Archive for July, 2009
Booking a string quartet for just the wedding ceremony.
On the whole, quite a large proportion of string quartets have a ‘minimum booking period’ of at least 2 or 3 hours, particularly for peak Saturdays over the summer months. This is simply because in the busiest and best string quartets, all four musicians will not only be in demand for the quartet itself, but [...]
Wedding timings, sunshine, rain and high winds!
Despite the best laid plans for the day itself, if you’ve booked a string quartet for your wedding reception with your guests coming straight from the church or registry office, do allow a generous amount of time for the move between venues. Although you might have envisaged that 5 minute drive taking everyone no more [...]
Hiring a string quartet - Duo’s and making the most of your group
Many people have their heart set on walking up the aisle to the sound of a full string quartet, but in reality, the price of a string quartet can mean couples end up compromising on the quality of the group they book to keep within budget. Unless you’ve got a large gathering planned, there are [...]
Hiring a string quartet? Getting value for money
The next few blog entries are going to be a series of articles about various ways of keeping costs within budget and also gaining the maximum impact from hiring a professional string quartet for a wedding.
Overall, if clients are looking for quality, the cost of a string quartet can be a significant chunk of a wedding [...]
Wedding at Wivenhoe House
On Saturday we had quite a long drive to go and play at Wivenhoe House Hotel near Colchester in Essex. The hotel itself is an 18th century building which is within the grounds of Essex University, and it used to be the headquarters of the SAS!
Despite the patch of variable weather we’ve had over the last [...]
Wedding at the Swiss Gardens
On Friday we returned once more to the Swiss Gardens at Old Warden in Bedfordshire to play for a wedding. Whereas our concert in June was for a full string quartet, this time we played as a string duo. In many ways, the little rustic cottage on the hill where the weddings take place is [...]
Engagement Party Music
Although most people would think of hiring a string quartet for their wedding itself, on Sunday evening the quartet were asked to provide music for an engagement party in a London hotel. The couple who were getting engaged had invited about 200 guests and hired us to provide music throughout dinner with a bespoke playlist of music [...]
Weddings at Heythrop Park
On Saturday, we were pleased to return once again to perform for another wedding at Heythrop Park. This wedding venue is set amongst miles of beautiful countryside with unspoiled view of the Oxfordshire countryside to the front and back of the building.
We were hired to play for the drinks reception and wedding breakfast. As it was a fine [...]
Music to walk up the aisle….
One of the main services we provide for weddings and civil partnerships is playing music for the ‘processional’ (walking up the aisle). Very often, couples have a firm idea of what they’d like playing, even before they book a string quartet or duo and there are certainly some popular pieces which can make a wedding seem [...]
Which classical pieces to choose for a wedding ceremony?
Very often clients book us for weddings and functions with a clear idea of what they’d like playing. Many people enjoy spending hours looking through the repertoire choices on our playlist page and constructing lists of favourite pieces, including the order in which they’d like them played on the day. There are other couples who give [...]
