Clare began learning the piano and violin aged seven, taking up the concert harp a few years later.
After studying with the Royal Northern College of Music principal harp tutor she continued her harp studies at Aberystwyth University.
Clare has been a regular at many of the leading hotels in the Lake District and the Northwest.
She has entertained at a wide range of events from weddings to corporate dinners, small family parties to Medieval evenings.
*Clare plays a wide variety of music from classical to pop, folk to medieval, jazz to Jewish, even playing Disney favourites at a wedding*
Clare began learning the piano and violin aged seven, taking up the concert harp a few years later. After studying with the Royal Northern College of Music principal harp tutor she continued her harp studies at Aberystwyth University. Returning to her native Cumbria, she performed with various orchestras and as part of a flute and harp duo as well as teaching at various schools. Over this time Clare moved to specialising on the Celtic Harp and now plays a Bohemian Troubadour Harp which is an approx 3 ft high replica of a 17th century instrument known for its full sweet tone. Over the last 15 years Clare has been a regular at many of the leading hotels in the Lake District and the Northwest. She has entertained at a wide range of events from weddings to corporate dinners, small family parties to Medieval evenings. Clare plays a wide variety of music from classical to pop, folk to medieval, jazz to Jewish, even playing Disney favourites at a wedding.
The harp is the perfect musical accompaniment for weddings, Romantic and intimate, it can give that extra sparkle to your special day.
Every effort will be made by Clare to accommodate any special requests for pieces as long as reasonable notice is given. She is happy to play outside and to play in marquees as long as there is a level floor and power supply available.
Classical
The Bridal March (Wagner)
The Wedding March
The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba (Handel)
Humoreske (Dvorak)
Prelude No 1 (Bach)
Clair De Lune (Debussy)
Flower Duet (Delibes)
Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini (Rachmaninoff)
Ode To Joy (Beethoven)
Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring (Bach)
Pavane (Faure)
Canon (Pachelbel
Barcarolle (Offenbach)
Four Seasons - Spring And Winter (Vivaldi)
Gymnopedie No 1 (Satie)
Trumpet Voluntary (Purcell)
Intermezzo - Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)
Air - Water Music (Handel)
Nessun Dorma (Puccini)
Hornpipe (Handel)
Skater's Waltz
O mio babbino caro (Pucinni)
Light
What A Wonderful World (Weiss/Thiele)
Summertime (Gerswhin)
Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis (Weiss)
Over The Rainbow - Oz
It Had To Be You (Khan/Jones)
Unchained Melody (Zaret/North)
S'wonderful - American In Paris (Gerswhin)
But Not For Me - Girl Crazy (Gerswhin)
I Got Rhythm - Girl Crazy (Gershwin)
Love Is Here To Stay - American In Paris (Gerswhin)
Someone To Watch Over Me - Oh Kay (Gershwin)
Embraceable You - Girl Crazy (Gerswhin)
My Funny Valentine - Babes In Arms (Rodgers)
Falling In Love With Love - The Boys From Syracuse (Rodgers)
Bewitched - Pal Joey (Rodgers)
Try To Remember - The Fantastics (Schmidt)
Evergreen - B Streisand
Moon River - Mancini
Musicals
Love Changes Everything - Aspects Of Love (Webber)
Think Of Me - Phantom (Webber)
All I Asked Of You - Phantom (Webber)
Come What May - Moulin Rouge (Baerwald)
I Dreamed A Dream - Les Miserables (Schonberg)
A Whole New World - Aladdin (Menken/Rice)
My Heart Will Go On -Titanic (Horner/Jennings)
No Matter What - Whistle (Webber)
Memory - Cats (Webber)
A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes - Cinerella (Disney)
Bella Notte - Lady And The Tramp (Disney)
Empty Chairs At Empty Tables - Les Miserables (Schonberg)
Angel Of Music - Phantom (Webber)
Beauty and the Beast (Disney)
Can you feel the love tonight (The Lion King)
Pelagia's Song (Captain Corelli's Mandolin)
Bring him home (Les Moserables)
Glasgow Love Theme - (Love Actually)
Pop
Handbags And Gladrags (Sterephonics)
The Power Of Love (Rush)
Endless Love (Richie)
Trouble (Coldplay)
Clocks (Coldplay)
Fields Of Gold (Sting)
Have I Told You Lately (Van Morrison)
Wonderful Tonight (Clapton)
Love Is All Around (R Presley)
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (Warren/Hammond)
Careless Whisper (Wham)
Love Story (Sigman)
Here Comes The Sun (Beatles)
All You Need Is Love (Beatles)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand and The Long and winding road (Beatles)
Hero (Enrique Iglesias)
Your Song (Elton John)
You Raise Me Up
Run, You're all that I have, Chasing cars and Just say yes (Snow Patrol)
Angel (Saeah Mclachlan)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Ewan Maccoll)
I'm Kissing you (Romeo and Juliet)
From this moment on (Shania Twain)
Greatest Day and Rule the World (Take That)
For the love of a princess (Braveheart)
I Don't Want To Miss a Thing
Listen to your heart
Fireflies
The Wind beneath your wings
The Rose (Bette Midler)
When you say nothing at all (Ronan Keating)
The way you look tonight
One day like this (Elbow)
How deep is your love (The Beegees)
If this is it (Newton Faulkner)
Truly madly deeply (Savage Garden)
Songbird (Eva Cassidy)
Someone like you - Adele
Folk
Scottish Including:
Eriskay Love Lilt
Annie Laurie
Skye Boat Song
And Many Many More Jigs, Reels And Slow Airs
Irish Including:
Danny Boy
The Salley Gardens
The Lark In The Clear Air
Mairi's Wedding
My Wild Irish Rose
She Moved Through The Fair
My Lagan Love
And Many More Tunes...
Greensleeves
David Of The White Rock
South American Folk Music
Jewish Wedding Songs
Central European Folk Tunes
Medieval Pieces
Kat Miller, Corporate Event, Cumbria
Clare set a wonderful atmosphere for our awards evening. Excellent performance!
Victoria Tufail, Wedding, Yarm, North Yorkshire
Hi Matt, Clare was fantastic at the wedding truly talented and professional. Thank you very much.
Karen Hogg, Wedding, Glasgow
Hi Matt, We had an amazing day, thank you. We were very pleased with Clare's performance. She played beautifully and was exactly what we had hoped for. Thanks again for all your help.
Jayne and David
Thank you so much for playing at out wedding... you were a very special part of our day.
Angela
I would just like to thank you for the most beautiful music it was exactly how I wanted it to be.
Russ and Laura
The music was wonderful and many of our guests commented on the great performance. Thank you.
Janet and Duncan
Your playing was one of the things that made our wedding so memorable. All our guests complimented us on the atmosphere you created. We would like to thank you also for your professional attention to detail... it was exactly how we thought it would be but better!
• Abbey House Hotel, Barrow
• The Netherwood Hotel, Grange Over Sands
• The Swan, Newby Bridge
• Miler Howe, Windermere
• The Samling, Ambleside
• The Holbeck Ghyll, Ambleside
• The Langdale Chase, Windermere
• Broadoaks Country House Hotel, Troutbeck
• Armathwaite Hall, Bassenthwaite
• Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
• Appleby Manor, Appleby -In-Westmorland
• Belmount Hall, Outgate
• Winder Hall, Cockermouth
• Inn On The Lake, Ullswater
• Tullie House, Carlisle
• The Crown Hotel, Carlisle
• Gretna Green
• Auchan Castle, Moffat
• Arta, Merchant City, Glasgow
• Sunderland Stadium Of Light
• The Marriot Hotel, Sunderland
• Longhirst Hall, Morpeth
• The Marriot Hotel, Gosforth Park
• Beamish Hall Hotel, Durham
• Durham University
• The Prince Of Wales Hotel, Southport
• Crathorne Hall Hotel, Yarm, North Yorkshire
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.
North East
- Durham - £270.25
- Northumberland - £276.00
- Tyne and Wear - £276.00
North West
- Cumberland - £230.00
- Cumbria - £241.50
- Westmorland - £241.50
South Scotland
- Dumfries and Galloway - £241.50
- Dumfries-shire - £253.00
