Archive for June, 2010
Music for the Opening of a New Business
On Thursday night, a client had hired the string quartet for the opening of a new business premises in the centre of Guildford. The space we were designated to play in was an attractive area which was full of natural light due to the many glass panels, also giving us a generous acoustic. Our brief [...]
Wedding at Flitwick Manor
Last week, Nancy (viola) and I played for a wedding at Menzies Flitwick Manor in Bedfordshire. As this venue is quite intimate, a string quartet would have taken up too much space in the wedding ceremony room so we recommended a string duo which the couple were delighted with as it also helped them to [...]
Folk Session
Last Wednesday, I took my violin and went along to a folk music session at the back of the Red Lion Pub in Haddenham. I’ve been spending a lot of time in Haddenham recently distributing leaflets for our forthcoming string quartet concert on the 16th of July which will take place in St Mary’s Church [...]
Music for a surprise party…..
Last week, we were asked to perform music at a 50th birthday party, held in a back garden – and although the person with the birthday knew about the party, he wasn’t aware that his wife had booked our string duo to entertain all the guests. Keeping us a secret was quite hard work as [...]
Wedding at Crockwell Farm
Last week we had another glorious sunny Saturday afternoon and were fortunate enough to spend it playing for a wedding at the lovely location of Crockwell Farm in rural Northamptonshire. The wedding room is a delightful area and the string quartet fitted quite easily to the right hand side of the registrars desk, allowing the [...]
Duty, Concerts and a Pleasant Surprise
We had a nice comment yesterday. Speaking to someone who had attended our concert in Eaton Bray on Saturday the 5th of June, he made the observation that after talking to lots of members of the congregation since the concert, several people commented that they had turned up out of ‘duty’ to the string quartet [...]
Wedding at the Priory Barn, Little Wymondley
Last Saturday afternoon, we returned once again to another venue which is quite local to us – the Priory Barn in Little Wymondley, near Ware in Hertfordshire. As we had an evening concert to perform in Eaton Bray, all the material for the evening had been thoroughly rehearsed beforehand so that we were able to [...]
Travellers Tales at St Mary’s
On Saturday evening (after performing at a wedding in Hertfordshire during the afternoon), we gave our first concert in the 13th century Church of St Mary the Virgin, in Eaton Bray – Bedfordshire. The church had previously hosted a jazz event and has a choral concert planned for later in the year, but it was [...]
Wedding at Chartridge Conference Centre
Sunday was a beautiful June day and we returned to the Chartridge Conference Centre (just outside Chesham) as a string duo to perform at a wedding. The conference centre is set inside 25 acres of beautiful countryside and hosts many corporate hospitality events as well as conferences, birthday parties, anniversaries and weddings. The venue is [...]
Wedding at Fawsley Hall
On a beautiful sunny Friday in May, we arrived at Fawsley Hall about an hour before we were due to play as there were several items which were to be rehearsed with a wonderful singer called Gemma Turner. Gemma combined a real professionalism with approachability and was very easy to work with. As we couldn’t [...]
