Venues who only recommend agencies….
A couple of weeks ago (as a New Year’s resolution!), we started getting in touch with all the wedding venues most local to us where we play regularly (in many cases for several weddings or functions every year.) Often on a wedding venue website or kept in a folder at the venue, there is a [...]
Picnic Concert in Cheddington
Last Sunday the string quartet played what was the most local date of the year, being a three minute walk down the road in the village of Cheddington in Buckinghamshire. The event was a charity concert/picnic in a beautiful location with a stunning garden (which members of the audience enjoyed before and during the concert). There [...]
String Quartet for a Wedding at Notley Tythe Barn near Aylesbury
This week our string quartet returned once again to play at Notley Tythe Barn which is a wedding venue very near to us in Buckinghamshire. The wedding took place on a Monday which although previously a rarity is rapidly becoming a more popular day of the week to get married. We provided music as guests [...]
Wedding at Notley Abbey, near Aylesbury
Last week we returned to a regular venue that we always look forward to playing at – Notley Abbey, set in the countryside on the border with Oxfordshire. As we are a Buckinghamshire string quartet, this venue is only about a half hour drive away from us, it is both easy to access and a [...]
Returning to Waddesdon Old Dairy
On Saturday, we returned yet again to the Old Dairy at Waddesdon in Buckinghamshire. As we are a Buckinghamshire string quartet, this is probably one of our most local venues, just a few miles from home, we always enjoy playing there. The quartet were set up in a bay window area that acted as the [...]
Wedding at The Dairy, Waddesdon
On Saturday we returned for the second time in a week to the Dairy at Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire. Again, this was a booking for the wedding string quartet and we played excerpts from Vivaldi’s Spring and Summer from the four seasons in front of attentive guests before the bride entered. One special aspect of the [...]
