Monica Schley is Seattle’s most versatile harpist. Monica is available for virtual events, private & corporate engagements, weddings, recording, live performance, funerals, and harp instruction. As a Certified Clinical Musician, she plays for hospitals and hospice.
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Write a reviewPrice range: $350 - $2000
Languages: English, Spanish
Gig length: 45 - 200 minutes
Insurance: $10,000 - HPSO liability coverage
Unions: AFM
Thank you for your interest in live harp music! I play styles of Classical, Celtic and Jazz music. As a band leader, I can accommodate solo harp, duets or trio ensembles.
For a WEDDING:
Ceremony package is 30min prelude before ceremony + ceremony songs, as well as a bit of postlude after the ceremony (up to 1.5hr total). I also offer Solo Harp Ceremony + 1hr Cocktail music. This includes relocation to another location at the venue as needed (up to 2.5hr). My harp has a custom pickup and I travel with an amplifier as well.
For CORPORATE or HOTEL event:
I can work with your sound engineer / MC sound system team, or I can bring my own equipment for either a large or smaller sound. I can be either background music, or main stage performer.
For HARP THERAPY:
I am a Certified Therapeutic Musician, with a decade of experience playing in hospitals, hospice, and clinical healthcare. I play a small lap harp in this setting to leave room for patient care, doctors, support devices, and loved ones.
For FUNERAL / MEMORIAL:
I can bring a large or small harp for indoor or gravesite options.
Monica Schley, is a harpist, poet, mother, songwriter, wedding musician, harp instructor, and touring artist. Her performance history is a blend of yin and yang, ranging from the intimate sublime to large-scale performance halls around the country. She has played with indie rockers, jazz luminaries and pop stars. As a therapeutic harpist, she worked for five years with Providence Hospice and Highline Medical Center as a Certified Clinical Musician. Some of her writing can be found at (link hidden), Harp Therapy Journal, Raven Chronicles, Cream City Review, and King County Metro’s Poetry on Buses. She has recorded on over 20 albums, including two of her own self-produced: Harp Carols, and Braids of Kabuya. Monica has received artist residencies from the Espy Foundation and Centrum Foundation.
My harps have a custom set of pickups built in. For solo background events, I bring my own Fischman Loudbox amplifier, or a battery powered Samsung.
If I sing as well, I bring my Shure 58 microphone and boom stand.
For larger concert events, I will bring my own Direct Input box and work with your sound engineer / MC sound system team.
I am capable and have experience with either a large or small sound. I can be either background music, or main stage performer.
Classical
Ave Maria, Bach
Air from Water Music, Handel
Automates, Andres
Bridal March, Wagner
Canon in D, Pachelbel
Claire de Lune, Debussy
First Gymnopedie, Satie
Gavotte, Salzedo
Gnossienne No. 2, Satie
Gnossienne No. 3, Satie
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Bach
Meditation from Thais, Massenet
Muzetta’s Waltz from La Boheme, Puccinni
O Perfect Love, Barnby
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Rachmaninoff
Sleepers, Wake, Bach
Sonatina, Dussek
Sheep May Safely Graze, Bach
Pavane, Faure
Reverie, Debussy
The Swan, Saint-Saens
Sleepers Wake, Bach
Tango, Salzedo
Trumpet Voluntary, Purcell
Wedding March, Mendelssohn
18th Century March, anon.
Broadway, Disney, Video Game & Movie Songs
All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera
Avatar’s Love from The Last Airbender
Can You Feel the Love Tonight from Lion King
Dearly Beloved from The Kingdom Hearts
Edelweiss from Sound of Music
Fairy Fountain from The Legend of Zelda
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky from Castle in the Sky
Howl’s Moving Castle from Howl’s Moving Castle
John Dunbar Theme from Dances With Wolves
Kiss the Girl from Little Mermaid
Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet
Love Theme from Spartacus
One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story
One Summer’s Day from Spirited Away
Pure Imagination from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Song of Healing from The Legend of Zelda
Theme from Forrest Gump
Theme from Somewhere In Time
Think of Me from Phantom of the Opera
When You Wish Upon A Star
Jazz Standards
Besame Mucho, Consuelo Velasquez
Black Orpheus, Bonfa
Days of Wine and Roses, Mancini / Mercer
Chances Are, Allen
Embraceable You, Gershwin
Falling Slowly from Once, Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
Fascination, Marchetti
Fly Me To the Moon, Howard
I Get A Kick Out of You, Porter
Georgia on My Mind, Carmichael
Moon River, Mercer
Moonglow, Milles
My Funny Valentine, Rogers & Hart
My Little Suede Shoes, Charlie Parker
La Vie En Rose, Edith Piaf
Like Someone in Love, Van Heusen
Over the Rainbow, Arlen & Harburg
Route 66, Bobby Troup
September Song, Weill
Smile, Charlie Chaplin
Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise, Romberg
Summertime, Gershwin
What A Wonderful World, Thiele
Jewish
Anniversary Waltz
Kadosh
Rock of Ages / Mo’oz Tsur
Sh’ma Ysroeyl
Let Peace be With You / Oseh Shalom
Do-Di Li- – Nira Chen
Ethnic Folk (includes Irish/Celtic; American; European; Mexican)
All Through the Night – English
Besame Mucho / Kiss Me Much – Italian
The Boatman –Scottish
The Butterfly – Irish
Carrickfergus –Irish
Chanter – Irish
Charles O’Conor – O’Carolan
Foggy Dew – Irish
Gracias A La Vida – Mexican
Greensleves – English
Haste to the Wedding –Irish
Inis Siar –Welch
Irish Country Dance –Irish
The Kesh – Irish
Last Rose of Summer –Irish
Lo How a Rose – German
Moonrise –Robertson
Of She Goes –Irish
Richard the Lion Heart – 12th Century European
The Road To Lisdoonvarna – Irish
Shenandoah – American
Si Bheag Si Mhor – Irish
Simple Gifts – American
Searching for Lambs – Welch
Star of the County Down – Irish
Water Music – Robertson
Pop / Rock
A Thousand Years, Christina Perri
Can’t Help Falling In Love (With You), Elvis Presley
Clocks, Coldplay
Come Away With Me, Norah Jones
Dreams, The Cranberries
Dreams, Fleetwood Mac
En Gallop, Joanna Newsom
Exit Music from a Movie, Radiohead
Fields of Gold, Sting
Killing Me Softly, Roberta Flack
Halo, Beyonce
Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen/Jeff Buckley
Imagine, John Lennon
In My Life, The Beatles
Isn’t She Lovely, Stevie Wonder
Just Like Heaven, The Cure
Love Me Like You Do, Ellie Goulding
Love of My Life, Queen
Love Song, The Cure
Mad World, Tears For Fears
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Smashing Pumpkins
No Surprises, Radiohead
Skinney Love, Bon Iver
Sweet Child O’Mine, Guns N’Roses
Take On Me, Ah Ha
Thinking Out Loud, Ed Sheeran
To Make You Feel My Love, Bob Dylan/Adele
What the World Needs Now is Love, Burt Bacharach
With a Little Help from My Friends and many other Beatles songs
Young & Beautiful, Lana Del Rey
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