About Ellie Tessa – professional wedding harpist based in Cheshire
Ellie Tessa is an award winning harpist with a wealth of experience performing at events and concerts throughout the UK. Her performances span solo recitals, orchestral engagements, chamber music concerts and solo performances at weddings and functions.
Ellie Tessa studied at the Royal Northern College of Music, gaining both a first class honours degree and a Masters of Music with distinction. During her studies, she won the prestigious RNCM Concerto Competition and was twice a finalist in the RNCM Gold Medal competition- the highest accolade for performance offered by the college.
I'm regularly booked to perform for weddings and events at Eyam Hall in Derbyshire and The Bailey in Skipton.
Whilst Ellie Tessa is classically trained and she has a wealth of repertoire that will suit traditional tastes, she also regularly receives compliments for her contemporary repertoire.
Ellie Tessa's song list is entirely devised from arrangements that she has created by listening to a song and then transcribing the sheet music by ear.
Ellie Tessa takes a lot of care and consideration when learning new songs and she prides herself in creating arrangements that both captures the character of the song and also sounds idiomatic on the harp.
The majority of the songs in her repertoire are timeless staples that will forever be popular. However, she realises that for many couples, the songs that are most significant are often undiscovered gems.
With this in mind, Ellie Tessa takes requests to learn new songs to ensure that every wedding is as personal as possible.
Ellie Tessa brings an amplifier to all bookings, meaning that the harp will be loud enough to be heard at events with up to 150 guests. The amplifier is discreet and is battery powered, meaning it can be used outdoors.
Career highlights:
- BBC proms performance with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Royal Northern Sinfonia
- Voted 'Best Wedding Entertainment' in the North West by the The Wedding Industry Awards 2026
- Songs of Praise Christmas and New Year TV broadcasts
- Touring with the band Evanescence on their 'Synthesis Live' tour
- Performing alongside well known names including Nicola Benedetti, Alfie Boe, Katherine Jenkins and Russel Watson
ABBA - Honey Honey, I Have a Dream, Slipping Through My Fingers
Adele - Make You Feel My Love
Alex Warren - Ordinary
Beatles - All You Need is Love, And I Love Her, Here Comes the Sun,
Let It Be, Something, With a Little Help From My Friends, Yesterday
Birdy - Wings
Bruno Mars - Just the Way You Are, Marry You
Bryan Adams- Everything I Do, Heaven
Calum Scott - You are the Reason
Charles Aznavour - She
Christina Perri - A Thousand Years
Clean Bandit - Rather Be, Symphony
Coldplay - Clocks, Everglow, Paradise, Sky Full of Stars, Viva la Vida
Cyndi Lauper - True Colours
David Guetta ft. Sia - Titanium
Ed Sheeran - Afterglow, The Joker and the Queen, Perfect, Photograph, Thinking Out Loud
Ella Henderson - Yours
Ellie Goulding - How Long Will I Love You, Love Me Like You Do, Still Falling For You
Elvis Presley - I Can't Help Falling in Love With You, Love Me Tender
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
Eva Cassidy - Songbird
Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar
Jack Johnson - Better Together
James Arthur - Say You Won’t Let Go
Jason Mraz - I’m Yours
John Legend - All of Me, Love Me Now, Ordinary People
Josh Groban - You Raise Me Up
Justin Bieber - Anyone, Despacito, Love Yourself, Peaches
Justin Timberlake - Can’t Stop the Feeling
JVKE - Golden Hour
Lana Del Ray - Love, Say Yes to Heaven, Video Games, Young and Beautiful
Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved
Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World
Love Affair - Everlasting Love
Lukas Graham - Love Someone
Maroon 5 - Memories
Michael Bublé - Everything
Nat King Cole - L-O-V-E, When I Fall in Love
Natalie Cole - This Will Be
Olivia Dean - Man I Need, So Easy (To Fall in Love)
Owl City - Fireflies
Ruelle - I Get to Love You
Shania Twain - Still the One
Sting - Fields of Gold
Take That - Greatest Day, Rule the World
Taylor Swift - Love Story, Lover, Wildest Dreams
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl, Have I Told You Lately
Alvars - Romance in A flat
Bach - Air on the G string
Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Bach - Prelude in C, BWV 846
Debussy - Clair de lune
Debussy - La fille aux cheveux de lin
Einaudi - I Giorni
Einaudi - Life
Einaudi - Nuvole Bianche
Franck - Panis Angelicus
Handel - Chaconne in C
Hasselmans - La Source
Massanet - Meditation from ‘Thaïs’
Pachelbel - Canon in D
Puccini - Nessun Dorma from ‘Turandot’
Sartori - Time to Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiró)
Satie - First Gymnopedie
Vivaldi - Largo from ‘Winter’ from ‘The Four Seasons’
Yiruma - River Flows in You
All I ask of you from ‘Phantom of the Opera’
Can You Feel the Love Tonight from ‘Lion King’ (Elton John)
Edelweiss from ‘The Sound of Music’
Glasgow Theme from ‘Love Actually’
A Heart Full of Love from ‘Les Miserables’
May it Be from ‘Lord of the Rings’ (Enya)
A Million Dreams from ‘The Greatest Showman’
Music of the Night from ‘Phantom of the Opera’
My Heart Will Go On from ‘Titanic’ (Céline Dion)
Pure Imagination from ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’
Rewrite the Stars from ‘The Greatest Showman’
Somewhere Over the Rainbow from ‘The Wizard of Oz’
You’ll Never Walk Alone from ‘Carousel’
You’ve got a Friend in Me from ‘Toy Story’
Ashokan Farewell
Auld Lang Syne
Calon Lan
Danny Boy
David of the White Rock
Eriskay Love Lilt
Flower of Scotland
Greensleeves
Highland Cathedral
Loch Lomond
My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
The Mingulay Boat Song
Shule Aroon
Simple Gifts
Skye Boat Song
Suo Gan
The Water is Wide
"Ellie was excellent. Her playing was sublime and the range of her music was brilliant. The gentle sound of her harp was appropriate and just exactly what we had hoped for at our Afternoon Tea. Ellie could not have made us happier. What a lovely young lady Ellie is and I wish her all the very best for her future assignments. Thanks and regards to Ellie."
"Ellie responded to any questions leading up to the event promptly. She was a true professional and didn't require any guidance from us, she just knew what to do. The music was fantastic and added a lovely atmosphere to the reception meal. Everyone enjoyed it!"
"Ellie Tessa brought so much more than just her beautiful music to my event. Firstly, and I think very importantly, I found the booking process worked well through FixTheMusic, and I was quite happy that the details of where, when, what, how long and how much were all covered. Ellie went the extra mile and confirmed access details with the venue, and I was pleased that she not only arrived in good time, but was set up and ready to go without any fuss. I can recommend her to anyone booking a wedding or similar sort of complicated (and stressful) event, as it's one less thing to worry about. Secondly, Ellie presented herself well and engaged with my guests (something I had asked for her to do), and my guests all took an interest. I wanted more than just music, I wanted to learn about this instrument and what it's like to play it, and Ellie educated, entertained and informed us. My guests were queuing up to ask questions afterwards, and all were bubbling over with praise. Thirdly, it seems almost odd to mention it last, her music was wonderful, with each song more enchanting than the last."
