Lara Garner, harpist/pianist/string trio Harpist from San Francisco, CA

*Awarded “Best Of” for the past 10 years in a row* The harp has a natural beauty and delicacy that evokes something ancient and timeless. My goal is to make your event memorable through the beauty of my music and the innate fairytale quality of the Celtic harp and the elegance of the Classical harp. As a graduate of UC Berkeley, dept of music and having studied music in Paris, France, I am also a professional Classical pianist and flutist. Through Classical, Celtic and contemporary repertoire, I provide a palette of colors that can include a violinist and/or cellist or simply solo harp. My Classical trio has been awarded the prestigious "Top Classical Trio" by GM for the past 10 years in a row (Amethyst Trio). I have been booked over 555 times from my sites here on GM alone. I have been performing as a soloist for over 25 years in the Bay Area and in Europe and I am also the lead musician in 2 award-winning groups that perform throughout the U.S - providing the highest standard in professional performance. I have recorded many CDs, including "Arts & Letters" from the Mixolydian label, and on the Celtic Sands and Skitz labels. I have played many celebrity weddings and events, including the cast party opening of the movie “Winchester”, event aboard the USS Hornet with Buzz Aldrin, private wedding of Jason Newsted of Metallica, Private event for Neal Shoen of Journey, assorted NFL players and a Chinese film star. "Lara Garner lit up the stage each time she told her audience a story, each time her virtuosic fingers found tone and light on piano and harp, each time she smiled while playing music that she loves." .....Jeans Magazines Review April 2009 My music degree is from UC Berkeley (1989) with an M.A. from SF State University in International Relations (1995). I lived in Paris, France for three years where I performed and developed my style and also in Rome, Italy for one year. As a 5-star performer since 2007, Lara has been booked over 555 times here on GM from 4 sites. I have 4 harps and various keyboards - including a top of the line Sandpiper 5'5" Celtic harp, a Classical French-made pedal harp, a smaller Classical harp, and a full 88-keyed weighted hammer-action black stage piano with a beautiful grand piano sound. I also provide my own discreet wireless amplification, to maintain not only a performance that can be heard, but also something that is visually pleasing. **I am a FULLY-INSURED performer. This is a requirement at many venues, including San Francisco City Hall and the large SF hotels and Museums. Certificate provided upon request.**

• Stay | Rhianna
• Stay With Me | Sam Smith
• A River Flows Through You | Yiruma
• Thinking Outloud | Ed Sheeran
• Perfect | Ed Sheeran
• What Do I Know | Ed Sheeran
• Havana | Camila Cabello
• Air on the G String | Bach
• All I Ask of You from "Phantom" | Andrew Lloyd Weber
• All My Loving | John Lennon
• All That Jazz | John Kander
• All the Things You Are | Jerome Kern
• All You Need is Love | John Lennon
• Amapola | Argentinian tango
• Amazing Grace | trad hymn
• And I Love Her | John Lennon
• Angel | Sara McGlauchlan
• Angel Eyes | Jim Brickman
• Anvil Chorus from "Il Trovatore" | Verdi
• Arioso | Bach
• As the Deer | Christian
• Ash Grove | English
• Ashokan Farewell | Jay Ungar
• At Last | Etta James
• Autumn Leaves | Johnny Mercer
• Ave Maria | Schubert
• Ave Maria | Bach-Gounod
• Bach selected works | Bach
• Baroque selections | Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann, etc
• Be Thou My Vision | Irish
• Beatles selections | The Beatles
• Beautiful Blue Danube | Strauss
• Beautiful Day | U2
• Because We Believe | Andrea Boccelli
• Besame Mucho | Latin
• Bless the Broken Road | Rascal Flatts
• Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen
• Bonney Swan | Loreena McKennitt
• Born To Run | Bruce Springstein
• Boulevard of Broken Dreams | Greenday
• Bridal Chorus | Wagner
• Broadway selections | assorted
• Bubbly | Colby Caillat
• Butterfly Waltz | Brian Crain
• California Dreamin' | Mamas & Papas
• California Girls | Beach Boys
• Calliope House | Dave Morrison
• Can I Have This Dance? | Anne Murray
• Canon in D | Pachelbel
• Can't Help Falling in Love With You | Elvis
• Carmen Suite | Bizet
• Carolan's Concerto | O'Carolan
• Carolan's Draught | O'Carolan
• Chasing Cars | Snow Patrol
• Children's Songs | trad & Disney
• Chopin waltzes | Chopin
• Christian hymns | selections
• Christmas carols | trad
• Clap Yo Hands | Gershwin
• Classical selections | Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
• Clocks | Coldplay
• Cockles and Muscles | Irish
• Coilsfield House | Nathaniel Gow
• Colors of the Wind | Pocohantas
• Country Roads | John Denver
• Crazy Love | Van Morrisson
• Dances | Schubert
• Danny Boy | Irish
• Dark Island | waltz
• Der Mirjambrunnen | Jewish
• Disney selections | Disney movies
• Dodi Li | trad Jewish
• Don't Get Around Much Anymore | Duke Ellington
• Don't Stop Believin' | Journey
• Down By the Salley Gardens | Irish
• Drops of Jupiter | Train
• El Choclo | Argentinian Tango
• Emperor Waltz | Strauss
• English Suites | Bach
• Entre'Acte from "Carmen" | Bizet
• Erev Ba | Israeli
• Evenstar from "Lord of the Rings" | Howard Shore
• Every Breath You Take | Sting
• Fallen Embers | Enya
• Falling Slowly | from "Once"
• Feed the Birds from "Mary Poppins" | Disney
• Feels Like Home | Randy Newman
• Fields of Athenry | Irish
• French Suites (I-VI) | Bach
• Fur Elise | Beethoven
• George Brabazon | O'Carolan
• Georgia on My Mind | Hoagy Carmichael
• Give Me Your Hand | Irish
• Good Riddance | Greenday
• Greensleeves | English
• Habanera from Carmen | Bizet
• Hava Nagila | Jewish
• Have You Been to Carrick? | Irish
• Hedwig's Theme | John Williams
• Here Comes the Sun | George Harrison
• Hey Jude | John Lennon
• Hornpipe | Purcell
• How Great Thou Art | Christian
• I Dreamed a Dream | "Les Mis"
• I Swear | popular
• I Will Be Here | Steven Chapman
• If I Fell | John Lennon
• If I Should Fall Behind | Bruce Springstein
• I'll Always Love You | Dolly Parton
• I'll See You In My Dreams | Gus Kahn/Isham Jones
• Imagine | John Lennon
• In Dreams from "Lord of the Rings" | Howard Shore
• Independencia | Argentinian tango
• It Don't Mean a Thing | Duke Ellington
• I've Got Rhythm | Gershwin
• Java Jive | 40's jazz
• Jerusalem of Gold | Israeli
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring | Bach
• Jewish traditional | trad
• Jupiter | Gustav Holst
• Killing Me Softly With His Song | Norman Gimbel
• King William's March | Clarke
• Klezmer | Jewish
• Kokomo | Beach Boys
• La Cumparsita | Argentinian tango
• La Rejoiussance | Handel
• Lady Athenry | O'Carolan
• L'Arlesienne from "Carmen" | Bizet
• Les Miserables selections | Legrand
• Let it Be | John Lennon
• Lord Willoughby | English Ren.
• Love Story | Taylor Swift
• Malaguena | Spanish
• Mambo Italiano | Dean Martin
• Married Life from "Up" | Pixar
• May It Be from "Lord of the Rings" | Enya
• Memories from "Cats" | Andrew Lloyd Weber
• Menuet et Danse | Rameau
• Minuet | Beethoven
• Minuet and dances | Telemann
• Misty | jazz
• Moon River | Dean River
• Moondance | Van Morrison
• Moonlight Sonata | Beethoven
• Morning Has Broken | Celtic
• Morrison's Jig | Irish
• Mozart selected works | Mozart
• Mozart sonatas | Mozart
• Mrs Maxwell | O'Carolan
• Music of the Night from "Phantom" | Andrew Lloyd Weber
• My Heart Will Go On from "Titanic" | James Horner
• My Immortal | Evanescence
• O Mio Babbino Caro | Puccini
• Pachelbel Canon in D | Pachelbel
• Part of Your World | Little Mermaid
• Passepied | Handel
• Pavane | Faure
• Penelope's Song | Loreena McKennitt
• Phantom of the Opera selections | Andrew LLoyd Weber
• Piano Man | Billy Joel
• Planxty Drew | O'Carolan
• Pomp And Circumstance | Elgar
• Por Una Cabeza | Argentinian tango
• Praise hymns | assorted
• Prelude in C | Bach
• Renaissance selections | English, Italian
• Romance Sans Paroles | Faure
• Rondo Alla Turca | Mozart
• Rustles of Spring | Sinding
• Salut D'Amour | Elgar
• Satin Doll | Duke Ellington
• Scottish strathspey selection | Scottish
• selected works | Rachmaninoff
• selected works | Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn
• September | The Fantastiks
• Serenade | Sinding
• Serenade | Schubert
• Shepherd Moon | Enya
• Siboney | Lecuona
• Somewhere Out There | from "An American Tail"
• Sonatas | Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn
• Songs Without Words | Mendelssohn
• Southhampton from "Titanic" | James Horner
• Spanish Lady | Irish
• Spring | Vivaldi
• Stairway to Heaven | Led Zeppelin
• Surfin' USA | Beach Boys
• Sweetness of Mary | Scottish
• Tangos | Argentinian, French, Piazolla
• That's Amore! | Dean Martin
• The Best Day | Taylor Swift
• The Bonny Swans | Loreena McKennitt
• The Butterfly | Irish slip jig
• The Four Seasons | Vivaldi
• The Ludlows | James Horner
• The Prayer | Andrea Boccelli
• The Rose | Amanda McBroom
• The Throne Room | John Williams
• This is the Day | praise song
• Tico Tico | Latin jazz
• Tobin's Jig | Irish
• Triumphal March from "Aida" | Verdi
• Trumpet Tune | Purcell
• Trumpet Voluntary | Clarke
• Unforgettable | Frank Sinatra
• Vienna Nights | Strauss
• Viva La Vida | Coldplay
• Vivaldi selected works | Vivaldi
• Volare! | Italian
• Water Music | Handel
• Wedding March | Mendelssohn
• When I'm Sixty Four | John Lennon
• When Irish Eyes are Smiling | Irish
• When September Ends | Greenday
• When You Say Nothing At All | Allison Kraus
• Will Ye No Come Back Again? | Scottish
• Will You Remember Me? | Sara McLaughlan
• Wind Beneath My Wings | Bette Midler
• Winter Wonderland | Christmas jazz
• With or Without You | U2
• Woman in Love | Barbra Streisand
• Women of Ireland | Irish
• Yellow | Coldplay
• You Are the Sunshine of My Life | Stevie Wonder
• You Belong With Me | Taylor Swift
• You Raise Me Up | Josh Groban