Heidi O’Gara Jellison is capable of playing music from every era: select classical pieces from the masters, traditional Celtic songs, Gershwin or Cole Porter jazz, Broadway showtunes, or love themes from a favorite movie.
The following music samples are not a complete list of all the selections available; rather they are representative of the types of music often chosen by clients for a traditional wedding ceremony or special event.
Heidi maintains an extensive music library, and routinely adds new music to her collection. If a client has a particular piece in mind, please contact Heidi directly. If she has the piece, is familiar with it, or can obtain a copy of it, she will make every effort to prepare the piece to meet a client’s special wishes. Heidi is committed to working with each client individually to create the perfect music for their upcoming special event.
The traditional wedding ceremony includes music in four locations:
Please take a moment to listen to some samples of Heidi’s playing by clicking on the titles marked below.
The following music samples are not a complete list of all the selections available; rather they are representative of the types of music often chosen by clients for a traditional wedding ceremony or special event.
Heidi maintains an extensive music library, and routinely adds new music to her collection. If a client has a particular piece in mind, please contact Heidi directly. If she has the piece, is familiar with it, or can obtain a copy of it, she will make every effort to prepare the piece to meet a client’s special wishes. Heidi is committed to working with each client individually to create the perfect music for their upcoming special event.
The traditional wedding ceremony includes music in four locations:
- Prelude music as guests are being seated
- Processional or entrance of the bridesmaids, parents, and bride
- Ceremony music during the lighting of the unity candle, communion, or after the exchange of vows
- Recessional as the bridal party and guests depart.
Please take a moment to listen to some samples of Heidi’s playing by clicking on the titles marked below.
| PRELUDE (Seating of guests) | |
|---|---|
| • Amazing Grace • Prelude in C • Perfect Love • Ode to Joy • Clair de Lune • Girl with the Flaxen Hair • Danny Boy • Larghetto • Sonata in A major, K. 208 • Traumerei |
- American Melody - J.S. Bach - Joseph Barnby - Ludwig van Beethoven - Claude Debussy - Claude Debussy - English Melody - G.F. Handel - Domenico Scarlatti - Robert Schumann |
| PROCESSIONAL (Entrance of bridesmaids, parents, or bride) | |
|
• Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring |
- J.S. Bach - J.S. Bach - Jeremiah Clarke - C.W. von Gluck - G.F. Handel - G.F. Handel - Johann Pachelbel - Jean-Philippe Rameau - Richard Wagner |
| CEREMONY (lighting of the unity candle, communion) | |
| • The Lord’s Prayer • To a Wild Rose • Ave Maria |
- Albert Hay Malotte - Edward MacDowell - Franz Schubert |
| RECESSIONAL (bridal party and guests departure) | |
| • Rigaudon • Concerto in Bb • Psalm 19 • Wedding March • Trumpet Tune |
- Andre Campra - G.F. Handel - Benedetto Marcello - Felix Mendelssohn - Henry Purcell |
Additional Music Suggestions
In addition to the music listed above, below are a few additional
music suggestions suitable for your wedding reception, cocktail party,
corporate event, or any special occasion that would be enhanced by harp music!
- Ain’t Misbehavin' - T. “Fats” Waller
- Air on a G String - J.S. Bach
- All I Ask of You from “Phantom of the Opera" - Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Angel Music from “Phantom of the Opera” - Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Annie’s Song - John Denver
- Barcarolle - Marcel Grandjany
- Beauty and the Beast - Alan Menken
- Bidin’ My Time - George Gershwin
- Body and Soul - John Green
- Chances Are - Robert Allen
- Edelweiss - Rodgers & Hammerstein
- Embraceable You - George Gershwin
- Evergreen - Barbara Streisand
- Everybody Loves Somebody - Ken Lane
- Gavotte - Carlos Salzedo
- I Get a Kick Out of You - Cole Porter
- I Got Rhythm - George Gershwin
- It's Been a Long, Long Time - Jule Styne
- La Paloma Azul - Mexican Folk Song
- Las Mananitas - Mexican Folk Song
- Love is Here to Stay - George Gershwin
- Lullaby - Franz Schubert
- Memory - Andrew Lloyd Webber
- My Favorite Things - Rodgers & Hammerstein
- My Funny Valentine - Ridchard Rodgers
- New Blues - Deborah Henson-Conant
- Nightingale - Deborah Henson-Conant
- Passacaille - G.F. Handel
- Planxty Duncan - Unknown
- Reverie - Marcel Grandjany
- The Rose - Amanda McBroom
- Rumba - Carlos Salzedo
- Satin Doll - Duke Ellington
- Scarborough Fair - Traditional English
- Send in the Clowns - Steven Sondheim
- Siciliana - Carlos Salzedo
- Some Enchanted Evening - Richard Rodgers
- Someone to Watch Over Me - George Gershwin
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow - H. Arlen & E.Y. Harburg
- Tango - Carlos Salzedo
- Tea for Two - Vincent Youmans
- Time After Time - Jule Styne
- A Time for Us from "Romeo and Juliet" - Nino Rota
- Water Spirit - Kim Robertson
- Welsh Airs - Traditional
- The Wind Beneath My Wings - Jeff Silbar
"Heidi, you were wonderful and the music was perfect!"
-Roseanne, mother of the bride