Diana Marie Gibbs: Harpist for Northern VA, Washington, DC, and Maryland

Muzetta's Waltz

En Bateau

Clair de Lune

Meditation from Thais

What a Wonderful World

My Beloved Father

18th Variation

click the speaker to listen to dianaDIANA MARIE GIBBSHARPISTproviding music forNORTHERN VIRGINIAMARYLANDWASHINGTON, DCsince 1995

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The inimitable grace and majestic presence of a harp can enhance any event with shades of style, sophistication, and artistry. An accomplished harpist is capable of coaxing from the instrument a powerful palette of sounds affecting a complete range of emotions.

Diana Marie Gibbs began playing the harp at the age of five. As a former student of Jeanne Chalifoux, she is proud to be part of a distinctive lineage begun by the preeminent harpist, composer, and teacher, Carlos Salzedo. The Salzedo approach to harp playing emphasizes the importance of musicality, technical proficiency, aesthetics, and performance. Her participation for four summers at the elite Salzedo Summer Harp Colony in Camden, Maine under the tutelage of the late Alice Chalifoux solidified the Salzedo approach in her technique.

Born in Washington, DC, and raised in Alexandria, Virginia, Diana is a trusted harpist in the area, where she has performed for hundreds of public and private events since 1995. She is a familiar face during high tea at the Willard Intercontinental, and has prepared programs for local landmarks such as the Smithsonian Institution, Coolidge Auditorium, Mount Vernon Estate and the National Zoo.

Diana's music speaks to a broad range of audiences, from young children and local brides to Warren Buffet, Melinda Gates, Barron Hilton, and other esteemed members of The Giving Pledge , for whom she was honored to perform in 2011.

Diana earned her Bachelor of Music in Harp Performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University . At Peabody, she expanded both her solo and orchestral repertoire, performing major works by Mahler, Wagner, and Ravel. As a professional, Ms. Gibbs has performed in numerous orchestral and choral settings, most recently as a guest artist with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic, and with the choir of the historic Virginia Theological Seminary.

Ms. Gibbs set the stage for a 56th Presidential Inauguration celebration held in the National Archives' Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom. Her music was also featured during the grand opening of the Archives' Treaty of Paris exhibit, as well as for art openings at the Embassy of Russia and the Meridian International Center. Diana was recently engaged for a series of events held at designer Max Mara stores in Tysons Galleria and Chevy Chase, and has shared her talent abroad, having performed for children in South Korea.

Diana is a member of the American Harp Society, DC Chapter , and an employee of the Library of Congress , where she is the Collection Conservation Section's liaison to the Music Division.

REPERTOIRE

REPERTOIRE

CLASSICAL

CONTEMPORARY

BROADWAY

CELTIC

CLASSICAL

Bach : Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Bach: Bist Du Bei Mir (Art Thou With Me?)

Bach : Air on the G String

Bach: Arioso

Bach : Prelude No. 1 in C Major

Bach: Prelude, from Suite #1, BVW 996

Bach: Suite # 1, BVW 996

Bach : Sheep May Safely Graze

Bach: Siciliano

Beethoven : Adagio, from the Moonlight Sonata

Beethoven : Ode to Joy

Beethoven: "Pathetique" Sonata, Opus 13, Mvmt. 2

Brahms: Waltz in A Flat

Chopin : Prelude in A Major

Chopin : Prelude in C Minor

Chopin : Prelude in E Minor

Chopin : Valse Brillante

Chopin : Nocturne, Opus 27, No. 1

Chopin : Moderato Cantabile, from Fantasie-Impromptu

Chopin: Rain Drop Prelude, Opus 28, No. 15

Clarke : Trumpet Voluntary

Corelli : Giga

Corelli: Sarabande

Debussy : Valse Romantique

Debussy : En Bateau

Debussy: Clair de lune

Debussy: Reverie

Debussy: Sarabande

Debussy : First Arabesque

Debussy : La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin

Faure: Apres un reve

Giordano : Caro Mio Ben

Gluck : March of the Priests

Handel : The Peace

Handel: The Rejoicing

Handel : Largo

Handel: Concerto in B Flat

Handel : Sarabande

Handel: The Harmonious Blacksmith

Handel: Water Music

Hovhaness: Suite for Harp

Liszt: Liebestraum

Malotte : The Lord's Prayer

Mascagni : Intermezzo, from "Cavelleria Rusticana"

Massenet : Meditation from 'Thais'

Mendelssohn : Wedding March

Mouret: Rondeau

Mozart : Melody

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

Owens : Promenade

Pachelbel : Canon

Puccini: Musetta's Waltz, from La Boheme

Puccini: O Mio Babbino Caro (O My Beloved Father)

Purcell: Trumpet Tune

Rachmaninoff : 18th Variation

Rachmaninoff : Romance (Don't Be Sad)

Rameau: Gavotte du Temple de la Gloire

Ravel : Pavane pour une infante defunte

Ravel: Prelude

Respighi : Notturno

Saint-Saens : Le Cygne

Saint-Saens : My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice

Salzedo: Chanson dans la nuit

Salzedo: Paraphrase on Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody

Salzedo: Quietude

Salzedo : Reverie

Salzedo: Siciliana

Salzedo : Tango

Satie : Gymnopedie No. 1

Satie : Gnossienne No. 1

Satie : Gnossienne No. 2

Satie : Gnossienne No. 3

Scarlatti : Andante e cantabile

Scarlatti: Sonata in A Major K. 300

Schubert: Ave Maria

Schuman: Petite Etude

Sibelius: Berceuse, from Pensees Lyriques

Tournier: Offrande

Tournier : Soupir

Vivaldi: Largo, from Concerto in D Major

Vivaldi : Spring

Vivaldi: Winter

Wagner : Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin

CONTEMPORARY

Adams : (Everything I Do) I Do It For You

Addrisi: Never My Love

Amos : Little Earthquakes

Arlen/ Harburg : Over The Rainbow

Bacharach: Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head

Barry: Somewhere in Time

Bonner/ Gordon: Happy Together

Bowie: Changes

Brickman: Angel Eyes

Buble: Home

Carmichael/ Gorrell: Georgia On My Mind

Churchill : Baby Mine

Churchill : Love is a Song That Never Ends

Clapton: Wonderful Tonight

Diamond: Sweet Caroline

Dylan: Blowin' in the Wind

Dylan: Mr. Tambourine Man

Dylan: The Times They Are A-Changin'

Dubin/Warren: I Only Have Eyes For You

Glenn: Crying in the Chapel

Gilmour/ Waters : Wish You Were Here

Evans/ Livingston: Tammy

Fox/ Gimbel : Killing Me Softy With His Song

Hamlisch: Through the Eyes of Love

Harline : When You Wish Upon a Star

Harrison: Here Comes the Sun

Hatch: Downtown

Hatch: My Love

Hayward: Nights in White Satin

Henley/ Silbar: The Wind Beneath My Wings

Horner/ Jennings : If We Hold On Together

Hupfeld: As Time Goes By

Jagger/ Richards : Angie

Jagger/ Richards: As Tears Go By

Kelly: I Believe I Can Fly

Kent/ Dee : The End of the World

King: Hawaiian Wedding Song

Lennon/McCartney : Because

Lennon/McCartney : Here, There and Everywhere

Lennon/McCartney : If I Fell

Lennon/McCartney : In My Life

Lennon/McCartney : She's Leaving Home

Lipton/ Yarrow : Puff the Magic Dragon

Lovland/ Graham (Groban) : You Raise Me Up

Marsden: Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying

McBroom: The Rose

McCain : I'll Be

McLachlan: I Will Remember You

McLean: And I Love You So

MacDowell: To a Wild Rose

Mitchell: Both Sides Now

Mizzy : The Addams Family Theme

Morrison : Moondance

North: Unchained Melody

Page/Plant: Stairway to Heaven

Paris: How Beautiful

Phillips: San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)

Price: The House of the Rising Sun

Richie: Lady

Rota : Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme

Sager/Foster: The Prayer

The Last Rose of Summer

Schmidt: Try To Remember

Sia : My Love

Steiner: A Summer Place

Steiner: My Own True Love (Tara Theme)

Sting : Fields of Gold

Stooky : The Wedding Song

Streisand: Evergreen

Swift: Love Story

Twain/Lange : From This Moment On

Vangelis : Hymne

Weill: September Song

Weiss/Thiele : What a Wonderful World

Weiss/ Peretti/ Creatore (Elvis): Can't Help Falling in love

BROADWAY

from A Little Night Music

Send in the Clowns

from Carousel

If I Loved You

You'll Never Walk Alone

from Cats

Memory

from Evita

Don't Cry for Me Argentina

from Fiddler on the Roof

Sunrise, Sunset

from Les Miserables

At the End of the Day

Bring Him Home

Castle on a Cloud

Do You Hear the People Sing?

Drink With Me (To Days Gone By)

Empty Chairs at Empty Tables

A Heart Full of Love

I Dreamed a Dream

In My Life

A Little Fall of Rain

Master of the House

On My Own

Stars

Who Am I?

from Oklahoma!

Oklahoma

Oh, What a Beautiful Morning

The Surrey With The Fringe On Top

from The Twilight Saga

As Easy As Breathing

Bella's Lullaby

Compromise/ Bella's Theme

Eclipse

First Kiss

Full Moon

Imprinting

Jacob's Theme

Jasper

The Kiss

Victoria

Wedding Plans

from Porgy and Bess

A Woman Is a Sometime Thing

Bess, You Is My Woman Now

I Got Plenty o'Nuttin'

I Loves You Porgy

It Ain't Necessarily So

My Man's Gone Now

Summertime

from South Pacific

A Wonderful Guy

Dites-Moi

Some Enchanted Evening

from The King and I

Dance of Anna and Edward

Getting to Know You

Hello, Young Lovers

We Kiss in a Shadow

from The Phantom of the Opera

All I Ask of You

Angel of Music

The Music of the Night

The Phantom of the Opera

Think of Me

from Wicked

As Long As You're Mine

Dancing Through Life

Defying Gravity

For Good

I Couldn't Be Happier

I'm Not That Girl

No Good Deed

No One Mourns the Wicked

One Short Day

Popular

The Wizard and I

What is This Feeling?

Wonderful

CELTIC

Avenging and Bright

Barbara Rae

Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms

Bendemeer's Stream

Castle of Dromore

Cockles and Mussels

Coilsfield House

The Cruiskeen Lawn

Danny Boy

Dear Little Shamrock

Down By the Salley Gardens

Famine Song

Fanaid Grove

Farewell! But Whenever You Welcome The Hour

Farewell to Liverpool

Flight of the Earls

Foggy Dew

Galway Piper

Gartan Mother's Lullaby

Gentle Maiden

The Girl I Left Behind Me

Good Night

Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded?

Humors of the Joyce Country

I Know My Love

I Wish You Would Marry Me Now

Kathleen Mavourneen

Kerry Dance

Killarney

Kitty's Wedding

Lark in the Clear Air

Lark in the Morning

The Leprechaun

Limerick is Beautiful

Mairi's Wedding

Miss Hamilton of Auchincruive

My Lagan Love

My Wild Irish Rose

My Yellow-Haired Lad

O'Donnell Aboo

Ould Plaid Shawl

Over the Hills and Far Away

Rakes of Mallow

Rose of Tralee

Rosin The Bow

Saint Patrick's Day

Scotch Mist

She Moved Through The Fair

Shule Aroon

Snowy-Breasted Pearl

Spanish Lady

Spinning Wheel Song

Sweet Carnloch Bay

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

The Bonnie Lass O'bon Accord

The Cliffs of Moher

The Dark Isle

The Last Rose of Summer

Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral

Wearin' O' The Green

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

LISTEN

MUSIC

CLASSICAL

CONTEMPORARY

CELTIC

HOLIDAY

BROADWAY

CLASSICAL

1. Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

2. Bach: Air on the G String

3. Bach: Arioso

4. Bach: Prelude, from Suite #1, BVW 996

5. Beethoven: Adagio, from the Moonlight Sonata

6. Beethoven: "Pathetique" Sonata, Opus 13, Mvmt. 2

7. Chopin: Prelude in E Minor

8. Chopin: Rain Drop Prelude, Opus 28, No. 15

9. Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary

10. Debussy: En Bateau

11. Debussy: Clair de lune

12. Debussy: Reverie

13. Debussy: Sarabande

14. Debussy: La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin

15. Faure: Apres un reve

16. Gluck:

March of the Priests

17. Hovhaness:

Suite for Harp

18. Malotte: The Lord's Prayer

19. Massenet: Meditation from 'Thais'

20. Mendelssohn: Wedding March

21. Owens: Promenade

22. Pachelbel: Canon

23. Puccini: Musetta's Waltz, from La Boheme

24. Puccini: O Mio Babbino Caro (O My Beloved Father)

25. Rachmaninoff: 18th Variation

26. Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte

27. Respighi: Notturno

28. Salzedo: Paraphrase on Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody

29. Salzedo: Quietude

30. Salzedo: Reverie

31. Salzedo: Siciliana

32. Salzedo: Tango

33 Scarlatti: Andante e cantabile

34. Tournier: Offrande

35. Tournier: Soupir

36. Vivaldi: Winter

Bach: Jesu Joy of Man's...

Bach: Air on the G String

Bach: Arioso

Bach: Lute Suite Prelude

Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata

Beethoven: Sonata

Chopin: Prelude in E Minor

Chopin: Raindrop Prelude

Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary

Debussy: En Bateau

Debussy: Clair de Lune

Debussy: Reverie

Debussy: Sarabande

Debussy: La Fille aux Chev...

Faure: Apres un Reve

Gluck: March of the Priests

Hovanhess: Suite for Harp

Massenet: Meditation...

Mendelssohn: Wedding March

Owens: Promenade

Pachelbel: Canon

Puccini: Muzetta's Waltz

Puccini: My Beloved Father

Rachmaninoff: 18th Variation

Ravel: Pavane pour une...

Respighi: Notturno

Salzedo: Hungarian Rhapsody

Salzedo: Quietude

Salzedo: Reverie

Salzedo: Siciliana

Salzedo: Tango

Scarlatti: Andante e Cantabile

33. Tournier: Offrande

34. Tournier: Soupir

35. Vivaldi: Winter

CONTEMPORARY

1. Carmichael/ Gorrell: Georgia On My Mind

2. Clapton: Wonderful Tonight

3. Lennon/McCartney:

In My Life

4. North: Unchained Melody

5. The Last Rose of Summer

6. Steiner: My Own True Love (Tara Theme)

7. Twain/Lange: From This Moment On

8. Weiss/Thiele: What a Wonderful World

Georgia on My Mind

Clapton: Wonderful Tonight

Lennon McCartney: In My Life

North: Unchained Melody

Last Rose of Summer

My Own True Love

Twain: From This Moment On

What a Wonderful World

CELTIC

1. Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms

2. The Last Rose of Summer

Believe Me...

The Last Rose of Summer

HOLIDAY

Greensleeves

Silent Night

O Sleep My Pretty Baby

O Tannenbaum

1. Fantasia on Greensleeves

2. Silent Night

3. Sleep, My Pretty Baby

4. Concert Variations on

O Tannenbaum

BROADWAY

1. from Fiddler on the Roof

Sunrise, Sunset

2. from Les Miserables

I Dreamed a Dream

3. from Porgy and Bess

Summertime

4. from South Pacific

Some Enchanted Evening

Sunrise Sunset

I Dreamed a Dream

Summertime

Some Enchanted Evening

WEDDINGS

WEDDINGS

Diana works with each couple on an individual basis to plan a unique and meaningful musical program for their ceremony. As a point of reference, she is pleased to offer "tried and true" recommendations of appropriate selections. The suggestions below convey a variety of moods and tones, and each are well suited to the distinct requirements of a ceremony.

To hear selections and plan your program, please visit the LISTEN page.

All audio samples were recorded by Diana.

PRELUDE

Prelude music for guest seating typically begins 20-30 minutes before the ceremony and consists of approximately 6- 10 songs.

Bach: Arioso

Rachmaninoff: 18th Variation

Bach: Prelude No. 1 in C Major

Tournier: Soupir

Debussy: Clair de lune

Twain/Lange: From This Moment On

An inclement weather contingency plan and/ or alternate location: The harp will not remain outside in the event of rain, strong winds, or other conditions that pose a risk to the instrument.

A flat, stable, and easily accessible surface measuring at least 4' x 5'. If stable surfaces are not incorporated into the venue (such as patios, platforms, pathways, etc.), a sturdy board, collapsable table, or other portable structure will work well.

A shaded area for the harp. If temperatures exceed 90 degrees and shade is not provided, the harp will be placed in the indoor area/ entrance threshold nearest to the ceremony site.

EVENTS

DATES

DATES

2012

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2011

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2010

2010 SCHEDULE

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