Sylvia Norris
Professional Harpist for Weddings,
Concerts and Special Occasions
"Experience resulting in excellence"
Welcome
Thank you for visiting my website! You are invited to search, watch, listen, and hopefully find answers that will help you in planning your upcoming event.
I started playing the harp at the age of ten after my parents took me to a Michigan State University student orchestra concert. I told my mother I wanted to take harp lessons, and a few days later I came home from school to find she had arranged my first lesson — "Your lesson is on Thursday."
That was the beginning of a lifelong love affair with the harp. It has been my profession since shortly after graduating from college — from Okemos, Michigan, to summers studying at Interlochen, to conservatory training at the Eastman School of Music, to study in Aspen, to symphony jobs throughout Michigan, tours of the Asian rim and the Caribbean as a staff harpist on a cruise ship, to playing for Josh Groban, to thousands of recitals, concerts and engagements along the way.
Whether you are interested in booking me for a recital, chamber music program, or after-dinner entertainment, please know that experience is the key to my success.
Thank you again — please don't hesitate to reach out for questions or assistance as you plan your dream wedding, concert or celebration.
Bridal Music
Wedding Inquiries
Welcome to all bridal couples! You are entering one of the most exciting and hectic times of your lives. Among the hundreds of decisions you will make are choices about music: live or recorded, solo or chamber, vocal or instrumental, classical or contemporary?
When it comes to music, my advice is "leave it to the professionals." After receiving two degrees from a prestigious New York music conservatory, I began my concert and wedding career. Since that time I have appeared in well over 1,500 successful weddings and receptions — from small, intimate ceremonies on the beach to big-budget extravaganzas. With over 40 years of accumulated professional, orchestral, teaching, and performance experience, you can trust that you are in good hands.
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Concert Inquiries
For interest in my services as a recitalist, chamber musician or concerto soloist, please contact me directly to discuss options that will best fit your needs.
I love playing chamber music recitals and can offer solo or duo programs — flute and harp, viola and harp, cello and harp, trios of strings or winds and harp, and combinations of winds and strings. I have even played recitals with tuba and harp! As a member of several professional orchestras and an instructor at the Interlochen Arts Camp, I have access to wonderful colleagues with whom I can craft interesting, fun, and varied programs.
Contact Sylvia
Contact
Send me an email at
sylvia.norris.harp@gmail.com
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Professional Harpist
Elevating Events Through Magical
Harp Performances
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Listen
Music Samples
Canon in D — Pachelbel
Wedding processional
4:32
Somewhere in Time — J. Barry
Cocktail hour
4:00
You Raise Me Up — Graham / Loveland
Contemporary
4:00
Air on the G String — Bach
Ceremony
4:05
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Reviews
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"Sylvia Norris is an exceptionally talented harpist. She played the harp before and during the ceremony at our wedding. Our guests loved it, as did my wife and I. What made Sylvia so amazing was the level of personalization she delivered. My wife and I had several lengthy conversations with her on the phone prior to the ceremony so she could get a better idea of the type of music we like, and so she could tell us which songs would sound better when played on harp as opposed to other. What made it even more special was the fact that a close friend of ours wanted to sing at the ceremony as well. Sylvia had no problem in accommodating this, and the collaborations between our singer and Sylvia were phenomenal. If you want some live music for any part of your wedding, we would absolutely recommend Sylvia Norris, whether you want her to play the good old wedding classics, or anything you desire for that matter. (The requests we made to Sylvia that she did excellent with were Florence and the Machine "you got the love" and Alicia Keys "If I ain't got you.")."
D.M.
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"With her many years of experience as a Harpist she is one of the best I have experienced. She has played with every major symphony in Michigan as well as instucting at Interlochen School."
K.J.
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"Sylvia was wonderful to work with. We had her play the harp for our ceremony and cocktail hour and she did a lovely job. Her website was easy to use and the samples don't do her music justice."
A.K.
