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, [...]
Concert at St Giles Church - Preparation!
Although the quartet are very accustomed to travelling long distances to play, this week, it’s particularly nice to be playing a concert about a five minute walk from my house. We’re going to be performing a concert tomorrow evening in St Giles Church in our home village of Cheddington - and have been working hard [...]
Food poisoning, stuck in the Himalayas and professional responsibility
One of the most common questions we’re asked by potential clients is ‘what happens if one of our musicians is ill on the day of the wedding?’ All our players are in demand and generally get booked up by orchestras in advance, so how do we go about finding another musician of equal quality and [...]
