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Professional and experienced String Players Provide a Classy Atmosphere for your Next Event.
*From basic, baseline (background solos and ensembles) to bespoke arrangements and performances, we can supply one - eight players (of the String persuasion, plus the occasional associate (e.g. flute, piano, voice....) for your next festive occasion. We perform in various genres, from Classical to Pop to Jazz and Trad...
= areas covered (up to 100 miles)Classical Solo, Duo, Trio and Quartet repertoire
Pretty Much Anything from the standard canon Baroque - Early Classical period and some outliers:
Corelli
Bach
Telemann
Vivaldi
Handel
Pachelbel
Mozart
Haydn
Early Beethoven
Assorted "Parlor Pieces" of - e.g. Saint Saens (the Swan), Faure (Apres un Reve), Bartok (Romanian Dances),...
Depending on the Event, we can supply Renaissance Dances and Songs
Also Traditional Celtic Tunes.
Some arrangements of Popular Tunes work well with quartets, a little less well with trios, and sometimes fine with duos or solos - TBD
Quartet Arrangements:
BEATLES
All You Need is Love
Here Comes the Sun
Imagine
Til There was You
When I'm 64
etc.
We have accommodated many special requests - Negotiable.
One Chair per Player and Good Lighting. Ample Space for number of players (1 - 8)
Good Directions, Load in Time, Acoustics/Crowd capacity,
We can have stand lights, Usually play unplugged,
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Command Performance with my String Quartet plus Guest Artist, Yo-Yo Ma. Isabell Gardener Museum.
Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory of Music - command performance with Jazz Great, Fred Hersch; Numerous Private Events.
Community Concerts in interesting venues, House Concerts, Classical Jams... Weddings.
40+ Years of Professional work - starting at age 17, when I joined the Musicians' Union to play in the San Jose Symphony, Theater Work, Ad Hoc Quartet Gigs, Studio Sessions.... Instigated by Musician Friends, to start.
Wow! Influences, Beatles, my Cello Teachers, Mom.... Favorite Artists = Yo-Yo Ma, Jacob Collier, Beatles, Väsen, Coleman Itzkoff, ....
Greatest Song?! No Se, Handel's Messiah?
One Hour, basically .. If a SOUND Check is required, 90 minutes.
Depends. Requirements include Shade, temperature considerations.... Plenty of space and light.
We can be negotiable. We will supply our ready library list to start, but can accommodate most requests, if practical.
Beautiful, Appropriate, Classy, Stirring, Really Adding Emotional impact to the Event (Weddings, Memorials, especially)...
I (and by extension, my colleagues in the "Fellowship of the Strings") am very versed in the forms of ceremonial events, such as weddings, memorials, religious services, .... I have extensive Studio Experience and can add string arrangements to original (or cover) songs almost on the fly, depending on the complexity of the material. I have collaborated with many stripes of musicians, from scholarly Classical players, to rustic Folkies, to sophisticated singer/song-writers to sound healers, and happy to improvise under favorable conditions. I have an affinity for Early Music in particular and always prefer Unplugged Events.
Hearst Family,
Grizzly Peak Winery,
Music in the Park,
Local Wedding Couples,
Hospice patients, ....
Rogue Valley Symphony
Jefferson Baroque Orchestra
StringPoets
Listeso Events
White Rabbit Events
Grizzly Peak Winery (Ashland),
White Rabbit (Ashland),
Laughing Lady Farm (Ashland),
Capella by the Sea (Brookings, OR),
Arch Point (Gold Beach, OR)
Wyntoon (Castle).
Craterian,
Elizabethan Theater stage, OSF,
The Barn (Monroe),
Music Annex Recording Studio,
Howling Point Studio,
Private residences throughout the West Coast and New England,
Bing Concert Hall (Stanford, CA),
Frost Amphitheatre (Stanford),
Carmel Mission,'
Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA,
Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
Center for Performing Arts, Mountain View
Lucy Stern Theater, Palo Alto, CA
Isabell Gardener Museum, Boston
Jordan Hall, Boston,
Carnegie recital Hall, NYC
etc
Wedding
Birthday Party
Private Event
Corporate Event
Hotel / Restaurant Event
Bar / Venue Event
Funeral / Memorial
Wedding Proposal
Concert
Religious Event
Recording Session
Cruise
Charity Event
Theatre Show
Burns Night
Christmas Party
New Year's Eve
Classical
Medieval / Early Music
Folk
Traditional English Folk
Traditional Irish Folk
Traditional Scottish Folk
Gypsy Jazz
Christmas
Church Music
Background Music
Instrumental