Biography
A professional harpist based in the North West, Ria is a formidable talent and an exceptional harpist. Her delicate touch and musicianship make her the perfect accompaniment to serenade guests at wedding ceremonies, drinks receptions, corporate events, private functions and more.
Ria's diverse repertoire sees her cover a whole range of artists from Beethoven, Bach, Wagner and Handel to Adele, Elton John, Beyonce, The Beatles and Ed Sheeran.
Ria has a wealth of experience performing for all types of audiences including Stella McCartney, The Mayor Of London and even Her Majesty the Queen on several occasions. Her talents have also seen her perform with the RCM Philharmonic Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra and as a soloist at The Sage and The National Gallery.
I'd rate top marks for everything. Ria was absolutely fantastic and we got so many compliments on her performance and what a nice touch she was. She Very talented and she was lovely. Please pass on our thanks to her, I didn't get to speak to her after she started but really wanted to say thanks.
★★★★★
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Repertoire
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- Classical
- Bach Sheep May Safely Graze
- Bach Arioso
- Bach Air on the G String
- Bach Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
- Beethoven Fur Elise
- Clarke The Prince of Denmark’s March
- Debussy Clair de Lune
- Debussy Arabesque
- Delbes Flower Duet
- Elgar Salut d’Armour
- Franck Panis Angelicus
- Goodall Psalm 23: The Lord is My Shepard
- Handel La Rejouissance from “Music for the Royal Fireworks”
- Handel Zadok the Priest
- Handel The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
- Lovland You Raise me Up
- Mendelssohn Wedding March 'A Midsummers Night Dream'
- Offenbach Barcarolle
- Pachelbel Canon in D
- Parry Jerusalem
- Parry I was glad
- Purcell Trumpet Tune
- Schubert Ave Maria
- Shostakovitch Romance from “The Gadfly”
- Tchaikovsky Swan Lake
- Wagner Bridal March (Here Comes the Bride
- Yurima River Flows In You
- Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
- Harp Repetoire
- Albeniz Sonata in D
- Bach arr.Grandjany Violin Sonata No.1 and Partita No.1
- Bach Lute suite
- Enesco Allegro de Concert chromatique
- Donizetti Fantasy on Lucia di Lamermoor
- Glinka Nocturne
- Gordon Sonata
- Grandjany Fantasy on a theme by Haydn
- Hasselmans, La Source, Opus 44
- Hasselmans Valse de Concert
- Henshall Tair dawns Cymraeg
- Hindemith Sonate (1939)
- Mathias Improvisations
- Naderman Sonata in F major
- Naderman Sonata in D Minor
- Naderman Sonata in C minor
- Parish-Alvars Fantasie on Lucia di Lammermoor
- Parry Sonata No. 1 in D major, Sonata No. 2 in G major
- Piazzola C’est L’amour
- Piazolla Libertango
- Pierne Impromptu-Caprice
- Rota Sarabande et Toccatta
- Salzedo Lara’s Granada
- Scarlatti Sonata in E major K380
- Tchaikovsky Fantaiaise on a theme of the opera “Eugene Onegin”
- Tournier Quatre Preludes
- Tournier Childrens hour
- Watkins Fire Dance
- Jazz
- Ain’t Misbehavin
- Can’t Help Lovin’ dat Man
- Come away with Me
- Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
- Embraceable you
- Everybody loves somebody
- Ev’ry time we say Goodbye
- Evergreen
- Feelings
- Fly Me To The Moon
- Georgia
- God Bless the Child
- Have I told you lately
- I got rhythm
- When I fall in Love
- Musical Theatre
- All That Jazz
- All that’s known
- All that you are
- Angel of Music
- Any dream will do
- As long as he needs me
- Beauty and the beast
- Blue Moon (Man City)
- Carousel
- Castle on a cloud
- Chicago
- Close Every Door
- Dancing through life
- Diamonds are a girls best friend
- Don't Cry for Me Argentina
- Edelweiss
- Empty chairs, empty tables
- Far from the home I love
- Friend like me
- From this moment on
- Get me to the church on time
- Getting to know you
- Giants in the sky
- Hello, young lovers
- Home
- I could have danced all night
- I Don't Know How To Love Him
- I Dreamed a dream
- I feel pretty
- I have dreamed
- If I can’t love her
- If I loved you
- I’ll know
- In my life
- Luck be a lady
- Maria
- Memory
- My favorite things
- On this night of a thousand stars
- Over The Rainbow
- On My Own
- Pie Jesu
- Somewhere
- Starlight Express
- Sunrise, Sunset
- Tell Me on a Sunday
- Think Of Me
- The Music of the Night
- The Phantom of the Opera
- The American Dream
- Tomorrow
- Who Will Buy?
- You’ll Never Walk Alone (Liverpool)
- Disney Music
- A Dream is a Wish your heart Makes (cinderella)
- A Whole New World (Aladdin)
- Be Our Guest (Beauty and The Beast)
- Believe (Stralight Express)
- Beauty and The Beast
- Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Lion King)
- Chim Chim Cher-ee (Mary Poppins)
- Colours of The Wind (Pochahontnas)
- Circle of Life (Lion King)
- Do You want to build a snowman? (Frozen)
- UNIDP10BUGF67Go The Distance (Hercules)
- God Help The Outcast (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
- Hakuna Matata (Lion King)
- If I Never Knew You (Pocahontas)
- I Wanna Be Like You
- Just around the River Bend (Pocahontas)
- Kiss The Girl (Little Mermaid)
- Lady and the Tramp
- Let it Go (Frozen)
- Little April Showers
- Make A Man Out Of You (Mulan)
- Once Upon a Dream (Sleeping Beauty)
- Part of Your World (Little Mermaid)
- Reflection (Mulan)
- Someday (Hunchback of Notre Dam)
- So This is Love (Cinderella)
- Ten minutes ago (cinderella)
- The Prayer (Celine Dion)
- You’ve Got a Friend in Me (Toystory)
- Under The Sea (litte Mermaid)
- When you wish upon a star
- Zip-A-Dee-Do-Da (Song of The South)
- Traditional Music
- Irish Air Cockles and Mussels
- Irish Air Danny Boy
- Welsh Air David of the White Rock
- Welsh Air All Through the Night
- Welsh Air Bugeilio’r gwenith gwyn (Watching the wheat)
- Welsh Air The Ash Grove
- Welsh Air Y Ferch o Blwy Penderyn
- Welsh Air Y Deryn Pur
- English Air Drink to me Only
- English Air English Country Garden
- English Air Greensleeves
- Scottish Air Auld Lang Syne
- Scottish Air The Rose
- Scottish Air Over The Sea to Skye
- Film & Popular Music
- A Team (Ed Sheeran)
- All Of Me (John Legend)
- All You Need is Love (The Beatles)
- All I Ask (Adele)
- Always and Forever (Heatwave)
- A Hard Day Night (Beatles)
- Angel (Sarah McLachlan)
- Angels (Robbie Williams)
- A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)
- Beautiful (Christina Aguilera)
- Beautiful Day (U2)
- Because you loved me (up close & personal)
- Believe (The Polar Express)
- Beneath Your Beautiful (Labrinth)
- Better Together (Jack Johnson)
- Blue Velvet (Tony Bennett)
- Candle in The Wind (Elton John)
- Can't fight the moonlight ( Coyote Ugly)
- Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley)
- Cavatina (Deer Hunter)
- Chandelier (Sia- Acoustic version)
- Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
- Chasing Pavements (Adele)
- Clocks (Coldplay)
- Clown (Emile Sande)
- Close To You (The Carpenters)
- Come Away With Me (Norah Jones)
- Counting Stars (One Republic)
- Creep (Radiohead)
- Don’t Let The Sun Go Down on Me (Elton John)
- Don’t Look Back in Anger (Oasis)
- Don’t Stop Believeing (Journey)
- Eyes Shut (Years & Years)
- Everybody Hurts (REM)
- Everything I Do (Bryan Adams)
- Fast Car (Tracey Chapman)
- Feather Theme (Forrest Gump)
- Feeling Good (Muse)
- Fields of Gold (Sting)
- Fix You (Coldplay)
- For the Love of a Princess (Braveheart)
- For you I will (Space Jam)
- Free Fallin’ (Tom Petty)
- Get Lucky (Daft Punk)
- Hall of Fame (Script)
- Hero (Enrique Iglesias)
- Hero (Mariah Carey)
- How Do I live ( Con Air)
- How Long I Will Love You (Ellie Goulding)
- Ice Castles Main Theme
- I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing (Aerosmith)
- Imagine (John Lennon)
- Is This Love (Bob Marley)
- I Believe in You and Me (The Preacher's wife)
- I won’t Give Up (Jason Moraz)
- Jar of Hearts (Christina Perri)
- Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars)
- Kissing You (Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet)
- Lara’s Theme (Dr. Zhivago)
- Let Her Go (Passenger)
- Let It Be (Beatles)
- Make You Feel My Love (Adele)
- Marry Me (Jason Derulo)
- Nothing Else Matters (Metallica)
- One Day Like This (Elbow)
- One Wish (Ray J)
- Perfect (Ed Sheeran)
- Photograph (Ed Sheeran)
- Pompeii (Bastille)
- Rather Be (Clean Bandit)
- Real Love (Tom Odell)
- Rule The World (Take That)
- Say You Won’t Let Go (James Arthur)
- Singin' in The Rain
- Skinny Love (Birdy)
- Someone Like You (Adele)
- Song Bird (Eva Cassidy)
- Stairway to Heaven (Led Zepellin)
- Star Wars Main Theme
- Sugar (Maroon 5)
- Take My Breath Away (Top Gun)
- Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton)
- The Note book Main Theme ( The Notebook)
- The Way You Look Tonight (Sinatra)
- Theme from Schindler's List
- The Long And Winding Road (Beatles)
- The Pink Panther
- The Prayer (Quest for Camelot)
- There You'll Be (Pearl Harbour)
- Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
- Three Little Birds (Bob Marley)
- Tiny Dancer (Elton John)
- Titanic Theme (Celine Dion)
- Titanium (David Guetta & Sia)
- To Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan/Adele)
- Treasure (Bruno Mars)
- Truly Madly Deeply (Savage Garden)
- Unchained Melody
- Waiting ForA Star To Fall (Boy Meets Girl)
- Wake Me Up (Aviici)
- Wake Me Up When September Ends (Greenday)
- What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
- What The World Needs Now Is Love
- Wherever You Will Go (Charlene Soraia)
- When I Fall in Love (Nat King Cole)
- When We Were Young (Adele)
- When You Believe (Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston)
- Will You Be There (Free Willy)
- When You Say Nothing At All (Westlife)
- Wind Benneath My Wings (Bette Midler)
- Windmills Of Your Mind (Legrand)
- What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
- Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
- World in Union (Hayley Westerna/ World Cup anthem)
- You Light Up My Life (You Light Up My Life)
- You And I (One Direction)
- You Raise Me Up (Westlife)
- Your Song (Elton John/Ellie Goulding)
- Yellow Submarine (Beatles)
- XO (Beyonce)
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Key Information
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Standard Package- Bespoke packages to suit your schedule
- Arrival one hour prior to performance
- Travel expense
- Dedicated member of our team assigned to your event
- Public Liability Insurance
- Bespoke packages to suit your schedule
- Arrival one hour prior to performance
- Travel expense
- Dedicated member of our team assigned to your event
- Public Liability Insurance
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