Harpist, Meredith McCracken graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with a BA in Music Performance.

Meredith is the principal harpist with the orchestra of Scottish Ballet, a position she has held for many years.

Meredith is a key figure in the more intimate world of weddings and special events, both private and corporate.

Her repertoire includes many genres, for example Classical, Modern pop, Music from the shows, Disney songs and much more!

Services offered

Meredith offers live harp music for your civil wedding, church wedding, drinks reception & photographs, or your wedding breakfast / meal.

You are very welcome to choose a combination of the above.

A civil or church wedding includes music as guests assemble, the bride's entrance, signing the register and exit of the happy couple.
Meredith arranges many songs for the harp herself so they are unique to her!

A selection of Modern songs:

• Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
• Bryan Adams – Everything I Do
• Bryan Adams – Heaven
• Birdy - Skinny Love
• Buble - Home
• Eva Cassidy – Songbird
• K-Ci & JoJo – All My Life
• Des’ree – Kissing You (from Romeo and Juliet)
• Celine Dion – Immortality
• Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On from The Titanic
• Guns N’ Roses – November Rain
• Marvin Hamlisch – Nobody Does it Better (from The Spy Who Loved Me)
• George Harrison – Here Comes the Sun
• Horner – For the Love of a Princess (from Braveheart)
• James Ingram & Dolly Parton – The Day I Fall in Love (from Beethoven)
• Iron & Wine – Flightless Bird
• Michael Jackson – The Lady in my Life
• Elton John – Your Song
• Norah Jones – Come Away with Me
• Annie Lennox – Into the West (from The Return of the King)
• Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
• John Legend – All of Me
• Bruno Mars – Just the Way You Are
• Bruno Mars – Marry You
• Metallica – Nothing Else Matters
• Mraz - I Won't Give Up

Some Show Songs

• Menken – Theme from Beauty and the Beast
• Menken – A Whole New World (from Aladdin)
• Myers – Cavatina (She was Oh, So, Beautiful
• Rodgers and Hammerstein – Edelweiss (from The Sound of Music)
• Rodgers and Hammerstein – I Could Have Danced All Night (from The King and I)
• Rodgers and Hammerstein – You’ll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel)
• Westlake – When You Taught Me How to Dance from Miss Potter
• Webber – All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera
• Webber – Close Every Door from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
• Webber – Music of the Night from Phantom of the Opera
• Webber – Think of Me from Phantom of the Opera

Some suggestions for your wedding ceremony

• Bach – Arioso
• Bach – Air on the G String
• Bach – Prelude No.1
• Beatles – I Will
• Beethoven – Ode to Joy
• Delibes – Flower Duet
• Giacchino – Married Life from Up
• Handel – Air from The Water Music
• Handel – Hornpipe from The Water Music
• Handel – The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
• Lennon – I Will
• MacKay – Highland Wedding
• Henry Mancini – Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
• Mendelssohn – Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Pachelbel – Canon in D
• Pokarekare Ana – A Maori Love Song
• Purcell – Trumpet Tune
• Purcell – Trumpet Voluntary
• Stanley – Trumpet Voluntary
• Wagner – Wedding March (Here Comes the Bride)

A Classical Selection

• Beethoven – Fur Elise
• Chopin – Nocturne
• Clarke/Purcell – Trumpet Voluntary
• Debussy – Arabesque
• Debussy – Clair de Lune
• Elgar – Salut d’Amour
• Handel – The Harmonious Blacksmith
• Handel – Theme and Variation
• Handel – Air from The Water Music
• Handel- Hornpipe from The Water Music
• Mascagni – Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
• Mozart – Romance from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
• Parry – Sonata in D, Andante and Gavotte
• Purcell – Trumpet Tune
• Purcell – Trumpet Voluntary
• Vivaldi – Allegretto (Spring) from The Four Seasons
• Vivaldi – Largo (Winter) from The Four Seasons

Some Traditional Scottish, Irish & Welsh songs:

• Iain of Glen Cuaich
• Fields of Athenry
• Strathspey Jig and Reel
• The Londonderry Air
• Watching the Wheat
• David of the White Rock

Favourite Bollywood songs include:

• Medley of Hai Guzarish / Khuda Jaane / Singh is Kinng
• Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai (You Are My Night, My Dawn)
• Chand Sitare Phool Aur Khushboo (Moon, Stars, Flowers and Fragrance)
• Tere Bina Jiya Jaaye Na (I Can’t Live Without You)
• Chadni O Meri Chadni (My Moonlight)
• Tumko Hi Chahenge Hum (Only Pine For You)
• Tere Liye from Veer Zara
• Hey Shona, from Ta Ra Rum Pum
• Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein
• Tum Hi Ho (Aashiqui 2)
• Jeene Laga Hoon (from Ramaiya Vastavaiya)

How she works

Meredith will arrive at your venue around 1 hour beforehand to set up for your event.

Timings for your event.

Civil ceremony - 1 hour

Church ceremony - 90 minutes

Drinks reception - 1 hour

Wedding breakfast / Meal - 2 hours