Mary Mei, Harpist for Events

Angel Piano & Harp Music Center can provide a unique and beautiful musical program for your wedding. We serve the entire San Francisco Bay Area, and we can provide talented musicians for a broad range of instruments. We are also happy to assist you in planning the music for your wedding.

Instruments

Every wedding is different, and for this reason we offer a wide variety of music and instruments. We can arrange musical performances by gifted musicians for many instruments, such as the following:

Harp
Piano
Flute
Cello
Viola
Violin

Angel Piano & Harp Music Center can meet all the musical needs of your next event. Whether you are looking for a soloist to perform music of your choosing, need help in selecting a musical program, or want to organize a larger performance, we do it all!

Occasions

Any gathering of friends, family, or business associates is enhanced by beautiful, live music. We arrange performances for any such occasion, including the following:

Parties/Celebrations
Holiday Events
Private Parties
Corporate Functions
Background Music
Christmas Performances
Religious Services
Concerts

Instruments

Different types of events call for different styles of music, and, therefore, different instruments. We can arrange musical performances by gifted musicians for a wide variety of instruments, such as the following:

Harp
Piano
Flute
Violin
Cello
Viola
Guitar
Saxophone
Trumpet
Soprano Vocalist
Baritone Vocalist

Satisfied Clients

We have arranged performances for some of the Bay Area's largest companies. Here are a few of our corporate clients:

Bank of America
S.F. Opera House
Cathy Pacific Airlines
Wells Fargo Bank
S.F. Ritz Carlton
SFMOMA
Hewlett Packard
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Mary Angelina Mei is considered one of the world's leading young harpists and pianists. Ms. Mei is an extraordinary performer and an excellent lecturer. A critic from the World Journal News calls her "a master of the heavenly angel instrument."

Education:
Masters Degree of Music, Manhattan School of Music
Awards:
Los Angeles Philharmonic Fellowship Competition, First Prize
Elizabeth Hobin National Harp Competition, First Prize
American Harp Society Valerie Finzi Award
American Harp Society Golkin Award
Greater Trenton Symphony Competition, First Prize
Hennessy Performing Arts Award

Memberships:
World Harp Congress
American Harp Society
Notable Concert Appearances:
World Harp Congress Concert (Paris)
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Carnegie Concert Hall
Barbican Centre (London)
American Harp Festival (Seattle)
Cite de la Musique (Paris)
Art Centre (Warwick)
Concertgebouw (Amsterdam)
Konzerthaus (Vienna)
Concert Hall (Sapporo)
Sumida Triphony Hall (Tokyo)
International Music Festival (Venezuela)
Notable Orchestra Performances:
New World Symphony
American Symphony Orchestra
"The Fantastic" Musical
Pacific Music Festival
Di Capo Opera Orchestra
Notable Artistic Collaborators:
Michael Tilson Thomas
David Sanborn
Michael Kamen
Kurt Masur
Honors:
"International Musicians Who's Who Encyclopedia"
National Dean's List Award, (phone number hidden)4
Full Merit Scholarship Award, Manhattan School of Music
CD Recordings:
"Discovering Music"
"Harmony in Peace"
"Mahler Symphony #3"
"Albert Herring Opera"
Specialties:
Harp, Piano, Chinese Zither

Praise for Ms. Mei:
"I realized when I heard Ms. Mei that I was in the presence of a master. She is a truly remarkable, world-class musician, and is among the top harpists in the world."
- Lou Anne Neill, Principal Harpist, Los Angeles Philharmonic
"These hard-earned accomplishments rightfully put Ms. Mei in the category and league of the greatest musicians in the 21th century. She has my highest recommendations."
- Christoph Eschenbach, Music Director, Houston Symphony

Selecting a musical program for a wedding can be a time-consuming task. We present here some suggestions for each part of the ceremony, to help you when beginning the process of planning a musical program. We can also assist you in developing a program tailored especially for your wedding. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Preludes:
Bach, "Arioso"
Massenet, "Thais Meditation"
Debussy, "Claire de Lune"
Respighi, "Ancient Airs and Dances"
"There is Love" ("Wedding Song")
Vivaldi, selections from the "Four Seasons"
Roto, "Romeo and Juliet"
"Somewhere in Time"
Theme from Titanic ("My Heart Will Go On")
Mothers:
Bach, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
"Wind Beneath My Wings"
Bach, "Arioso"
Sammartini, "Allegro"
Bach, "Andante"
Bridesmaids Processionals:
Pachelbel, "Canon in D"
Handel, "Air" from "Water Music"
Bach, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
Leonardo De Vinci, "Aria"
Purcell, "Ground in F"
Handel, "March from the Occasional Oratorio"
Campra, "Rigaudon"
Bridal Marches:
Wagner, "Bridal March"
Purcell, "Trumpet Voluntary"
Purcell/Clark, "Trumpet Tune"
Leonardo De Vinci, "Aria"
During the Service:
Schubert or Bach/Gounod, "Ave Maria"
Mallotte, "Lord's Prayer"
"Gift of Love"
"Panis Angelicus"
"Surely the Presence of the Lord is in this Place"
Enya, "Water Mark"
Satie, "Gymnopedie"
"Celtic Alleluia"
(All Alleluias and Responsorials can be played)
Reccessionals and Postludes:
Mendelssohn, "Wedding Recessional"
Bochsa, "Napoliane March"
Handel, "Allegro Maestoso" or "Hornpipe"
Purcell, "Trumpet Tune"
Beethoven, "Ode to Joy"
Tambourin - Daquin
Receptions (Classical choices):
A mixture of periods with a more upbeat tempo
Receptions (Pop choices):
Gershwin, Rogers and Hammerstein, Anthony Lloyd Weber, etc.
"Some Enchanted Evening"
"S'Wonderful"
"Our Love is Here to Stay"
"Time in a Bottle"
"I Get a Kick Out of You"
"Romeo and Juliet"
"All I Ask of You"
"A Whole New World"
Theme from Titanic ("My Heart Will Go On")