Medieval Barn, Winterbourne: Alex and Ryan

The Tythe Barn, near Tetbury: Louise and Ryan

Widbrook Grange, Bradford on Avon: Chloe and Chris

Priston Mill, Marksbury: Diana and Owen

ICC Wales: Sareena

The Greenway, Shurdington: Sarah and Nick

Berwick Lodge, Bristol: Tony and Janet

Manor by the Lake, Cheltenham: Gabrielle and Miles

Coombe Lodge, Blagdon: Edward and Charlotte

Limpley Stoke hotel: Amber and Adam

Minerva Temple, Botanical Gardens, Bath: Patricia

Manor House, Orchardleigh, Frome: Emily and James

Pennard House, Shepton Malet: Heather and Christian

Great Tythe Barn, Tetbury: Verity and Bradley

Eastlington Park, Stroud: Sophie and Mike

Bristol Museum Bristol: Tara and Joshua

Cadbury House, Congresbury: Geraldine and Laurence

Thornbury Castle, near Bristol: Corey and Brizney

Thornbury Golf Club: Louise and Mark

Barn at Berkeley, nr Bristol: Hollie

Venues

Marina (Harpist) has performed at these venues:

Royal Crescent hotel, Bath

The Bath Spa Hotel

Marriot Royal hotel , Bristol

Manor House, Castle Combe

Kilver Court, Shepton mallet

Charlton House, Shepton Mallet

The Bath Pump rooms, Bath

Walton Park, Clevedon,

Stanton Manor, near Malmesbury

Bovey Castle, Devon

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