San Diego Wedding Harpist & Soprano
From the first guest arriving to the last note after you walk back down the aisle.
What the day sounds like
- 01
Prelude
Twenty to thirty minutes as your guests arrive and find their seats. Nobody plans this part and everybody remembers it. A harp turns waiting into anticipation.
- 02
Processional
Your entrance, and your wedding party's. Chosen with you beforehand, timed to the length of your aisle, not to a recording.
- 03
During the ceremony
A unity candle, communion, a reading, a moment of silence that needs filling. Or Ave Maria, sung live rather than played from a phone.
- 04
Signing & interlude
The quiet administrative minutes that can go flat. Music holds the room together while the paperwork happens.
- 05
Recessional & postlude
You walk out to something joyful, and the music keeps going while your guests gather themselves and follow.
Choose your sound
Solo Harp
Forty-seven strings and a room with good acoustics. Classic, uncomplicated, and never the wrong choice.
Harp & Soprano
Marsha plays and sings at once. Ave Maria, Panis Angelicus, The Lord's Prayer — performed live, in your ceremony, in the language you want them in.
Harp with Additional Musicians
Add violin, flute or cello for a fuller processional. Marsha coordinates the players and the arrangements.
Packages
30 minutes of prelude, processional, ceremony music, recessional and postlude.
Everything above, plus an hour of cocktail-hour music while your guests move and mingle.
2027 dates are open. Peak Saturdays in May through October typically book nine to twelve months ahead.
Outdoor & garden ceremonies
A harp outdoors is worth the logistics, and the logistics are real. Direct sun on the soundboard, humidity pulling the tuning flat between the rehearsal and the vows, wind through the strings, and a hundred pounds of instrument crossing a lawn.
A place to start
- Pachelbel Canon in D
- Ave Maria (Schubert and Bach/Gounod)
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
- Wagner Bridal Chorus
- Mendelssohn Wedding March
- Clair de Lune
- Panis Angelicus
- Air on the G String
- The Lord's Prayer
- Danny Boy
- Traditional Celtic airs
Have something else in mind? Marsha arranges and learns new pieces for ceremonies — ask early and it can be ready.
Common questions
Peak Saturdays from May through October generally go nine to twelve months out. Weekdays and off-season dates are often available with less notice. If your date is close, ask anyway.
Marsha has played across Southern California and well beyond.
Yes — harp, bench, and amplification where the venue needs it.
Yes, and you should. Marsha will walk through your ceremony with you and build the set around what's actually happening in the room.
Let's see if your date is open.
- Juilliard · Doctorate of Musical Arts
- Conservatoire National de St. Maur · Highest honours