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Ruby Aspinall

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About Ruby

Ruby's Harp playing has been described as "Heart Melting" by The Guardian. Playing for 600+ events including the BBC Proms & Alicia Keys
Harpist
London
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Ruby is a professional classically trained harpist that works in London. She has performed at The Royal Albert Hall through to Latitude Festival. Recorded for Island Records & Deutsche Grammophon. Ruby has also performed for shows in the Westend, and on records at Abbey Road Studios & Air Studios for film tracks. Pop & RnB artists including Alicia Keys, Rihanna, JP Cooper and Kyra. Orchestras she has played for include: The English National Opera, English National Ballet , BBC Concert Orchestra, Birmingham Royal Ballet & Chineke! Orchestra. As an experienced wedding and events musician, Ruby enjoys the versatility this brings to performing! She loves meeting Brides & Grooms to be & performs exciting current Pop & Jazz repertoire on her beautiful Concert Harp. Venues that her harp has played in include: The Ritz Hotel, The Dorchester, Claridges, The Orangery Holland Park, Down Hall Country House Hotel, Loseley House, Pembroke Lodge, The Sofitel Hotel, The Renaissance Hotel St Pancras, The Tithe Barn, Great Fosters & The Natural History Museum. Corporate Clients include: Kier Group, Gleeds, V&A Museum, Ernst & Young LLP, The BIID, Aesop Skin care, & CULT beauty, For enquires, please get in touch

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Experienced: 10 bookings through Encore
Musicianship
Genres:
Classical, Jazz, Pop
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Instruments:
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Event types:
Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Cruise, Birthday party
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Other skills:
Composer, Songwriter
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Ruby's Song list

Canon In D- Pachabel
The Flower Duet- Delibes
The Swan- Saint Saens
Clare de Lune-Debussy
1st Arabesque- Debussy
Arioso-J.S Bach
The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba-Handel
La Source- Hasselmans
Themes from Sleeping Beauty- Tchaikovsky
Traditional Bridal March - Wagner & Mendelssohn
Le Onde- Einaudi
Movements from Handel's Harp Concerto
Please ask for full Classical List
Current Pop list:
A Thousand Years- Christina Perri
One Kiss- Dua Lipa
Levitating- Dua Lipa
Best Day Of My Life- American Authors
All Of Me- John Legend
Say You Won'd Let Go-James Arthur
Titanium- David Guetta
Rather be- Clean Bandit
Symphony- Clean Bandit
We Found Love- Calvin Harris
Came Here For Love
Senorita- Camilla Cabello
Havana- Camilla Cabello
Despacito- Luis Fonsi
Leave The Door Open- Silk Sonic
Married Life -from UP! Pixar
Tale As Old As Time- Beauty & The Beast Disney
A Whole New World- Disney
Can You Feel The Love Tonight- Elton John
Game Of Thrones theme-
A Million Dreams- Greatest Showman themes
Viva La Vida- Cold Play
Adventure of A Lifetime- Cold Play
Coloratura- Cold Play
7 Nation Army- White Stripes
Cheerleader- Omi
You- Lloyd ft Lil Wayne
Toosie Slide-Drake
If I Ain't Got You- Alicia Keys
Perfect- Ed Sheeran
Thinking Out Loud- Ed Sheehan
Photograph- Ed Sheeran
Shape of you -Ed Sheeran
Someone Like You-Adele
Hello- Adele
Love Me Like You Do- Ellie Golding
How Long Will You Love Me- Ellie Golding
Someone You Loved- Lewis Capaldi
Hold My Hand- Jess Glynn
Real Love -Jess Glynn
Shotgun- George Ezra
Paradise- George Ezra
Marry me- Bruno Mars
Just The Way You Are- Bruno Mars
Happy - Pharell Williams
Classic Pop/ Rock/ R n B list
Halo- Beyonce
Kissing You-Des'ree
Diamonds- Rihanna
Fallin' -Alicia Keys
New York State Of Mind- Alicia Keys
Higher Love- Kygo and Whitney Houston
Wonderful Tonight- Eric Clapton
Are You Ready For Love- Elton John
Always A Woman to Me- Billy Joel
Just The Way You Are- Billy Joel
Circle Of Life- Elton John
Your Song- Elton John
Everything- Buble
Home- Buble
I'm Yours- Jason Mraz
It Must Be Love- Madness
Can't Help Falling In Love- Elvis
Islands In The Stream-
Wind Beneath My Wings-
No Ordinary Love- Sade
Fields Of Gold- Sting
Love Is In The Air -John Paul Young
Stand By Me- King
Let's Stay Together- Al Green
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life- Stevie Wonder
Just The Two Of Us- Bill Withers
Always And Forever- Luther Vandross
All You Need Is Love- Beatles
Here Comes The Sun- Beatles
You Can't Always Get What You Want- Rolling Stones
Lola- The Kinks
Life On Mars- Bowie
Fly Me To The Moon- Frank Sinatra
Come Fly With Me- Frank Sinatra
Love and Marriage- Frank Sinatra
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
When You Wish Upon A Star
What A Wonderful World- Louis Armstrong
My Baby Just Cares For me- Nina Simone
Songbird- Eva Cassidy
Come Away With me- Norah Jones
Don't Know Why- Norah Jones
Starry Starry Night
Bollywood songs:
Tum Hi Ho
Chura Liya
Kal Ho Naa Ho
Ek Ladki ko dekha
I also have a huge Disney song list
Film, T.V Themes song list
Jazz Standards Song List
Bollywood Song list
Anime and Games list
If you have a song request please get in touch!
Classical:
The girl with the flaxen hair- Debussy
Ave Maria- Schubert
Ave Maria- Gounod
Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring- J.S Bach
Trumpet Voluntary- Clarke
Trumpet Voluntary- Purcell
Spring and Winter from The Four Seasons- Vivaldi
Voi Che Sapete "You Who Have Knowledge"- From The Marriage Of Figaro- Mozart
What Is Life from Orfeo and Euridice- Gluck
Where'er you walk from "Xerxes"- Handel
Panis Angelicus- Franck
Meditation from "Thais" - Massenet
Fur Elise- Beethoven
Excerpts from the ballet "Swan Lake" Tchaikovsky
Customer questions

What do your clients love most about your performances?

The huge range of high quality sounding music I can play on my Harp. Pop, Jazz, Bollywood, Film Music & of course traditional Classical My positive-can do attitude & attention to detail

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

We try to be flexible to ensure your event runs smoothly. If timings change a little, please let me know beforehand and we can amend these on the booking form.

How much time do you need to set up?

I like to be set up and in place an hour before the performance time. That way I can see the guests arriving and talk to the registrars/event organisers.

Is the transport of your harp included in your quote?

Yes, travel is included in all quotes

Do you need any equipment provided to play outdoors?

The harp is an acoustic instrument and so no equipment is needed. For requests to play outdoors, the harp does need to have cover- A shaded area is ideal as the instrument is valuable and could be damaged. This can always be discussed with the venue's management for advice on where is best to place a musician at the venue/suites.

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

Absolutely, it is part of making your event personal and a success! I am always happy to to talk through music choices and advise my clients.

Can you learn specific pieces before the event?

If a song isn't included in the song list it is possible to request a song. There is a chance I play it already! A special -song I am happy to learn this for you.I offer up to 4 new songs free. You are welcome to use the Skype consultation service I offer. After that there is a fee of £40.00 per song to learn these to cover my rehearsal study times.

Ruby's Prices

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

Standard Prices
Performance durationPrice
Short performance (up to 15 min)£275
Up to 1 hour£500
Up to 2 hours£625
Up to 3 hours£812.50
Packages
Wedding ceremony
This includes music before the service begins, music during the signing of the register, and music as guests leave.
£375

Add-ons

Skype Consultation and 3 New Songs Learned
+£40
Ruby
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Ruby's Reviews

From Encore customers:

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Tommy J
14 days ago
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5 out of 5

I can’t recommend enough. She was great and really added a special touch to my wedding. Thank you so much!

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Hayley M
5 months ago
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5 out of 5

Ruby was a joy to work with, so friendly and the music was beautiful

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Carl A
8 months ago
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5 out of 5

Ruby was amazing and made my proposal perfect! She was very communicative in the lead up and was kind enough to learn some new songs for me, which made my day even more special.

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Sylvia N
1 year ago
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5 out of 5

Ruby was fantastic the entire time. She kept great communication and was very accommodating to our requests. On the day, her performance was perfect and brought a wonderful atmosphere.

Reply from Ruby
1 year ago

Thank you Sylvia and H, I loved being a part of your day. It was lovely to meet you both & to see such joy & love celebrated! Wishing you every success

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From other customers:

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Managing L
2040 years ago

Your performance was brilliant, thank you Ruby!

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Ernst L
7 years ago

A wonderful performance, thank you Ruby

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From other musicians:

6 March 2016

I performed with Ruby with The University of Reading Symphony Orchestra . She is an excellent Harpist and a lovely warm and friendly person