For a sample REPERTOIRE/SONG LIST, please scroll to the bottom of this page.
Solo Harp & Voice
Erin does a variety of styles, including pop tunes (50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s on up to Radiohead and Rihanna), opera (Italian arias, German lieder), country (Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, etc.), Christmas songs (traditional and original), and jazz (Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, etc.). In addition to being a rock harpist and a pop harpist (and singing harpist!), Erin also sings & plays opera, jazz, and Celtic.
Most of these clips are from her album “Harp Town,” which is available on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, etc.
Solo Harp
Erin does her own arrangements of pop songs on the harp, from Buddy Holly, Del Shannon, and Frankie Avalon… to Neil Young, David Bowie & The Rolling Stones… to ABBA, Stevie Wonder, and The Eagles… to Madonna, a-ha and The Police. She is well-known for her pop and jazz arrangements at the Ritz-Carlton on Central Park South, where she played full-time for several years.
Originals – “Girl Inventor” album by Erin Hill
“Girl Inventor” is an Independent Music Award winner, and has just been released by Cleopatra Records. The album comprises 10 original sci-fi pop songs written by Erin, and featuring vocals, electric harp, bass, drums, cello, and pedal steel.
Celtic
Erin sings and plays Irish songs on the harp, performing either solo, or with her Celtic band, Four Celtic Voices, whose debut album hit #1 on the Billboard World Music Chart in May, 2009.
Christmas music
Erin’s Christmas album is out on Cleopatra Records, and is available on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and as a real, old-fashioned, physical CD on Amazon.com!
Sample Repertoire/Song List:
2000 Miles – The Pretenders
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) – Simon and Garfunkel
Accentuate the Positive – Johnny Mercer, Bing Crosby
Across the Universe – The Beatles
After the Gold Rush – Neil Young
Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) – Phil Collins
Air on the G-string – Bach (classical)
Alison – Elvis Costello
All of Me – John Legend
All the Way – Eddie Vedder
Amazing Grace – traditional
American Boy – Estelle with Kanye West
And I Love Her – The Beatles
And You Tell Me – a-ha
Angel of Music – Phantom of the Opera
Angel of the Morning – Merrilee Rush/Juice Newton
Annie’s Song – John Denver
Apache – The Ventures/Sugar Hill Gang
Arioso – Bach (classical)
As the World Falls Down – David Bowie, from Labyrinth
Ashes to Ashes – David Bowie
At Last – Etta James
Ave Maria – Schubert
Ave Maria – Beyonce
Band on the Run – Paul McCartney & Wings
Be Born in Me – Francesca Battistelli
Be My Wife – David Bowie
The Beautiful Ones – Prince
Begin the Beguine – Cole Porter
Because the Night – Patti Smith/Bruce Springsteen
Bein’ With You – Smokey Robinson
Black Star – Radiohead
Bless the Broken Road – Rascall Flatts
Blue Bayou – Roy Orbison/Linda Rondstadt
Blue Moon – Frank Sinatra
Both Sides Now – Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins
Brand New Key – Melanie
Bus Stop – The Hollies
California Dreamin’ – The Mamas & the Papas
Can’t Help Falling in Love with You – Elvis
Carrie-Anne – The Hollies
Cars – Gary Numan
Cat People (Putting Out Fire) – David Bowie
Cathy’s Clown – Reba McEntire, Everly Brothers
Come and Get It – Badfinger
Come and Get Your Love – Redbone
Come Back to Sorrento — (opera + Dean Martin)
Come Fly With Me – Frank Sinatra
Come Go With Me – The Del-Vikings
Come Softly to Me – The Fleetwoods
Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
Complicated – Avril Lavigne
Cosmic Love – Florence + the Machine
Crazy – Patsy Cline/Willie Nelson
Crazy for You – Madonna
Crazy Love – Van Morrisson
Dancin’ in the Moonlight – King Harvest / Toploader
Dancing Queen – ABBA
Day After Day – Badfinger
Daydream – Lovin’ Spoonful
Dig a Pony – The Beatles
Dirty Back Roads – The B-52’s
Disarm – Smashing Pumpkins
Dollar Days – David Bowie
Don’t Stop Believing – Journey
Down Under – Men at Work
Dream On – Aerosmith
Dress You Up – Madonna
Dust in the Wind – Kansas
Dynamite – Taio Cruz
Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles
Elenore – The Turtles
Empire State of Mind – Alicia Keys/Jay Z
The End of the World – Skeeter Davis
Endless Love – Lionel Richie & Diana Ross
Escape (Pina Colada Song) – Rupert Holmes
Evergreen – Barbra Streisand
Every Breath You Take – The Police
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic – The Police
Everybody is a Star – Sly and the Family Stone
Everyday – Buddy Holly
Fairytale of New York – The Pogues
Fallin’ – Alicia Keys
Feels Like Home – Randy Newman, from “The Notebook”
Fields of Gold – Sting
Fireflies – Owl City
First Love – Utada Hikaru
Fixing a Hole – The Beatles
Flashdance (What a Feeling) – Irene Cara
Flower Duet – Delibes (classical)
Fly Me to the Moon – Frank Sinatra
Forever Young – Alphaville
Forever Young – Rod Stewart
From This Moment On – Shania Twain
Für Elise (Album Leaves) – Beethoven (classical)
Game of Thrones – Main Theme
Get Here – Oleta Adams
Ghost Riders in the Sky – Frankie Lane
Girl – The Beatles
Girl from Ipanema, The – Antonio Carlos Jobim/Astrud Gilberto
Girl with the Flaxen Hair – Debussy (classical)
Go Cubs, Go! – Steve Goodman
God Only Knows – The Beach Boys
Golden Years – David Bowie
The Greatest – Sia
The Greatest Love of All – Whitney Houston
Gypsy – Fleetwood Mac
Groovin’ – The Rascals
Habanera – Bizet (opera) from Carmen
Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen/Jeff Buckley
Halo – Beyonce
Harlem Nocturne – Glenn Miller / Mel Torme / Quincy Jones
Hawaiian Wedding Song – Andy Williams / Elvis Presley
Head Over Heels – Tears for Fears
Heart of Glass – Blondie
Heaven – Bryan Adams
Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles
Heroes – David Bowie
His Eye Is on the Sparrow – Civilla D. Martin (spiritual, hymn)
Holy Spirit – Francesca Battistelli
Hornpipe from Water Music – Handel (classical)
Hotel California – The Eagles
How Deep Is Your Love? – The Bee Gees
How Long Will I Love You – Elle Goulding
Human Nature – Michael Jackson
Hungry Like the Wolf – Duran Duran
I Feel It Still – Portugal, The Man
I Loved – Jaques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
I Only Have Eyes For You – The Flamingoes
I Want It That Way – Backstreet Boys
I Will – The Beatles
I Will Follow Him – Little Peggy March
If – Bread
If It Be Your Will – Leonard Cohen
If It’s Magic – Stevie Wonder
If You Could Read My Mind – Gordon Lightfoot
If You Want My Love – Cheap Trick
I’m Not in Love – 10CC
I’m on Fire – Bruce Springsteen
I’m Only Sleeping – The Beatles
In My Life – The Beatles
In My Room – The Beach Boys
In Your Eyes – Peter Gabriel
Is This Love – Bob Marley
Island Song – Theme from “Adventure Time”
It Had to Be You – from “Casablanca”
It Might as Well Be Spring – Rodgers & Hammerstein / Sinatra
It Must Be Love – Madness
I’ve Dreamed of You – Barbra Streisand
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Bach (classical)
Jolene – Dolly Parton / The White Stripes
Just Like Heaven – The Cure
Just the Two of Us – Bill Withers
Keep On Lovin’ You – REO Speedwagon
Killing Me Softly – Roberta Flack/The Fugees
Kiss from a Rose – Seal
Kissing You – Des’ree (from “Romeo and Juliet”)
Kokomo – The Beach Boys
La Vie En Rose – Edith Piaf
Lady Be Good – Cole Porter
Lady in Red, The – Chris de Burgh
Lara’s Theme – Dr. Zhivago
Last Kiss – Pearl Jam
Latch – Disclosure/Sam Smith
Layla – Eric Clapton
Let It Be – The Beatles
Let Me Roll It – Paul McCartney
Let’s Stay Together – Al Green, Tina Turner
Life on Mars – David Bowie
Light My Fire – The Doors
Linger – The Cranberries
Little Red Riding Hood – Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs
Little Wing – Jimi Hendrix / Derek & the Dominos
Lola – The Kinks
Looking Through the Eyes of Love (Theme from Ice Castles) – Melissa Manchester
Love Boat – The Love Boat Theme
Love Is Like a Butterfly – Dolly Parton
Love Me Tender – Elvis Presley
Love My Way – The Psychedelic Furs
Love of My Life – Queen
Lovefool – The Cardigans
Lovergirl – Teena Marie
Lover’s Concerto – The Toys (from a Bach melody)
Lullaby – The Dixie Chicks
Major Earth, Minor Sky – a-ha
Man Who Sold the World, The – David Bowie
Man with the Child in his Eyes, The – Kate Bush
Mandy – Barry Manilow
Maria – Blondie
Marry Me – Train
Marry You – Bruno Mars
Material Girl – Madonna
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – The Beatles
Memory – from Cats, Andrew Lloyd Weber
The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) – Bob Dylan/Manfred Mann
Missing You – John Waite
Moon River – Breakfast at Tiffany’s/Henry Mancini
Moonage Daydream – David Bowie
Moonshadow – Cat Stevens
More Than a Woman – The Bee Gees
More Than This – Roxy Music
Morrowind, Call of Magic – Morrowind Main Theme
Mr. Tambourine Man – The Byrds/Bob Dylan
Mull of Kintyre – Paul McCartney & Wings
Must Be Talkin’ to an Angel – Eurythmics
My Heart Will Go On (Titanic) – Celine Dion
My Love – Paul McCartney & Wings
My Way – Frank Sinatra
Mysterious Ways – U2
Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin/Carole King
Nature Boy – Nat “King” Cole
New York State of Mind – Billy Joel
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia – Reba McEntire
Nights in White Satin – The Moody Blues
Nine Million Bicycles – Katie Melua
Nobody Does It Better (“The Spy Who Loved Me”)– Carly Simon
Norwegian Wood – The Beatles
Nothing Compares 2 U – Sinead O’Connor / Prince
O Mio Babbino Caro – Puccini (opera)
Old-Fashioned Love Song – Three Dog Night
On the Radio – Donna Summer
One – from A Chorus Line
One Hand, One Heart – from West Side Story
The One He Kept for Me – Maurette Brown Clark
One of Us – Joan Osborne
One on One – Hall & Oates
The Only Exception – Paramore
Only the Lonely – The Motels
Only Time – Enya
Ordinary World – Duran Duran
Over the Rainbow (both the traditional & the Hawaiian version)
Overjoyed – Stevie Wonder
Owner of a Lonely Heart – Yes
Pachelbel’s Canon in D – (classical)
Paint It Black – The Rolling Stones
Paparazzi – Lady Gaga
Peg – Steely Dan
Perfect – Ed Sheeran
Point of Know Return – Kansas
Poison Ivy – The Coasters
The Prayer – Celine Dion & Andrea Bocelli
Prince of Denmark’s March / Trumpet Voluntary – Jeremiah Clarke (classical)
Rain, the Park & Other Things – The Cowsills
Rapture – Blondie
Ready for the Times to Get Better – Crystal Gayle
Ribbon in the Sky – Stevie Wonder
Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
Roar – Katy Perry
Rock With you – Michael Jackson
Rocket Man – Elton John
Rose, The – Bette Midler
Royals – Lorde
Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones
Run to You – Bryan Adams
Runaway – Del Shannon
Running Up That Hill – Kate Bush
Save the Last Dance for Me – Michael Buble
Scarborough Fair – Simon & Garfunkel
Sea of Love – The Honeydrippers/Cat Power/Phil Phillips
She Keeps Me Warm – Mary Lambert
She’s Always a Woman – Billy Joel
Sheep May Safely Graze – Bach (classical)
The Sign – Ace of Base
Sign Your Name – Terence Trent D’Arby
Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder
Sky Full of Stars – Coldplay
Skye Boat Song – theme from “Outlander”
Skylark – Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer
Smooth Operator – Sade
Solitary Man – Neil Diamond
Someone Like You – Adele
Someone to Watch Over Me – Ella Fitgerald/Sinatra
Something – The Beatles
Something Just Like This – Chainsmokers & Coldplay
Somewhere – West Side Story
Somewhere Only We Know – Keane / Lily Allen
Song for Someone – U2
Song of Joy – Beethoven (classical)
Song to the Siren – Tim Buckley/This Mortal Coil
Songbird – Eva Cassidy, Fleetwood Mac)
Soul Love – David Bowie
Sound of Silence, The – Simon & Garfunkel
Space Oddity (Major Tom) – David Bowie
Speak Softly Love – Theme from “The Godfather”
Speechless – Lady Gaga
Star Wars: Main Theme, Imperial March, The Throne Room
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael
Starman – David Bowie
Stay – Rihanna
Step – Vampire Weekend
Stop Your Sobbing – The Pretenders/The Kinks
Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles
Stranger in Paradise – Kismet (Broadway)
Stray Cat Strut – The Stray Cats
Strong Enough – Sheryl Crow
Style – Taylor Swift
Sunflower – Post Malone (from Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse)
Superstar – The Carpenters
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N Roses
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – The Eurythmics
Sweet Love – Anita Baker
Sweetest Taboo – Sade
Take a Message to Mary – The Everly Brothers
Take Me to Church – Hozier
Take On Me – a-ha
Tender Love – The Force MD’s
Thank You for Loving Me – Bon Jovi
Thanks for the Memory – Nina Simone/Bob Hope
That’s All – Frank Sinatra / Bobby Darin / Mel Torme
That’s Amore – Dean Martin
That’s What Friends Are For – Dionne Warwick / Stevie Wonder / Elton John
There Goes a Tenner – Kate Bush
These Dreams – Heart
Think of Me – Phantom of the Opera
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
This Woman’s Work – Kate Bush
A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
Til I Kissed You – The Everly Brothers
Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
Time of the Season – The Zombies
Time to Say Goodbye – Andrea Bocelli/Sarah Brightman
Tiny Dancer – Elton John
Today was a Fairytale – Taylor Swift
Tonight I Celebrate My Love for You – Peabo Bryson / Roberta Flack
Too Much Heaven – The Bee Gees
Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler
Truly, Madly, Deeply – Savage Garden
Turning Page (Bela’s Wedding Song from Twilight) – Sleeping At Last
Twelfth of Never – Johnny Mathis
Umbrella – Rihanna
Unforgettable – Nat King Cole/Natalie Cole
Upside-Down – Diana Ross
Venus – Bananarama, Shocking Blue
Venus – Frankie Avalon
The Very Thought of You – Nat “King” Cole / Michael Buble
Video Games – Lana del Rey
Vida La Vida – Coldplay
Voices Carry – Til Tuesday
Waiting All Night – Phish
Walk Like an Egyptian – The Bangles
Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks
The Way We Were – Barbra Streisand
Way You Look Tonight, The – Frank Sinatra
We Belong – Pat Benatar
Wear Your Love Like Heaven – Donovan
West Coast – Lana Del Ray
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
When I Fall in Love – Nat “King” Cole
When I’m 64 — The Beatles
Where Have All the Cowboys Gone – Paula Cole
White Bird – It’s a Beautiful Day
White Flag – Dido
Who Wants to Live Forever – Queen
Who’s That Girl – Eurythmics
Why Don’t You Do Right – Peggy Lee / Ella Fitzgerald / Jessica Rabbit
Wild Child – Enya
Wild Horses – The Rolling Stones
Wild Is the Wind – David Bowie, Johnny Mathis, Nina Simone
Will Do – TV on the Radio
Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler
With a Little Help from my Friends – The Beatles
Without You (China Doll) – Lana Del Rey
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
Wonderwall – Oasis
Would I Lie to You – Eurythmics
Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Beach Boys – in F
Wow, and Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush
Yesterday – The Beatles
You Are My Sunshine – Elizabeth Mitchell / Johnny Cash
You Go to my Head – Billie Holiday / Frank Sinatra
You Gotta Be – Des’ree
You Make Lovin’ Fun – Fleetwood Mac
You Make My Dreams Come True – Hall & Oates
You Needed Me – Anne Murray
You Send Me – Sam Cooke
Young and Beautiful – Lana Del Rey
Your Love – The Outfield
Your Song – Elton John
You’re So Vain – Carly Simon
You’re Still the One – Shania Twain
You’ve Got the Love – Florence + the Machine
Ziggy Stardust – David Bowie
Zombie – The Cranberries
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Celtic (to name a few…)
Danny Boy – Celtic
Ae Fond Kiss – Robert Burns / Celtic
Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms – Celtic
Bendemeer’s Stream – Celtic
The Blackbird – Celtic
The Castle of Dromore – Celtic
Celtic Alleluia – Celtic
Fairytale of New York – Celtic (The Pogues)
The Fanaid Grove – Celtic
Farewell! But Whenever You Welcome the Hour – Celtic
Farewell to Liverpool – Celtic
Fields of Athenry – Celtic
Four Green Fields – Celtic
The Foggy Dew – Celtic
The Galway Shawl – Celtic
The Gartan Mother’s Lullaby – Celtic
The Girl I Left Behind Me – Celtic
Greensleeves – Celtic
The Gyspsy Rover – Celtic
How Are Things in Glocca Morra – Celtic (Finian’s Rainbow)
Irish Wedding Song – Celtic
Isle of Innisfree – Celtic (The Quiet Man)
Kathleen Mavourneen – Celtic
Kerry Dance – Celtic
The Lark in the Clear Air – Celtic
The Lark in the Morning
The Last Rose of Summer – Celtic
The Lea Rig — Robert Burns / Celtic
The Leprechaun – Celtic
Limerick is Beautiful – Celtic
Look to the Rainbow – Celtic (Finian’s Rainbow)
Molly Malone (Cockles and Mussels) – Celtic
My Heart’s in the Highlands – Robert Burns / Celtic
My Lagan Love – Celtic
My Wild Irish Rose – Celtic
My Yellow-Haired Lad – Celtic
The Parting Glass – Celtic
The Rakes of Mallow – Celtic
Rosin the Bow – Celtic
Salley Gardens – Celtic
She Moved Through the Fair – Celtic
Shule Aroon – Celtic
Skye Boat Song – Celtic
Star of the County Down – Celtic
Streets of New York – Celtic (The Wolftones)
Sweet Carnloch Bay – Celtic
Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra – Celtic
The Town I Loved So Well – Celtic
The Water is Wide – Celtic
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling – Celtic
Will Ye Go, Lassie – Celtic
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Opera, Classical Voice, Sacred (to name a few…)
Ave Maria – (Franz Schubert)
Ach, ich fühl’s – from Die Zauberflote/The Magic Flute (Mozart)
Agnus Dei (Michael W. Smith, hymn)
Amazing Grace (hymn)
Angel of Music – Phantom of the Opera
Art Is Calling for Me (I Long to Be a Prima Donna) – from The Enchantress (Victor Herbert)
Be Born in Me – Francesca Battistelli (classical)
Can She Excuse My Wrongs? – (John Dowland)
Celtic Alleluia: Sending Forth (hymn)
Con Te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye) – Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman
Fine Knacks for Ladies – (John Dowland)
Flower Duet – from Lakme (Léo Delibes)
Gebürt Maria – from Das Marienleben (Paul Hindemith)
Gentle Woman, Peaceful Dove (hymn)
Great Is Thy Faithfulness (hymn)
Habanera – from Carmen (Georges Bizet)
He Shall Feed His Flock – Handel (from The Messiah)
His Eye Is on the Sparrow – (Civilla D. Martin, hymn, spiritual)
How Great Thou Art (hymn, Landry)
The Lord’s Prayer – Albert Hay Malotte (classical, hymn)
A Mother’s Prayer – Celine Dion
Monica’s Waltz – from The Medium (Gian Carlo Menotti)
Nacht – (Richard Strauss)
O Mio Babbino Caro – from Gianni Schicchi (Giacomo Puccini)
O säh’ ich auf der Haide dort – (Felix Mendelssohn)
On Eagles’ Wings – (Michael Joncas, hymn)
One Bread, One Body (hymn)
One Hand, One Heart (Leonard Bernstein, West Side Story)
Panis Angelicus – (Cesar Franck, St. Thomas Aquinas)
Pie Jesu – from Requiem (Gabriel Fauré)
The Prayer – Andrea Bocelli/Celine Dion
Procession – from A Ceremony of Carols (Benjamin Britten)
Sheep May Safely Graze – Bach (classical)
Se tu m’ami – 18th century Italian art song (Alessandro Parisotti)
Think of Me – Phantom of the Opera
Torna a Surriento (Come Back to Sorrento) – (Neapolitan opera song)
The Trees on the Mountains – from Susannah (Carlisle Floyd)
Wedding Song (There Is Love) –Peter, Paul & Mary (Paul Sto0key)
Air on the G string – Bach (classical)
Angelus – Renie (classical)
Arioso – Bach (classical)
Bridal Chorus – Wagner (classical)
Danse D’Autrefois – Renie (classical)
Esquisse – Renie (classical)
First Arabesque – Debussy (classical)
Für Elise (Album Leaves, Klavierstück) – Beethoven (classical)
Gabriel’s Oboe – Ennio Morricone (classical, The Mission)
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin) – Debussy (classical)
Grand’Mere Raconte Une Histoire – Renie (classical)
The Harmonious Blacksmith – Handel (classical)
Hornpipe from Water Music – Handel (classical)
Impromptu – Van Veachton Rogers (classical)
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Bach (classical)
L’arlesienne, Menuet – Bizet (classical)
Le bon petit roi d’Yvetot – Grandjany (classical)
A Minstrel’s Adieu to his Native Land – John Thomas (classical)
Minuet – N. Gustavson (classical)
Moonlight Sonata (Sonata quasi una Fantasia in C# minor) – Beethoven (classical)
Nocturne – Chopin, Op. 9, No. 2 (classical)
Ode to Joy – Beethoven (classical)
Pachelbel’s Canon in D – (classical)
Pavane – 16th Century, Salzedo (classical)
Petite Suite: Prelude, Nocturne, Fire Dance – Watkins (classical)
Prince of Denmark’s March/Trumpet Voluntary – Jeremiah Clarke (classical)
Reverie – Alphonse Hasselmans (classical)
Song of Joy – Beethoven (classical)
Träumerei – Schumann (classical)
Wedding March – Mendelssohn (classical, recessional)
