Harpists Mary


Few instruments produce a more beautiful sound than the harp. Harp is a wonderful option for wedding ceremonies, cocktails reception, dinner music, or for just adding that aural, ambient touch.

Biography

Professional harpist, Mary K, has a thriving free-lance harp business, playing for weddings, receptions, private parties, funerals, corporate and charitable functions.  She is also active as an orchestra and ensemble harpist.

Solo and Private Events

Some of her clients for private functions have been the American Cancer Society, American Club, Culver’s Corporation, Elmbrook Church, Medical College of Wisconsin Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Athletic Club, Milwaukee Brewers Corporation, Walgreens Corporation, and Waukesha Symphony Orchestra,   She played for Afternoon Tea at Milwaukee’s elegant and historic Pfister Hotel from 2005 until 2013 and is returning as the regular harpist for the Pfister’s Afternoon Tea in October 2016.

Orchestra and Ensemble Events

In addition to solo harp engagements, Mary is active as a free-lance orchestra and ensemble harpist and is the principal harpist for the Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra.  Other performances include those with the Carroll University Wind Symphony, Concord Chamber Orchestra (Milwaukee), Dudley Birder Chorale (Green Bay), Edgewood Chamber Orchestra (Madison), Green Bay Symphony Orchestra, Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra, Lutheran A Capella Choir (Milwaukee), Milwaukee Master Singers, South Shore Chorale (Fond du Lac), Voices in Harmony (Crystal Lake, IL), Cluj Opera Chorus (Romania), Tokyo International Singers (Japan) and Mannheim Steamroller.  Mary also performed with pianist Ingrid Hanson-Popp and soprano Susan Wiedmeyer in a trio called In One A Chord;  together they recorded a two CDs.

Additional Work

Additional special projects have included playing the stunt harpist for a short film entitled, The Harpist, which premiered at the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival.  Recording projects also include a segment about the harp for the children’s Christian TV program called The Fred and Susie Show (2013), former UWM student Janalyn Gordon’s music which aired on MPTV (2010), a jazz piece with John Croarkin on bass flute called Essence (by John Harmon, 2009).  Mary has also played in an Art to Art performance at Danceworks.

Pop / Show Tunes / Movie Themes

Angel – McLachlan

A Thousand Years – Perri

A Time for Us (Love Theme from “Romeo and Juliet”) – Rota

A Whole New World (from “Aladdin”) – Rice/Menken

Ain’t Misbehavin’ – “Fats” Waller/Brooks

All I Ask of You (from “Phantom of the Opera”) – Webber

All of Me – Stephens/Gad

All You Need is Love – Lennon/McCartney

And So It Goes – Joel

Angel of Music (from “Phantom of the Opera”) – Webber

Ashokan Farewell (from “The Civil War”) – Ungar

As Time Goes By – Hupfeld

At Last – Gordon/Warren

Beauty and the Beast – Menken/Ashman

Besame Mucho – Velasquez

Bewitched – (from “Pal Joey”) – Rogers/Hart

Bidin’ My Time – Gershwin

Body and Soul – Heyman/Sour/Eyton/Green

Bring Him Home – (fr “Les Miserables”) – Schonberg/Kretzmer/Boublil

But Not For Me – Gershwin

Can’t Help Falling in Love – Weiss/Peretti/Creatore

Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You (Frankie Valli) – Gaudio/Crewe

Can You Feel the Love Tonight (“The Lion King”) – John/Rice

Chances Are – Stillman/Allen

Clocks – Coldplay

Colour My World  (Chicago) -Pankow

Con te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye) -Sartori/Quarantotto

Could I Have This Dance (fr “Urban Cowboy”) – Holyfield/House

Crazy – Nelson

I Cross My Heart (George Strait) – Dorff/Kaz

Days of Wine and Roses – Mancini

Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina (fr “Evita”) – WebberAudio Player

Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Russel/Ellington

Dream – Mercer

Ebb Tide – Maxwell

Edelweiss (fr “The Sound of Music”) – Rodgers/Hammerstein

The Elderscrolls III: Morrowind – Soule

Endless Love – Richie

Evergreen – Williams/Streisand

Everybody Loves Somebody – (Sinatra) – Taylor/Lane

Falling Slowly (fr. “Once”) – Hansard/Irglova

Faithfully (Journey) – Cain

Fascinatin’ Rhythm – Gershwin

Fields of Gold – Sting

Fools Rush In – Mercer/Bloom

For the Love of a Princess (from “Braveheart”) – Horner

From This Moment On – Twain/Lange

Game of Thrones theme song – Djawadi

Georgia On My Mind – Carmichael/Gorrell

Go the Distance (from “Hercules”)

Hallelujah – Cohen

Have I Told You Lately – Van Morrison

Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au)

Here, There and Everywhere – Lennon/McCartney

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me – Noble

Hoppipolla – Sigur Ros

Hymne – Vangelis (from “Chariots of Fire”)

I Cross My Heart (George Strait) – Dorf/Kaz

I Dreamed a Dream – Schonberg/Boubil/Natel/Kretzmer (from “Les Miserables”)

If I Loved You  (from “Oklahoma) – Rogers/Hammerstein

I Get a Kick Out of You – Porter

I Just Called to Say I Love You – Wonder

In My Life – Lennon/McCartney

Into the West (fr “Lord of the Rings”) – Shore/Walsh/Lennox

Invisible String – Swift/Dessner

I See The Light (fr “Tangled”) – Menken/Slater

Isn’t She Lovely – Wonder

It Had to be You – Kahn/Jones

It’s Been a Long, Long Time – Cahn/Styne

Audio Player

It’s You -Branch

I Want to be Happy – Caesar/Youmans

I Will – Lennon/McCartney

Killing Me Softly With His Song – Gimbel/Fox

La Vie En Rose – Piaf/Louiguy

Lara’s Theme (from “Doctor Zhivago”) – Jarre

Leaving on a Jet Plane – Denver

Let it Go (from “Frozen”) – Anderson-Lopez/Lopez

Let’s Stay Together – Green

Longer – Fogelberg

Love is Blue – Popp

Love on Top – Beyoncé/et al.

Love Theme from “The Godfather”

Lover, Come Back to Me – Hammerstein/Romberg

Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel) – Joel

Marry Me – Train

Memory  (from “Cats”) – Webberk

Misty – Burke/Garner

Moonglow – Hudson/DeLange/Mills

Moon River – Mercer/Mancini

Morning Has Broken – Stevens/Farje

The Music of the Night  (“Phantom of the Opera”) – Webber

My Heart Will Go On (from “Titanic”) – Horner/Jennings

My Funny Valentine – Hart/Rogers

My Wild Irish Rose – Moore

Nocturne (from “Secret Garden”) – Lovland/Skavlan

On Golden Pond – Grusi

On My Own (from “Les Miserables”)

One Hand, One Heart (fr “West Side Story”)

Only Time – Enya/Ryan/Ryan

Open Arms – Perry/Cain

Over the Rainbow (fr “The Wizard of Oz”) – Arlen/Harburg

Perfect – Sheeran

POV (Point of View) – Grande, et. al

The Prayer – Sager/Foster

Que Sera, Sera – Livingston/Evans

Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini (“Somewhere in Time”)

Rhythm of the Rain – Gummoe

River Flows in You – Yiruma

The Rose – McBroom

Safe & Sound – Swift et. al

Scarborough Fair – Simon/Garfunkel

Secret Love – Webster/Fain

Send in the Clowns – Sondheim

September Song – Weill

Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise – Romberg/Hammerstein

Somebody Loves Me – MacDonale/DeSylva/Gershwin

Some Enchanted Evening (fr. “South Pacific”) – Rogers/Hamm.

Somewhere Out There (fr. “An American Tale”) – Horner/Mann

Spanish Eyes – Singleton/Snyder/Kaempfert

Stairway to Heaven – Page/Plant

Sunrise, Sunset (fr. “Fiddler on the Roof”) – Harnick/Bock

Sunshine On My Shoulders – Denver

Sweet Child O’ Mine (Guns ‘N Roses) – Rose/Slash/Stradlin’/McKagan/Adler

Tea for Two – Caesar/YoumansAudio Player

Theme from “Love Story” – Lai

Theme from “Somewhere in Time” – Barry

Think of  Me (fr. “Phantom of the Opera”) – Webber

Through the Eyes of Love (fr. “Ice Castles”) – Hammer

‘Till There Was You (from “Music Man”) – Wilson

Time After Time – Cahn/Styne

Time to Say Goodbye – Sartorri/Quaramtotto

Try to Remember (fr. “The Fantasticks”) – Jones/Schmidt

Unchained Melody – Zaret/North

Unforgettable – Gordon

The Way You Look Tonight (fr. “Swing Time”) – Fields/Kern

What a Wonderful World – Weiss/Thiele

When You Wish Upon a Star (“Pinochio”) – Harline/Washington

Where is Love (fr. “Oliver”) – Bart

The Wind Beneath My Wings – Henly/Silbar

Wedding Song (There is Love) – Stookey

Wonderful Tonight – Clapton

Yesterday – Lennon/McCartney

You Light Up My Life – Brooks

You’ll Be In My Heart (from “Tarzan”)- Collins

You Raise Me Up – Graham/Lovla

You’re My Best Friend (Queen) – Deacon

Your Song – Elton John/Taupin

••You’re My Best Friend (Queen) – Deacon

Classical
Air
Bach – Gott Lebet Noch
Bach – Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring
Bach – Prelude No.1 (Ave Maria)*
Beethoven – Fur Elise
Biehl – Andante Maestoso (Prelude)
Britton – Interlude
Cabezon – Romance V
Debussy – Claire de Lune
Delmas – Priere
Eighteenth Centry March
Elder Joseph – Simple Gifts
English – O Love, How Deep
Faure – Cantique
Grandjany – Arabesque
Grandjany – Et ron, ron, ron, petit patapon
Grandjany – Nocturne
Grandjany – Petite Suite Classique
Grandjany – Reverie
Haendel – Passacaille
Hasselmans – Trois Petites Pieces
McDonald – Balade
McDonald – Interlude
McDonald – Serenade
Mendelssohn – On Wings of Song
Offenbach – Barcarolle (from “Tales of Hoffman”)
Pachelbel – Canon in D
Posca- By the Sea
Pratt – The Little Fountain
Purcell – Ground in F with Variations
Thompson – El Shaddai
Thomson – Ebbing Tide
Tournier – Six Noels (No.s  I, II, II

Folk
Appalachia – Black is the Color of my True Loves Hair
Appalachia – Shenandoah
Bolivia – Som Coiman
France – Kalenda Maya
Ireland – Annie Laurie
Ireland – Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
Ireland – Danny Boy (or Londonderry Air)
Ireland – Give Me Your Hand
Ireland – Maids of Mourne Shore
Ireland – The Last Rose of Summer
…and many more from Ireland
Japan – Hanayome Ningyo
Latin America – Una Luz en el Mar (A Light in the Sea) – Ortiz
Scotland – Arran Boat Song
Scotland – Auld Lang Syne
Scotland – Baloo Baleerie
Scotland – Barbara Allan –
Scotland – Highland Mary
Scotland – Skye Boat Song
Scotland – The Blue Bells of Scotland
…and more from Scotland
Slovakia – Maria Walks Along the Shore
Spain – Alfonso XII el Sabio
Wales – By Kell’s Waters
Wales – David of the White Rock
Wales – Megan’s Fair Daughter
Wales – Suogan

Other
Bittersweet II – Robertson
Falling Snow – Robinson
Jody’s Jig – Robinson
Moonrise – Robertson
Rain – Robertson
Sailing on Strings – Robinson

Harp & Flute
Albioni- Adagion in G Minor
Bach- Air for the G String
Bach- Arioso
Bach- Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Bach- Sheep May safely Graze
Bachmaninoff- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Bethoven- Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
Bizet- Intermezzo from the Third Act of “Carmen”
Bizet- Minuet from “L;Arlesienne”- Suite 2
Debussy- Claire de lune
Debussy- First Arabesque
English- Greensleeves Variations
Faure- Sicilienne, Opus 78
Gluck- Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Handel- Air from “The Water Music”
Handel- Hornpype from “The Water Music”
Irvine- The Lord’s My Shepherd
Kocher- For the Beauty of the Earth
Marcello- Adagio (Oboe Concerto)
Massenet- Meditation from “Thais”
Mendelssohn- On Wings of Song
Mendelssohn- Wedding March from “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream”
Mozart- Adagio from Clarinet Concerto
Mozart- Laudate Dominum
Mozart- Piano Concerto No. 21: Movement II
Pachelbel- Canon in D
Rachmaninoff- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Saint-Saens- The Swan from Carnival of the Animals
Satie- Trois Gymnopedies
Schumann- Traumerei
Shaker Melody- Simple Gifts
Teleman- Concerto in C: Adagio
Traditional Irish- Be Thou My Vision
Vivaldi- Largo from The Four Seasons
Wagner- Bridal Chorus from “Lohengrin”

Wedding Processionals
Air*
Bridal March  –  Wagner
Canon in D – Pachelbel
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Bach
Musetta’s Waltz (from “La Boheme”) – Puccini
Pictures at an Exhibition – Mussorgsky
Processional – Wood
Renaissance March – Wach*
Trumpet Tune – Clark

Wedding Recessionals
Eighteenth Century March*
Ode to Joy – Beethoven/Schiller
Psalm 19 (“The Heavens Declare the Glory of God”) –
Marcello
Wedding Recessional – Mendelssohn

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