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About Ruth

An award-winning harpist and vocalist based in Sheffield and Lincolnshire, providing bespoke music for special events.

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Harpist

Sheffield

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Ruth Lee is an award-winning harpist, composer and vocalist, regularly playing in venues across the UK and on TV. Specialising in classical and contemporary music, Ruth creates bespoke arrangements on the harp to offer a one-of-a-kind event experience. From Coldplay to the the Legend of Zelda and everything in-between, Ruth can provide the perfect atmosphere and stunning memory for your event. Ruth has performed at festivals and venues across the UK, winning awards at the United Kingdom Harp Competition, the Wales International Harp Festival and the Edinburgh International Harp Festival. She performed as a soloist at the World Harp Congress 2022 and regularly performs solo concerts across the UK. She is sought after for weddings and events and has appeared on an American Period Drama broadcast on NBC and USANetwork! She maintains a busy schedule of performances alongside her private teaching studio, community workshops, and other compositional work. Ruth can provide a PA system to cater for outdoor events and large spaces.

Ruth

5 out of 5

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Ruth's Reviews

5 out of 5

Ruth is an absolutely delightful and extremely talented young lady. Loads of positive comments on the night. Would definitely recommend

Reply from Ruth

8 months ago

Thank you so much Lynn - it was a pleasure to be there. My best wishes to you

5 out of 5

Ruth was very professional, even when we had to move our wedding from outdoors to indoors last minute. Her music was perfect and our friends and family loved it!

Reply from Ruth

1 year ago

Thank you very much for your kind words! It was a joy to play for you, and thank you for inviting me to be a part of your special day. Wishing you and your loved ones all the best.

5 out of 5

Ruth was excellent, everyone loved her music and she was very personable chatting to my family and even letting the kids have a go of her harp!! My parents enjoyed her performance so much that they are planning to go and watch her again. Thank you so much for making my parents 50th wedding anniversary dinner so special with that extra touch of class and ambiance.

Reply from Ruth

2 years ago

Thank you so very much for inviting me to be a part of the day. It was lovely to meet you all. Please send them my very best (and it was lovely to see them at my concert!)

5 out of 5

Ruth played beautifully at my daughter’s wedding. We had asked Ruth to learn a new tune to Disney’s Up and this she did which was just lovely. Many guests enjoyed listening to her playing afterwards too. Thank you Ruth for making the day extra special.

Reply from Ruth

2 years ago

Thank you very much for your very kind words. It was a pleasure. My apologies that I’ve only just seen that I’m able to reply to reviews on here!

5 out of 5

Ruth played at our wedding and was absolutely brilliant - both on the day and in the run up - including helping us to select various songs for the ceremony and even learning some new compositions specifically for us. She was also really easy to work with throughout - flexible on timings etc. Would 100% recommend.

5 out of 5

Ruth played at our wedding this May and was brilliant. We had a garden function and then afternoon tea in a marquee. Ruth is an excellent harp player who created a wonderful atmosphere throughout the day with a wide-ranging repertoire of pieces that we picked out together. Thanks again Ruth!

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Ruth's Song list

Here is a selection of the music which I often perform. If you can't find what you're looking for below, please get in touch. I'm happy to learn a new arrangement for you.

Traditional Processionals/Recessionals

Wedding March (Mendelssohn)

Bridal March "Here Comes The Bride" (Wagner)

Canon in D (Pachelbel)

Trumpet Tune (Purcell)

Trumpet Voluntary (Purcell)

Classical:

Bolero (Ravel)

Cavatina: Theme from the Deer Hunter)

Chorale (Schumann)

Clair De Lune (Debussy)

Duet from the Pearlfishers (Bizet)

Gymnopédie 1 (Satie)

Igiorni (Einaudi)

Intermezzo (Mascagni)

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)

La Rejouissance, Music for the Royal Fireworks (Handel)

Lullaby (Brahms)

Meditation (Thais)

Melodica Africana II (Einaudi)

Menuet al Rovescio (Haydn)

Minuet from Don Giovanni (Mozart)

Morning (Peer Gynt)

Musetta's Waltz from La Boheme (Puccini)

New World Symphony (Dvorak)

O, My Beloved Father from Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)

Ombre (Einaudi)

On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn)

Passaggio (Einaudi)

Primavera (Einaudi)

Quel che resta (Einaudi)

Questa Notte (Einaudi)

River Flows in You (Yiruma)

Skater's Waltz (Waldteufel)

The Nightingale (Deborah Henson-Conant)

Various others by Einaudi

Hymns

Examples Include:

Abide with Me

Amazing Grace

Ave Maria

Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah/Redeemer

Morning Has Broken

Popular/Jazz:

ABBA (various)

A Thousand Years

All of Me (John Legend)

At Last (Sinatra)

Better Together (Jack Johnson)

Blackbird (The Beatles)

Blank Space (Taylor Swift)

Blue Moon (Sinatra)

Bubbly (Colbie Caillat)

Can't Help Falling in Love

Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)

Come Away with Me (Norah Jones)

Dancing in the Moonlight

Dandelions (Ruth B)

Dream a Little Dream

Dreams (Fleetwood Mac)

Enchanted (Taylor Swift)

Endless Love (Lionel Richie)

Eternal Flame

Everything (Michael Buble)

Fallin’ for You (Colbie Caillat)

Fearless (Taylor Swift)

Fernando (ABBA)

Fireflies (Owl City)

Fly Me to the Moon (Sinatra)

Golden Slumbers (The Beatles)

Hallelujah

Hey Jude (The Beatles)

Hey Soul Sister (Train)

Holy (Justin Bieber)

How Long Will I Love You (Ellie Goulding)

I Choose You (Sara Bareilles)

I Could Get Used to This (Becky Hill)

I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter)

I Get to Love You (Ruelle)

I Have a Dream (ABBA)

I Want to Hold Your Hand (The Beatles)

I’m Yours (Jason Mraz)

Into My Arms (Nick Cave)

It’s Been a Long Long Time (Harry James and his Orchestra)

Jazz Lullaby (Tony Robinson & Amanda Whiting)

Just the way you are (Bruno Mars)

La Mer / Beyond the Sea (Charles Trenet)

La Vie en Rose (Edith Piaf)

Let it Be (The Beatles)

Like a Star (Corrine Bailey Rae)

Life on Mars (David Bowie)

Love Story (Taylor Swift)

Lover (Taylor Swift)

Lucky (Jason Mraz/Colbie Caillat)

Make you feel my love (Adele)

Marry Me

Marry You (Bruno Mars)

Misty (Garner)

Moon River (Mercer)

Mr Blue Sky (ELO)

My Girl (The Temptations)

New Blues (Deborah Henson-Conant)

Only Love (Ben Howard)

Over the Rainbow

Paparazzi

Perfect (Ed Sheeran)

Riptide (Vance Joy)

Rule the World

Sailing (Rod Stewart)

Shotgun (George Ezra)

Shut up and Dance

Sky Full of Stars (Coldplay)

Slipping through my fingers (ABBA)

Someone to watch over me

Songbird

Stand by Me

Still Falling in Love (Ellie Goulding)

Summertime (Gershwin)

Super Trouper (ABBA)

The Beatles (various)

The Best Day (Taylor Swift)

The Only Exception

Tickled Pink (Savourna Stevenson)

Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)

Titanium (Sia)

Thank You For Loving Me (Bon Jovi)

Thinking out Loud (Ed Sheeran)

Thousand Years (Christina Perri)

Today was a Fairytale (Taylor Swift)

Until I Found You (Stephen Sanchez)

Walk of Life (Dire Straits)

What a Wonderful World

Wildest Dreams (Taylor Swift)

With Or Without You (U2)

Wonderwall (Oasis)

Yellow (Coldplay)

You and I (ingrid Michaelson)

You are the best thing (Ray Lamontagne)

You Are The Reason (Calum Scottt)

You Belong with Me (Taylor Swift)

Your Song (Elton John)

You're Still the One

Disney/Musical/Film

A Dream is A Wish Your Heart Makes (Cinderella)

A Million Dreams (The Greatest Showman)

A Whole New World (Aladdin)

All In The Golden Afternoon (Alice in Wonderland)

As the World Falls Down (David Bowie – Labyrinth)

Baba Yetu (The Theme from Civilization)

Baby Mine (Dumbo)

Bella Notte (Lady and the Tramp)

Can You Feel The Love Tonight (The Lion King)

Colours of the Wind (Pocahontas)

Comptine d’un autre ete l’apres-midi (Amelie)

Concerning Hobbits (LOTR)

Edelweiss (Sound of Music)

Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat (The Aristocats)

He's A Tramp (Lady and the Tramp)

I See The Light (Tangled)

Into The Unknown (Frozen II)

Kiss The Girl (The Little Mermaid)

Lord of the Rings - May It Be (Enya)

Love (Robin Hood)

Love Is A Song (Bambi)

Married Life (Up)

Part of Your World (The Little Mermaid)

Reflection (Mulan)

Some Day My Prince Will Come (Snow White)

Tale as Old as Time (Beauty and the Beast)

The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)

The Second Star to the Right (Peter Pan)

Theme from Jurassic Park

Theme from Indiana Jones

Under The Sea (The Little Mermaid)

When You Wish Upon A Star (Pinocchio)

Winnie The Pooh

You Matter to Me (Waitress)

Zelda's Lullaby

Kate Rusby Songs:

Awkward Annie

Bitter Boy

John Barbary

High on a Hill

Farewell

Planets

The Old Man

Andrew Lammie

The Streams of Lovely Nancy

Daughter of Heaven

Blooming Heather

The Game of All Fours

The Lark

No Names

Mary Blaze

A Ballad

The Elfin Knight

Bonnie House of Airlie

Moon Shadow

Wandering Soul

Fare thee well

Little Jack Frost

The Good Man

The Daughter of Megan

Let me be

Cruel

The Blind Harper

The White Cockade

Young James

Falling

Bring me a Boat

Polly

Sweet William’s Ghost

Underneath the Stars

Over You Now

Christmas:

All I Want for Christmas is You

All is Well

Believe (Polar Express)

Angels from the Realms of Glory

Angels we Have Heard on High

Away in a Manger

Blue Christmas

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting)

The Chipmunk Song

C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S

Christmas Time is Here

Do they know it’s Christmas?

Deck the Hall

Do you hear what I hear?

Frosty the Snowman

Feliz Navidad

Happy Holiday

The First Noel

Go tell it on the Mountain

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Good King Wenceslas

Have a Holly Jolly Christmas

Happy Xmas (war is over)

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

The Holly and the Ivy

I’ll be Home for Christmas

In the Bleak MidWinter

Infant Holy Infant Lowly

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

Jingle Bells

Joy to the World

Let it Snow

Little Drummer Boy

Mary’s Little Boy Child

Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Mistletoe (Justin Bieber)

O Christmas Tree

O Come all ye Faithful

O Holy Night

O Little Town of Bethlehem

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer

Santa Tell Me (Ariana Grande)

Silent Night

Silver and Gold

Silver Bells

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Somewhere in my Memory (Home Alone)

We Three Kings

We Wish you a Merry Christmas

While Shepherds Watched

Ruth'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)	£2.50
Up to 1 hour	£375
Up to 2 hours	£500
Up to 3 hours	£625

Wedding Ceremony

This includes music before the service begins and for the processional, during the signing of the register, and the recessional. It includes learning up to four bespoke requests of your choice to cover those all-inportant moments!

£375

Wedding ceremony + 1hr Drinks reception

- Music before the service begins, and for the processional, during the signing of the register, and the recessional. Up to four bespoke requests to cover all the key ceremony moments. - Up to 60min performance at the drinks reception. (Total booking up to 2hrs)

£500

Wedding ceremony + Drinks reception + Dinner

- 30mins of music before the service begins, music during the entrance, signing of the register, and exit. - 1hr performance at the drinks reception. - 2 x 50 min performances as dinner is being served.

£687.50

Customer questions

What do your clients love most about your performances?

“The ceremony was perfect… the great timing on my entrance, it was just how I imagined” “You gave the day a cinematic air and the wedding will be remembered all the more for the atmosphere you gave”

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

I perform at venues predominantly across the North East Midlands and Cambridgeshire including stately homes, churches and more intimate settings of gardens and restaurants. Bookings are also possible further afield across the UK. Churches, estates, historic sites or village halls - indoor or outdoor - the harp is a wonderful addition to an event.

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

I mostly create my own arrangements for music for weddings and events - I’m inspired by such a wide range of artists from pop to folk and classical, so creating my own arrangements for harp for these, as well as classical transcriptions of favourites is a joy.

What is the most high profile gig you've performed?

You might notice me performing on an American TV series currently streaming on Peacock and NBC! For hospitality events, especially weddings, every single ceremony/reception is unique and a privilege to play. As a solo concert performer, I’m most looking forward to performing my recital at the World Harp Congress in 2022 - it’s a very significant event!

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

I will always try my best to help ensure your event runs as smoothly as possible. Please let me know as soon as possible if there is a slight change to your predicted timings.

How much time do you need to set up?

Ideally, I need 30 minutes before the performance in order to set up and tune. For most settings, playing acoustically will be very effective but in some cases, amplification may be needed. If amplification is needed for your event, I can liaise with you and the venue and provide the equipment needed. This will take slightly longer than the standard time.

Is the transport of your harp included in your quote?

Absolutely - The transport of my harp is included in my quoted travel expenses.

Do you need any equipment provided to play outdoors?

I am happy to play outside but the harp needs to be stood on hard ground, or a flat, firm surface. I will need shelter to perform if it is raining or in direct sunlight as my instrument is valuable and could be damaged. For most settings, playing acoustically will be very effective. In some cases, amplification may be needed - I can provide the equipment.

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

I'm happy to discuss the music choices which will best suit the style and tone of your event - my repertoire includes a mixture of classical and contemporary pop and jazz styles.

Can you learn specific pieces before the event?

If a piece isn't included in my example list there may still be a chance that I already know it. If it's not in my existing repertoire, I can learn up to two requests for your event. If you have further additional requests, then we can discuss an extra fee in order to accommodate for sheet music fees and extra rehearsal time.

Musicianship

Genres:

Classical, Contemporary classical, Christmas, Folk, Musical theatre, Film / TV music, Jazz, Pop

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Instruments:

Harp, Singer (mezzo soprano)

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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, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Cruise, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve

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Other skills:

Composer, Arranger, Orchestrator, Actor, Live looping

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