Corporate Dinner - University of Warwick
On Tuesday evening, the quartet were engaged to play for a conference dinner at Scarman House which is part of the University of Warwick. The first hour of the evening involved playing on a raised area whilst the delegates enjoyed pre-dinner conversation and drinks. The selection of music we played was varied with many different [...]
By special arrangement….
We are frequently approached by prospective brides and grooms to arrange a song or track especially for their wedding day. As this process can take several hours a small fee is attached to it, but as a lot of effort will go into making this unique arrangement sound stunning it’s important that it is heard [...]
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 the Sculpture Gallery, Woburn
Last Friday we were delighted to return once again to a local venue - the stunning Sculpture Gallery which is part of Woburn Abbey. It is a bold and impressive place, steeped in history and perfect for string quartets in the fact that the gallery has a central area which is perfect for music as [...]
Wedding at Hedsor House
Hedsor house is an impressive Tudor building near Taplow in South Buckinghamshire and on Saturday the string quartet were booked to play for a wedding there. The venue has a stunning central hall with a circular gallery which is ideal for a string quartet to project music from. Before the wedding, we played a selection [...]
Three Ships, Harvest Time and Droplets
With the first of our Christmas String Quartet Concerts fast approaching, we wanted to devote some of yesterdays rehearsal time to playing through the first of the completed Christmas carol arrangements which we’ll be performing. The first concert will be on the 11th of December in St Giles Church, Cheddington and the second will see us [...]
Wedding at Waddesdon Manor
Last week we had another Friday wedding at a very local venue to us - Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire. At Waddesdon the weddings take place at ‘the Old Dairy’ which is a separate building to the Manor House itself. It cleverly utilises two buildings with a conservatory type area between the two which overlooks a lake [...]
Three, Four and Five….
Yesterday was another cold and rainy day, so a perfect opportunity to stay indoors exploring more lesser known pieces of chamber music for strings. Tony and Hannah (both cellists) were due to arrive at 4pm, so before lunch we got going with some pieces written for two violins and viola. As the range of instruments [...]
Wedding at the Tithe Barn
On Saturday we played for a wedding at the Tithe Barn in Ditcham, near Petersfield down in Hampshire. The barn is terrifically spacious with easily enough room for 100 guests to dine and the underfloor heating was a real must for quite a cool October day. With an ambient acoustic, the quartet was able to [...]
Wedding at Dodmoor House
Last Thursday we returned once more to Dodmoor House - a wedding venue in Northamptonshire. We provided music for both the reception drinks and for the wedding breakfast until it was time for the speeches. Once again the couple had offered for a string duo, with the popular combination of violin with viola - these [...]
