Andrea Blanchfield- Professional Harpist

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Upcoming Appearances

  • Saturday, June 23, 2012
  • 10:30AM - Katie Brock's Wedding SMBC
  • Fayetteville, NC
  • Saturday, June 30, 2012
  • 5:30PM - Telisa Goins Wedding
  • Lumberton, NC
  • Saturday, September 08, 2012
  • 6:00PM - Wedding
  • Durham, NC
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Past Appearances

  • Saturday, June 02, 2012
  • 5:30PM - Mary Cleland's Wedding
  • Elizabethtown, NC
  • Saturday, May 26, 2012
  • 3:30PM - Florence Kuek's Wedding
  • Wake Forest, NC
  • Sunday, May 20, 2012
  • 11:00AM - Snyder Orchestra Worship Service
  • Fayetteville, NC
  • Saturday, May 19, 2012
  • 11:30AM - Britney's Wedding
  • Elizabethtown, NC
  • Saturday, May 12, 2012
  • 1:00AM - Private Studio Recital
  • Raleigh, NC
  • Sunday, April 29, 2012
  • 12:00PM - Church Service
  • Raleigh, NC
  • Sunday, April 08, 2012
  • 8:30AM - New Way Worship-Easter Service- Snyder Orchestra
  • Fayetteville, NC
  • Sunday, April 08, 2012
  • 11:00AM - Snyder Orchestra Easter Worship Service
  • Fayetteville, NC
  • Sunday, March 25, 2012
  • 11:00PM - Snyder Orchestra Worship Service
  • Fayetteville, NC
  • Sunday, March 25, 2012
  • 6:30PM - Snyder Orchestra Spring Concert
  • Fayetteville, NC
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Location:
Raleigh, North Carolina
Travel Radius:
Will travel up to 100 miles from Raleigh.
Pay Range:
$200-$800 per event
Member Since:
2011
Primary Category:
Classical Harp
Additional Categories:
Celtic Harp, Chamber Music Harp, Flute, Harp, Irish Harp
Influences:
Anita Burroughs-Price, Principal Harpist for the North Carolina Symphony

Description

Andrea Blanchfield is a 2010 graduate of Furman University, Greenville, SC, where she received the Furman University Strings Scholarship and earned a Bachelor's degree in Music under the tutelage of Anita Burroughs-Price, principal harpist with the North Carolina Symphony. She has been playing the harp for over 12 years and has been performing professionally for 8 years. She has a strong background in Music Theory, Form and Analysis, Music History, and Music Technology. Andrea has been the principal harpist for the Furman University Symphonic Orchestra, Furman University Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band. She has also been a member of the Furman University Harp Ensemble. Prior to her collegiate training Andrea was the principal harpist for the Triangle Youth Philharmonic (TYP) and Triangle Youth Symphony (TYS) for four years.
Andrea has experience playing Liturgical music in the Daniel Chapel located on Furman's campus. She has participated in the "Celebration of the Arts" program in McAlister Auditorium as the Fine Arts Representative. She enjoys playing for weddings of all religious backgrounds, as well as, rehearsal dinners, wedding showers, anniversaries, receptions, corporate events, charity events, nursing homes and memorial services.
Andrea loves to volunteer and help out the community. She also has experience in giving private lessons. She experienced in teaching beginner to advanced level harpists in the Grandjaney technique from age 6 and up.
Andrea is a part of the music faculty at Snyder Music Academy in Fayetteville, NC, where she teaches ages 6-57 years old. She is also an active member of the Snyder Memorial Baptist Church Orchestra.
Andrea is also a part of the Asbury School of Music faculty, located in Raleigh, NC, where she is starting their first ever harp program. Private lessons will be taught from age 6+.

Song List

  • Trumpet Voluntary
  • Pachelbel Canon in D
  • Musette - Bach
  • Minuet in G - Bach
  • Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire - Bach
  • Minuet - N. Gustavson
  • Sonata - Dussek
  • Prayer for Unity - Kein Keil
  • On Wings of Song - Mendelssohn
  • Planxty George Brabazon - Carolan
  • Largo: New World Symphony - Dvorak
  • Requiem - Faure
  • Farewell
  • Even Song
  • Little Fountain
  • Menuet - Carlos Salzedo
  • Simple Gifts
  • Etude #1 - Pozzoli
  • Etude #5 - Pozzoli
  • Etude #21 - Pozzoli
  • Prelude in C, "Ave Maria" - Bach
  • Gavotte - C.W. Gluck
  • Minuet in F - Mozart
  • Angel's Hymn - Barnwell
  • While the Bagpipes Play - Bach
  • Sonatina: 1st mvt - Clementi
  • May Sheep Safely Graze - Bach
  • Menuet D'Exaudet - J. Eaudet
  • Queen's music
  • Ode to Joy - Beethoven
  • Bridal March "Here Comes the Bride
  • Trumpet Tune
  • This is My Father's World
  • O Perfect Love
  • Stand up, Stand up for Jesus
  • All Glory, laud and Honor
  • Be Thou My Vision
  • Fairest Lord Jesus
  • Holy, Lord God Almighty
  • A Mighty Fortress is Our God
  • Morning Has Broken
  • POP & LOVE SONGS
  • All My Loving - The Beatles
  • All or Nothing - O-Town
  • Always - Gary Chapman
  • And I Love Her - The Beatles
  • Over the Rainbow
  • Anytime You Need a Friend - Jackson 5 & Mariah Carey
  • Baby Love - The Supremes
  • Beautiful in My Eyes - Joshua Kadison
  • Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)
  • Cherish - The Association
  • The Closer I Get to You - Roberta Flack
  • The Colour of My Love - Celine Dion
  • Crazy - Patsy Cline
  • Dedicated to the One I Love - The Shirelles
  • Deja Vu - Dionne Warwick
  • Destiny - jim Brickman
  • Don't Know Much - Aaron Neville
  • Easy - Commodores
  • Emotions - Mariah Carey
  • Endless Love - Diana Ross & Richie
  • Fields of Gold - Sting
  • For Once in My Life - Steve Wonder
  • A Groovey Kind of Love - The Mindbinders
  • Heaven is a Place on Earth - Brenda Carlisle
  • Here and Now - Luther Vandross
  • How Am I Supposed to Love Without You - LeAnn Rimes
  • How Deep is Your love - The Bee Gees
  • i Belive in You and Me - Whitney Houston
  • I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt
  • I Hear a Symphony - The Supremes
  • I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John
  • I Just Called to Say I Love You - Steve Wonder
  • I Need You - LeAnn Rimes
  • I Will - The Beatles
  • I will Be Here - Steve Curtis Chapman
  • I Won't Last a Day Without You - Carpenters
  • I'd Do Anything for Love - Meat Loaf
  • I'll Be There - Jackson 5 & Mariah Carey
  • I've Been in Love Before - Cutting Crew
  • If - Bread
  • It's Your Love - Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
  • Lady in Red - Dan Foelberg
  • Love of My Life - Jim Brickman
  • Love Takes Time - Mariah Carey
  • Make It With You - Bread
  • My Cherie Amour - Steve Wonder
  • My Girl - The Temptations
  • A Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin
  • Never Can say Goodbye - Jackson 5
  • Operator - Jim Croce
  • The Power of Love - Celine Dion
  • Precious and Few - Climax
  • Ribbon in the Sky - Steve Wonder
  • Save the Best for Last - Vanessa Williams
  • Saving All My Love for You - Whitney Houston
  • So Far Away - Carole King
  • Something - The Beatles
  • The Way You Look Tonight - Elton John
  • Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
  • Still - The Commodores
  • That's What Love is All About - Mike Bolton
  • There's a Kind of Hush - Herman's Hermits
  • Three Times a Lady - The Commordores
  • Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
  • Tonight, I Celebrate My Love - Bryson
  • Valentineq - Martina McBride
  • The Way You Love Me - Faith Hill
  • Wedding Bell Blues - 5th Dimension
  • Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
  • You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker
  • You Are the Sunshine of My Life
  • You Don't have to be a Star - McCoo
  • You Mean the World to Me - Toni Braxton
  • Clocks - Coldplay
  • The Scientist - Coldplay
  • From This Moment - Shania Twain
  • Tammy
  • Wedding Song
  • The Prayer
  • The Rose
  • The Wind Beneath My Wings
  • My Own Ture Love
  • Time to Say Goodbye
  • Lady
  • Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
  • Let it Be Me
  • Through the Eyes of Love
  • My Love
  • And I Love You So
  • A Summer Place
  • Somwhere in Time
  • Never My Love
  • Send in the Clowns
  • Moondance
  • Hawaiian Wedding Song
  • Evergreen
  • Sunrise, Sunset
  • Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
  • Hey Jude - The Beatles
  • DISNEY SONGS
  • Some Day My Prince Will Come - Snow White
  • When You Wish Upon A Star - Pinocchio
  • Love is a Song - Bambi
  • A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes - Cinderella
  • Love - Robin Hood
  • Kiss the Girl - The Little Mermaid
  • Part of Your World - The Little Mermaid
  • A Whole New World - Aladdin

Available For:

Anniversaries, Bachelorette Parties, Banquets, Birthday Parties, Children's Birthday Parties, Celebrations, Christenings, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Cocktail Parties, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Dinner Dances, Festivals, Fund Raisers, Funerals, Graduation Parties, Grand Openings, Picnic, Private Parties, Proms, Restaurants, Reunions, Sweet 16 Parties, Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Cocktail Hours, Wedding Receptions...and more.

Feedback

  • Andrea is a brilliant harpist and knows how to play a variety of music. She played our wedding ceremony and cocktail hour, and we couldn't have been happier. Andrea was very accommodating, and everyone commented about how beautifully the sound resonated from the harp during the wedding march. I would highly recommend her to any event -- Janice B, Raleigh, NC, 10/1/2011
  • Andrea selected lovely music and played it beautifully. She added something special to the event. She was very graceful, courteous ans sweet. Love to have her in future events. -- Gina W, Raleigh, NC, 12/16/2011
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