~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congratulations on Your Wedding Engagement ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Orange County Wedding Harpist, Sonia Marie Olivas provides beautiful harp music for your wedding, cocktail hour, bridal shower, engagement party and rehearsal dinner.
Presenting wonderful packages that include suggested music selections for the different parts of your wedding, including the prelude, processional, recessional & postlude as well as cocktail hour/reception.
Let’s begin with the prelude, setting the ambience as your guests are arriving greeting each other perhaps, for the first time. Continuing with the processional, the ceremony starts, your guests are seated and the wedding party proceed down the aisle consisting of your parents, bridesmaids, groomsmen, flower girls and ring bearer. The moment of the bride’s grand entrance immediately follows. The ceremony is underway, with all it’s wonderful traditions. The recessional begins with pronouncement of the newly wedded couple. The postlude follows as the wedding party and guest depart to either the cocktail hour / reception.
Music Genres: Classical, Religious, Latin, Rock/Pop, Broadway, Movie Themes, Celtic, Jewish, and original compositions.
“Dear Sonia,
I wanted to express to you how absolutely BEAUTIFUL and ROMANTIC your music was. When I heard you play and saw the bridal party walking down the aisle…. *sigh* such a beautiful moment! But when I heard MY song…. I couldn’t help myself… your music truly touched my heart. It was incredible. The guests were blown away by your talent as well! Thank you for making our special day!” ~ Julia Chepak (Bride)
“You have truly enriched our happiness with your thoughtful gift. Thank you for giving us a lasting memory of your kindness and generosity. Thanks for the beautiful harp playing!” ~ Amy and Caleb Katenbach (Bride & Groom)
“Dear Sonia,
Thank you so much for playing the harp at our wedding! I just love the sound of the harp. I received so many compliments on your behalf.” ~ Shannon McPhate (Bride)
“Good Morning Sonia,
I wanted to thank you again for your amazing performance at my wedding on June 26th. I still have people telling me how beautiful and special it was to have the soft harp music in the background at the park. Truly an amazing day! Thank you!” ~ Heather Dunnam (Bride)
Wedding Harp Music Suggestions
Prelude/Postlude/Cocktail Hour
Classical
* Troi Petites (Reverie) by Marcel Grandjany
Claire de Lune by Claude Debussy
Pastorale by Marcel Grandjany
Religious
Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring
Blest Be the Tie That Binds
Morning Has Broken
Latin by Alfredo Rolando Ortiz
Cocorna`
Milonga para amar
Tu Ventana
Danza de Luzma
Esperando
Pop/Broadway/Movie/Disney
A Thousand Years (Twilight) by Christina Perri
All I Ask Of You (Phantom of the Opera) by Andrew Lloyd Weber
All of Me by John Legend
(They Long To Be) Close to You by Burt Bacharach
Some Day My Prince Will Come (Snow White) by Frank Churchill
A Time For Us (Romeo & Juliet) by Nino Rota
Every Breathe You Take by Police/Sting
Processional/Recessional
* Canon in D by Pachelbel Canon
* Bridal March (Here Comes the Bride) by Richard Wagner
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring by J.S. Bach
All I Ask Of You (Phantom of the Opera) by Andrew Lloyd Weber
Wedding March by Felix Mendelsohn
Ceremony Traditions : Unity Candle, Sand, Wine or Giving of the Roses Ceremony
The Prayer by Andrea Bocelli & Celine Dion
* A Waltz for Dreaming by Alfredo Rolando Ortiz
Ave Maria by Bach/Gounod
Ave Maria by Franz Schubert
* Click on these songs for to hear the music samples on the Harp Music Page.
