Subject to change without notice
Contact Alys to confirm her availability
Harp wedding music is a unique and beautiful way to add the perfect touch to your special event. The opportunity to listen to wedding music is an important step in planning the details of your ceremony, and the soothing tones of the harp will help ease the stress of preparing for the happiest day of your life!
Alys with Pedal Harp |
Alys Howe invites you to listen to wedding music on this website, and is also happy to
consult with you, by phone,
to ensure that the perfect music is selected for your special Vancouver wedding. Alys is an experienced
musician who has played harp since 1985. With musical training and education in Celtic (Irish and Scottish)
styles of harp playing as well as classical, she has studied and performed across North America and throughout
the UK, and has played both Celtic and classical wedding music at numerous ceremonies and receptions in all of
these locations.
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or The Signing of the Registry
To see pictures of the harps, please go to About the Harps.
Pachelbel's Canon
Bach Chorale
Wagner's Here Comes the Bride (lever harp)
Here Comes the Bride*
Schubert's Ave Maria*
Bach's Meditation*
Bach's Ave Maria*
Handel's Largo*
Handel's Air from "Water Music"*
Hymn: Be Thou My Vision
Hymn: Amazing Grace
Hymn: For the Beauty of the Earth
Puccini's O Mio Babbino Caro from "Gianni Schiichi"
I Vow to Thee (Jupiter)
Musetta's Waltz
Debussey's First Arabesque*
Lakme Flower Duet*
Couperin's Les Barricades Mysterieuses*
Bochsa's Air
Gluck's Dance of the Blessed Spirits/C.P.E. Bach's Minuet*
Purcell's Air
Vivaldi's Largo from "The Four Seasons"*
Gabriel's Oboe*
A Rose e'er Blooming
Dvorak's New World (theme)
Inis Sheer (Ireland)
Wild Mountain Thyme (Scotland)
Salley Gardens (Ireland)
Fair Jean (Scotland)
Lady Owen’s Delight (Wales) [also on phosphorescence CD]
Sheebeg Sheemore (O’Carolan)
My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose (Scotland)
The Mountains High (Ireland)
Miss Power (O’Carolan)
Gratitude (Kim Robertson)
My Brown-Haired Girl (Scotland)
The Eriskay Love-Lilt (Scotland)
Give me your Hand (Ireland)
The Boatman (Scotland)
Mist-Covered Mountains (Scotland)
Fields of Gold
Can’t Help Falling in Love *
Unchained Melody *
Fairytale (Enya) *
Memory of…(Enya)
Let it Be (The Beatles)
Sun and Moon (from Miss Saigon) *
Con Te Partiro *
The Rose
My Heart Will Go On (from Titanic)
Perhaps Love (John Denver)
Annie’s Song (John Denver)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
(audio sample coming soon!)
Alys with Lever Harp
To see pictures of the harps, please go to About the Harps.
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
Trumpet Voluntary (lever harp)
Mendelsohn’s “Wedding March” *
Handel’s Hornpipe from “Water Music”
Trumpet Voluntary (Purcell/Clarke) *
Purcell’s Trumpet Tune *
Mouret’s Rondeau from “Masterpiece Theatre” (audio sample coming soon!)
Purcell’s Rondeau * (audio sample coming soon!)
Hymn: Christ the Lord is Ris'n Today
Vivaldi’s Spring from “The Four Seasons”
Dalza’s Paduana Alla Venetiana
Ode to Joy (theme)
Handel’s Harp Concerto, 1st Movement *
Dussek’s Sonatina (audio sample coming soon!)
Bochsa’s Rondo * (audio sample coming soon!)
Skye Boat Song (Scotland)
The Ash Grove (Wales)
Carolan’s Concerto (Ireland)
Mairi’s Wedding (Scotland)
Carolan’s Draught (Ireland)
Morgan Megan (O’Carolan)
Newlywed Waltz (Scotland)
Musical Priest (Ireland) [also on phosphoresence CD]
Miss Sally Hunter (Scotland) [also on phosphorescence CD]
Merrily Kiss the Quaker’s Wife (Ireland) [also on phosphorescence CD]
Saint Kilda Wedding Reel (Scotland) (audio sample coming soon!)
Moving Cloud (Ireland)
A Whole New World (from Disney’s Aladdin) *
When you say nothing at all
Anywhere Is (Enya) (audio sample coming soon!) *
Only Time (Enya)
And I love her (The Beatles) (audio sample coming soon!)
What a Wonderful World *
Theme from Masterpiece Theatre (Mouret)
Largo, theme from The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
Trumpet Voluntary (Clark)
Tambourin (Hasse)
Irish Jig (Traditional)
Musical Priest (Traditional Irish)
Gaelic Love-Song (Traditional Scottish)
Lord Birsay (Orkney Islands)
Fair Jean (Traditional Scottish)
for Weddings and Background Entertainment Music
Alys Howe is available to perform for weddings and events in Central Vancouver (Locations including Downtown Vancouver, Kitsilano, Kerrisdale, UBC and Point Grey, and East Vancouver to Boundary Road)
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The Budget Wedding Package
Includes up to 60 minutes (total booked time) with solo acoustic Lever Harp. For couples who prefer to have the harpist choose all music selections. For more information: Download Alys Howe Wedding Portfolio (PDF). Download Budget Wedding Contract (PDF). Download Budget Wedding Contract (Word). |
$300.00 minimum fee
+ GST and parking |
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The Basic Wedding Package:
Includes up to 60 minutes (total booked time) and up to three selections of music during the ceremony. For more information: Download Alys Howe Wedding Portfolio (PDF). Download Basic Wedding Contract (PDF) Download Basic Wedding Contract (Word) |
$400.00 minimum fee
+ GST and parking |
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The Standard Wedding Package:
Includes up to 90 minutes (total booked time) and up to four selections of music during the ceremony. For more information: Download Alys Howe Wedding Portfolio (PDF) Download Standard Wedding Contract (PDF) Download Standard Wedding Contract (Word) |
$500.00 minimum fee
+ GST and parking |
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The Catholic Wedding Package:
Includes up to 100 minutes (total booked time) with solo acoustic Pedal Harp and up to six selections of music during the ceremony. Available with set music choices, for Catholic wedding ceremonies. For more information: Download Alys Howe Wedding Portfolio (PDF) Download Catholic Wedding Contract (PDF) Download Catholic Wedding Contract (Word) |
$700.00 minimum fee
+ GST and parking |
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The Deluxe Wedding Package:
Includes up to 2 hours (total booked time) up to six selections of music during the ceremony and two special requests (if suitable for harp). For more information: Download Alys Howe Wedding Portfolio (PDF) Download Deluxe Wedding Contract (PDF) Download Deluxe Wedding Contract (Word) |
$1,000.00 minimum fee
+ GST and parking |
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The Reception Only Package:
Includes up to 60 minutes (up to 4 hours maximum may be booked, at additional cost) with solo acoustic harp (amplification available at additional cost). For more information: Download Alys Howe Wedding Portfolio (PDF) Download Reception Only Wedding Contract (PDF) Download Reception Only Wedding Contract (Word) |
$300.00 minimum fee
+ GST and parking |
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Additional Booked Time:
Includes up to 60 additional minutes, special discounted rate (up to 3 additional hours maximum may be booked, at additional cost) with solo harp (as previously contracted). For couples who have already booked their Wedding Package, and now would like to add on additional time for their Reception, the Rehearsal, during their Photographs, etc. For more information: Download Alys Howe Wedding Portfolio (PDF) Download Addional Booked Time Contract (PDF) Download Addional Booked Time Contract (Word) |
$100.00 minimum fee
+ GST and parking |
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Special Musical Requests:
For music that is not included in Alys Howe´s standard repertoire. If harp music exists, clients may be asked to cover purchase costs If sheet music for another instrument exists, clients must provide this, and a recording. There must be sufficient time, and clients must provide adequate notice. The harpist will decide if the piece is suitable to be arranged for harp The contract attachment for special requests must be completed, and additional costs will apply. Consult the harpist for more information. Download Alys Howe Wedding Portfolio (PDF) Download Special Request - Arrangement Option (PDF) Download Special Request - Arrangement Option (Word) Download Special Request - Purchase Option (PDF) Download Special Request - Purchase Option (Word) |
By Estimate
($100.00 per hour, + GST) |
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Additional Performers:
may be available, to add to all packages Standard combinations are acoustic harp, with: Flute, Vocals, Violin, Recorder, Cello. Another instrument of your choice, may or may not be possible. The harpist will contract other professional musicians. Consult the harpist for more information. Download Alys Howe Wedding Portfolio (PDF) |
$200.00 minimum fee (for up to 1 hour)
($100.00 each additional hour) + GST and additional parking (for each additional performer) |
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Create Your Own Wedding Package:
Using the Deluxe Wedding Contract as a template, clients may describe their plans to Alys Howe and receive a price estimate. Consult the harpist for more information. Download Alys Howe Wedding Portfolio (PDF) |
Contact Alys Howe
for information |
"Thank you so much for the beautiful harp music you played at our wedding. It was exactly what we had imagined, and all our guests commented on the special ambience it created. You took care of us through the entire process and made it so easy! I would whole-heartedly recommend you to anyone looking for something special for their ceremony or reception."
--Penelope Wheelwright
"I was so excited to have you play Berkley Springs [my special request] at our ceremony. You did a wonderful job Ð it was beautiful! Thank you so much."
--Sarah
"I just wanted to send a special thank you for the wonderful job you did at our wedding...We received MANY compliments on your performance from our guests...you provided them with immense pleasure. Thank you deeply for your excellent work."
--Matthew and Jennifer