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Scarlett Smith

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About Scarlett

✨ Electro-acoustic harp bops for fun filled celebrations ✨ Live looping & modern covers.
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Bristol
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Hey! I’m Scarlett, an Electro-Acoustic Harpist specialising in covers of all the modern songs you know and love. My broad repertoire covers Pop, Rock, Dance/Electronic, Hip Hop, TV/Films/Musicals, Disney, Video Games and everything in between. I aspire to make music that’s not only beautiful and calming, but can also be fun, upbeat and punchy. I don’t remember the last wedding I played where guests weren’t playing ‘guess that song’ and remarking ‘I can’t believe she’s playing that on the HARP!’ throughout the day. As well as being able to play acoustically or with light amplification, for more of a party atmosphere (think wedding drinks reception or evening do) I’ll mix the harp with beats, fx pedals or my loop pedal to add more musical layers. Take a look at my videos page to see! Having performed professionally since the age of 14, I now have over 12 years of happy clients and hundreds of weddings under my belt. Although generally speaking weddings are my main focus, I’ve also had the pleasure of performing at numerous corporate events, private parties, art galleries, care homes, ships, interactive theatre shows, circus shows, spooky halloween events, anniversaries, on top of the flying trapeze rig at Glastonbury festival, and I even organised a community tour of over 100 streets in Bristol during the Covid-19 lockdown. I am flexible and adaptable and I work hard because I genuinely care. No matter what event your organising, I would to hear from you and discuss how my music could be involved. Much love, Scarlett (She/Her)

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Genres:
Pop, Christmas, Classical, Film / TV music, Contemporary classical, Folk, Easy listening, Light music, Acoustic, Ambient pop, Covers, Classical crossover, Musical theatre, Electronic, Ambient, EDM, Electronica, House, Drum 'n' Bass, 1950s era music, 1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Jazz, Experimental, Disco, Hip Hop, R&B, Top 40, Rock, Alternative rock, Pop rock, Indie
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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:
Actor, Arranger, Live looping
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Scarlett's Song list

Modern:
• Adieu - Enter Shikari
• Addicted To You - Avicci (Loop Pedal Cover)
• A Thousand Years - Christina Perry
• Africa - Toto (optional loop pedal cover)
• All My Life - K-Ci & Jojo
• All You Need is Love - The Beatles
• All of Me - John Legend
• Bad Guy - Billie Eilish (live looping cover)
• Better Together - Jack Johnson (optional live looping version)
• Can’t help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
• Can’t Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli
• Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
• Children - Robert Miles (live looping cover)
• Closer - The Chainsmokers (loop pedal cover)
• Cosmic Love - Florence and the Machine
• Couldn't Love You More - John Martin
• Dancing Queen - ABBA
• Dear Jessie - Madonna
• Dog Days Are Over - Florence and the Machine (live looping cover)
• Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith
• Every Time We Touch - Cascada (live looping cover)
• Everglow - Coldplay
• Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac (loop pedal cover)
• Fantasy - Mariah Carey
• Feel The Love - Rudimental ft. John Newman
• Fireball - Pitbull (live looping cover)
• Firestone - Kygo
• Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra
• Get Lucky - Daft Punk (optional live looping version)
• Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) - ABBA
• God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
• Good As Hell - Lizzo (Loop Pedal Cover)
• Greatest Day - Take That (optional Loop Pedal Cover)
• Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
• Halo - Beyoncé
• Happy - Pharrell Williams (live looping cover)
• Heartbeats - José González
• Heatwaves - Glass Animals (Loop Pedal Cover)
• Heaven - Kane Brown
• Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles
• Ho Hey - The Lumineers (optional loop pedal cover)
• How Long Will I Love You - Ellie Goulding
• I Get To Love You - Ruelle
• I Have A Dream - ABBA
• I’m Yours - Jason Mraz
• Into My Arms - Nick Cave
• Into You - Tamia ft. Fabolous
• Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington ft. Bill Withers (live looping cover)
• Kids - MGMT (live looping cover)
• Kissing You - Des'ree
• La Vie En Rose
• Let her go - Passenger
• Let's Get Married - Jagged Edge
• Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men
• L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole (Loop Pedal Cover)
• Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding (loop pedal cover)
• Lover - Taylor Swift
• Love Someone - Lukas Graham
• Love Story - Taylor Swift
• Marry Me - Train
• Marry You - Bruno Mars
• Me & You - HONNE, Tom Misch (live looping cover)
• Moon River
• Never Seen Anything Quite Like You - The Script
• (No One Knows Me) Like The Piano - Sampha
• Not Nineteen Forever - The Courteeners
• Ocean Eyes - Billie Eilish (electroacoustic cover)
• Only You - Yazoo
• On Top Of The World - Imagine Dragons (loop pedal cover)
• Paper Planes - M.I.A (live looping cover)
• Perfect - Ed Sheeran
• Rather Be - Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne
• Roses - The Chainsmokers (Loop Pedal Cover)
• Say You Won’t Let Go - James Arthur (optional loop pedal cover)
• She's Everything - Brad Paisley
• Shotgun - George Ezra
• Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder
• Songbird - Eva Cassidy
• Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow
• Stand By Me - Ben E. King
• Still Dre - Dr Dre (live looping cover)
• Sunchyme - Dario G (live looping cover)
• Sweet Thing - Van Morrison
• Thank U, Next - Ariana Grande
• The Bad Touch - Bloodhound Gang (Live Looping Cover)
• The Cave - Mumford an Sons
• The Ground - Orla Gartland
• Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran (optional loop pedal cover)
• This Must Be The Place - Talking Heads (loop pedal cover)
• This Years Love - David Grey
• Times Like These - Foo Fighters
• Turning Page - Sleeping At Last
• Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield
• Video Games - Lana Del Rey
• What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
• When You Say Nothing At All - Ronan Keating
• Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin (loop pedal cover)
• Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift (electroacoustic cover)
• Wings - Birdy
• Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
• Wonderwall - Oasis
• Yellow - Coldplay (loop pedal cover)
• You and Me - You + Me
• You and Me - Lifehouse
• You Are My Sunshine
• You're My Best Friend - Queen (live looping cover)
• Your Song - Elton John
Film Soundtrack/Disney/Musicals:
• A Whole New World from Aladdin
• Bella's Lullaby from Twilight
• Can You Feel the Love Tonight from The Lion King
• City of Stars from La La Land.
• Come What May - Moulin Rouge
• Concerning Hobbits from Lord Of The Rings
• Dancing Through Life from Wicked (optional loop pedal cover)
• Flying from Peter Pan (Live Looping Cover)
• Hamilton Medley
• Happy from Despicable Me (live looping cover)
• How Far I’ll go from Moana
• I Found Peace - Ruth Barrett from Wuthering Heights
• I Have A Dream from Mamma Mia
• I'm Kissing You from Romeo and Juliet
• In Dreams from Lord of the Rings
• (I've Had) The Time Of My Life - Dirty Dancing
• Jurassic Park Main Theme
• Let It Go from Frozen
• Married Life from Up
• Maestro from The Holiday
• A Million Dreams - The Greatest Showman
• My Heart Will Go On from The Titanic
• Rewrite The Stars from The Greatest Showman
• Star Wars Theme Tune
• Sunflower (Post Malone) from Into The Spiderverse (loop pedal cover)
• Tale As Old As Time from Beauty and The Beast
• Under the Sea from The Little Mermaid
• Unsquare Dance (Dave Brubeck) from Baby Driver - live looping cover.
Classical:
• Chaconne - Clarke
• Here Comes The Bride (Wagner Bridal Chorus)
• I Giorni - Ludovico Einaudi
• Maestro - Hans Zimmer
• Nuvole Bianche - Ludovico Einaudi
• Ondulations à la Surface de L'Eau ('Faux Debussy!') - Tamsin Dearnley
• Pachelbel’s Canon in D major
• Radio Ballet by Eluvium
• Premiere Arabesque - Debussy
• River Flows in You - Yiruma
• Waltz of Flowers Cadenza - Tchaikovsky
Folk/Traditional:
• An Cruitire - Michael Rooney
• Ar Lan Y Mor
• Calon Lan
• Eleanor Plunkett
• Greensleves
• No.81 - Joanna Newsom (harp instrumental)
• Shule Aroon - Arr. Kim Robertson
• To the Moon by Erika Kelly
Seasonal:
• Deck The Halls
• Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
• Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
• In the Bleak Midwinter
• Jingle Bells
• Rudolph The Rednosed Reindeer
• Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
• Silent Night
• We Wish You A Merry Christmas
• Winter Song - Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson
Other:
• Ain’t Misbehaving - Fats Waller (Jazz)
• Amazing Grace - traditional hymn
• Ancient Stones - Skyrim (Video Game)
• Children - Robert Miles (dance/electronic) - live looping cover.
• Danza de Luzma - Alfredo Rolando Oritz (Paraguayan)
• Esoterico - Gilberto Gill and Caetano Veloso (Brazilian pop)
• Fairy Fountain from The Legend of Zelda (Video Game)
• Glad All Over - Dave Clark 5 (Crystal Palace Football Club Song)
• God Save The Queen (national anthem - for military events)
• Great Is Thy Faithfulness (traditional hymn - harp solo)
• Green Hill Zone - Sonic The Hedgehog Theme (Video Game)
• Happy Birthday
• New Blues - Deborah Henson Conant (Jazz)
• Porthelian - John Briddon
• Tetris Theme (Video Game)
• Unsquare Dance by Dave Brubeck (Jazz) - live looping cover.
• Zelda's Lullaby - from The Legend of Zelda (Video Game)
Selection of 10 live looping pieces in an ambient Balearic chill style.
Customer questions

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

Not to worry! I generally quote by service as oppose to exact timings (aka Wedding Ceremony Package or Drinks Reception Package). I also rarely book more than one event in a day so can generally be very flexible with timings.

How much time do you need to set up?

I generally arrive at venues 60-90 minutes before I'm due to start so I have plenty of time to get set up and do a soundcheck. If you think you'll have limited time in the space before the event and need me to do a speedy set up just pop me a message and we can brainstorm!

Is the transport of your harp included in your quote?

Yes, all costs/expenses will be included in your initial quote.

Do you need any equipment provided to play outdoors?

I love playing outdoors when the weather allows! However there are a few things we'll need to plan together to ensure the harp is safe: 1. We need a flat solid surface (to stop the harp tipping over). 2. We need to plan for some form of shade/shelter from the elements. 3. For live looping covers I need access to power.

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

Absolutely! I work with each client individually to create a personalised setlist from my repertoire. If there's something new and special you'd like me to learn that isn't on my repertoire you can add on a custom song arrangement and I'll also send you a sample video before the day!

Can you learn specific pieces before the event?

Absolutely! Each of my packages includes one new song arrangement and sample video, but if there are additional new songs you'd like you can do this with an add on :-)

Scarlett's Prices

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

Packages
Ceremony Only
• Up to 30 minutes of music to be played as guests arrive and take their seats in the ceremony area • Entrance music • Registry signing music • Exit music for your back down the aisle - normally something fun and upbeat to kickstart the celebrations! • One new song arrangement for anything you’d like that’s not currently on my repertoire. I am able to arrange most songs for the harp, however if a particular song is a deal breaker please do check it with me before booking so that I can confirm! I'll also send you a short sample video of this before the day.
£550
Drinks Reception Only
Approximately 90 minutes of music while your guests have cocktails and canapés. Often this is when I'll start mixing the harp with FX Pedals, beats or live looping. For this package we select music from my repertoire. I normally advise including a range of styles, which can incorporate: -Modern Love Songs -Classic Love Songs -Disney -Film/Musical Soundtracks -Light and uplifting classical pieces -Video Game Music -Small selection of Jazz -Folk pieces -Trad Irish or welsh pieces. -Seasonal pieces for winter weddings. However I'm more than happy to take your lead in terms of which styles any any particular pieces you do or don't want me to include. The advantage of including a range of styles is almost all of your guests will hear a few pieces they recognise and can bop along to :D
£600
Wedding Breakfast Only
Approximately 2 hours of music during your Wedding Breakfast. Often couples will choose to have harp with FX Pedals, beats or live looping during this time, but I can also provide a more chilled/acoustic style set if preferred. For this package we select music from my repertoire. I normally advise including a range of styles, which can incorporate: -Modern Love Songs -Classic Love Songs -Disney -Film/Musical Soundtracks -Light and uplifting classical pieces -Video Game Music -Small selection of Jazz -Folk pieces -Trad Irish or welsh pieces. -Seasonal pieces for winter weddings. However I'm more than happy to take your lead in terms of which styles any any particular pieces you do or don't want me to include. The advantage of including a range of styles is almost all of your guests will hear a few pieces they recognise and can bop along to :D
£650
Ceremony and Drinks Reception
A combination of my Ceremony & Drinks Reception packages as listed above.
£800
Ceremony & Wedding Breakfast
A combination of my Ceremony & Wedding Breakfast packages as listed above.
£900
Full Day Package
A combination of my Ceremony, Drinks Reception and Wedding Breakfast packages as listed above (approx 5 hours total).
£1100

Add-ons

New Song Arrangement
+£50
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Scarlett's Reviews

From Encore customers:

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Scott B
5 months ago
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5 out of 5

Wow, Scarlett is very talented! Not only is she amazing at playing the harp she fitted in perfectly with our guests and helped create the environment for our special day. Highly recommended

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George P
8 months ago
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5 out of 5

We honestly don’t have enough words to thank Scarlett for what she bought to our day. Her energy and compassion alone is enough to have her stand out from a crowd, but her harp skills, performance and repertoire are second to none. She performed every single one of our requests from her expansive list with such ease and clarity everyone commented on what a fun yet elegant touch she bought to the day. The kids were mesmerised by the acoustic versions of their favourite songs, and the adults felt much the same, waiting for the lyrics to some of the classics. Not only did Scarlett go above and beyond to play our requests, she also learnt two custom pieces, one very sentimental for our recessional, and another (completely on a whim) to the our favourite tv series which was the best surprise during the drinks reception. Scarlett: a million thank you’s would not be enough, we’re already planning our next event where we can be boujie enough to hire a harpist… maybe we’ll convince our sister to use you for her wedding! You deserve to be flooded with success and bookings (and enough time for some self love too). All our love, thanks and friendship, Jess and George xxx

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Sienna Y
1 year ago
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5 out of 5

Wow, what can I say? From the very first moment I made contact with her in 2020, to actually having our big day on 17th Sept, communication was impeccable & I could not have asked for more. Scarlett sent me links to her repertoire and it was very difficult to narrow down my choices so I asked if she would be willing to learn a specific country track which was very personal to my now husband and I. Scarlett jumped at the opportunity to flex her harp skills even further than they already are & said she would get to work learning my request. This song ended up being played as a surprise for my husband whilst we were signing the register. It was played with such precision that he recognised it instantaneously! She helped me navigate her amazing collection of songs to a final 10 to be played while guests were arriving and taking their seats. With an emergency change in venue due to the Queen dying and my original ceremony venue having to close, it was all hands on deck to make sure Scarlett's harp would fit through the narrow corridors of Chapel 1877. But no question was too big and I never felt like a burden and I asked a lot of questions! Scarlett maintained professionalism at all times. As for the quality of her "work", book her, you will not be disappointed. This lady is incredibly talented and you made my day so special to not just me but my entire bridal party. I will forever be grateful for all your help and support ❤️

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Sian T
1 year ago
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5 out of 5

What a wonderful young lady and talented harpist Scarlett is. The communication between us regarding our wedding was always good with prompt responses form Scarlett. I would highly recommend Scarlett for your event, her music was beautiful and added a perfectly magical touch to our wedding. We had lots of lovely comments from our guests. Thank you Scarlett for joining us on our special day and playing such beautiful music.

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Kelly E
2 years ago, for a Wedding in Priston Mill
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We just wanted to drop you a line to thank you again for yesterday. You were amazing! I lost count of the number of people who came up to me to say how great you were. Our niece/flower girl was particularly taken with you. Thank you so much for playing two Disney songs for her - it was incredibly kind and she is still talking about it today. She recreated the wedding with her dollies and even had you in it playing the harp. You definitely made a lasting impression. Thank you so much for making our special day that extra bit special. I would not hesitate to recommend you - you are brilliant!

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Rachael V
4 years ago, for a Wedding in Great Western Dockyard
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5 out of 5

Scarlett was a lovely addition to our unique wedding on the S.S.Great Britain. She did a brilliant job setting the mood during our ceremony. Everyone loved her unique style of mixing modern and classic songs on her harp. She did such a brilliant job playing our requested Zelda music walking down the aisle and even played our much loved star wars tune to play us out to everyone's enjoyment! Guests still mention how much they loved Scarletts playing long after the wedding. Scarlett really helped make our day extra special. We could not recommend her enough as an edition to any wedding or special event.

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