SARAH MCVEIGH
HARPIST & VOCALIST
Sarah McVeigh is a professional harpist and vocalist based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She has been performing at weddings and events for over ten years. Sarah holds a First Class Honours Degree in Music from the Ulster University, where she specialised in music performance. She regularly plays at weddings, hotels, pubs, events and funerals.
SERVICES
Weddings, funerals, events, hotels & restaurants, concerts & more...
WEDDINGS
Harp music is well suited to a wedding. It is beautiful, romantic and elegant. Sarah can play instrumental music on the harp or sing with the harp at your wedding. Sarah has a large repertoire of music and loves taking requests from brides and grooms.
Sarah can perform at all types of weddings and in the past has performed at Religious and Non-Religious, Civil Ceremonies, Humanist, Interfaith, Elopement, Blessings and more.
You can book Sarah to perform at any part of your day!
Pre-Ceremony
Ceremony
Drinks Reception
During Dinner
Evening Entertainment
Day 2 Celebrations
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FUNERAL & MEMORIAL SERVICE
Music is an integral part of most funeral services. It can be a meaningful way of honouring our loved ones, it allows us to reflect, and helps us recall meaningful memories. Music can speak for us when words fail and can add a moving and personal touch to the service.
Planning the music for a funeral or memorial of a loved one can be overwhelming but Sarah can help you through this with her expertise and make the process as easy for you as possible.
Sarah has over 10 years' experience performing music at funeral and memorial services. She can help you choose the perfect songs or hymns to remember your loved ones.
Sarah can perform at churches, funeral homes, the crematorium, memorial services or humanist services.
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EVENTS AND CONCERTS
Music can add emotion and atmosphere to any event. Sarah can play background music as well as a concert performance at events and functions such as corporate events, award ceremonies, anniversaries, charity concerts, and more.
Past events Sarah has performed at include Belfast City Council Award Ceremonies and Dinners, Baby Naming Ceremonies, 50th Wedding Anniversary, Corporate Christmas Dinner, Golf Club Presidents' Evening, Art Gallery Opening, Concerts for local charities and even during Meditative Yoga.
Pricing varies so get in touch today for a quote.
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THE MUSIC
Sarah performs a wide range of musical genres. A sample repertoire list can be found below. Sarah likes to update her list as regularly as possible and she loves learning song requests made by couples.
CONTEMPORARY
Harp and Vocals
Contemporary
ABBA- Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen, The Winner Takes it All, I Have a Dream
Adele - Make You Feel My Love, When We Were Young, Easy On Me
American Authors- Best Day of My Life
Amy Macdonald-This is the Life
Aretha Franklin- Say a Little Prayer
Bat For Lashes- I Do
Ben E. King-Stand By Me
Bette Midler- The Rose
Beyonce – Halo
Billy Joel- She’s Always a Woman
Birdy- Skinny Love, Wings
Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are, Marry You
Bryan Adams- Heaven, Everything I Do (I Do It For You)
Calum Scott - You are the Reason, Dancing on My Own
Camila Cabello- Havana
Carole King- You’ve Got a Friend
Celine Dion- The Prayer
Chantal Kreviazuk- Feels Like Home
Chris Isaak-Wicked Game
Christina Perri - A Thousand Years
Coldplay- Paradise, Yellow, Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall, Clocks, Magic
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time, True Colours
Derek Ryan- God’s Plan
Ed Sheeran- Perfect, Thinking Out Loud
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros- Home
Elbow- One Day Like This
Elton John - Your Song
Ellie Goulding- How long Will I Love You
Elvis Presley- Can't Help Falling in Love, Love Me Tender
Eric Clapton- Wonderful Tonight
Etta James- At Last
Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold, Songbird, At Last, Over the Rainbow
Fleetwood Mac- Dreams, Landslide, Everywhere
Florence + The Machine- You’ve Got the Love, Dog Days
Frank Sinatra- Fly Me to the Moon
Foo Fighters – Everlong, Times like These
Foy Vance-Guiding Light
Gabrielle Alplin- The Power of Love, Waking Up Slow
Glen Hansard – Falling Slowly
Guns N' Roses- Sweet Child O’ Mine
James Arthur-Say You Won’t Let Go, At My Weakest
Jason Mraz – I Won’t Give Up
Jeff Buckley- Hallelujah
John Legend - All Of Me
Keane-Somewhere Only We Know
Kodaline-The One
Louis Armstrong-What a Wonderful World
Maisie Peters- Feels Like This
Maria McKee- Show Me Heaven
Massive Attack- Teardrop
Michael Bublé – Everything
Nat King Cole- L-O-V-E
Newton Faulkner- Dream Catch Me
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Paolo Nutini- Last Request
Peter Gabriel- The Book of Love
Picture This- Take My Hand
Procol Harum- A Whiter Shade of Pale
REO Speedwagon- Can’t Fight this Feeling
Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Ronan Keating- This I Promise You, When You Say Nothing at All
Ruelle-I Get to Love You
Rusted Root-Send Me On My Way
Ryann Darling- I Choose You
Sara Barellies- I Choose You
Savage Garden – I Knew I Loved You
Seal – Kiss From a Rose
Sixpence None the Richer-Kiss Me
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
Taylor Swift - Wildest Dreams
The Bangles-Eternal Flame
The Beatles-All You Need is Love, Here Comes the Sun, Imagine, Yesterday
The Calling – Wherever You Go
The Corrs- Runaway, Time Enough for Tears
The Cranberries- Dreams
The Goo Goo Dolls- Iris
The Pogues- Love You ‘Till The End
The Police- Every Breath You Take
The Wannadies- You & Me Song
Tina Turner- Simply the Best
Tom Odell- Real Love
The Verve- Bitter Sweet Symphony
Tom Walker- Better Half of Me
Train- Marry Me, Drops of Jupiter
U2- I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, With or Without You
Vanessa Carlton- A Thousand Miles
Westlife- Beautiful in White, I Wanna Grow Old with You
COUNTRY
Feature Subtitle
Beautiful South-A Little Time
Bonnie Raitt- Angel From Montgomery
Buck Owens-Cryin’ Time
Dixie Chicks-Travelin Soldier
Dolly Parton- I Will Always Love You
Elvis Presly-Love Me Tender
Lynn Anderson-Rose Garden
Patsy Cline- Walkin After Midnight
Patti Page- Tennessee Waltz
Shania Twain-From This Moment On, Your Still the One
Taylor Swift - Love Story, You Belong with Me
The Everly Brothers- Bye Bye Love, All I Have to do is Dream, Let it be Me
FOLK/IRISH TRAD
Instrumentals (Harp only)
Ar Eireann Ni Neosfainn Ce hi
Beeswing
Black is the Colour
Bright Blue Rose
Caledonia
Carrickfergus
Carrickmannon Lake
County Down
Danny Boy
Deanta-Where Are You
Down by the Sally Gardens
Garden Valley (Cara Dillon)
Greensleeves
Isle of Inishfree
John Condon
Lone Shanakyle
Lovely Derry on the Banks of the Foyle
Mountains O'Mourne
My Belfast Love
My Lagan Love
Mo Ghile Mear
Ned of the Hill
Past the Point of Rescue
Peggy Gordon
Raglan Road
Reasons To Leave
Red is the Rose
Richard Thompson- Beeswing
Scarborough Fair
Second Violin-Bagatelle
She Moved Through the Fair
She’s like a Swallow
Song For Ireland
Spancil Hill
The Flower of Magherally
The Lakes of Ponchartain
The Spinning Wheel
The Spanish Lady
The Parting Glass
The Old Rustic Bridge
The Voyage
Travelin’ Soldier
When My Love and I Parted
Will You Go Lassie Go
Voice Of An Angel
(Instrumental)
A selection of traditional Slow Airs
A selection of traditional dance tunes including; Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes A selection of O'Carolan's tunes
Joanie Madden-The Hills of New Zealand
The South Wind
The Waltz of The White Lilies
Thomas Walsh-Inis Oírr
Thomas Moore- The Harp that Once
MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS AND MUSICALS
Truly Top-Notch
Aladdin- A Whole new World
An American Tail- Somewhere Out There
Beauty and The Beast- Tale as Old as Time
Breakfast at Tiffany's- Moon River
Braveheart- For the Love of a Princess
Casper- Casper's Lullaby
Fallout- I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire
Forest Gump-Feather Theme
Gabriel's Oboe- Theme
Game of Thrones- Theme
Harry Potter- When Ginny Kissed Harry
Jekyll and Hyde- Once Upon A Dream
Jurassic Park- Theme
Lord of the Rings- Concerning Hobbits
My Sister’s Keeper-Feels Like Home
Nashville – Sanctuary, A Life That’s Good
Once-Falling Slowly
Phantom of the Opera- All I ask of You
Pinocchio- When You Wish Upon a Star
Pirates of the Caribbean- He’s a Pirate
PS I Love You- Love You ‘Till The End
Quest for Camelot- The Prayer
Romeo and Juliet- Love Theme
Spirited Away- Theme
Star Wars- Across the Stars
The Greatest Showman- Medley
The Lion King- Can You Feel the Love
The Lord of the Rings-Medley
The Little Mermaid- Part of Your World
The Office (US)- Theme
The Witcher- Toss a Coin to Your Witcher
The Wizard of Oz- Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Titanic- Theme
Twilight - Turning Page, Bella’s Theme
West Side Story- Medley
CLASSICAL
Classical Harp Instrumentals
Sarah plays a Celtic (Lever) Harp and because of the mechanics of this type of harp, playing Classical music is somewhat limited. However, Sarah is always happy to come up with an arrangement of a Classical piece for your wedding.
Beethoven-Ode to Joy
Debussy- Clair De Lune
Handel- The Arrival of the Queen of Sheeba
Lakmé- The Flower Duet
Ludovico Einuadi- i Giorni, Fairytale
Pachelbel- Cannon in D
Schubert- Ave Maria
Sigur Ros- Hoppipolla
Wagner- Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)
Yiruma- River Flows in You
CONTACT SARAH
Thank you for your interest in booking Sarah for your wedding or event. Please get in touch via any of the methods below and please provide as much information as possible about your event to receieve an accurate quote.
+44 73 889 23570