Susan W. Haas, Harpist Harpist from Austin, TX

I love to play the harp and love talking about music. Contact me to help plan the music for your next event! Having just moved from the Seattle area to Austin, I am experiencing a "homecoming" as I was raised here, learned to play the harp here and am happy to be back after being out of state for the past 30 years. While in the Pacific Northwest, I received the 2015 and 2016 1st Place award in KING 5's "Best of Ceremony Music" and the 2015 "Couple's Choice" award with The Knot. I am available to play for weddings and corporate events throughout the South, particularly the Austin and Hill Country area of Texas. With over 25 years of professional experience, I am able to provide a seamless musical backdrop for your special day. Always adding to my repertoire, I play classical, jazz and Broadway standards and pop music from "oldies" to today's radio hits. Popular music, including some country, is my strength. With a free consultation, I will help you simplify the task of choosing music for your ceremony or reception. If there isn't printed music for a particular request, I can transcribe for the harp just for your occasion. Although my specialty is solo harp, I also collaborate with other musicians to create an ensemble or to accompany a vocalist of your choosing. Originally from Texas, I studied with Julia Hermann Edwards (Southern Methodist University) and Gail Horne Barrington (The University of Texas, Austin). I have played professionally in Texas, North Carolina,Illinois, Colorado, Washington State and Washington, D.C. The bulk of my career has been in the Chicago area delighting audiences at venues such as The Drake Hotel, The McCormick Convention Center, and The Four Seasons. In the Pacific Northwest for 20 years, I played at The Fairmont, McCaw Hall, Newcastle Golf Club, The Arctic Club, The Columbia Tower Club and many outdoor wineries and venues in the scenic beauty around the Puget Sound and in the Cascades. I am happy to play indoor or open air events wherever I can travel with my concert harp (or one of her two smaller harps, if you prefer). I arrive with flooring and/or a covering, if necessary, to protect from the weather elements that can damage the harp with sun or moisture. I have also played on stage with entertainers such as Frank Sinatra, JR, Michael W Smith, Peabo Bryson, Amy Grant, Anita Baker, Jeffrey Osborne and Roberta Flack. My first Christmas CD was released in 2016, and my second CD, UNWINDING: The Classics, Music for Sleep, Meditation and Relaxation, was released in 2019. Please contact me to begin learning more about having harp music for your wedding or private event. There is nothing to compare with the joy that live music will bring to you and your guests on your big day! I kook forward to talking with you! I do all I can to make your day the smoothest possible!

• In addition to Songs in Audio File | see following
• Trumpet Tune | Purcell
• Air on a G String | Bach
• Ave Maria | Shubert
• Dance of the Blessed Spirits | Gluck
• The Swan | Saint-Saens
• A Thousand Years | Cristina Perri
• A Time for Us | N. Rota
• A Whole New World | Alan Menken
• Ain't Misbehavin' | Waller
• All I Ask of You | Lloyd-Weber
• All of Me | John Legend
• And I Love Her | Lennon and McCartney
• Angel | McLachlan
• Annie's Song | John Denver
• As Tears Go By | The Rolling Stones
• As Time Goes By | M.K. Jerome
• Autumn Leaves | J. Kosmo
• Always and Forever | T. Penderton
• Amazing Grace | Traditional
• Beauty and the Beast | Alan Menken
• Both Sides Now | Joni Mitchell
• Can You Feel the Love Tonight | Elton John
• Can't Help Falling in Love | Elvis Presley
• Castle on a Cloud | Schonberg
• Cavatina | S. Myers
• Cherish | Kool and The Gang
• Clocks | Cold Play
• Close to You | The Carpenters
• Colour My World | Chicago
• Con Te Partiro or Time to Say Goodbye | Bocelli and Brightman
• Don't Stop Believin' | Journey
• Edelweiss | Rogers and Hammerstein
• Endless Love | Lionel Richie
• Fascination | Marchetti
• Favorite Things | Rogers and Hammerstein
• Feeling Groovy | Paul Simon
• Fields of Gold | Sting
• Fly Me to the Moon | B. Howard
• Forever in Love | Kenny G
• Fragile | Sting
• From This Moment On | Shania Twain
• Happy Together | The Turtles
• Here Comes the Sun | George Harrison
• Here There Everywhere | Lennon and McCartney
• House at Pooh Corner | Kenny Loggins
• I Dreamed a Dream | Schonberg
• In My Life | Lennon and McCartney
• If | David Gates and Bread
• If I Fell | Lennon and McCartney
• In My Room | Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys
• Just Give Me A Reason | Pink
• Just the Way You Are | Bruno Mars
• Killing Me Softly | Robert Flack
• Let it Be | Lennon and McCartney
• Longer | Dan Fogelberg
• Love is a Many Splendored Thing | Fain
• Love Me Tender | Elvis Presley
• Marry Me | Train
• Marry You | Bruno Mars
• Memory | Lloyd Weber
• Misty | E. Garner
• Moon River | Mancini
• Moon Shadow | Cat Stevens
• Moondance | Van Morrison
• More | Ortolani
• More Than Words | Extreme
• Morning Has Broken | Cat Stevens
• My Heart Will Go On | Horner
• My Wish | Rascal Flatts
• Never My Love | The Association
• Nothing Else Matters | Metallica
• One Hand One Heart | Bernstein
• Open Arms | Journey
• Over The Rainbow | Arlen
• Over The Rainbow | The Hawaiian "Izzy" Version
• Perhaps Love | John Denver
• The Prayer | Bocelli and Celine Dion
• Que Sera Sera | Livingstone
• The Rainbow Connection | Williams
• The Rose | McBroom
• The Shadow of Your Smile | Mandel
• She Will Be Loved | Maroon 5
• Shower the People | James Taylor
• Smile | Chaplin
• Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | Jerome Kern
• Some Day My Prince Will Come | Churchill
• Something | George Harrison
• Somewhere | Bernstein
• Somewhere in Time | John Barry
• Somewhere My Love | Maurice Jarre
• Somewhere Out There | Horner
• The Sound of Music | Rogers and Hammerstein
• Spanish Eyes | Kaempfert
• Speak Softly Love | Rota
• Stairway to Heaven | Jimmy Page Robert Plant
• Sunrise Sunset | Jerry Bock
• Take Five | Desmond-Brubeck
• Thank You | Led Zeppelin
• Through the Eyes of Love | Hamlisch
• Time in a Bottle | Jim Croce
• Times Like These | Foo Fighters
• Today | John Denver
• To The Morning | Dan Fogelberg
• Try to Remember | Schmidt
• Unchained Melody | North
• Under the Sea | Alan Menken-The Little Mermaid
• Viva La Vida | Cold Play
• The Water is Wide | Traditional
• What a Wonderful World | Weiss
• We're All Alone | Boz Scaggs
• When I Fall in Love | Young
• When You Wish Upon a Star | Harline
• The Wind Beneath My Wings | Hinley
• Winnie the Pooh | Sherman
• You Needed Me | Anne Murray
• You Send Me | Sam Cooke
• You've Got to Change Your Evil Ways | Santana
• Your Song | Elton John
• You're Still the One | Shania Twain
• Hymns and Contemporary Worship | various selections
• Christmas and Holidays | more numerous than I can include
• Anything you don't see here | just ask as I love to add new music
• This list is not exhaustive | but this gives you an idea