My reviews

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Solo

Many, many thanks for coming yesterday as our Guest at The Concert at Holmfirth Methodist Church. I know you had been unwell all last week so I and the Choir are very grateful to you.

It was such a pleasure to watch and listen to you. The Harp is such a beautiful instrument and it was so lovely to appreciate it as an individual instrument. I, personally, found the music very emotional, moving and soothing and just stood with a smile on my face watching and listening to you. Your questions and answers slot also proved to be a good idea and promoted lots of interest and involvement from the audience, which I always think is good. I, for one, never knew that the Harp had pedals ! I though it was all strings.

I think you added greatly to the success of our Concert yesterday. There was great feed back from the audience. The Choir thoroughly enjoyed singing with you. In fact, I think you helped us greatly with This Little Babe ! I will get those words right one day!

Once again, on behalf of Vocal Expressions, many thanks for performing for and with us. It was a great pleasure.

Kind regards
Lynda Green

Background Music

We returned from our honeymoon last week! Thank you AGAIN for your beautiful playing at our wedding - we got so many compliments on it. In particular one of the compliments that we got was that the volume / acoustics were just PERFECT - loud enough to be entertaining and appreciated, but quiet enough during the breakfast that people could still talk. So much more personal than just recorded music or silence! And I really loved the choice of music that you played - It was just overall magical - we are so grateful! We will never forget it :)
Thank you again!! There was a harpist who played in the afternoons at our hotel in Singapore, we watched her for a bit and we were like well she’s very good - but she’s no Rhian ;)


— Jessica and Andrew xxx
It’s hard to know where to begin! If our wedding was the best day of our lives, you and your playing were the fairy dust that made it truly magical. And everyone was talking about your playing..!

Although I missed some of the pre-ceremony playing, I heard all about it from various guests. You had clearly read the room very well and some of our video-game and film enthusiasts commented on the nerdy easter eggs you’d played for the occasion. I did hear the Zelda while my MUA was trying to force me into my dress, and I knew how excited some of our audience would be to hear it..! As for Concerning Hobbits – WOW. It was really everything we could ever have hoped for. Truly perfect. The groom had dedicated a portion of his speech – and a couple of punchlines – to how Lord of the Rings initially brought us together, so that all tied up very nicely too..! Thank you for going to the effort of not just learning, but perfecting and embracing this very special piece of music that created the stage for the happiest moments of my whole life.

Your exceptional playing was no surprise to me as I have been listening to you play for years, but as I say, so many people commented on your playing and how special it was. I am sure many people have said this to you before, but it seems to me that you don’t simply play music. You feel it – you bring out all of the nuances, expressions, emotion. That was really clear talking to our guests.

Thank you, thank you, thank you both for bringing the ongoing joy of playing the harp into our lives through your teaching, and for helping make the best day of our lives truly, truly special. And thanks for the very kind card too, we opened it the next day!
— Ruth (my former harp student) and Nick
I just wanted to say a massive thank you for playing at our wedding day. You were amazing and a massive hit with everyone!! We had the most amazing day because of all our amazing suppliers and we’re really grateful for how special you made it
— Emily and Sam
Hi Rhian, thank you so so much for doing an amazing job on Sunday. I was in a huge wedding bubble and didn’t even speak to you which I’m so sorry for. The music you played was just amazing and perfect. I’m literally on cloud 9. We just loved every minute of it and it was made extra special by listening to beautiful music
— Kelly Thompson
We just wanted to get in touch to say thank you.
Thank you for playing at our ceremony. You are extremely talented!! Your music was the perfect finishing touch to our ceremony and us, and all the guests, thoroughly enjoyed it.
It was a pleasure to have you with us.

Thank you so much!

— Stacey & Mark Parkinson
We just wanted to drop you a note to thank you so much for performing at our wedding. Our guests commented on how wonderful you were at the ceremony and how they recognised our songs that we had chosen. We had such a lovely day and we are very grateful for all that you did for us on our special day
— Mr & Mrs Anderton

Wow wow wow. Words can’t express our thanks to Rhian and what an impact she had on our wedding day. She was absolutely amazing, we were blown away. Rhian and her harp was extra special and is a memory we will treasure forever, holding a very special place in our heart.

Rhian played a wide choice of music, some even by impromptu request. Even had guests singing along. We love Rhian, her harp, her talent and her awesome personality. We wish we could relive the day again. Thank you Rhian. You helped make it what it was and for that we will be forever grateful and forever in awe! Please can we do it again!!
— Tara and Andrew
We recently booked Rhian to play during our wedding ceremony at Wortley Hall. From the moment I met Rhian at a wedding fayre at Wortley Hall, I fell in love with the beautiful music she played on the harp! She played lots of examples of different songs for me to listen to, which allowed me to choose the perfect music for our ceremony.

Rhian is not only a fantastic harpist , but is also such a lovely and kind person. She really puts her heart and soul into her music and is so passionate about what she does.
Thank you so much for making our day extra special! We would highly recommend!

— Emily and Josh
Her outstanding harp playing abilities aside, Rhian is a lovely woman. Rhian played at our wedding, oh so beautifully, and we cannot recommend her enough. She even learnt to play the Back To The Future theme for our entrance to our wedding breakfast - sounded epic!!! You should really get that on YouTube, Rhian, if you haven’t already. The world is full of people who need to hear it 💜🥰
— James and Nikki
Thank you so much Rhian. I’m so sorry that I didn’t manage to catch you and speak to you. You played beautifully as always and we were honoured to have you serenade our ceremony xxx
— Adelle and Mick
Thank you so so much for playing so beautifully for us yesterday. We had the best day of our lives and had so many comments on how amazing you were!! Really can’t thank you enough. xxxxxx
— Francesca Waters
Thank you so much for playing at our ceremony ... you were amazing ❤️
Beautiful music for a beautiful day x
— Ellen
“Thank you so much for your contribution to the successful Lexus Launch Dinner on Thursday. Both staff and guests really enjoyed your performance. I am sorry we ran over time slightly and thank you for being so willing to help out in spite of the fact that you had already played a long set, little things like that help events run smoothly and I wanted you to know it didn’t go unnoticed.”
— Thornton Manor
“We greatly appreciated your performance at our Wedding Celebration. Playing on while a labrador was licking your arm showed great professionalism. And so many guests have praised your performance!”
— Michael and Elizabeth

Teaching

As a mature/late starter/failed self taught beginner, I had accumulated many bad habits when I began lessons with Rhian.  With her empathetic approach to teaching, her endless patience and encouragement, those bad habits are disappearing, finally.  She has taught me how to Slow Down, Breathe, Relax, Enjoy the music.  With her innovative teaching methods, great communication skills and passion for music created with the harp I am truly enjoying being made to work hard and have fun at the same time.

— Libby
“Thank you for your patience in making my harp experience so pleasurable.”
— Wendy
“Thank you very much for being such a wonderful harp teacher and for being so helpful.”
— Ruth

Orchestral

“The all important harp, keyboard and percussion writing sounds superb”
— The Arts Desk (Britten - Turn of the Screw)