The Waldorf Harpist Cecily is one of the country’s best young harpists

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The guide prices below are for events in Camberley, Surrey. Outside this area extra travel expenses will apply. Please get in touch for an accurate quote.
Ceremony only or 1 hour: £446
Up to 2.5 hours: £546
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About / Biography

Not only does having a harp look elegant and catch the eye of all your guests, but it is one of the few instruments able to create a beautifully unobtrusive music setting. Guests are able to enjoy the music without it imposing on their conversation. As an instrument of beauty in both sound and looks, the harp is ideally suited to wedding ceremonies, drinks receptions and sit down meals of up to 200 people.

As Resident Harpist at the Waldorf Hotel, Covent Garden, Cecily can often be glimpsed in long, beautiful dresses (which she happily refers to as her 'office clothes') entertaining guests with serene harp music over their Afternoon Tea in the Grand Homage Salon. She is in huge demand for weddings and functions. Over the years her clientele has ranged from Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones, to Time Out Magazine, to HM Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. She has performed all over the world including Europe, North America, the Middle East, the French Polynesia, New Zealand, Tasmania and Australia. Most recently she appeared as a guest recitalist in Kuwait City, performing as part of the British Council’s Cultural Season at the Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah in collaboration with the British Embassy of Kuwait.

Cecily plays a large range of music which can easily be tailored for your event. A glimpse of her repertoire list is below but Cecily is always happy to learn extra songs for your event. Genres include classical, light jazz and blues, 60s-modern pop, film, folk and traditional.

Based near London, Cecily is willing to travel up to 100 miles to play for your event.

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AVERAGE RATING

9.64 / 101

Location

Based in Camberley, Surrey

Will travel up to 100 miles
green circle = areas covered (up to 100 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

Arabesque no. 1 - Debussy

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel

Ave Maria - Schubert / Gounod

’Here Comes the Bride’, Bridal Chorus from ’Lohengrin’ - Wagner

Canon in D - Pachelbel

Cantique de Jean Racine - Faure

Casta Diva from ’Norma’ - Bellini

Clair de Lune - Debussy

Duet from ’Pearl Fishers’ - Bizet

Flower Duet from ’Lakme’ - Bizet

In Paradisum - Faure

Themes from ’The Four Seasons’ - Vivaldi

Liebestraum - Liszt

Meditation from ’Thais’ - Massenet

Musetta’s Waltz from ’La Boheme’ - Puccini

Nocturne from String Quartet no.2 - Borodin

Nocturne -Glinka

Prelude in C - Bach

Polovtsian Dances from ’Prince Igor’ - Borodin

Raindrop Prelude - Chopin

The Swan from ’Carnival of the Animals’ - Saint-Säens

Wedding March - Mendelssohn

Folk and Traditional

The Ash Grove

All Through the Night

Amazing Grace

Auld Lang Syne

Believe Me If All Those Endearing Charms

Brian Boru’s March

David of the White Rock/Dafydd y Garreg Wen

Down By The Sally Gardens

Drink to Me Only

Dros y Dwr i Draeth Llanstephan

Early One Morning

Flow Gently, Sweet Afton

The Foggy, Foggy Dew

Give Me Your Hand

Greensleeves

I Gave My Love a Cherry

The Lark in the Clear Air

Last Rose of Summer

Lisa Lan

Little Saucepan/Sosban Fach

Mhairi’s Wedding

My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

Myfanwy

My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose

My Wild Irish Rose

O Danny Boy/Londonderry Air

Scarborough Fair

She Moved Through The Fair

Shenandoah

The Ships of Caernarfon/Llongau Caernarfon

Skye Boat Song/O’er the Sea to Skye

Suo Gan

The Water is Wide / O Waly, Waly

Watching the White Wheat/Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn

When Irish Eyes are Smiling

Ye Banks and Braes

Pop and Film/TV themes

59th Bridge Street (Feelin’ Groovy) - Simon and Garfunkle

All Of You - John Legend

And I Love You So - Don Mclean

Angel - Sarah McLachlan

Ashokan Farewell from ’The Civil War’

A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton

A Thousand Years - Christina Perri

Beneath Your Beautiful - Labyrinth

The Blower’s Daughter - Damian Rice

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkle

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

Can You Feel The Love Tonight from ’The Lion King’ - Elton John

Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You - Elvis Presley

Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol

Chi Mai - Ennio Morricone

Clocks - Coldplay

The Closest Thing To Crazy - Katie Melua

Daydream Believer - The Monkees

Edelweiss from ’The Sound of Music’

Endless Love - Lionel Richie

Every Breath You Take - The Police

Everything - Michael Bublé

(Everything I do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams

Fields of Gold - Sting/Eva Cassidy

Fireflies - Owl City

From This Moment - Shania Twain

Themes from Love Actually - Craig Armstrong

Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

Happy - Pharell Williams

Heaven - Sammy / Bryan Adams

How Long Will I Love You - Ellie Goulding

I’m Yours - Jason Mraz

I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin

Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars

Kiss From a Rose - Seal

Marry Me - Jason Mraz

Moondance - Van Morrison

Moon River - Mancini

The Power Of Love - Gabrielle Aplin

This Year’s Love - David Gray

To Make you Feel My Love - Boby Dylan / Adele

What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton

Extensive selections from The Beatles and Disney

Light Jazz and Blues

Ain’t Misbehavin’ - Waller and Brooks

All The Things You Are - Kern

At Last - Etta James

Autumn Leaves - Kosmas

Bewitched - Rodgers

Blue Moon - Rodgers and Hammerstein

Day of Wine and Roses - Mancini

Don’t Get Round Much Anymore - Duke Ellington

Embraceable You - Gershwin

Fly Me To The Moon - Sinatra

It Had To Be You - Isham Jones

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - Billy Taylor

Lady Be Good - Gershwin

La Vie En Rose - Louiguy

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Kern

Someone to Watch Over Me - Gershwin

Summertime - Gershwin

Take Five - Desmond

Time After Time - Styne

Muscials

Selections from:

Cats

Evita

A Little Night Music

Les Miserables

The Phantom of the Opera

Showboat

The Sound of Music

Birthday and Christmas

Happy Birthday

Vast selection of sacred and secular christmas carols and songs.

Technical Info

What are your basic technical requirements?

Flat surface to play on
Chair without arms

If outside - this must be mentioned in the booking process. Sufficient cover from the elements must be supplied. Examples can be seen in Cecily's pictures.

Performance Info

What are your typical setup and performance times?

30 - 45 minutes to arrive and set up.

Wedding ceremonies:
15 minutes as guests arrive.
Bridal entrance
Signing of the registers (2-3 pieces of music are recommended here)
The exit of the couple and guests.

Cecily can play up to 45 minutes before needing taking a 15 minute break. This is also an ideal time for a meal to be supplied, if arranged.

Recent Clients

The Waldorf Harpist has performed for these clients:

Blenheim Palace

Kirtlington Park

Kensington Palace

Dorchester Abbey

The Savoy Hotel, London

Guildhall, Windsor

The Shard, London

Northcote House, Sunningdale

Lancaster House, London

Painted Hall and Chapel, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich

Café Royal, London

Wentworth Club, Virginia Water

Ickworth House, Suffolk

Natural History Museum, London

The Savill Gardens, Surrey

Leez Priory, Essex

Syon Park House, London

St John’s Smith Square, London

St Martin-in-the-Fields, London

Cliveden House, Buckinghamshire

The Langham Hotel, London

Woodhall Manor, Suffolk

Buckingham Palace, London

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