Hire Eleanor Dunsdon | Harpist in Glasgow

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Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol (Eleanor Dunsdon, Harp)

59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) - Simon & Garfunkel (Eleanor Dunsdon, Harp)

An Cruitire (Michael Rooney) - performed by Eleanor Dunsdon

About Eleanor

Award-winning professional pedal harpist and clarsach player. With years of experience, Eleanor is guaranteed to complete your occasion.

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Glasgow

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Originally from the South of England, Eleanor is an award-winning harpist and composer living in Glasgow. A graduate from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, she is a multi-faceted musician with professional experience in classical, traditional and jazz music and loves to explore all these alongside her love for modern music. With nearly fifteen years experience of performing for weddings and events, she is the perfect addition to any wedding day and can provide a memorable talking point for your guests. Amongst many prestigious events, Eleanor has had the pleasure of performing with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Concertante, Scotland's Grit Orchestra, Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Silkroad Ensemble, as well as performing at the World Harp Congress in Cardiff, Montelago Celtic Festival (Italy), Costa del Folk Festival (Ibiza & Portugal), and Glasgow's Celtic Connections festival.

Eleanor

5 out of 5

10 verified reviews

Satisfaction

5.0

Professionalism

5.0

Communication

5.0

Punctuality

5.0

Eleanor's Reviews

5 out of 5

Eleanor was exceptional and we cannot thank her enough for accepting our booking last minute. We received so Many compliments on her performances at our wedding. She was a pleasure to have and incredibly responsive and helpful in picking music for our ceremony. Could not recommend enough!

5 out of 5

We booked Eleanor to play at our wedding ceremony and she was excellent, she learned a song for us and was professional and so talented. The guests commented on how beautiful the music was and she captured the theme of our wedding perfectly. We hope to be able to book Eleanor for special occasions in the future and would reccomend her to anyone looking for a harpist. Thank you Eleanor!

5 out of 5

Everyone at the wedding loved how nice she played and created a perfect background noise. Thank you again x

5 out of 5

Eleanor was perfect! Our wedding had been rearranged x3 due to COVID and her communication and understanding throughout was amazing. On the day her music made our day, it was perfect and we couldn't recommend her higher!

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5 out of 5

Just wanted to say a huge thank you for your music on Tuesday. It was absolutely beautiful and our guests agreed. We had a huge amount of comments on how well you fitted with the atmosphere of the ceremony. Rest assured we would be more than happy to recommend you and hope that one day we get to hear you playing again.

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Eleanor's Song list

- Popular -

All Of Me (John Legend)

All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)

A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)

At Last (Etta James)

Better Together (Jack Johnson)

Blinding Lights (The Weeknd)

Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell)

Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley)

Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Frankie Valli)

The Cave (Mumford and Sons)

Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)

Clocks (Coldplay)

Counting Stars (One Republic)

Endless Love (Lionel Richie)

Everything (Michael Bublé)

(Everything I Do) I Do It For You (Bryan Adams)

Feelin' Groovy (59th Street Bridge Song) (Simon and Garfunkel)

Feels Like Home (Edwina Hayes)

Fields of Gold (Sting)

Fireflies (Owl City)

Follow You Follow Me (Genesis)

Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)

Halo (Beyoncé)

Have I Told You Lately (Van Morrison)

Here Comes the Sun (The Beatles)

I'm Yours (Jason Mraz)

It Must Be Love (Madness)

I Won't Give Up (Jason Mraz)

Kissing You (Des'ree)

Let Her Go (Passenger)

Love Me Like You Do (Ellie Goulding)

Marry You (Bruno Mars)

Moon River (Henry Mancini)

The One (Kodaline)

Paradise (Coldplay)

Perfect (Ed Sheeran)

Pompeii (Bastille)

Rather Be (Clean Bandit)

River Flows in You (Yiruma)

Say a Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin)

Simply the Best (Tina Turner)

Skinny Love (Bon Iver)

Songbird (Fleetwood Mac/Eva Cassidy)

Streets of London (Ralph McTell)

Sweet Child O Mine (Guns N' Roses)

Symphony (Clean Bandit)

Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)

What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)

What's My Age Again? (Blink-182)

The White Cliffs of Dover (Vera Lynn)

Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)

Yours (Ella Henderson)

Your Song (Elton John/Ellie Goulding)

- Classical -

Bach - 'Andante' from Violin Sonata No. 2

Bach - Aria from The Goldberg Variations

Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Bach - Prelude in C

Bonnie Shaljean - Fantasia on a Sonata by Cardon

Britten - Interlude from A Ceremony of Carols

Clarke - Chaconne

Clarke - Trumpet Voluntary from 'The Prince of Denmark's March'

Debussy - Premier Arabesque

Delibes - The Flower Duet

Einaudi - Le Onde

Einaudi - I Giorni

Grandjany - Reverie, Barcarolle

Grieg - Morning from 'Peer Gynt'

Holst - 'Jupiter' from The Planets

Mendelssohn - Wedding March

Pachelbel - Canon in D

Purcell - Hornpipe

Purcell - Trumpet Tune

Saint-Saens - The Swan from "Carnival of the Animals"

Satie - First Gymnopedie

Schubert - Ave Maria*

Robertson - Etude

Thomas - Watching the Wheat

Wagner - Bridal Chorus

Yiruma - River Flows in You

- Movie/Disney/Musicals -

All I Ask of You ('The Phantom of the Opera')

A Million Dreams ('The Greatest Showman')

As Time Goes By (Hupfeld)

A Time for Us (Theme from 'Romeo and Juliet')

Balcony Scene ('Romeo and Juliet')

Beauty and the Beast Theme

Bella Notte ('Lady & the Tramp')

Bring Him Home ('Les Miserables')

Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Elton John 'The Lion King')

City of Stars ('La La Land')

Concerning Hobbits ('Lord of the Rings')

Downton Abbey Theme

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes ('Cinderella')

Evenstar ('Lord of the Rings')

For the Love of a Princess ('Braveheart')

Game of Thrones Theme

Glasgow Theme ('Love Actually')

Healing Incantation ('Tangled')

Into the West ('Lord of the Rings')

I See the Light ('Tangled')

Jurassic Park Theme

Let It Go ('Frozen')

Married Life ('Up')

May It Be (Enya, 'Lord of the Rings')

Mia & Sebastian's Theme ('La La Land')

Moon River (Henry Mancini)

My Favourite Things ('The Sound of Music')

On My Own ('Les Miserables')

Part of Your World ('The Little Mermaid')

Pure Imagination ('Charlie and the Chocolate Factory')

The Rose (Bette Midler)

The Second Star to the Right ('Peter Pan')

The Secret Life of Daydreams (Dario Marianelli, 'Pride & Prejudice')

Someone To Watch Over Me (Gershwin)

Somewhere Over the Rainbow ('The Wizard of Oz')

So This is Love ('Cinderella')

Stranger on the Shore Theme (Acker Bilk)

Summertime ('Porgy and Bess')

Tale as Old as Time ('Beauty and the Beast')

Theme from Love Story (Francis Lai)

When You Wish Upon A Star ('Pinocchio')

A Whole New World ('Aladdin')

You've Got A Friend In Me ('Toy Story')

- Bollywood -

Raabta (Kehte Hain Khuda) - 'Agent Vinod'

Tere Bin Nahi Lagda

Tere Mast Mast Do Nain - 'Dabangg'

Tum Hi Ho - 'Aashiqui 2'

- Traditional -

(Scottish)

An Buachaille (Stevenson)

Ashokan Farewell

Auld Lang Syne

Aval Moon (McKay)

Both Sides of the Tweed

The Cockle Gatherer

Da Smugglers

Eira (McKay)

Eriskay Love Lilt

Fac' thu na feidh (McKay)

Glenlivet

Mairi's Wedding

My Love is Like a Red Red Rose

Skye Boat Song

Swan LK243 (McKay)

The Water is Wide

(Irish)

The Blue Hills of Antrim

Carolan's Draught

Carolan's Celtic Prelude I & II

Danny Boy (Henson-Conant)

Fields of Athenry

Forest Baby (Brian Finnegan)

Marga's Waltz (Finnegan)

The Moving Cloud

The Parting Glass

Planxty Dermot Grogan (Geraghty)

She Moved Through the Fair

Shule Aroon

The Star of the County Down

Suaimhneas (arr. Geraghty)

The Knappogue Medley (O'Farrell)

(Welsh)

Ar Lan y Mor

The Ash Grove

Harp of Gold

Hiraeth

Huna Blentyn

Lisa Lan

(English)

Watching the Wheat

Greensleeves

Scarborough Fair

(American)

Oh Shenandoah

Eleanor's Prices

Last updated: 2024

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Performance duration	Price
Short performance (up to 15 min)	£375
Up to 1 hour	£406.25
Up to 2 hours	£500
Up to 3 hours	£593.75

Customer questions

Do you need any equipment provided to play outdoors?

None at all - my instrument is played acoustically so I don't need any equipment. If it is raining then I will need full cover or to perform indoors as my instrument is valuable and could be damaged.

Can I pick the pieces you play from the set list?

My set lists are crafted from countless performances and learning what works best to ensure you and your guests have a great time but yes, I am always happy to tailor my set list to set the exact tone you would like for your event.

Can you learn specific pieces before the event?

If a song isn't included in our song list there may still be a chance I already know it. If there is a special song you'd like me to learn, I’m happy to do this for you. I am always happy to learn three new songs for your event but after this, there is a fee of £20 per song for this service to take into account rehearsal and arranging time.

Musicianship

Genres:

Pop, Contemporary classical, Classical, Traditional church music, Christmas, Baroque, Classical crossover, Early music, Fanfare, Film / TV music, Medieval music, Musical theatre, Opera, Renaissance, Folk, Ceillidh, Country, Folk rock, Irish rock, Traditional English folk, Traditional Irish folk, Traditional Scottish folk, Jazz, Modern jazz, Easy listening, Light music, Acoustic, Covers, Disco, Funk, Vintage, Ambient pop, Tribute, 1920s era music, 1930s era music, 1940s era music, 1950s era music, 1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Swing, Blues, Pop rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Indie, World music, Bollywood, French music, Italian music, Jewish music, German music, Spanish music, Tango, Flamenco, Brazilian music, Scottish music, Indian music, Originals, Top 40, Welsh folk, Latin jazz, R&B, Motown, Britpop, Classic rock, Argentinian, Soul, Rock, Post rock, Progressive rock

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Instruments:

Harp, Celtic harp

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Event types:

Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Cruise, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve, Virtual event

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Other skills:

Arranger, Songwriter, Composer, Instrumental teaching, Theory teaching

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