20 South Productions Inc.     Eve Watters

 

Eve Watters

Harp is renowned as the perfect accompaniment for a dream wedding.
From Celtic to Classical to Contemporary, Eve Watters maintains a vast repertoire, including most of the pieces recommended by leading wedding advisors and publications, and arranges for flute/harp and harp/violin duos on request.

Eve Watters has played for over 350 weddings, will play for indoor and outdoor events, and supplies amplification at no additional charge. She provides beautiful music for every occasion.

With Celtic harp, storytelling, and an array of instruments, Eve Watters celebrates timeless tradition with new spirit and sparkling style, to resonate with all ages. Tales-with-a-twist interlace with ancient airs, songs in a dozen languages, and historic harps, Native-style flute, concertina, banjo, autoharp, pennywhistle or dulcimer.

"…your music moved the whole event into the realm of the magical…"

Eve Watters has sustained a multi-faceted career in harp, folksong, and storytelling. This modern-day bard has had the opportunity to perform for diverse audiences at hundreds of community, corporate and private venues during two decades of extensive travel throughout Virginia, in 17 states, and in Britain and Australia. Now in her ninth year as a Virginia Commission for the Arts Touring artist, Eve is a two-time Governor's Award for the Arts nominee. She has been a Virginia Artist-in-Education since 1986. She is the University of Virginia Health System's first Musician-in-Residence.

HARP MUSIC to enhance any special event or celebration. With her generous repertoire in many styles- even Thomas Jefferson's favorites- Eve's harp graces banquets, galleries, galas, romantic dinners, etc. and, of course, ceremonies of all kinds, including weddings. Medieval to modern repertoire:  Celtic, contemporary, classical and more.

 

REPERTOIRE
Instrumental:   Celtic Harp; Wire-strung Harp; Medieval-style Bray harp; Double-strung harp; Native American Flute; Pennywhistle; Recorders; Anglo concertina; Melodeon; Five-string Banjo; Appalachian dulcimer; Autoharp.

Vocal:  Over 400 songs in active folklore repertoire. In English from the US, England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Wales. In Welsh; German; French; Yiddish; Spanish; Russian; Hebrew; Ladino; Galician

Musical Samples  

Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring

Canon in D

Bridal March from Lohengrin

Trumpet Tune

Prince of Denmark's March ("Trumpet Voluntary")

Simple Gifts

Ode to Joy ("Joyful, Joyful")

Psalm XVII

Alleluja (w/flute)

Carolan's Draught

Arioso (w/flute)

The Ash Grove

Dance of the Blessed Spirits (w/flute)

Sheep May Safely Graze

Greensleeves

O Give Me Your Hand

Mist-Covered Mountains  (w/flute)

Fanny Poer

The Wind from the South (w/violin)