Erin Hill - Harpist & Singer
Erin Hill ✨sizzle reel ✨
"Eleanor Rigby" – Beatles cover
"O Mio Babbino Caro" – Puccini aria
"Someone Like You" – Adele cover
"Rocket Man" - Elton John cover
"Stay" – Rihanna cover
"Running Up That Hill" – Kate Bush cover
"Giant Mushrooms" – Erin Hill original
from the album "Christmas Harp"
Wedding at Bourne Mansion, Oakdale, NY
from the "Stay" (Rihanna) video
New York City harpist Erin Hill playing her pedal harp
playing with The Fab Faux, The Beacon, NYC
playing at Joe's Pub, NYC
Joe's Pub, NYC
Overview
Erin Hill is a harpist & singer with a #1 album on the Billboard world chart. She's played & sung with Cyndi Lauper, Kanye, Enya, moby, Sinead O'Connor, a-ha, Jewel, Josh Groban, for celebrities (Martha Stewart, etc.), Presidents, First Ladies, & for royalty. She's appeared on Broadway, TV & film, at Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, & on SiriusXM The Beatles Channel. She's been featured on HBO’s "Gossip Girl," Bravo’s "Million Dollar Listing," HBO’s "The Chris Rock Show," David Letterman, and by HBO playing the “Game of Thrones” theme on her harp. She's also known as The Pretty White Girl on Comedy Central's “Chappelle's Show” (& she wrote the music for the sketch).
Reviews
47 reviews
Britta B.
May 16, 2025Innovative, creative and superlative musician
Erin is a fantastic musician. As a harpist and vocalist she is gifted, sensitive in her performance style and has an incredibly wide range of songs. She worked collaboratively with our pianist and performed solos both in a sanctuary and afterward at a casual (meal) setting. I play the harp so have special appreciation for her musicianship and performance range. I confidently recommend her wholeheartedly and without reservation. Treat yourself and book the very best.
Hired as: Classical Duo, Funeral Music, Harpist
John H.
August 4, 2024Excellent artist
We worked well with Erin to make our engagement the best ever!
Hired as: Harpist
Keith S.
April 24, 2024Wonderful Harpist
Erin Hill is a world-class Harpist who incredibly enhanced our song "Follow." She played beautifully. The song was perfectly complemented by her harp. She is very creative and unique. I would choose her again to record with us in a heartbeat.
Hired as: Harpist
Erin Hill - Harpist & Singer
Thank you, Keith! Your song was great, and it was a lot of fun recording the harp part for it :-)
Kimberly R.
November 13, 2023Outstanding!!!!!!!
Everyone wanted to know where we got Erin from she was unbelievable!!!! Her voice is so angelic! She was not only an epic addition to our wedding but a true gem! I would book her over and over again without question. We are so grateful she was available for our day and she made our ceremony and cocktail hour incredibly special and unique.
Hired as: Classical Ensemble, Classical Singer, Harpist, String Trio
Deborah S.
June 6, 2022Simply sensational!
I was lucky enough to have Erin play at my birthday party on June 5th. She went above and beyond to make the day special! Her harp playing is world class, and her voice is knock-your-socks-off gorgeous. Guest after guest asked me where I had found her, and said they couldn't get over how incredible she was. A friend who's a member with an internationally known band found her music so awe-inspiring that he simply sat for a minute with his eyes closed to concentrate on every note. You only meet a few artists like Erin in a lifetime.
Hired as: Harpist
Booking information
Price range: $1,000 and up
Languages: English, German
Insurance: $1,000,000 - Liability Insurance with Emery & Webb, Inc.
Unions: AFM, SAG-AFTRA, AEA
About
Erin Hill is a harpist & singer with a #1 album on the Billboard world chart. She's played & sung with Cyndi Lauper, Kanye West, Enya, moby, Sinead O’Connor, a-ha, Peabo Bryson, Josh Groban, Jewel, and for celebrities (Martha Stewart, etc.), two First Ladies, and for royalty. She’s played solo at The Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and is also known as “The Pretty White Girl who Sings Dave’s Thoughts” from Comedy Central’s "Chappelle’s Show" (she also wrote the music for the sketch).
Erin’s been heard on SiriusXM The Beatles Channel and she released her harp & vox cover of “Eleanor Rigby” as a single & a music video in 2021. On her album "Harp Town" (Cleopatra Records), Erin sings & plays songs by Kate Bush, Smashing Pumpkins, Lady Gaga, The Beatles, Alicia Keys, Roxy Music, Adele, Tim Buckley, Til Tuesday, Kansas, Leonard Cohen, Rihanna, Radiohead, U2, and even Edith Piaf and Frank Sinatra. Cleopatra also released Erin’s holiday album "Christmas Harp," featuring Erin singing and playing holiday classics, and "Girl Inventor," which includes her original hits “Lookout, Science” and “Giant Mushrooms.”
In addition to being a rock harpist, Erin is also a Celtic/Irish harpist and singer; her Celtic album "Four Leaf Clover" hit #1 on the Billboard World chart. On television, she was featured on Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing,” and by HBO in a “Game of Thrones” promo playing the “Game of Thrones” theme on her harp. She is the voice & harp of Tafne for the Android video game “The Legacy of Barubash,” and she has played harp several years for the US Open Tennis Championships. She is also known as The Singing Harpist at The Peninsula Hotel, The Plaza Hotel, and the Ritz-Carlton on Central Park South in NYC for her pop and rock ‘n’ roll arrangements.
Her wide range of styles includes pop, rock, jazz, country, opera, and Celtic/Irish, and she loves taking requests and improvising. She performs for private parties, corporate functions, weddings, cocktail hours, concerts, and more. She can perform singing with the harp, or play the harp solo. She can provide a duo, trio, or larger group with other instruments (flute, violin, cello, etc.) and often plays as a trio with upright bass & drums. Her concert harp is electro-acoustic, and can be played with a small amp for intimate events, or plugged into a sound system for large venues.
Erin toured with the Lincoln Center "South Pacific" as harpist and pianist, and is the harpist on the new soundtrack for "The Fantasticks," on Martha Wainwright’s self-titled debut album, on various commercials (Dunkin’ Donuts, etc.) and on MTV2’s Wonder Showzen. She’s a singer, songwriter and musician on the Dream Jam Band’s major label debut on EMI.
In the film "Clear Blue Tuesday" she is a composer, screenwriter, and actor. The New York Times said: “Erin Hill, as a giddy, harp-playing Trekker, is a standout… The best and funniest scene in the film is Ms. Hill’s, a first date that looks promising until the conversation turns to the relative merits of Star Trek: Voyager…..” Erin was also in the Tim Robbins film "Cradle Will Rock" (and appears on the soundtrack alongside Eddie Vedder & PJ Harvey); HBO’s "The Chris Rock Show;" Comedy Central’s "Chappelle’s Show;" and PBS’s "American Masters."
Erin’s band has been a Dragon*Con house band, playing her original pop music at the world’s largest Science Fiction & Fantasy convention, and both of her sci-fi music videos, “Giant Mushrooms” and “Lookout, Science,” were part of the Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival. Erin has also worked with The Peter Ulrich Collaboration; Erin co-wrote, sings lead on, and plays harp and bass on the single and music video “Dark Daddy.”
As a singer & stage actor, she was in the original Broadway casts of "Titanic," Sam Mendes’ "Cabaret," and "Urinetown" and has twice been part of the Sundance Theater Lab in Utah, originating the role of Ilse in "Spring Awakening" with Duncan Sheik, and as musical director at Sundance and The Long Wharf Theater. She was seen singing & playing the harp in "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" at Classic Stage Company in NYC alongside Bebe Neuwirth and Christina Ricci (Newsday called her “the dangerously enjoyable Erin Hill”).
Erin toured with and opened for a-ha ("Take On Me") in 2008 in Europe and London, where she played solo at the Royal Albert Hall (see the (link hidden) interview with Erin on a-ha’s official site). Erin is also a huge Beatles fan, and performs regularly with Jimmy Vivino (of Conan O’Brien) and Will Lee (of Letterman) in The Fab Faux.
Past booked events
May 2025
31
Saturday
Funeral/Memorial Service
10:30am - 12:00pm
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Danville, IN
10
Saturday
Personal Occasion
12:30pm - 3:00pm
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Palatine, IL
August 2024
17
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
6:00pm - 7:30pm
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Shepherdsville, KY
02
Friday
Wedding Engagement
6:00pm - 8:00pm
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Arlington Heights, IL
April 2024
23
Tuesday
Studio Session
3:00pm - 3:30pm
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Bethlehem, PA
December 2023
12
Tuesday
Corporate Event
2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Hazlet, NJ
November 2023
11
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
2:30pm - 5:30pm
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Carmel, IN
August 2023
09
Wednesday
Corporate Event
6:30pm - 7:30pm
•
Gallipolis, OH
April 2023
29
Saturday
Corporate Event
7:00pm - 8:00pm
•
New York City, NY
February 2023
14
Tuesday
Dinner Party
6:30pm - 9:30pm
•
Chicago, IL
June 2022
05
Sunday
Birthday Party
12:30pm - 1:30pm
•
New Rochelle, NY
May 2022
21
Saturday
Nonprofit Event
6:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Lexington, KY
March 2022
29
Tuesday
Cocktail Party
12:00pm - 3:00pm
•
New York City, NY
26
Saturday
Wedding Reception
5:00pm - 7:00pm
•
Peekskill, NY
06
Sunday
Wedding Engagement
2:00pm - 3:30pm
•
Barbourville, KY
December 2021
11
Saturday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 9:00pm
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Kutztown, PA
September 2021
27
Monday
Wedding Reception
6:00pm - 8:00pm
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Mystic, CT
March 2021
15
Monday
Birthday Party
9:00am - 9:15am
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Louisville, KY
January 2021
30
Saturday
Virtual Event
10:30am - 11:00am
•
Ewing, NJ
July 2020
23
Thursday
Virtual Event
7:00pm - 7:30pm
•
Yonkers, NY
May 2020
30
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
4:00pm - 5:30pm
•
Butler, KY
December 2019
13
Friday
Festival
8:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Hawley, PA
12
Thursday
Dinner Party
6:00pm - 10:00pm
•
Vernon, NJ
November 2019
08
Friday
Dinner Party
7:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Upper Brookville, NY
September 2019
28
Saturday
Teen Birthday Party
7:30pm - 8:30pm
•
Huntington, NY
July 2019
17
Wednesday
Funeral/Memorial Service
8:00pm - 8:45pm
•
New York City, NY
15
Monday
Funeral/Memorial Service
10:00am - 11:00am
•
Monticello, NY
April 2019
14
Sunday
Wedding Ceremony
11:00am - 12:00pm
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Great Neck, NY
06
Saturday
Funeral/Memorial Service
10:30am - 11:30am
•
East Hartford, CT
March 2019
30
Saturday
Concert
7:00pm - 10:30pm
•
Indianapolis, IN
December 2018
22
Saturday
Dinner Party
7:00pm - 10:00pm
•
Harrison, NY
October 2018
08
Monday
Funeral/Memorial Service
12:30pm - 2:00pm
•
Norwalk, CT
01
Monday
Corporate Event
3:00pm - 5:00pm
•
Louisville, KY
September 2018
29
Saturday
Funeral/Memorial Service
11:00am - 12:00pm
•
Cincinnati, OH
June 2018
25
Monday
Surprise
2:00pm - 3:00pm
•
Glen Cove, NY
May 2018
12
Saturday
Birthday Party
6:00pm - 7:30pm
•
New York City, NY
April 2018
21
Saturday
Religious Celebration
1:00pm - 4:00pm
•
Great River, NY
March 2018
08
Thursday
Cultural Event
9:00pm - 11:30pm
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Ridgewood, NY
January 2018
13
Saturday
Anniversary Party
6:00pm - 7:30pm
•
Staten Island, NY
December 2016
15
Thursday
Holiday Party (Other)
12:00pm - 2:00pm
•
Englewood, NJ
August 2016
12
Friday
Wedding Ceremony
7:00pm - 2:30am (Sat)
•
Smithtown, NY
November 2015
13
Friday
Wedding Engagement
10:00pm - 11:00pm
•
New York City, NY
October 2015
13
Tuesday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 7:00pm
•
Woodbury, NY
10
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
6:00pm - 7:00pm
•
New York City, NY
10
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
6:00pm - 7:00pm
•
New York City, NY
September 2015
27
Sunday
Wedding Reception
6:00pm - 9:00pm
•
New York City, NY
August 2015
02
Sunday
Wedding Ceremony
6:30pm - 7:30pm
•
Long Island, NY
February 2015
03
Tuesday
Other
6:00pm - 9:00pm
•
New York City, NY
November 2014
29
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
2:00pm - 4:00pm
•
Ridgewood, NJ
Set list
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) - Simon and Garfunkel
Across the Universe - The Beatles
After the Gold Rush - Neil Young
Alison - Elvis Costello
All of Me – John Legend
Amazing Grace - traditional
And I Love Her - The Beatles
And You Tell Me - a-ha
Angel of the Morning - Merrilee Rush/Juice Newton
Apache – The Ventures
Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie
At Last – Etta James
Ave Maria – vocal & harp - Schubert
Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings
The Beautiful Ones - Prince
Begin the Beguine - Cole Porter
Because the Night – Patti Smith/Bruce Springsteen
Bein' With You - Smokey Robinson
Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison/Linda Rondstadt
Blue Moon - Frank Sinatra
Brand New Key - Melanie
Bus Stop - The Hollies
California Dreamin' - The Mamas & the Papas
Carrie-Anne - The Hollies
Come and Get It - Badfinger
Come Back to Sorrento -- (opera Dean Martin)
Come Go With Me - The Del-Vikings
Come Softly to Me - The Fleetwoods
Complicated - Avril Lavigne
Crazy - Patsy Cline/Willie Nelson
Crazy Love - Van Morrisson
Dancin' in the Moonlight - King Harvest
Dancing Queen - ABBA
Day After Day - Badfinger
Daydream - Lovin' Spoonful
A Day in the Life - The Beatles
Dig a Pony - The Beatles
Down Under - Men at Work
Dust in the Wind - Kansas
Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
Elenore - The Turtles
Escape (Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police
Everyday - Buddy Holly
Fairy Tale - Guang Liang
First Love - Utada Hikaru
Fixing a Hole - The Beatles
Flower Duet – Delibes (classical)
Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
Ghost Riders in the Sky - Frankie Lane
Girl - The Beatles
Girl from Ipanema, The - Jobim & Astrud Gilberto
Girl with the Flaxen Hair – Debussy (classical)
Golden Years - David Bowie
Gypsy – Fleetwood Mac
Groovin' - The Rascals
Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen/Jeff Buckley
Head Over Heels - Tears for Fears
Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles
A Hero Comes Home - from Beowulf
Hotel California - The Eagles
Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran
I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingoes
I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton/Whitney Houston
I Will Follow Him - Peggy Lee
If It's Magic - Stevie Wonder
I'm Only Sleeping - The Beatles
If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
I'm Not in Love - 10CC
I'm on Fire - Bruce Springsteen
Is This Love - Bob Marley
Island Song – Theme from “Adventure Time”
It Had to Be You - from "Casablanca"
I've Dreamed of You - Barbra Streisand
Jenny Wren - Paul McCartney
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Bach (classical)
Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack/The Fugees
Kiss from a Rose - Seal
Lady Be Good - Cole Porter
Lara's Theme - Dr. Zhivago
Latch - Disclosure / Sam Smith
Layla - Eric Clapton
Let Me Roll It - Paul McCartney
Life on Mars - David Bowie
Light My Fire - The Doors
Little Red Riding Hood - Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs
Lola - The Kinks
Love Boat - The Love Boat Theme
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
Love My Way - The Psychedelic Furs
Love You More Each Day - Jacky Cheung
Lover’s Concerto – The Toys (from a Bach melody)
Lullaby - The Dixie Chicks
Mandy - Barry Manilow
Major Earth Minor Sky - a-ha
Marry Me - Train
Marry You – Bruno Mars
Material Girl - Madonna
Maxwell's Silver Hammer - The Beatles
The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) - Bob Dylan/Manfred Mann
Moonage Daydream - David Bowie
More Than This - Roxy Music
Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds/Bob Dylan
Mull of Kintyre - Paul McCartney & Wings
My Heart Will Go On (Titanic) - Celine Dion
My Love - Paul McCartney & Wings
My Way - Frank Sinatra
Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin/Carole King
Norwegian Wood - The Beatles
O Mio Babbino Caro - Puccini (opera)
Old-Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night
One of Us - Joan Osborne
Only Time – Enya
Pachelbel’s Canon in D – (classical)
Paparazzi – Lady Gaga
Peg - Steely Dan
Point of Know Return - Kansas
Poison Ivy - The Coasters
The Prayer - Celine Dion & Andrea Bocelli
Rain, the Park & Other Things - The Cowsills
Ready for the Times to Get Better - Crystal Gayle
Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
Ribbon in the Sky - Stevie Wonder
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
Rose, The – Bette Midler
Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones
Runaway - Del Shannon
Scarborough Fair – Simon & Garfunkel
Sea of Love - The Honeydrippers/Cat Power/Phil Phillips
See Emily Play - Pink Floyd
Skylark – Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Someone Like You - Adele
Something - The Beatles
Somewhere - West Side Story
Somewhere Only We Know - Keane / Lily Allen
Song for Someone - U2Song of Joy – Beethoven (classical)
Songbird - Eva Cassidy, Fleetwood Mac)
Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
Space Oddity (Major Tom) - David Bowie
Speak Softly Love – Theme from “The Godfather”
Star Wars: Main Theme, Imperial March, The Throne Room
Stardust - Hoagy Carmichael
Starman - David Bowie
Stop Your Sobbing - The Pretenders/The Kinks
Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
Stranger in Paradise - Kismet (Broadway)
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - The Eurythmics
Take a Message to Mary - The Everly Brothers
Take On Me - a-ha
That’s Amore -- Dean Martin
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Til I Kissed You - The Everly Brothers
Time of the Season - The Zombies
Time to Say Goodbye – Andrea Bocelli/Sarah Brightman
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
Unforgettable - Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole
Venus - Frankie Avalon
Voices Carry - Til Tuesday
Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
Wake Up - Arcade Fire
The Way We Were – Barbra Streisand
Way You Look Tonight, The – Frank Sinatra
Wear Your Love Like Heaven - Donovan
West Coast - Lana Del Rey
When I’m 64 -- The Beatles
White Bird - It's a Beautiful Day
Who's That Girl - Eurythmics
Wild Horses – The Rolling Stones
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Beach Boys – in F
You Needed Me - Anne Murray
You Send Me - Sam Cooke
Your Song - Elton John
You've Got the Love - Florence the Machine
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Danny Boy – Celtic
Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms – Celtic
Bendemeer’s Stream – Celtic
The Blackbird - Celtic
The Castle of Dromore – Celtic
The Fanaid Grove – Celtic
Farewell! But Whenever You Welcome the Hour – Celtic
Farewell to Liverpool – Celtic
Fields of Athenry - Celtic
The Foggy Dew - Celtic
Galway Bay – Celtic
The Gartan Mother’s Lullaby – Celtic
The Girl I Left Behind Me - Celtic
Greensleeves - Celtic
The Gyspsy Rover – Celtic
How Are Things in Glocca Morra - Celtic (Finian’s Rainbow)
Isle of Innisfree - Celtic (The Quiet Man)
Kathleen Mavourneen - Celtic
The Lark in the Clear Air – Celtic
The Lark in the Morning
The Last Rose of Summer – Celtic
The Lea Rig -- Celtic
The Leprechaun – Celtic
Limerick is Beautiful – Celtic
Look to the Rainbow – Celtic (Finian’s Rainbow)
Molly Malone (Cockles and Mussels) - Celtic
My Lagan Love - Celtic
My Wild Irish Rose – Celtic
My Yellow-Haired Lad – Celtic
The Rakes of Mallow - Celtic
Rosin the Bow - Celtic
Salley Gardens - Celtic
She Moved Through the Fair – Celtic
Shule Aroon – Celtic
Star of the County Down – Celtic
Sweet Carnloch Bay – Celtic
Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra – Celtic
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling – Celtic
Will Ye Go, Lassie – Celtic