An award-winning harpist, composer and vocalist, specialising in classical and contemporary styles. Ruth creates bespoke arrangements on the harp to offer a one-of-a-kind event experience. From Coldplay to Mozart and everything in-between, Ruth can provide the perfect atmosphere and stunning memory for your event. Winner of the I Do Wedding Awards 2024 - Singers & Instrumentalists.
A semi-finalist in the World Harp Competition 2024, her work has been recognised internationally and at many of the leading festivals across the UK, as well as the World Harp Congress; Winner of the Sioned Williams Harp Prize at the United Kingdom Harp Competition, the Iain Macleòid Young Composer Award at the Edinburgh International Harp Festival and the Wales International Harp Festival Competition. A skilled harpist and arranger, Ruth regularly performs for events and sold-out concert audiences. She can also been seen performing for TV/Film, most recently on an American NBC period drama!
“You'll most often find me tucked up in a cosy corner with a cup of hot chocolate and my harp. I love creating new arrangements for this beautiful instrument, breathing new life into them. If I'm not at my harp, I'll be out in the countryside, walking the peaks, taking too many photographs and saying hello to every dog that I pass.”
Based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire
= areas covered (up to 500 miles)
Traditional Processionals/Recessionals
Wedding March (Mendelssohn)
Bridal March "Here Comes The Bride" (Wagner)
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
Trumpet Voluntary (Purcell)
Classical:
Bolero (Ravel)
Cavatina: Theme from the Deer Hunter)
Chorale (Schumann)
Clair De Lune (Debussy)
Duet from the Pearlfishers (Bizet)
Gymnopédie 1 (Satie)
Igiorni (Einaudi)
Intermezzo (Mascagni)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
La Rejouissance, Music for the Royal Fireworks (Handel)
Lullaby (Brahms)
Meditation (Thais)
Melodica Africana II (Einaudi)
Menuet al Rovescio (Haydn)
Minuet from Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Morning (Peer Gynt)
Musetta's Waltz from La Boheme (Puccini)
New World Symphony (Dvorak)
O, My Beloved Father from Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
Ombre (Einaudi)
On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn)
Passaggio (Einaudi)
Primavera (Einaudi)
Quel che resta (Einaudi)
Questa Notte (Einaudi)
River Flows in You (Yiruma)
Skater's Waltz (Waldteufel)
Sonata No 11 A major K 331 Theme (Mozart)
Sonatina (Beethoven)
St Anthony Chorale (Brahms)
The Nightingale (Deborah Henson-Conant)
Various others by Einaudi
Hymns
Examples Include:
Abide with Me
Amazing Grace
Ave Maria
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah/Redeemer
Morning Has Broken
Popular/Jazz:
ABBA (various)
A Thousand Years
All of Me (John Legend)
At Last (Sinatra)
Blackbird (The Beatles)
Blank Space (Taylor Swift)
Blue Moon (Sinatra)
Bubbly (Colbie Caillat)
Can't Help Falling in Love
Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
Come Away with Me (Norah Jones)
Dancing in the Moonlight
Dream a Little Dream
Dreams (Fleetwood Mac)
Endless Love (Lionel Richie)
Eternal Flame
Fallin’ for You (Colbie Caillat)
Fearless (Taylor Swift)
Fernando (ABBA)
Fireflies (Owl City)
Fly Me to the Moon (Sinatra)
Golden Slumbers (The Beatles)
Hallelujah
Hey Jude (The Beatles)
Hey Soul Sister (Train)
How Long Will I Love You (Ellie Goulding)
I Choose You (Sara Bareilles)
I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter)
I Get to Love You (Ruelle)
I Have a Dream (ABBA)
I Want to Hold Your Hand (The Beatles)
I’m Yours (Jason Mraz)
Into My Arms (Nick Cave)
Jazz Lullaby (Tony Robinson & Amanda Whiting)
Just the way you are (Bruno Mars)
La Vie en Rose (Edith Piaf)
Let it Be (The Beatles)
Like a Star (Corrine Bailey Rae)
Love Story (Taylor Swift)
Lover (Taylor Swift)
Lucky (Jason Mraz/Colbie Caillat)
Make you feel my love (Adele)
Marry Me
Marry You (Bruno Mars)
Misty (Garner)
Moon River (Mercer)
Mr Blue Sky (ELO)
My Girl (The Temptations)
New Blues (Deborah Henson-Conant)
Only Love (Ben Howard)
Over the Rainbow
Paparazzi
Perfect (Ed Sheeran)
Riptide (Vance Joy)
Rule the World
Sailing (Rod Stewart)
Shotgun (George Ezra)
Shut up and Dance
Sky Full of Stars (Coldplay)
Slipping through my fingers (ABBA)
Someone to watch over me
Songbird
Stand by Me
Still Falling in Love (Ellie Goulding)
Summertime (Gershwin)
Super Trouper (ABBA)
The Beatles (various)
The Best Day (Taylor Swift)
The Only Exception
Tickled Pink (Savourna Stevenson)
Titanium (Sia)
Thinking out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
Thousand Years (Christina Perri)
Today was a Fairytale (Taylor Swift)
What a Wonderful World
Wildest Dreams (Taylor Swift)
Yellow (Coldplay)
You and I (ingrid Michaelson)
You are the best thing (Ray Lamontagne)
You Belong with Me (Taylor Swift)
Your Song (Elton John)
You're Still the One
Disney/Musical/Film
A Dream is A Wish Your Heart Makes (Cinderella)
A Whole New World (Aladdin)
All In The Golden Afternoon (Alice in Wonderland)
Baba Yetu (The Theme from Civilization)
Baby Mine (Dumbo)
Bella Notte (Lady and the Tramp)
Can You Feel The Love Tonight (The Lion King)
Colours of the Wind (Pocahontas)
Edelweiss (Sound of Music)
Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat (The Aristocats)
He's A Tramp (Lady and the Tramp)
I See The Light (Tangled)
Into The Unknown (Frozen II)
Kiss The Girl (The Little Mermaid)
Lord of the Rings - May It Be (Enya)
Love (Robin Hood)
Love Is A Song (Bambi)
Married Life (Up)
Part of Your World (The Little Mermaid)
Reflection (Mulan)
Some Day My Prince Will Come (Snow White)
Tale as Old as Time (Beauty and the Beast)
The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)
The Second Star to the Right (Peter Pan)
Under The Sea (The Little Mermaid)
When You Wish Upon A Star (Pinocchio)
Winnie The Pooh
You Matter to Me (Waitress)
Zelda's Lullaby
- 2m x 2m performance space
- Parking
- Power supply preferrable for outdoor events/ drinks receptions / dinner
I can bring my personal amplification system so that my music easily carries across the space if required. Amplification is invaluable for offering high-quality music that is audible in outdoor spaces, large venues, or above the chatter of drinks receptions/dinners. I have a pickup fitted in my concert grand pedal harp for this purpose.
It's really helpful to know where to park to unload, but I can sort that out with the venue directly if needed!
No
The most exciting gig might have been the Semifinals of the World Harp Competition in Utrecht!
I usually arrive 1 hour before the performance to set up. For many events, an hour or 2 x 50 mins sets is most popular!
I'm often booked for weddings. Most often, this is while guests are seated, for the ceremony itself, and then an hour's drinks reception, and/or 2 x 50mins sets for a wedding breakfast.
Yes! I ask for shade, and a flat level surface to setup on.
I have a large repertoire and offer a highly bespoke service. A key aspect of my approach, especially for wedding ceremonies, is to learn new musical requests and create customized arrangements of your favourite songs or pieces. Please get in touch for more information.
“One of the most emotional yet perfect moments of my life was walking down the aisle to music played by Ruth.”
“Hearing Ruth play while I was waiting to walk down the aisle after my bridesmaids, my nervousness went and was replaced with excitement”.
- reviews on Google
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