Harpist Catherine Way ~ HarpStrings Inc

Catherine was extremely proffesional and worked with me to find the best songs for my ceremony and cocktail hour. It almost rained and she took the chance going outside anyway to play for the ceremony and it turned out beautifully!! Everyone loved that she played unique songs, and I loved that she helped me figure out which song would work best. HIGHLY recommended!!!!!!!!

Catherine Way is a professional harpist whose gorgeous music graced our daughter's wedding and entertained our guests during cocktail hour. She is a lovely person who treated us like our wedding was the most important event in the world. We worked closely together to select the music, and the overall effect was positively magnificent. She answers e-mails / phone calls in a timely manner, and really tries to please.
Without a doubt, I would use this vendor again!!

When I found Catherine I knew she was just what I was looking for, and I crossed my fingers she was available! I decided to book Catherine for our ceremony and our cocktail (hour and a half) hour. It was the best decision! Her music is just beautiful and you can't help but feel the romance that comes out of her music. I highly recommend booking Catherine, I know some of my friends will be booking her in the future. xoxoxo

Catherine, what a wonderful day which you made even more special with your beautiful ceremony music. From our first e-mail to the last detail, you made my daughter's last minute wedding, a joy. We can't thank you enough for your wonderful service and beautiful music. We highly recommend Catherine !

Catherine played for my sisters wedding in October 2010, So I naturally chose her to play for my wedding in Sept 2012. She is a wonderful musician! her music is absolutely beautiful for any special event. She is very easy to work with and will help you decide on the perfect music for your wedding. Thank you so much Catherine for making my day very special!

Catherine was unbelievable from the first phone call. She made everything so easy from the start. I would use her again and again. No disappointments. My guess were all amazed of her quaility of work and that I didnt know her because see felt like family. She is truly an amazing harpist and she deserves more then 5 start rating. I cant thank her enough for her talent and for allowing us to have her play at our wedding.

She did a phenomenal job . The music was beautiful and the harp added an elegant touch to the ceremony. She was very reasonably priced and very professional!

With so much focus on the dress, the food and the flowers, so many brides overlook the magic a harp can bring to the wedding day. Catherine Way was so very helpful by providing samples of her work, a song list and even song recommendations for the ceremony. We HIGHLY recommend Catherine for your special day, especially if you have a video made to capture the beauty of the day. You will watch the video and relive your special day with the elegance of the harp music. Thank you Catherine!

She was excellent. If you want that extra touch to your wedding hire her.

Catherine was wonderful. Knew exactly where to be to the extent that we did not even realise she was there until we heard her lovely sounds. Would not hesitate in recommending Catherine to anybody.

Catherine was such a joy to work with. When I was stressing out and nervous about making the right choice in musician she was an immediate blessing. She was willing to work with me on a lot of different things. I wasn't your traditional bride. I was a Disney bride who had Disney music for the entire ceremony, and then switched to country and Twilight themed music for the cake/champagne reception. It was so beautiful the whole way through, and just hearing how she transitioned them together was amazing. She was easy to contact, had fast response times, and has even been a joy to talk to after the ceremony. Everyone was impressed with her music. I still cry to this day tears of joy when I hear certain songs and remember the beautiful way they sounded in the gazebo. She really is a great musician to work with.

Catherine Way was the harpist that played at my daughter's wedding at Shades of Green at Walt Disney World in April. She was very easy to work with throughout the entire process. We wanted a beautiful and classic wedding and that is exactly what we got. The minute she began playing, the wedding became magical! She played for the wedding and the cocktail hour that followed. We had many compliments about the music and I would hire her again in a heart beat. I highly recommend her.

Catherine was the best harpist!!! I am so happy she was able to play during my ceremony. She offered great music advice, was friendly and professional, unlike some other artists I dealt with before. She sent me a CD with her list of songs but was open to my ideas as well.
Her prices are great and she is...

When I look back at my wedding day at Paradise Cove the only thing that was a negative factor was my harpist. Her timely response and communication before the wedding was wonderful and then when it came to my wedding day it was a entirely different story! It started to rain before my outdoor wedding and the diva came out in Catherine Way. She wasn't willing to set her harp up because of the rain (understandable) the wedding coordinator offered to set up a easy up for her, she declined. Someone else offered to hold an umbrella up for her and that wasn't good enough either. Her uncompromising made the wedding start late and it had stopped raining and she still wouldn't set up in her originally spot under any sort of umbrella or easy up!. She was suppose to play arrival music, she didn't, and ceremony. She flew out of there so fast once the ceremony was over. She ending up planning in a storage shed not even close to the ceremony and the harp was very hard to hear. A special moment for my future groom and mother wasn't even heard because she was so far away from the ceremony. Sad I wasted my money.

Catherine played for our ceremony and cocktail hour.

First, my husband and I think that Catherine was very professional. She was very responsive and promptly responded to our very many questions. Also very nice and personable. The pieces she played at the wedding were wonderful and a lot of our guests loved her.

I don't know why an anonymous poster from 9/19/11 has to rail against a professional in a forum such as this. Without being flippant: OXIDATION. I bet you anything that getting a harp wet would destroy it. I completely understand Catherine not wanting to set up in the rain, after rain, in the middle of rain, whatever. In Florida we all know how stopped rain starts again with BANDS of rain. BACKGROUND: Ours was to be a smaller, family friendly sit down wedding. We wanted it to be what we termed as "classy" with live music playing a dominant role from the start of the ceremony through the dinner time. It would be very low key; the DJ wouldn't begin until later, transitioning in with Sinatra and the like. We structured a plan over time by email and phone to have Catherine perform solo from guest arrival until the reception start. At the time of bridal party announcement, Catherine would lead an ensemble including cellist and violin and play through the dinner. Working with Catherine was very easy from start to finish. Our music selection was mostly from her extensive suggestions list, but we also searched the web and asked her to perform one piece that I actively took a role in locating piano sheet music for! REVIEW: I'll "start" the review by writing that the day of the wedding was PERFECT in every way. Our guests loved the ambiance of the harp music, and even chuckled as the groomsmen were being photographed to the playing of the Godfather Theme (on harp!) It didn't go unnoticed by guests that Catherine was playing a set list of popular pieces that we loved. The arrangement of the music by Catherine were beautifully conceived and played. Catherine isn't just reading off someone's sheet music. She is a professional muscician, composer. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend Catherine Way for any function. She was a huge contributor to our realized wedding vision. Thank you...

Catherine Way played beautiful music at my wedding, she is amazing!!! Thank you for being so helpful in music selection and everything else!!

Catherine Way was a major part of my wedding and I loved her at first sight! I heard her first play in winter park at a bridal show & she was amazing! I knew I had to have her & our wedding wouldn't have been the same without her! She is wonderful & so accommodating & helpful! I would recommend her to everyone!!