I have an overtime rate which kicks in if the ceremony is late….I always leave at least a 15 minute cushion for the ceremony time (including prelude and postlude) and if the ceremony goes over that my overtime rate goes into effect.

Interesting how many people enjoy working with transcriptions mainly…

Harp and Violin… well… the works I studied (mainly original for the duo)

Eh… and Spohr has something like four sonatas I think not just the Cminor…

If you don’t mind transcriptions (I hate them) there’s also The Swan by Saint-Seans (very easy) and works like Devil’s Trill by Tartini (which gets the devil out the violinist for sure, quite very advanced for the violin, for the harp, maybe just the 2nd movment that might create some trouble with speeds, but I studied it when was considered an intermediate, and handled it quite well after some studying.)

From any major musicstore, especially the ones specilising in Violin Music.

David:

The best revenge is, of course, revenge, and it’s so very nice when Mother Nature exacts it for us.

I don’t play weddings, but I have heard many stories like this from harpists who do. It seems to me that the most important thing you can put in the contract is the time period that the bride is paying for, like 2PM to 4PM. That’s the window that you have reserved for them. They can do anything they want during that window, but when 4PM arrives, you’re out of there. The problem with not stating in the contract a specific end time(like 4PM) is that the bride thinks that she has got you for an hour and a half or two hours, and that the clock starts running when you start playing. WRONG! The clock starts when the start time arrives(2PM) and if she decides at the last minute to delay your services for an hour or more, then she simply gets less playing time, OR, has to pay overtime, starting at the stated end time.