Jessica Frost-Ballas, Wedding Ceremony Music, District Of Columbia - Washington DC, Maryland, Northern Virginia, and surrounding areas

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Jessica Frost-Ballas is the Shenandoah Valley’s most requested harpist for weddings and her extensive experience and diverse repertoire means that your ceremony music will be in the hands of a trusted professional. Your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life, and the elegant addition of the harp is the perfect complement to your special day. Jessica is available for wedding ceremonies, civil unions, commitment ceremonies, vow renewals, rehearsal dinners, cocktail hours, dinner music, and receptions.

Jessica offers two levels of lever and pedal harp packages for wedding ceremonies and an all-inclusive platinum wedding package. Reception music (rehearsal dinner, cocktails, dinner, farewell brunch, etc.) may be added to any package for an additional fee.

Package Options

Sapphire Lever

This budget-friendly package is intended to give couples with a limited budget the opportunity to include the harp in their wedding ceremony. All music will be selected by Jessica Frost-Ballas. This package includes:

15 minute prelude

Ceremony music including up to 2 processionals and 1 recessional

10 minute postlude

Set-up and tuning at your venue

2 consultations by phone or email

Choice of the Merlin R lever harp or Dusty Strings Ravenna lever harp

Diamond Lever

This package includes the options from the Sapphire Lever package but allows for basic customization of the ceremony music. As the lever harp is limited in some technical ways music may be selected from the following Lever Harp Repertoire List. This package includes:

15 minute prelude

Ceremony music including up to 2 processionals, 1 recessional, and 1 selection during the ceremony

10 minute postlude

Set-up and tuning at your venue

1 30 minute in-person consultation and 2 consultations by phone or email

Choice of the Merlin R lever harp or Dusty Strings Ravenna lever harp (amplification available)

Sapphire Pedal

This package includes the options from the Sapphire Lever package but allows for use of the larger pedal harps. This package also allows for the addition of other musicians (flute, violin, harp, clarinet, bagpipe, and other instrumentalists are available). All music will be selected by Jessica Frost-Ballas. This package includes:

15 minutes of prelude music

Ceremony music including up to 2 processionals and 1 recessional

10 minutes of postlude music

Set-up and tuning at your venue

2 consultations by phone or email

Choice of the two lever harps above or the Lyon and Healy 23 pedal harp

Option to add other instruments or vocalists ($200-300 per musician)

Diamond Pedal

The package is intended for the couple who would like the most freedom of choice in regards to instruments and music. It is also the most popular package available. This package includes all the options of the Diamond Lever package but allows for use of the larger pedal harps and therefore a larger repertoire list. This package also allows for the addition of other musicians (flute, violin, harp, clarinet, bagpipe, and other instrumentalists are available). This package also allows for music selections not found on the Repertoire List and more performance time. This package includes:

15-30 minute prelude

Ceremony music including up to 3 processionals, 1 recessional, and 2 selections during the ceremony

10-15 minute postlude

Set-up and tuning at your venue

1 30 minute in-person consultation and 2 consultations by phone or email

Choice of the two lever harps above or the Lyon and Healy 23 pedal harp

Customized music (up to three selections not on the Repertoire List)

Option to add other instrumentalists or vocalists ($200-300 per musician)

Platinum

This all-inclusive wedding day package is intended for the couple who would to utilize the magic of the harp throughout their wedding. The music for this package is fully customizable. The package includes all the options from the Diamond Pedal package but provides unlimited consultations, unlimited ceremony music, additional ceremony performance time, and additional music for the reception. Reception music can include the cocktail hour, dinner, or reception. Additional discounts are provided for other wedding-related events. This package includes:

30 minute prelude

Unlimited music during the ceremony

15 minute postlude

Set-up and tuning at your venue

Unlimited consultations in-person or by email or phone

Choice of the two lever harps above or the Lyon and Healy 23 pedal harp

Customized music (up to five selections not on the Repertoire List)

Option to add other instrumentalists or vocalists ($200-300 per musician)

120 minutes of additional music at the same venue as the ceremony (additional fee for change in venue)

20% discount for other wedding-related bookings (engagements party, bridal shower, bridesmaids luncheon, rehearsal dinner, or farewell brunch)

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Katrina
Wedding: 11/13/2010
5 Reviews

5.0 out of 5.0	Quality of Service:	(5.0/5.0)
	Responsiveness:	(5.0/5.0)
	Professionalism:	(5.0/5.0)
	Value:	(5.0/5.0)
	Flexibility:	(5.0/5.0)

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**Jessica was an amazing musician and very professional to work with. She had a very large repertoire of music to chose from and multiple suggestions for the ceremony. Jessica offered suggestions about music selections and timing. She flawlessly transitioned between pieces and played until we were ready to transition to dinner, it was so seemless I didn't notice that she played a couple of our specially requested songs multiple times so that my husband could hear them all the way through. Jessica took Metallica selections and made them sound amazing on the harp.
-Katrina

**Jessica Frost is my oldest friend, and I was very pleased that she was able to come and play at my wedding. Given the fact that I was resonsible for very little in the planning of my wedding, all I can say is that she worked closely with my wife in planning the perfect music to correspond with our ceremony, bringing to the table her vast knowledge of and experience in such things. She was even able to take a few of my own special requests. The entire evening was made so much more special by her remarkable musical talent, and her mere presence.

Jessica, thank you so very much for being a part of a most special day.
-Matt

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