Erin Hill is a New York City harpist, singer, and actress.Her musical performances have ranged from pop, psychedelic, and science fiction to kids music, opera, and Celtic. Hill's 2009 album with her Celtic group hit #1 on the Billboard World Music Chart. She has performed with Enya, Kanye West, a-ha, Sinead O'Connor, and Jewel, among others. Hill is known for her pop arrangements on solo harp, playing and singing everything from Bowie, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder and Neil Young to Prince, The Police, Avril Lavigne and Lady Gaga.As an actress, she has appeared on Broadway, film, and television, most notably as the Pretty White Girl on Chappelle's Show. She is an actor, composer and screenwriter in the film Clear Blue Tuesday, about which the New York Times said: "Erin Hill, as a giddy, harp-playing Trekker, stands out… The best and funniest scene in the film is Ms. Hill's". USA Today premiered her sci-fi music video "Lookout, Science" in 2012. Hill's "Lookout, Science" and "Giant Mushrooms" music videos were featured in the Dragon Con Independent Film Festival 2012.Hill won a 2013 Independent Music Award for her song "Stun," from the Erin Hill & her Psychedelic Harp album Girl Inventor. She did Original Music and Sound Design for the 2013 Drama Desk Award-nominated That Play: a Solo Macbeth. She was featured in an HBO Game of Thrones 2013 promo, playing the Game of Thrones theme on her harp. Hill is also the voice and harp behind Tafne, a central character in the Android video game The Legacy of Barubash. Newsday has called her "the dangerously enjoyable Erin Hill."
Erin Hill played the harp with the Norwegian band Savoy on stage in May in Oslo and London 2008. Savoy is the band of legendary Norwegian band A-ha's guitar player Pal Waaktaar Savoy. The concert included performances by Savoy and solo performances from the other members of a-ha, Morten Harket and Magne Furuholmen. Hill played A-ha songs on her harp, in between the various solo performances.
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Plays solo rock 'n' roll harp at the NYC Ritz-Carlton, doing everything from Bowie, Clapton, The Beatles, & Neil Young to Avril Lavigne, Abba, Madonna, & The Dixie Chicks.
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Has a sci-fi pop harp band, Erin Hill & her Psychedelic Harp, and writes Twilight-Zone inspired songs and music videos, such as the song/video "Giant Mushrooms".
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Plays the harp with The Fab Faux, a Beatles band led by Will Lee (of the "Late Show with David Letterman") and Jimmy Vivino (of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien").
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Appeared as a contestant on the daytime version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" with Meredith Vieira over two days, making it to the $125,000 question.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Million Dollar Listing NY
2015
TV Series
Harpist
Jerome's Bouquet
2013
Short
Good Samaritan #1
Our Footloose Remake
2011
Ariel Moore
Everything
2009
TV Series short
Singer
Red Hook
2009
Westie Girl
Clear Blue Tuesday
2009
Etta Cummins
Both Sides
2009
TV Short
Ali
Water and Power
2009
TV Series short
Dan's Mother / Erin
Sunny Side Up
2008
TV Series
Erin the Red
Groove Fighters
2008
TV Series short
Debb U. Taunt
American Masters
2007
TV Series documentary
Rose of Sharon
Tenacious D: Time Fixers
2006
Short
1850's Extra
Fire Guys
2006
TV Series short
Little Debbie Snatch Cake
Biolevel: Terror
2005
TV Short
Katie
Chappelle's Show
2003
TV Series
Pretty White Girl Singer
Loser
2000
Dancer / Lulu (uncredited)
Cradle Will Rock
1999
Maxine Elliot's - Sandra Mescal
24 Frames Per Second
1993
Short
Susan Tiptree
Another World
1992
TV Series
Annie Blake
A Day in the Wife
2013
Short completed
Jenna
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
That's What She Told Me
2011
Short performer: "The Jubilation", "Silver Feet" / writer: "No Other You"
$16 Million
