Serafina Steer
Serafina Steer
A highly qualified musician with a varied repertoire
Serafina graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Music from the prestigious Trinity College of Music, London, where she was also awarded the String Faculty Silver Medal. A very talented harpist, Serafina participated recently in the Croydon Music Festival where she won prizes in four separate classes. She has been playing for functions for ten years, and so whilst young enough to present a fresh and vibrant feel in her music, is also extremely experienced, and possesses an extensive repertoire.

Serafina explores extended percussive techniques and music from around the world, resulting in performances at venues such as The Vortex jazz club, London, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Royal Opera House. During her four year fellowship at Dartington, she has also collaborated on Western and Indian projects under the direction of Ravi Shankar, thus broadening her horizons even more!

Serafina can provide the perfect elegant and enchanting music for you ceremony, and then diversify for the reception with a repertoire reflecting her interests in jazz, pop music from the 1950s – 80s, as well as light classical. Special requests are happily catered for, and if a harp arrangement doesn’t already exist, Serafina can usually arrange the piece for you.

Music Samples

Wagner Wedding March 363 kb George Shearing Lullaby of Birdland 179 kb

Sample Repertoire

Suitable for weddings: 
  
JS Bach:Air on the G string
 Sheep may safely graze
 Wachet Auf
 Arioso
 Jesu, Joy of man’s desiring
 Bist du bei mir
Bach-Gounod:Ave Maria
Beethoven:Allegretto from 7th symphony
 Ode to Joy
Chopin:Prelude
Clarke:Trumpet Voluntary
Debussy:Arabesque No.1
 Clair de Lune
Delibes:Flower Duet from `Lakme`
 Waltz from Coppelia
Faure:Pavane
Gluck:Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orpheus in the Underworld
Handel: Air from Water music in F
 Bourree in F from Water music
 Hornpipe in F from Water music
 Hornpipe in D from Water music
 Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
 La Rejouissance from the Royal Fireworks
Haydn:Serenade No.4
Massenet:Meditation from Thais
Mendelssohn:Wedding March
Offenbach:Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffman
Pachelbel:Canon in D
Ponchielli:Dance of the Hours
Purcell:Trumpet Tune
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini 
Saint Saens:The Swan
Satie:Gymnopedies
Schubert:Ave Maria
 Impromptu
 Serenade
Verdi:Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves
Wagner:Bridal Chorus

Miscellaneous Background music:
 
The Music of the Night - The Phantom of the Opera
All I Ask of You - The Phantom of the Opera
Lara’s Theme - Doctor Zhivago
Love Theme - The Godfather
Moon River - Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Edelweiss - The Sound of Music
Send in the Clowns - A Little Night Music
Memory – Cats
Stranger in Paradise - Kismet
Born Free - Born Free
Somewhere Out There - The Rescuers
Tara’s Theme - Gone with the Wind
Somewhere - West Side Story
Maria - West Side Story
As Time Goes By - Casablanca
Love Theme - Godfather Part 2
Danny Boy - Irish
Brian Borus March - Irish
The Spinning Wheel - Irish Ballad
Skye Boat Song - Scottish
Piece for Harp - Welsh
Greensleeves - English
The Ash Grove - Welsh
All Through The Night - Welsh
David Of The White Rock - Welsh
Elizabethan Serenade - English
Country Garden - English
Strangers in the Night - Frank Sinatra
Yesterday – Lennon / McCartney
True Love Ways - Buddy Holly
Imagine - John Lennon
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
Hello - Lionel Ritchie
Everytime We Say Goodbye - Cole Porter
Tenderly - Nat King Cole
Beyond the Sea - George Benson
What a wonderful world- Louis Armstrong
Too good to be true – Frankie Valli
Blue Moon - Frank Sinatra
Bridge over Troubled Water - Paul Simon
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - M. Sherwin
Streets of London - Ralph McTell
Careless Whisper - George Michael
Close To You - The Carpenters
Cry Me A River - Alison Moyet
Delovely - Cole Porter
Love me tender- Elvis Presley
Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra
Hey Jude - The Beatles
What’s love got to do with it? - Whitney Houston
Stand by me- Mike Stoller
Yesterday- The Beatles
New York New York- Kander and Ebb
I say a little prayer- Bacharach
Michelle - The Beatles
Moonlight in Vermont - Sam Cooke
On a Clear Day - Doris Day
Evergreen - Barbara Streisand
My Way- Francois and Revaux
Three Coins in the Fountain - Julie Styne
Stranger on the Shore - Acker Bilk
Sleepy Shores - J. Pearson
Pennies From Heaven - Natalie Cole
Raining In My Heart - Buddy Holly
Scarborough Fair - Paul Simon
Smile - Nat King Cole
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Feelings - Andy Williams
The More I See you - Harry Warren
My Funny Valentine - Rodgers Hammerstein
Mrs Robinson - Paul Simon
Bewitched – Rodgers & Hammerstein
A Time For Us - Nino Rota
The Way You Look Tonight - Jerome Kern
Autumn Leaves - Johnny Mercer
Non, je ne le regrette rien- Dumont
James Bond selection- various
The Nearness of You - Hoagy Carmichael
The Very Thought of You - Nat King Cole
Three Times A Lady - Lionel Ritchie
Unforgettable - Nat King Cole

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