Harppy Hour™
Harppy Hour™ is a reimagined live music experience at the time when you need it the most (just like Happy Hour!). Join me on Zoom with a drink or dinner and enjoy about 45 minutes of music sure to lift your spirits! I’ll be playing a variety of genres including jazz, pop, and some classics.
The next Harppy Hour™will be:
Thursday, July 15th
Harppy Hour™: Summer Evening at a Paris Cafe
7:00 pm CsT/8:00 pm EsT/5:00 pm PsT
How to Join:
Purchase your virtual ticket by sending a small donation (suggested $5) via Venmo @harpangel or Zelle/QuickPay at (262) 391-0471/ laurenhayesharp@gmail.com. If you have an issue using one of these, contact me and we will work something out!
When Venmo or Zelle gives you to the option to “Add a note”, write your email address in the memo along with “Harppy Hour Paris”
Your virtual ticket will be a Zoom invitation to your email to join the Harppy Hour™!
Snap a photo of the event and share on Instagram or Facebook using the hashtag #HarpangelHarppyHour for a change to win a free ticket to the next one!
Please notify me via email if you do not receive your ticket within 24 hours. There is a 100 person limit on Zoom, so please consider booking your ticket at your earliest convenience. You can easily download Zoom here on a computer, phone or tablet. During the Harpy Hour, I will mute the audience’s microphones, but if you have questions for me, you’re welcome to use the chat feature and I’ll answer as able! The camera option is yours! It’s always fun to see who else is there, but certainly not necessary!
Harppy Hour™ #1—June 25th— Program:
Margaritaville—Jimmy Buffet
Thinking Out Loud—Ed Sheeran
Summertime—Gershwin
Eight Days a Week—The Beatles
Hotline Bling—Drake
Love is Here to Stay—Gershwin
Stay—Rihanna
Tennessee Whiskey—Chris Stapleton
When You Wish Upon a Star—Disney’s Pinocchio
City of Stars—La La Land
Daydream Believer—The Monkeys
Bidin’ My Time—Gershwin
Rise Up—Andra Day
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)—James Taylor
Harppy Hour™ #2—July 2nd— Program:
It’s Five O’clock Somewhere—Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffet
Memories—Maroon 5/Canon in D—Pachelbel
Feather Theme—Forrest Gump
Take On Me- a-ha
‘S Wonderful—Gershwin
Sunrise, Sunset—Fiddler on the Roof
Stay With Me—Sam Smith
Lullaby of Birdland—George Shearing
Here Comes the Sun—The Beatles
Seniorita—Camila Cabella & Shawn Mendes
How Far I’ll Go—Moana
Happy Together—The Turtles
Under the Boardwalk—The Drifters
Harppy Hour™ #3—July 9th— Program:
Escape (The Pina Colada Song)—Rupert Holmes
Blinding Lights—The Weeknd
Prelude in C—Bach
I Want to Hold Your Hand—The Beatles
The Nightingale—Deborah Henson-Conant
7 Years—Lucas Graham
But Not For Me—Gershwin
Your Man—Josh Turner
Perfect—Ed Sheeran
Adore You—Harry Styles
Misty—Errol Garner
Havana—Camila Cabello
The Parting Glass/Matt Malloy’s Reel—Traditional Irish
Harppy Hour™ #4—July 16th— Program:
Kokomo—The Beach Boys
Landslide—Fleetwood Mac
Phantom of the Opera Medley—Andrew Lloyd Webber
Intentions—Justin Bieber
Ocean—Lady A
I’ve Got a Crush on You—Gershwin
You Can’t Hurry Love—The Supremes
Moon River—Henry Mancini
Toes—Zac Brown Band
What the World Needs Now—Burt Bacharach
Watermelon Sugar—Harry Styles
Harppy Hour™ #5—July 23rd— Program:
New Blues—Deborah Henson-Conant
Falling Slowly—from “Once”; Glen Hansard and marketa Irglova
Fever—Peggy Lee
Someone to Watch Over Me—Gershwin
Eleanor Rigby—The Beatles
Timber—Ke$ha
All the Things You Are—Jerome Kern
Someone You Loved—Lewis Capaldi
The Girl From Ipanema—Antonio Jobim
Sunshine on My Shoulders—John Denver
Let There Be Peace on Earth—Sy Miller/Jill Jackson
I Feel It Coming—The Weeknd
I’m Yours—Jason Mraz
Harppy Hour™ #6—July 30th— Program:
Wouldn’t It Be Nice—The Beach Boys
Lovebug—The Jonas Brothers
My Favourte Things—The Sound of Music
New Year’s Day—Taylor Swift
Do You Believe in Magic—The Lovin’ Spoonful
Telephone—Lady Gaga
Embraceable You—Gershwin
The Bones—Maren Morris
Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head—Burt Bacharach
Bruises—Lewis Capaldi
Sugar—Maroon 5
Oye Como Va—Tito Puente
Harppy Hour™ #7—August 6th— Program:
Everybody’s Got Somebody But Me—Hunter Hayes
A Whole New World-Aladdin
Perfect Day—Lou Reed
Do Do Do—Gershwin
Smooth—Santana
She Will Be Loved—Maroon 5
Love Theme from Romeo and Juliette—Nino Rota/Mancini
Valerie—The Zutons
Crazy—Willy Nelson
Summer Breeze—Seals and Crofts
100 Years—Five for Fighting
Guantanamera—Jose Fernandez Diaz
Harppy Hour™ #8—August 13th— Program:
Brown Eyed Girl—Van Morrison
A Thousand Years—Christina Perri
Dancing in the Moonlight—King Harvest
Sweet But Psycho—Ava Max
The First Cut is the Deepest—Cat Stevens
I Got Rhythm—Gershwin
Thinkin’ Bout You—Frank Ocean
Waiting on the World to Change—John Mayer
If I Were a Bell—Guys and Dolls/Frank Loesser
Go Your Own Way—Fleetwood Mac
Summertime Sadness-Lana Del Rey
Walking on Sunshine—Katrina and the Waves
Harppy Hour™ #9—August 20th— Program:
Knee Deep—Zac Brown Band/Jimmy Buffet
River Flows In You—Yiruma
You Make My Dreams—Hall and Oates
If the World Was Ending—JP Saxe/Julia Michaels
Savage Love—Jason Derulo/Jawesh 685
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off—Gershwin
White Horse—Taylor Swift
Sweet Home Chicago—The Blues Brothers
Themes from Scheherazade—Rimsky-Korsakov
So Sick—Ne-Yo
All Summer Long—Kid Rock
Harppy Hour™ #10—August 27th— Program:
It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere—Alan Jackson
Thinking Out Loud—Ed Sheeran
Feather Theme—Forrest Gump
But Not For Me—Gershwin
Wouldn’t It Be Nice—The Beach Boys
What the World Needs Now—Burt Bacharach
Eight Days a Week—The Beatles
I Feel It Coming—The Weeknd
I’ve Got a Crush on You—Gershwin
Escape—Rupert Holmes
Sunshine on My Shoulders—John Denver
Blinding Lights—The Weeknd
Rise Up—Andra Day
Havana—Camila Cabello
Harppy Hour™ #11—September 3rd— Program:
One Margarita—Luke Bryan
Be True to Your School—The Beach Boys
How To Save a Life—The Fray
The Way I Am—Ingrid Michaelson
When You Say Nothing At All—Alison Krauss
This Love—Maroon 5
Lady Be Good—Gershwin
Three Little Birds—Bob Marley
Humming Chorus from Madame Butterfly—Puccini
Pumped Up Kicks—Foster the People
In My Life—The Beatles
September—Earth Wind and Fire
Watermelon Sugar—Harry Styles
Harppy Hour™ #12—September 10th— Program:
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore—Duke Ellington
Someone in the Crowd—LaLa Land
O Mio Babbino Caro—Puccini
I Think We’re Alone Now—Tiffany
Hallelujah—Leonard Cohen
I Knew You Were Trouble—Taylor Swift
Stay With Me—Sam Smith
10,000 Hours—Dan and Shay
Somewhere Only We Know—Lily Allen
Moondance—Van Morrison
ily—Surf Mesa
December 1963—Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
Harppy Hour #13™–September 17th—Program:
Banana Boat Song—Trad. Jamaican/Harry Belafonte
Let Her Go—Passenger
Never Gonna Give You Up—Rick Ashley
I Don’t Want to Be—Gavin Degraw
Clap ‘Yo Hands—Gershwin
Say My Name—Destiny’s Child
The Sound of Silence—Simon and Garfunkel
Don’t You Forget About Me—Simple Minds
The Cave—Mumford and Sons
Bless the Broken Road—Rascal Flatts
Don’t Stop Believin’—Journey
Harppy Hour #14™–September 24th—Program:
Lean on Me—Bill Withers
See You Again—Charlie Puth/Wiz Khalifa
Around the World—Victor Young/Harold Adamson
Shallow—Lady Gag & Bradley Cooper
‘Swonderful—Gershwin
Wake Me Up When September Ends—Green Day
idgaf—Dua Lipa
Ocean Eyes—Billy Eilish
Despacito—Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee
September Song/Autumn Leaves—Kurt Weill
Boogie Wonderland—Earth, Wind & Fire
Harppy Hour #15™–October 1st—Program:
Rolling in the Deep—Adele
Imagine—John Lennon
Still Dre—Dr. Dre
Have You Ever Seen the Rain—Credence Clearwater Revival
One Summers Day (Spirited Away)—Joe Hisaishi
Locked Out of Heaven—Bruno Mars
My Favourite Things—Richard Rodgers
7 Summers-Morgan Wallen
Africa—Toto
Let’s Fall in Love—Finneas
Faded—Alan Walker
I’m Yours—Jason Mraz
Lauren E. Hayes, Harpist
Harpist Lauren Hayes distinguishes herself in the areas of contemporary music, ensemble performance, and harp instruction. She performs frequently as an extra musician with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, substitute Principal Harpist with the Omaha Symphony, substitute harpist with the Minnesota Orchestra, and as a substitute harpist in the Chicago Harp Quartet in their 2020 series. She serves as the Principal Harpist for the Chicago Composers Orchestra, presenting 4-6 premiere concerts per season and was an Associate Harpist for the Civic Orchestra of Chicago for their 2020-2022 seasons. Most recently, Lauren appeared as a guest harpist the Burnt Sugar Arkestra at Carnegie Hall in 2022 and appeared with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (Swedish National Orchestra). Lauren is an Artist in Residence at the Caroga Lake Music Festival (NY) in the summers since 2019 and appeared as an Artist at the Lakes Area Music Festival in 2020. Lauren was a Harp Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center for the summer of 2018 performing under conductors including Andres Nelsons, Thomas Ades, and Stefan Asbury. Lauren received her Master of Arts in Harp with Distinction from the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in 2016, under the tutelage of Karen Vaughan and Skaila Kanga. While at RAM, she also pursued an emphasis in Music Business as well as studying for the LRAM teaching certificate. Upon completion of her Masters, she accepted a position as a Teaching Artist with the Urban Youth Harp Ensemble in Atlanta, GA where she worked with more than 80 harp students. In 2017, she began her studies at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University pursuing a Professional Diploma in orchestral studies in harp with professor Lynn Williams. Additionally, Lauren serves as a Teacher for the Chicago Harp Ensemble, a harp and piano instructor at the American Music Institute and House Call Music, maintains a private harp studio, and served as a teacher in the Harp Column Academy’s 2017 Summer Camp.
As an active chamber musician, Hayes is a core member of the contemporary chamber ensemble Chamber Cartel in Atlanta, GA, has been featured on the St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Chamber Music Series in Wisconsin, the St. Phillips in the Hills Chamber Music Series in Tucson, AZ, and organized a chamber recital at the Janesville Performing Art’s Center entitled From London to Janesville, which was featured on Wisconsin Public Radio. Hayes has given several USA premieres of contemporary works by Dominic Murcott, Aaron Jay Myers, Anthony Donofrio, and JP Merz. Most recently Ms. Hayes was featured on rapper Noname’s album, “Room 25”, recorded the music for “Brawl in Cell Block 99”, premiering at the Venice Film Festival in 2017 and recorded “Young Bloods” for the RADA Festival in London. Additionally, she was featured in the premiere of Bruce Broughton’s harp quartet, Dancing for Love, Dancing for the Gods.
Following her 2012 Carnegie Hall solo debut, Ms. Hayes was awarded third prize in the 2013 American Harp Society National Competition. In 2015 she was named as a finalist in the London Philharmonic’s “Foyle Future Firsts” Fellowship Program for up and coming orchestral musicians. Prior to commencing her studies at RAM, she was selected to participate in the festival MusicAlp in Tignes, France for two summers. As a 2012 winner of the University of Arizona President’s Competition, Ms. Hayes appeared as soloist with the Arizona Symphony. Also in 2012, Ms. Hayes was selected to be a participant at the International Harp Master’s Academy in Bern, Switzerland. During 2011, she was selected as a finalist in the Coeur d’Alene Symphony Young Artists Competition.
Originally from Whitewater, Wisconsin, Ms. Hayes has won various performance awards and received recognition at the state and national level for her solo composition for harp and electronics, entitled Impressions of Glacier. Ms. Hayes has served as the Principal Harpist of the Athens Symphony Orchestra (GA), a substitute Principal Harpist with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra (NC), Augusta Symphony Orchestra (GA), and the Macon Symphony Orchestra (GA). She has performed with London’s Orion Symphony Orchestra, the Aldwych Sinfonia, the Saffron Walden Symphony, the Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble, the Arizona Symphony, and the Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra. Hayes was also a member of the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Hayes has been an active member of the American Harp Society, the World Harp Congress, and Sigma Alpha Iota. She serves as a group leader and volunteer with the non-profit, Sharing Notes, that specializes in bringing live music into Chicago-area hospitals and cancer treatment centers. She holds a bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, in harp performance from the University of Arizona where she studied with Dr. Carrol McLaughlin.
