Wedding in Daventry United Reform Church
Last Friday we played for a wedding that took place in the United Reform Church in Daventry. This venue is tucked away in the centre of the town and is a charming 18th century chapel. The guests all arrived and took their seats very early so the string duo (consisting of a violin and viola) kept [...]
Wedding at Prested Hall, Essex
On Thursday, Adrian and I performed as a string duo for a wedding held at Prested Hall in Essex. This was the first time we’d played at this charming venue and it was a fine, warm day. Although Thursday isn’t the obvious choice of day for a wedding, it worked really well as an intimate gathering [...]
Cost of a String Quartet Playing for One Hour
Like many professional groups who earn their living from playing at weddings and functions, we do have a minimum booking period that we have to charge for, regardless of how long we are required to play - in our case this is two hours, or three hours on peak Saturdays over the summer months. In [...]
Wedding at Letchworth Hall Hotel, Hertfordshire
Last Sunday, Tony (cellist) and I performed as a string duo for a wedding held at Letchworth Hall Hotel, in Letchworth.
It was a big day as altogether we were required to play for over four hours, spread over almost six hours - so although we had plenty of breaks, it was quite a long working [...]
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 [...]
The cost of being the best string quartet? £295 + VAT
Today we received a gushing telephone call from a wedding magazine informing us that they were running a special feature about the ‘top twelve’ suppliers of classical music for weddings in the UK. After “careful consideration”, they wanted to recommend the Manor House String Quartet (yes us!) to represent the South East of England – [...]
Cost of a String Quartet - what it costs us
A quick half hour spent on the internet will turn up hundreds of different wedding string quartets, all charging a wide variety of prices - from just a few hundred pounds to over a thousand, superficially it appears for providing the same service. In the same way, calling around wedding venues will also reveal big differences [...]
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 [...]
A busy bank holiday weekend….and a day in the life of a string quartet
It’s been a busy bank holiday weekend for us with three weddings, one was a wedding at Loseley Park near Guildford, the second wedding was at the Elvetham in Hampshire and a third (much nearer to home), was a wedding at Stowe House in Buckinghamshire.
All three had unique requests and in the case of the first two, [...]
