I offer a super eclectic repertoire, years of experience, and the tools you need to effortlessly plan the music for your wedding or event. My base price is $450, which will cover a wedding ceremony or two hours of background music. I think you will find my YouTube channel helpful, because you can listen to over 30 examples of my repertoire. My response time is fast, so you won't have to wait long for answers to your questions. I would be pleased to talk with you about your specific plans!
Renee was a true professional and our mother would have appreciated her performance. The soothing sounds of the magical harp was a pure reflection of the celebration of life our mother lived. Thank you very much for being an independent but very important part of our ceremony.
Response from Renee Wilson, Harpist:
Thank you, Joe. It was an honor to play for your wonderful family!
It was wonderful.
Response from Renee Wilson, Harpist:
Thanks, Maria - it was a pleasure to play for you!
Renee is amazing! Very talented and surpassed all expectations in the best way!
Renee was very professional, kind and talented. Thank you for all your help in making our Church Gala a success.
Response from Renee Wilson, Harpist:
It was such a beautiful event! Thank you for including me in your plans!
Everyone loved her beautiful harp music! She performed at an event we had at our community and she did an amazing job. Everyone commented on how wonderful the music was. We would definitely book her again!
Response from Renee Wilson, Harpist:
Thanks, Katheryn,
It was a joy to be part of your lovely event!
She was truly fantastic! I will definitely use her again in the future!
Response from Renee Wilson, Harpist:
Thanks, Alyssa! It was so much fun to play your beautiful Christmas party!
Everyone was raving how great Renee was!! Her music was current and she played beautifully!!!
She was very professional and the event was a huge success thanks to her talent!!
Thank you!!!!!!!!
Response from Renee Wilson, Harpist:
Thanks so much, Lisa! You planned a really gorgeous event, and I was delighted to be a part of it!
Renee playedbeautifully at our event and everyone was in awe at her talent. Her song selection was up to date and mesmorizing! THANKS Renee!
Response from Renee Wilson, Harpist:
Oh my goodness, it was my pleasure, Kira!! The staff at Sandridge is wonderful, and it was an honor to play for all the ladies. Thanks for setting everything up so beautifully, and I look forward to seeing you sometime soon!
Renee did two events for our community and tailored her musical selections for each group. Residents really enjoyed her.
Response from Renee Wilson, Harpist:
It was a joy to be with all your residents, but I especially loved the enthusiastic response from the memory care group! Thanks for including harp music in your special event plans!
Renee was a delight! I booked her for a last minute party.
She arrived promptly before the event for set-up. She was easy to work with and very pleasant from the time of booking to the actual event. I'll be hiring her again in the future!
Response from Renee Wilson, Harpist:
I loved playing for your club member's 80th! Thanks for facilitating everything so beautifully!
Renee, played so beautifully during the wake/visitation portion of our funeral service. Renee added such elegance to our service. I gave her a lengthy song request list and even a new song last minute she’s never played before. Renee learned quickly and played beautifully! We received so many compliments about Renée and her talent. Our family will definitely book Renée again she was absolutely amazing! She was professional, and again added so much elegance to our occasion. Thank you from the bottom of our heart for making this difficult day extra special Renée .
Response from Renee Wilson, Harpist:
Thank you, Nakita. It was such an honor to play for your family!
Renee arrived on time and was ready to begin. My quest was so impressed with her choice-of music. She played everything on my list. So professional, I can not wait to hire her again!!
I will truly recommend her to anyone who wants a more elegant experience. She was dressed beautifully and my quest loved her.
Response from Renee Wilson, Harpist:
Your celebration was so beautiful, Carrie! It was such a pleasure to play for you, especially the "One in a Million You"!
Renee, was absolutely wonderful. She played a variety of Holliday and love songs for the bridal shower.
We had many compliments on her playing the harp. Many thanks to Renee! Definitely 5 plus stars!!!
Response from Renee Wilson, Harpist:
Thank you, Margo! I was delighted to be part of the beautiful event you planned!
We booked Renee for our Holiday Customer Appreciation Event, and she was amazing! She pretty much played the entire event, and everyone was completely impressed with her lovely harm music. We asked her to play holiday songs and she did not disappoint. I would definitely recommend Renee and will be keeping her in mind for any other events we have in the future. Thank you again, Renee!
Response from Renee Wilson, Harpist:
Thank you so much for all your help, and the lovely compliments, Tiffany! I loved being part of your extremely chill holiday party!
Renee played for us during our registration times at a corporate event that took place in Chicago mid-October - and let me first say that there is not a single regret in hiring Renee for our program!
She was attentive, responsive and 100% professional - but past that our guests LOVED her playing. We had folks requesting songs, taking pictures/videos - and overall just talking about how positive and well received it was.
We'll definitely be looking Renee up again when we're back in Chicago! Thanks again, Renee!!
Response from Renee Wilson, Harpist:
Thanks so much, Bridget! It was super fun to help your guests ease into their mornings!
Price Range: $400 and up
Unions: AFM
I have a YouTube channel where you can hear me play right away, and I am available for consult throughout your planning process. I take a $100 deposit and send a contract to secure the date. On the performance day, I arrive 30-45 minutes before my start time, and bring everything I need with me. Please provide details if your venue is not handicap accessible, because it will affect my ability to load my harp into the space.
I have a large repertoire, and special requests can be accommodated, but there may be a small fee added if I have to purchase music. I travel with a battery powered amp, so you can plan on an extra boost of sound, if you need it.
I have a Master of Music Performance degree and have been playing harp professionally in Chicago for over 25 years. I am a proud member of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 10-208. In addition to playing in Chicago, I have been the Principal Harpist in the South Bend Symphony Orchestra for many years. I live in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, but I travel throughout the Greater Chicago area, and into Northwest Indiana.
| September 27, 2024 • 9:30am - 11:00am | Funeral/Memorial Service |
| July 28, 2024 • 6:00pm - 8:00pm | Funeral/Memorial Service |
| June 30, 2024 • 11:30am - 2:00pm | Bridal Shower |
| May 11, 2024 • 4:30pm - 7:00pm | Wedding Ceremony |
| March 23, 2024 • 4:30pm - 5:30pm | Dinner Party |
| March 21, 2024 • 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Cocktail Party |
| December 17, 2023 • 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Christmas Party |
| December 15, 2023 • 4:00pm - 6:00pm | Christmas Party |
| December 02, 2023 • 6:00pm - 8:00pm | Corporate Event |
| November 10, 2023 • 5:00pm - 8:00pm | Funeral/Memorial Service |
| September 18, 2023 • 7:30am - 8:30am | Corporate Event |
| August 13, 2023 • 12:00pm - 1:30pm | Bridal Shower |
| June 24, 2023 • 12:00pm - 2:00pm | Children’s Birthday Party |
| May 13, 2023 • 11:30am - 1:00pm | Nonprofit Event |
| May 12, 2023 • 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Retirement Community Event |
| April 15, 2023 • 6:00pm - 7:30pm | Birthday Party |
| March 18, 2023 • 10:00am - 11:00am | Funeral/Memorial Service |
| February 14, 2023 • 11:00am - 1:00pm | Holiday Party |
| December 18, 2022 • 5:00pm - 7:00pm | Anniversary Party |
| December 17, 2022 • 12:00pm - 3:00pm | Bridal Shower |
| December 15, 2022 • 5:00pm - 9:00pm | Christmas Party |
| October 12, 2022 • 7:30am - 8:30am | Corporate Event |
| October 02, 2022 • 8:00pm - 9:30pm | Wedding Reception |
Popular Music Frequently Used in Weddings
All I Ask of You (from "Phantom of the Opera")
All of Me (John Legend)
All You Need is Love (Beatles)
A Sky Full of Stars (Coldplay)
A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)
At Last (Etta James)
Beauty and the Beast
Bless the Broken Road (Rascal Flats)
Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley)
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Elton John)
Come Away With Me (Norah Jones)
Dangerously in Love (Beyonce)
Embraceable You (Gershwin)
Endless Love (Lionel Ritchie)
Eternal Flame (The Bangles)
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You (Bryan Adams)
Falling Slowly (Once)
The first Day of My Life (Bright eyes)
Flightless Bird/American Mouth (Iron and Wine)
From This Moment On (Shania Twain)
Halo (Beyonce)
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Here Comes the Sun (Beatles)
Here There and Everywhere (Beatles)
Ice Cream (Sarah McLachlan)
I Choose You (Sara Bareilles)
I Have Dreamed (from "The King and I" and "The American President")
I'm Yours (Jason Mraz)
I Will (Beatles)
La Vie en Rose (Piaf/Armstrong)
Love Story (Taylor Swift)
Make You Feel My Love (Adele)
Marry Me (Train)
Mary You (Bruno Mars)
Married Life (from "Up")
Moon River (from "Breakfast at Tiffany's)
My Cherie Amour (Stevie Wonder)
Only Time (Enya)
Over the Rainbow (Dorothy version)
Over the Rainbow (Iz version)
Perfect (Ed Sheehan)
The Prayer
Ribbon in the Sky (Stevie Wonder)
River Flows in You (Twilight)
Someone to Watch Over Me (Gershwin)
Somewhere Only We Know
Storybook Love (from "The Princess Bride")
Till There Was You (from "The Music Man")
True Colors
The Way You Look Tonight (Kern)
What a Wonderful World (Armstrong)
(What a) Wonderful World (Sam Cooke)
What the World Needs Now is Love
When I'm 64 (Beatles)
Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
Classical Music Frequently Used in Weddings
Air (from "Water Music; Handel)
Air on the G String (Bach)
Allegro Grazioso (from "Spring"; Vivaldi)
Allegro Maestoso (Handel)
All in a Garden Green (Playford)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Bianco Fiore ("White Flowers"; Negri)
Bridal Chorus (from "Lohengrin"; "Here Comes the Bride"; Wagner)
Clair de Lune (Debussy)
Come Ye Sons of Art (Purcell)
Concerto in B flat (Handel)
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba (Handel)
Evening of Roses (Traditional Jewish)
Flower Duet (Delibes)
The Gentle Maiden (Irish Air)
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
Largo (from "The Four Seasons"; Vivaldi)
The Lark in the Clear Air (Traditional Irish)
Meditation (from "Thais"; Massenet)
Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
Prince of Denmark's March (Clarke)
The Rejoicing (Handel)
Rondeau (Mouret)
Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
Trumpet Tune (Clarke)
Wedding March (Mendelssohn)
Additional Popular Choices
Again (Janet Jackson)
Always and Forever
Angel (Sarah Mclachlan)
Angel of Music (from "Phantom of the Opera")
A Sky Full of Stars (Coldplay)
Beauty and the Beast (Ashman/Menken)
Be My Baby (The Ronettes)
Blue Bossa
Can't Get Started With You (Vernon Duke)
Caught Up in the Rapture (Anita Baker)
Dangerously in Love
Despacito
Dream (Priscilla Ahn)
Ebb Tide (Robert MaxwellO
Edelweiss (from "The Sound of Music")
Fields of Gold (Sting)
Final Fantasy Prelude
Game of Thrones Theme
Here and Now
Hotel California (Eagles)
I Believe in You and Me
If I Fell (Beatles)
I Got you Babe (Sonny and Cher)
I Get a Kick Out of You (Cole Porter)
I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston)
Inner Light (Star Trek Next Generation)
In My Life (Beatles)
Into the West (from "The Lord of the Rings")
Iris (Goo Goo Dolls)
It Might As Well Be Spring (Rogers/Hammerstein)
Kiss From a Rose (Seal)
La Paloma Azul (Brubeck)
Love is Here To Stay (Gershwin)
Misty (Errol Gardner)
My Funny Valentine (Gershwin)
My Heart Will Go On (from "Titanic")
Nothing Else Matters (Metallica)
On the Wings of Love
Pure Imagination (from "Willie Wonka")
Rainbow Connection (Kermit the frog)
Scarborough Fair (Simon and Garfunkel)
Save the Best for Last (Vanessa Williams)
Singing in the Rain
Somewhere in Time (Barry)
Stay With Me (Sam Smith)
Suddenly
Sweet Child 'O Mine (Guns N' Roses)
Sweet Love
Terrapin Station (Grateful Dead)
That's All (Nat King Cole)
Time in a Bottle (Jim Croce)
Time to Say Goodbye (Andrea Bocelli)
Tonight Tonight (Smashing Pumpkins)
Tupelo Honey (Van Morrison)
Under the Boardwalk
Unforgettable
You Are the Sunshine of My Life
We're In This Love Together
The Wind (Cat Stevens)
You've Got a Friend in Me (from "Toy Story")
Additional Classical Choices
Adagio from "Clarinet Concerto" (Mozart)
Arioso (Bach)
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Gluck)
First Gymnopedie (Satie)
First Arabesque (Debussy)
Fur Elise (Beethoven)
The Girl With the Flaxen Hair (Debussy)
I Love You So (Lehar)
Musetta's Waltz (Puccini)
Nocturne (Mendelssohn)
O Mio Babbino Caro (Puccini)
Prelude #1 (Bach)
Raindrop Prelude (Chopin)
Simple Gifts (from "Appalachian Spring "; Copland)
Sleepers Wake (Bach)
Sonata en Re (Albeniz)
The Swan (Saint-Saens)
Theme from "Jupiter" (Holst)
To a Wild Rose (Macdowell)
Villa Song (Lehar)
Bollywood
Chori Chori Chupke Chupke
Dil Diyan Gallan
Janam Janam
Jashn-E-Bahara
Kal Ho Naa Ho
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Pee Loon
Pehla Nasha
O Re Piya
Tere Bina
Teri Meri
Tum Hi Ho
Holiday Songs that Don't Reference a Particular Holiday
Frosty the Snowman
Jingle Bell Rock
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells in Waltz Time
Happy Holidays
Home for the Holidays
Let it Snow!
March of the Toys (from "Babes in Toyland")
Skating (from "A Charlie Brown Christmas")
Winter Wonderland
Holiday Songs About Santa and Christmas
All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth
Believe (from "Polar Express")
Carol of the Bells
The Chipmunk Song
The Christmas Song
Deck the Halls
Christmas Time is Here (from "A Charlie Brown Christmas")
Feliz Navidad
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Here We Come A-Wassailing
I'll Be Home for Christmas
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
A Holly Jolly Christmas
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Merry Christmas, Darling
O Christmas Tree
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Santa Baby
Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
Silver Bells
Up on the Housetop
We Need a Little Christmas (from "Mama")
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
White Christmas
Classical Holiday Music
Evening Prayer (from "Hansel and Gretel")
Arabian Dance (from "The Nutcracker" ballet)
March (from "The Nutcracker" ballet)
Waltz of the Flowers (from "The Nutcracker" ballet)
Hanukkah Music
Chanukah O Chanukah
Hanukkah, Hanukkah
I Have a Little Dreidal
Menorah Memories
My Dreydl
Ner LI
Oh Hanukkah
Rock of Ages
Sevivon
Yodim Atem
Holiday Songs About the Birth of Christ
Angels and Shepherds
Angels We Have Heard on High
As Lately We Watched
Away in a Manger
Baloo Lammy (Scottish Carol)
Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella
The Christ Child's Lullaby (Hebridean Tune)
Coventry Carol
Ding Dong Merrily on High
The First Noel
Jesu Bambino
God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman
Good King Wenceslas
Hark the Herald Angels sing
He is Born (Il eat Ne)
The Holly and the Ivy
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
In the Bleak Midwinter
I Wonder as I Wander
I Saw Three Ships
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Joy to the World
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
The Little Drummer Boy
Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming
Neopolitan Carol
Noel Nouvelet
Pat a Pan
O Come All Ye Faithful
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Of the Father's Love Begotten
Once in Royal David's City
O Holy Night
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Personent Hodie
Silent Night
Still, Still, Still
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
We Three Kings
What Child is This?
What is This Fragrance?
What Shall I Give?
While By My Sheep
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