Renee Wilson, Harpist

Top Performer

Chicago, IL

$400 and up

Travels up to 120 miles

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A Thousand Years - Christina Perri

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Golden Hour - JVKE

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Lover - Taylor Swift

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You're My Best Friend - Queen

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Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift

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Art Institute

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Odyssey Country Club

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Morton Arboretum

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The Langham Hotel

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Garfield Park Conservatory

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Venuti's

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Church of the Holy Family

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Armour House, Lake Forest

Overview

I offer a super eclectic repertoire, years of experience, and the tools you need to effortlessly plan the music for your wedding or event. My base price is $600, which will cover a wedding ceremony or two hours of background music. I think you will find my YouTube channel helpful, because you can listen to over 70 examples of my repertoire. My response time is fast, so you won't have to wait long for answers to your questions. I would be pleased to talk with you about your specific plans!


Reviews

15 reviews

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Joe M.

October 1, 2024
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Celebration of Life

Renee was a true professional and our mother would have appreciated her performance. The soothing sounds of the magical harp was a pure reflection of the celebration of life our mother lived. Thank you very much for being an independent but very important part of our ceremony.

Hired as: Celtic Music, Harpist

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Renee Wilson, Harpist

Thank you, Joe. It was an honor to play for your wonderful family!


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Maria B.

July 7, 2024
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Bridal Shower

It was wonderful.

Hired as: Harpist

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Renee Wilson, Harpist

Thanks, Maria - it was a pleasure to play for you!


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Lisa M.

May 13, 2024
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Renee is wonderful!

Renee is amazing! Very talented and surpassed all expectations in the best way!

Hired as: Harpist


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Rita C.

March 28, 2024
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We loved her

Renee was very professional, kind and talented. Thank you for all your help in making our Church Gala a success.

Hired as: Harpist

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Renee Wilson, Harpist

It was such a beautiful event! Thank you for including me in your plans!


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Katheryn M.

March 25, 2024
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Renee did a terrific job! We were very pleased!

Everyone loved her beautiful harp music! She performed at an event we had at our community and she did an amazing job. Everyone commented on how wonderful the music was. We would definitely book her again!

Hired as: Harpist

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Renee Wilson, Harpist

Thanks, Katheryn,
It was a joy to be part of your lovely event!

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Booking information

Price range: $400 and up

Unions: AFM

What to expect

I have a YouTube channel where you can hear me play right away, and I am available for consult throughout your planning process. I take a $100 deposit and send a contract to secure the date. On the performance day, I arrive 30-45 minutes before my start time, and bring everything I need with me. Please provide details if your venue is not handicap accessible, because it will affect my ability to load my harp into the space.

I have a large repertoire, and special requests can be accommodated, but there may be a small fee added if I have to purchase music. I travel with a battery powered amp, so you can plan on an extra boost of sound, if you need it.

About

I have a Master of Music Performance degree and have been playing harp professionally in Chicago for over 25 years. I am a proud member of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 10-208. In addition to playing in Chicago, I have been the Principal Harpist in the South Bend Symphony Orchestra for many years. I live in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, but I travel throughout the Greater Chicago area, and into Northwest Indiana.

Services offered

Upcoming booked events

October 2026

10

Saturday

Wedding Reception

5:00pm - 8:00pm

Urbana, IL

Past booked events

April 2026

24

Friday

Funeral/Memorial Service

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Berwyn, IL

May 2025

20

Tuesday

Funeral/Memorial Service

5:00pm - 7:30pm

Elk Grove Village, IL

February 2025

15

Saturday

Corporate Event

10:30am - 11:30am

Aurora, IL

September 2024

27

Friday

Funeral/Memorial Service

9:30am - 11:00am

Chicago, IL

July 2024

28

Sunday

Funeral/Memorial Service

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Lemont, IL

June 2024

30

Sunday

Bridal Shower

11:30am - 2:00pm

Oak Brook, IL

May 2024

11

Saturday

Wedding Ceremony

4:30pm - 7:00pm

St Charles, IL

March 2024

23

Saturday

Dinner Party

4:30pm - 5:30pm

Glenwood, IL

21

Thursday

Cocktail Party

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Sterling, IL

December 2023

17

Sunday

Christmas Party

3:30pm - 4:30pm

Orland Park, IL

15

Friday

Christmas Party

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Chicago, IL

02

Saturday

Corporate Event

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Frankfort, IL

November 2023

10

Friday

Funeral/Memorial Service

5:00pm - 8:00pm

Beloit, WI

September 2023

18

Monday

Corporate Event

7:30am - 8:30am

Chicago, IL

August 2023

13

Sunday

Bridal Shower

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Chicago, IL

June 2023

24

Saturday

Children’s Birthday Party

12:00pm - 2:00pm

Chicago, IL

May 2023

13

Saturday

Nonprofit Event

11:30am - 1:00pm

Calumet City, IL

12

Friday

Retirement Community Event

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Grayslake, IL

April 2023

15

Saturday

Birthday Party

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Chicago, IL

March 2023

18

Saturday

Funeral/Memorial Service

10:00am - 11:00am

Chicago, IL

February 2023

14

Tuesday

Holiday Party

11:00am - 1:00pm

Morris, IL

December 2022

18

Sunday

Anniversary Party

5:00pm - 7:00pm

Lombard, IL

17

Saturday

Bridal Shower

12:00pm - 3:00pm

Oak Brook, IL

15

Thursday

Christmas Party

5:00pm - 9:00pm

McHenry, IL

October 2022

12

Wednesday

Corporate Event

7:30am - 8:30am

Chicago, IL

02

Sunday

Wedding Reception

8:00pm - 9:30pm

Tinley Park, IL

Set list

Popular Music Frequently Used in Weddings

All I Ask of You (from "Phantom of the Opera")
All of Me (John Legend)
All You Need is Love (Beatles)
A Sky Full of Stars (Coldplay)
A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)
At Last (Etta James)
Beauty and the Beast
Bless the Broken Road (Rascal Flats)
Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley)
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Elton John)
Come Away With Me (Norah Jones)
Dangerously in Love (Beyonce)
Embraceable You (Gershwin)
Endless Love (Lionel Ritchie)
Eternal Flame (The Bangles)
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You (Bryan Adams)
Falling Slowly (Once)
The first Day of My Life (Bright eyes)
Flightless Bird/American Mouth (Iron and Wine)
From This Moment On (Shania Twain)
Halo (Beyonce)
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Here Comes the Sun (Beatles)
Here There and Everywhere (Beatles)
Ice Cream (Sarah McLachlan)
I Choose You (Sara Bareilles)
I Have Dreamed (from "The King and I" and "The American President")
I'm Yours (Jason Mraz)
I Will (Beatles)
La Vie en Rose (Piaf/Armstrong)
Love Story (Taylor Swift)
Make You Feel My Love (Adele)
Marry Me (Train)
Mary You (Bruno Mars)
Married Life (from "Up")
Moon River (from "Breakfast at Tiffany's)
My Cherie Amour (Stevie Wonder)
Only Time (Enya)
Over the Rainbow (Dorothy version)
Over the Rainbow (Iz version)
Perfect (Ed Sheehan)
The Prayer
Ribbon in the Sky (Stevie Wonder)
River Flows in You (Twilight)
Someone to Watch Over Me (Gershwin)
Somewhere Only We Know
Storybook Love (from "The Princess Bride")
Till There Was You (from "The Music Man")
True Colors
The Way You Look Tonight (Kern)
What a Wonderful World (Armstrong)
(What a) Wonderful World (Sam Cooke)
What the World Needs Now is Love
When I'm 64 (Beatles)
Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)

Classical Music Frequently Used in Weddings

Air (from "Water Music; Handel)
Air on the G String (Bach)
Allegro Grazioso (from "Spring"; Vivaldi)
Allegro Maestoso (Handel)
All in a Garden Green (Playford)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Bianco Fiore ("White Flowers"; Negri)
Bridal Chorus (from "Lohengrin"; "Here Comes the Bride"; Wagner)
Clair de Lune (Debussy)
Come Ye Sons of Art (Purcell)
Concerto in B flat (Handel)
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba (Handel)
Evening of Roses (Traditional Jewish)
Flower Duet (Delibes)
The Gentle Maiden (Irish Air)
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
Largo (from "The Four Seasons"; Vivaldi)
The Lark in the Clear Air (Traditional Irish)
Meditation (from "Thais"; Massenet)
Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
Prince of Denmark's March (Clarke)
The Rejoicing (Handel)
Rondeau (Mouret)
Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
Trumpet Tune (Clarke)
Wedding March (Mendelssohn)

Additional Popular Choices

Again (Janet Jackson)
Always and Forever
Angel (Sarah Mclachlan)
Angel of Music (from "Phantom of the Opera")
A Sky Full of Stars (Coldplay)
Beauty and the Beast (Ashman/Menken)
Be My Baby (The Ronettes)
Blue Bossa
Can't Get Started With You (Vernon Duke)
Caught Up in the Rapture (Anita Baker)
Dangerously in Love
Despacito
Dream (Priscilla Ahn)
Ebb Tide (Robert MaxwellO
Edelweiss (from "The Sound of Music")
Fields of Gold (Sting)
Final Fantasy Prelude
Game of Thrones Theme
Here and Now
Hotel California (Eagles)
I Believe in You and Me
If I Fell (Beatles)
I Got you Babe (Sonny and Cher)
I Get a Kick Out of You (Cole Porter)
I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston)
Inner Light (Star Trek Next Generation)
In My Life (Beatles)
Into the West (from "The Lord of the Rings")
Iris (Goo Goo Dolls)
It Might As Well Be Spring (Rogers/Hammerstein)
Kiss From a Rose (Seal)
La Paloma Azul (Brubeck)
Love is Here To Stay (Gershwin)
Misty (Errol Gardner)
My Funny Valentine (Gershwin)
My Heart Will Go On (from "Titanic")
Nothing Else Matters (Metallica)
On the Wings of Love
Pure Imagination (from "Willie Wonka")
Rainbow Connection (Kermit the frog)
Scarborough Fair (Simon and Garfunkel)
Save the Best for Last (Vanessa Williams)
Singing in the Rain
Somewhere in Time (Barry)
Stay With Me (Sam Smith)
Suddenly
Sweet Child 'O Mine (Guns N' Roses)
Sweet Love
Terrapin Station (Grateful Dead)
That's All (Nat King Cole)
Time in a Bottle (Jim Croce)
Time to Say Goodbye (Andrea Bocelli)
Tonight Tonight (Smashing Pumpkins)
Tupelo Honey (Van Morrison)
Under the Boardwalk
Unforgettable
You Are the Sunshine of My Life
We're In This Love Together
The Wind (Cat Stevens)
You've Got a Friend in Me (from "Toy Story")

Additional Classical Choices

Adagio from "Clarinet Concerto" (Mozart)
Arioso (Bach)
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Gluck)
First Gymnopedie (Satie)
First Arabesque (Debussy)
Fur Elise (Beethoven)
The Girl With the Flaxen Hair (Debussy)
I Love You So (Lehar)
Musetta's Waltz (Puccini)
Nocturne (Mendelssohn)
O Mio Babbino Caro (Puccini)
Prelude #1 (Bach)
Raindrop Prelude (Chopin)
Simple Gifts (from "Appalachian Spring "; Copland)
Sleepers Wake (Bach)
Sonata en Re (Albeniz)
The Swan (Saint-Saens)
Theme from "Jupiter" (Holst)
To a Wild Rose (Macdowell)
Villa Song (Lehar)

Bollywood

Chori Chori Chupke Chupke
Dil Diyan Gallan
Janam Janam
Jashn-E-Bahara
Kal Ho Naa Ho
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Pee Loon
Pehla Nasha
O Re Piya
Tere Bina
Teri Meri
Tum Hi Ho

Holiday Songs that Don't Reference a Particular Holiday

Frosty the Snowman
Jingle Bell Rock
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells in Waltz Time
Happy Holidays
Home for the Holidays
Let it Snow!
March of the Toys (from "Babes in Toyland")
Skating (from "A Charlie Brown Christmas")
Winter Wonderland

Holiday Songs About Santa and Christmas

All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth
Believe (from "Polar Express")
Carol of the Bells
The Chipmunk Song
The Christmas Song
Deck the Halls
Christmas Time is Here (from "A Charlie Brown Christmas")
Feliz Navidad
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Here We Come A-Wassailing
I'll Be Home for Christmas
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
A Holly Jolly Christmas
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Merry Christmas, Darling
O Christmas Tree
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Santa Baby
Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
Silver Bells
Up on the Housetop
We Need a Little Christmas (from "Mama")
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
White Christmas

Classical Holiday Music

Evening Prayer (from "Hansel and Gretel")
Arabian Dance (from "The Nutcracker" ballet)
March (from "The Nutcracker" ballet)
Waltz of the Flowers (from "The Nutcracker" ballet)

Hanukkah Music

Chanukah O Chanukah
Hanukkah, Hanukkah
I Have a Little Dreidal
Menorah Memories
My Dreydl
Ner LI
Oh Hanukkah
Rock of Ages
Sevivon
Yodim Atem

Holiday Songs About the Birth of Christ

Angels and Shepherds
Angels We Have Heard on High
As Lately We Watched
Away in a Manger
Baloo Lammy (Scottish Carol)
Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella
The Christ Child's Lullaby (Hebridean Tune)
Coventry Carol
Ding Dong Merrily on High
The First Noel
Jesu Bambino
God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman
Good King Wenceslas
Hark the Herald Angels sing
He is Born (Il eat Ne)
The Holly and the Ivy
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
In the Bleak Midwinter
I Wonder as I Wander
I Saw Three Ships
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Joy to the World
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
The Little Drummer Boy
Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming
Neopolitan Carol
Noel Nouvelet
Pat a Pan
O Come All Ye Faithful
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Of the Father's Love Begotten
Once in Royal David's City
O Holy Night
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Personent Hodie
Silent Night
Still, Still, Still
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
We Three Kings
What Child is This?
What is This Fragrance?
What Shall I Give?
While By My Sheep

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