About

Manor House Music was founded in 2005 to fulfil the need for a top quality string quartet  who could not only play for weddings, civil partnerships and corporate functions but could also be booked for concerts and festivals, providing a high calibre of performance for all events. Feel free to check out our YouTube channel with 35 videos to watch.

We’ve now performed at over 800 weddings, corporate events and concerts in over 200 different venues in the South East, South West and Midlands. Here are a few of our favourite venues we’ve played most regularly at:

  • Bisham Abbey, Marlow, Bucks
  • Pendley Manor, Tring, Herts
  • The Dairy, Waddesdon, Bucks
  • Wrest Park, Beds
  • Dodford Manor, Northants
  • Newland Hall, Essex
  • Old Luxters Barn, Bucks
  • Moggerhanger Park, Beds
  • The Tudor Barn at Burnham, Bucks
  • Swiss Gardens, Beds
  • Notley Abbey, Bucks
  • Elvetham Hotel, Hants
  • Fanhams Hall, Ware, Herts
  • Notley Tythe Barn, Bucks
  • The Queens College, Oxford
  • Hedsor House, Taplow, Bucks
  • De Vere Gorse Hill, Surrey
  • Heatherden Hall, Bucks
  • Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Oxon
  • Sculpture Gallery, Woburn, Beds
  • Missenden Abbey, Bucks

With a massive Playlist of over 50 hours of music to choose from (with over 15 hours of modern rock and pop arrangements alone!), we can provide music for any event and are happy to work with you to meet any special requirements you may have.

The combination of our beautiful arrangements and high quality performances creates an inspiring musical backdrop to any special occasion. The various members of the group also play with many of the country’s leading chamber groups and orchestras, individually touring across the globe and appearing on many classical and film soundtrack recordings.

10 Reasons To Hire Manor House Music

Vaughan is a skilled violinist and string arranger. His detailed and imaginative arrangements enable the quartet and duo to offer clients a vast selection of music from all genres – from classical favourites such as Pachelbel’s Canon in D to entertaining covers of up-to-date pop songs. He is happy to put together a unique programme of music for your event and with notice, will prepare any special requests you may have.

The Manor House String Quartet have released CDs which have been played regularly on classical radio stations across the world, including on Classic FM. These can be viewed and purchased on our Classical CD Shop page.

The versatile Manor House String Quartet