Wedding at Weston Manor, Oxfordshire
On Friday, Emma (viola) and I performed as a string duo for a couple who had flown over from Australia to get married at Weston Manor in Oxfordshire. The wedding ceremony itself took place in a part of the garden which was enclosed by high hedges. As it was an overcast day, we were able [...]
Wedding at Hinwick House
Last Saturday, the quartet were delighted to be invited to play for a wedding at Hinwick House in Northamptonshire. It was an event we were particularly looking forward to as we already knew the bride Nina who (in her role as an events co-ordinator) had heard us play several times at other weddings and functions.
Our [...]
Wedding in Gloucestershire
On Saturday, the quartet were booked to perform at a wedding in rural Gloucestershire. The event took place in a barn with the quartet setting up at the back to provide music as the guests arrived for the ceremony. We co-ordinated the timing of the music with the registrar so that we began as the [...]
Wedding at the Swan in Streatley on Thames
Last Saturday the quartet went down to the beautiful village of Streatley on Thames where a couple were getting married at the well known hotel and wedding venue ‘The Swan’.
As it was a lovely, warm day we played under a gazebo on a lawn next to the Thames as guests assembled and made their way [...]
Music for a Renewal of Vows
On Saturday, it was our great pleasure to play for a ceremony where a couple chose to renew their wedding vows to celebrate ten years of marriage. They chose to do this at the Abbey Hill Golf club in Milton Keynes on a lovely spring Saturday. The ceremony took place in a light and airy [...]
Wedding at Nonsuch Mansion, Nonsuch Park
On Friday, myself and Adrian on viola performed as a string duo at a wedding in the delightful setting of Nonsuch Mansion House, set in the grounds of Nonsuch Park in the borough of Cheam, Surrey. The venue is a historic house retaining many period features and consisting of three spacious rooms adjoining one another. [...]
Wedding at Wasing Park, Berkshire.
Yesterday we played for a wedding at Wasing Park, near Aldermaston in Berkshire. Due to a shortage of space we played as a string duo before and during the ceremony, later being joined by two of our colleagues to play as a full quartet during the drinks reception.
Wasing Park has it’s own church within a [...]
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 Buckinghamshire countryside on the border with Oxfordshire. As this venue is only about a half hour drive away from us, it is both easy to access and a pleasure to play at.
There were [...]
Wedding at Woburn Sculpture Gallery
Yesterday, the quartet were booked to play for a wedding held in the Sculpture Gallery at Woburn. As this venue is very near to us we have played there many times as both a quartet and a string duo for weddings, functions and other celebrations.
We were asked to play for the wedding ceremony, with a [...]
Wedding at Rowhill Grange, Kent
On Friday, Becky (cellist) and I travelled down to Dartford in Kent to play for the wedding ceremony of a couple getting married at Rowhill Grange Hotel and Utopia Spa. On a beautiful September day we set up our stands to the side of the aisle next to a pagoda in the grounds of the [...]
