Erin Hill - Harpist & Singer

Description

Erin's wide range of styles includes pop, rock, jazz, opera, and Celtic/Irish, and she loves taking requests and improvising. She performs for private parties, corporate functions, weddings, cocktail hours, concerts, and more. Erin can perform singing with the harp, or play the harp solo, depending on the client’s wishes. She can provide a duo, trio, or group with other instruments and often plays with a drummer.

Set-List

Erin does a variety of different shows and concerts, from her Bowie show "Harp Oddity: The Music of David Bowie," to her Kate Bush show "Night-Scented Harp: The Music of Kate Bush" to 60's, 70's and 80's themed shows, and Celtic shows. Here's a song list that gives an idea of Erin's versatility:
2000 Miles – The Pretenders
The 59th St. 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 - B ... ach (classical)
Alison - Elvis Costello
All of Me – John Legend
Amazing Grace - traditional
American Boy – Estelle & Kanye West
And Dream of Sheep – Kate Bush
And I Love Her - The Beatles
And You Tell Me - a-ha
Angel of the Morning - Merrilee Rush / Juice Newton
Annie’s Song – John Denver
Apache – The Ventures / Sugar Hill Gang
Arioso – Bach (classical)
Army Dreamers – Kate Bush
As the World Falls Down- David Bowie
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 (classical)
Be My Wife – David Bowie
The Beautiful Ones - Prince
Because the Night – Patti Smith/Bruce Springsteen
Begin the Beguine - Cole Porter
Bertie – Kate Bush
Black Star – Radiohead
Blackbird – The Beatles
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
Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You – The Four Seasons/Frankie Valli
Carrie-Anne - The Hollies
Cars – Gary Numan
Cat People (Putting Out Fire) – David Bowie
Cathy’s Clown – Reba McEntire, Everly Brothers
Changes – David Bowie
Cloudbusting – Kate Bush
Come and Get It - Badfinger
Come and Get Your Love – Redbone
Come Back to Sorrento - Dean Martin
Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
Come Softly to Me - The Fleetwoods
Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
Complicated - Avril Lavigne
Crazy - Patsy Cline/Willie Nelson
Crazy for You - Madonna
Crazy Love - Van Morrisson
Dancin' in the Moonlight – Toploader / King Harvest
Dancing Queen - ABBA
Day After Day - Badfinger
Daydream - Lovin' Spoonful
December Will Be Magic Again – Kate Bush
Dig a Pony - The Beatles
Dirty Back Roads – The B-52’s
Disarm – Smashing Pumpkins
D.J. - David Bowie
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/JayZ
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
Everyday - Buddy Holly
Fairytale of New York – The Pogues
Faith – George Michael
Fallin’ – Alicia Keys
Feel it – Kate Bush
Feel It Still – Portugal the Man
Feels Like Home – Randy Newman, from The Notebook
Fields of Gold - Sting
Fight Song – Rachel Platten
Fireflies – Owl City
First Love – Utada Hikaru
Fixing a Hole - The Beatles
Flashdance (What a Feeling) – Irene Cara
Flower Duet – Delibes (opera)
Fly Me to the Moon – Frank Sinatra
Forever Young – Alphaville/JayZ
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
Groovin' - The Rascals
Gypsy – Fleetwood Mac
Habanera – Bizet, from Carmen (opera)
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
Hello - Adele
Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles
Hero Comes Home, A – from the film Beowulf
His Eye Is on the Sparrow – Civilla D. Martin (spiritual, hymn)
Holy Spirit - Francesca Battistelli (classical)
Hornpipe from Water Music – Handel (classical)
Hotel California - The Eagles
Hounds of Love – Kate Bush
How Deep is Your Love? – The Bee Gees / The Bird and the Bee
How Long Will I Love You – Elle Goulding
Human Nature - Michael Jackson
Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran
I Loved – Jacques 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 - Peggy Lee
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
Imagine – John Lennon
In My Life – The Beatles
In Your Eyes – Peter Gabriel
Infant Kiss – Kate Bush
Is This Love – Bob Marley
Island Song – Theme from tv show “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
Jenny Wren - Paul McCartney
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 & 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
Let It Be – The Beatles
Let It Go - Frozen
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 and the Dominos
Lola - The Kinks
Looking Through the Eyes of Love – Melissa Manchester, Theme from Ice Castles
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
Lover’s Concerto – The Toys (from a Bach melody)
Lullaby - The Dixie Chicks
Man Who Sold the World – 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 Webber
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
Movin’ Out – Billy Joel
Mull of Kintyre - Paul McCartney & Wings
Must Be Talkin’ to an Angel - Eurythmics
My Baby You – Marc Anthony
My Heart Will Go On (Titanic) - Celine Dion
My Love – Paul McCartney & Wings
My Love, My Life – ABBA
My Way – Frank Sinatra
Mysterious Ways – U2
Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin/Carole King
Nature Boy – Nat “King” Cole
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
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
O Mio Babbino Caro - Puccini (opera)
Old-Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night
On Eagles’ Wings – Michael Joncas (hymn)
One – from A Chorus Line
One Hand, One Heart – 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 traditional & Hawaiian version)
Overjoyed – Stevie Wonder
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
Prayer, The – Celine Dion & Andrea Bocelli
Prince of Denmark’s March/Trumpet Voluntary – Jeremiah Clarke (classical)
Radio – Lana Del Rey
Rain, the Park & Other Things, The - The Cowsills
Rapture – Blondie
Ready for the Times to Get Better - Crystal Gayle
Rebel, Rebel – David Bowie
Rebellion (Lies) – Arcade Fire
Ribbon in the Sky - Stevie Wonder
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
Roar – Katy Perry
Rocket Man – Elton John, Kate Bush
Royals – Lorde
Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones
Run to You – Bryan Adams
Runaway - Del Shannon
Running Up That Hill – Kate Bush
Sat in Your Lap – Kate Bush
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)
Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd
Sign Your Name – Terence Trent D’Arby
Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder
Sing a Song – Earth, Wind and Fire
Skye Boat Song – theme from tv show “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
Somethin’ Stupid – Frank Sinatra & Nancy Sinatra
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)
Strangers in the Night – Frank Sinatra
Stray Cat Strut – The Stray Cats
Summertime Sadness – Lana Del Rey
Sunflower – Post Malone (from Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse)
Superstar – The Carpenters
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns and 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
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
Those Were the Days – Mary Hopkin
A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
Til I Kissed You - The Everly Brothers
Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
Time to Say Goodbye – Andrea Bocelli/Sarah Brightman
Tiny Dancer – Elton John
Too Much Heaven – The Bee Gees
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
Turning Page (Bela’s Wedding Song) – Sleeping At Last
Twelfth of Never – Johnny Mathis
Unforgettable – Nat King Cole/Natalie Cole
Venus – Bananarama, Shocking Blue
Venus - Frankie Avalon
The Very Thought of You – Nat King Cole / Michael Buble
Video Games – Lana del Rey
Viva La Vida – Coldplay
Voices Carry - Til Tuesday
Waiting All Night - Phish
Wake Up – Arcade Fire
Walk Like an Egyptian – The Bangles
Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
The Way We Were – Barbra Streisand
Way You Look Tonight, The – Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald
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
White Bird - It's a Beautiful Day
Who Wants to Live Forever - Queen
Who's That Girl - Eurythmics
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
Wow – Kate Bush
Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush
Yesterday – The Beatles
You Make Lovin’ Fun – Fleetwood Mac
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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Classical, Opera, Classical Voice (to name a few…)
(with voice)
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)
Holy Spirit - Francesca Battistelli (classical)
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 Stookey)
(instrumental)
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)
La Rejouissance, Music for the Royal Fireworks– Handel (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)
Church Music
Amazing Grace (hymn)
Ave Maria – (Franz Schubert)
Be Born in Me – Francesca Battistelli
Be Thou My Vision (hymn, Celtic)
Great Is Thy Faithfulness (hymn)
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)
Holy Spirit – Francesca Battistelli
Across the Universe (The Beatles),
I Have Loved You (Michael Joncas, used as Responsorial)
If It Be Your Will (Leonard Cohen)
My Heart Will Go On (Celine Dion),
Over the Rainbow (Judy Garland version or Hawaiian version)
The Prayer (Andrea Bocelli & Celine Dion),
Time to Say Goodbye (Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman),
Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler)
Nature Boy (Nat King Cole)
O Mio Babbino Caro (Puccini)
On Eagles’ Wings – (Michael Joncas, hymn)
Panis Angelicus – (Cesar Franck, St. Thomas Aquinas)
Pie Jesu – from Requiem (Gabriel Fauré)
Twelfth of Never (Johnny Mathis)
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Biography

Erin Hill is a harpist & singer based out of New York City and Louisville, KY. She’s had a #1 album on the Billboard world chart and has played & sung with Cyndi Lauper, Kanye West, Enya, moby, Sinead O’Connor, a-ha, Josh Groban, Jewel, and for celebrities, two First Ladies, and for royalty. She’s played solo at The Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall, and is also known as “The Pretty White Girl who Sings Dave’s Thoughts” from Comedy Central’s Chappelle’s Show (she also wrote the music for the sketch).
Erin’s been heard on SiriusXM The Beatles Channel and she released her har ... p & vox cover of “Eleanor Rigby” as a single & a music video in 2021. On her album Harp Town (Cleopatra Records), Erin sings and plays songs by Kate Bush, Smashing Pumpkins, Lady Gaga, The Beatles, Alicia Keys, Roxy Music, Adele, Tim Buckley, Til Tuesday, Kansas, Leonard Cohen, Rihanna, Radiohead, U2, and even Edith Piaf and Frank Sinatra. Cleopatra also released Erin’s holiday album Christmas Harp, featuring Erin singing and playing holiday classics, and Girl Inventor, which includes her original hits “Lookout, Science” and “Giant Mushrooms.”
In addition to being a rock harpist, Erin is also a Celtic/Irish harpist and singer; her Celtic album Four Leaf Clover hit #1 on the Billboard World chart. On television, she was featured on Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing,” and by HBO in a “Game of Thrones” promo playing the “Game of Thrones” theme on her harp. She is the voice & harp of Tafne for the Android video game “The Legacy of Barubash,” and she has played harp several years for the US Open Tennis Championships. She is also known as The Singing Harpist at The Peninsula Hotel, The Plaza Hotel, and the Ritz-Carlton on Central Park South in NYC for her pop and rock ‘n’ roll arrangements.
Erin toured with the Lincoln Center South Pacific as harpist and pianist, and is the harpist on the new soundtrack for The Fantasticks, on Martha Wainwright’s self-titled debut album, on various commercials (Dunkin’ Donuts, etc.) and on MTV2’s Wonder Showzen. She’s a singer, songwriter and musician (harp, electric bass, keyboards) on the Dream Jam Band’s major label debut on EMI. As a voice-over artist and jingle singer she’s been heard on commercials from Coca-Cola, Comcast, Tide and Match.com to Play-Doh, Walmart and Dunkin’ Donuts.
Erin’s band has been a Dragon*Con house band, playing her original pop music at the world’s largest Science Fiction & Fantasy convention, and both of her sci-fi music videos, “Giant Mushrooms” and “Lookout, Science,” were part of the Dragon Con Independent Film Festival. USA Today and Elysa Gardner premiered Erin’s music video “Lookout, Science” as an exclusive, and she won an Independent Music Award for her album “Girl Inventor.”
In the film Clear Blue Tuesday, she is a composer, screenwriter, and actor. The New York Times said: “Erin Hill, as a giddy, harp-playing Trekker, is a standout… The best and funniest scene in the film is Ms. Hill’s, a first date that looks promising until the conversation turns to the relative merits of Star Trek: Voyager…..” Erin was also in the Tim Robbins film Cradle Will Rock (and appears on the soundtrack alongside Eddie Vedder & PJ Harvey); HBO’s The Chris Rock Show; Comedy Central’s Chappelle’s Show; and PBS’s American Masters.
As a stage actor, she was in the original Broadway casts of Titanic, Sam Mendes’ Cabaret, and Urinetown and has twice been part of the Sundance Theater Lab in Utah, originating the role of Ilse in Spring Awakening with Duncan Sheik, and as musical director for Lil’s 90th (also at the Long Wharf Theater) with Jo Bonney. She was seen most recently in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Classic Stage Company in NYC alongside Bebe Neuwirth and Christina Ricci (Newsday called her “the dangerously enjoyable Erin Hill”). Erin also did Original Music and Sound Design for the Drama Desk Award-nominated “That Play: a Solo Macbeth.”
Erin toured with and opened for a-ha in 2008 in Europe and London, where she played solo at the Royal Albert Hall. Erin is also a huge Beatles fan, and performs regularly with Jimmy Vivino (of Conan O’Brien) and Will Lee (of Letterman) in The Fab Faux. And lastly, she also juggles and is an expert at walking on her hands (one of which can be seen in the film Clear Blue Tuesday, and the other on The Rosie O’Donnell Show, the 52nd Annual Tony Awards, and Late Night with David Letterman). Read More

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Experience

Erin has performed solo at The Royal Albert Hall, and has sung and played all over the world. She performs concerts regularly across the USA, including at Beatles festivals, and also at Dragon Con (one of the world's largest sci-fi conventions). She also performs at private events, from parties and weddings to corporate functions.

Previous Clients

Many of Erin's clients require her to sign NDA's, but she has performed for royalty and for many celebrity clients. Publicly, she's performed with Kanye West, Enya, Josh Groban, Randy Newman, a-ha, Sinead O'Connor, Martha Wainwright, moby, Jewel, The Cowsills, Cyndi Lauper, and many more.

Suitable for

Anniversary Party Awards Ceremony Baby Shower Bar / Bat Mitzvah Birthday Party (Adult) Birthday Party (Teen) Bridal Shower Casinos Christening Christmas Party Club Party Cocktail Party / Drinks Reception Community Event Concerts / Tours Corporate Event Cruise Ships Dinner Party Engagement Party Festival / Outdoor Event Funeral/Memorial Service Graduation Party Grand Opening Party Holiday / Theme Parks Hotel Event New Year's Eve Party Nightclub Event Nursing / Care Home Event Private Party Product Launch / Promotion Restaurant / Bar / Pub Event Retirement Party Social Club Theaters / Stage University / College Event Virtual Event Wedding Ceremony Wedding Cocktail/Drinks Reception

Acting Experience

Broadway: Original Broadway casts of "Titanic," (Kate Mullins) "Cabaret," (Lulu) and "Urinetown," appears on the Original Broadway Cast albums. TV: Pretty White Girl from Comedy Cantral's "Chappelles' Show." Film: Sandra Mescal in Tim Robbins film "Cradle Will Rock." Regional: Goodman Theater (Chicago), La Jolla Playhouse, Goodspeed, etc. Off-Broadway: Classic Stage Company ("Midsummer Night's Dream" with Bebe Neuwirth & Christina Ricci, etc.

Physical Characteristics

Meet the Act

I started singing & playing piano before I could even walk, then started harp at 8 years old. I play 16 different instruments, but the harp is the best! I'm also a sci-fi buff, and write original sci-fi songs. And I'm a baseball nut and third-generation Cubs fan. Also, my westies MacLeod and Valentine have co-starred with me in many of my music videos!

Additional Information

I have liability insurance and am covered up to a million dollars.

Virtual Services Offer

Online Performances

I've done many Zoom performances since the pandemic started and feel very comfortable with it now. It can be a great way to have an event for people who cannot attend in person, such as a memorial service, or just a party.