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Description Price
Quartet, minimum fee£450
Quartet, 90 mins start to finish£450
Quartet, 120 mins start to finish£600
Quartet, 180 mins start to finish£900
Every performance is unique and bespoke so this price guide provides a generic estimate of £300 per hour pro-rata. We discuss and decide the details of the performance and agree to a specific contract. I do not ask for deposits, but payment in full is due at least 7 days before the event by bank transfer using the Faster Payments method.

About / Biography

About us:
After 30 years as a Molecular Biologist (with music always on the side) Molly Craxton wanted to devote her remaining days to spreading joy with music. Molly shares a link of descent with the well known British musicians, Harold and Janet Craxton. For that reason, her musical offerings are labelled with her surname. Molly plays violin and can organise a range of ensembles to play live background music: solo violin, string groups and mixed instrument groups. The string quartet format is ideal, as it can give voice to a vast range of musical ideas and moods. The Craxton String Quartet was born in 2018.

Repertoire:
The Craxton String Quartet are a group of classically trained, musically omnivorous generalists dedicated to professionalism. We will play anything you want in order to convey the right mood for the occasion. Our repertoire list for the year 2024 is laid out in the Sample repertoire box and is available as an Excel file from the external site. The Excel file includes durations so that you can judge how many items to choose. It also includes links to MP3 files so that you can listen to each item. The repertoire list undergoes annual review during the winter months. Special requests can be accommodated on occasion. Together, we create a bespoke song list for your event by your emailing me a copy of the repertoire list with your choices indicated.

Reviews (18)

There are currently 18 user ratings for The Craxton String Quartet

AVERAGE RATING

10 / 101

Location

Based in Haverhill, Suffolk

Will travel up to 300 miles
green circle = areas covered (up to 300 miles)
pink circle = free travel (up to 50 miles)
Please note that the circles shown on the map are calculated "as the crow flies". By road distances may vary, so please get in touch for an accurate quote.

A Hard Day’s Night

A Million Dreams-Greatest Showman

A Thousand Years-Christina Perri

A Whole New World

AC/DC Medley

Acis and Galatea Overture

Adagio Cantabile-Beethoven Pathetique

Ain't No Mountain High Enough-Diana Ross

Albeniz Tango

Alexander’s Ragtime Band

All I Ask of You - Phantom of the Opera

All Of Me-John Legend version 1

All Of Me-John Legend version 2

All Of The Lights-Kanye West

All You Need is Love-Beatles

Always Remember us This Way-Lady Gaga

Always-Bon Jovi

Amazed-Lonestar

Amazing Grace

And I Love Her

Annen Polka-Strauss

Anything Goes

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba-Handel

At Last - Etta James

Bach Air - On a G String

Bach Bist du bei mir

Bach Brandenburg 3

Bach BWV854 Prelude

Bach BWV1007 - cello suite

Bach BWV1080

Bach Jesu Joy-BWV147

Ballads of Britain

Beauty and the Beast

Because You Loved Me-Celine Dion

Beethoven Pastoral and FurElise

Best Day Of My Life - American Authors

Best Of Abba

Bethena-Scott Joplin

Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve

Bohemian Rhapsody

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Brigg Fair

Brown Eyed Girl-Van Morrison

Byrd Ave Verum Corpus

Caledonia-Dougie MacLean

Can You Feel the Love Tonight

Can't Help Falling In Love-Elvis

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

Candle in the Wind

Chanson de Matin

Chanson de Nuit

Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol

Christmas 1

Christmas 2

Christmas 3

Christmas 4

Christmas 5

Conversations in the Dark - John Legend

Cowboy Songs

Czardas from Coppelia

Czardas from Swan Lake

Dance of the Swans

Danny Boy

Death of a Bachelor - Panic at the Disco

Debussy Clair de Lune

Debussy The Sunken Cathedral

Delius Serenade

Delius Walk to the Paradise Garden

Desmond Take 5

Dowland Lachrimae

Dream a Little Dream of Me

Elgar Salut d’Amour

Empire State of Mind-Alicia Keys

End Of Time-Beyonce

Enya May It Be

Enya Only Time

Everything I do-I do it For You

Everything-Michael Buble

Fairytale of New York

Fascinatin’ Rhythm

Faure Pie Jesu and Pavane

Faure Sicilienne

Fields of Gold-Sting

Flower Festival

Fly Me To The Moon

Franck Panis Angelicus

Get Back-Beatles

Gluck Che Faro

Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits-etc

God Only Knows-Beach Boys

Good Day Sunshine

Gounod Bach BWV846

Greatest Day - Take That

Groovy Kind of Love-Phil Collins

Hallelujah-Leonard Cohen

Halo-Beyonce

Handel Hornpipe

Handel HWV369

Handel Water Music

Harry Lime Theme

Haydn Creation Pt 3 opening

Heaven-Bryan Adams

Here Comes The Sun-Beatles

Hey Jude

Holst Air

How Long Will I Love You-Boden

I Believe in a thing called Love - The Darkness

I Don't Want To Miss A Thing-Aerosmith

I Get a Kick Out of You

I Say a Little Prayer

I’ll Never Love Again - Lady Gaga

I’m A Believer - Smash Mouth

I’m Kissing You - Romeo and Juliet

I’ve Got Rhythm

Imagine-Lennon

Into The Mystic-Van Morrison

Iris-Goo Goo Dolls

Isn't She Lovely-Stevie Wonder

It Must Be Love - Madness

Just One of Those Things

Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars

Keating Tea Dance

Killing Me Softly

Kiss Me - Ed Sheeran

Kiss The Girl-The Little Mermaid

Kiss The Rain-Yiruma

L-O-V-E-Nat King Cole

La Calinda

La Mer/Beyond The Sea

La Paloma

La Vie En Rose

Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off

Let's Stay Together-Al Green

Liberty Bell

Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding

Love On Top-Beyonce version 1

Love On Top-Beyonce version 2

Love Someone-Lukas Graham

Love Story-Taylor Swift

Mahler Adagietto

Mairi's Wedding

Married Life - from Disney Up

Marry You-Bruno Mars

Mascagni Intermezzo

Massenet Meditation

Mazurka from Coppelia

Mendelssohn Wedding March

Monteverdi Poppea Finale

Moon River

Morgenstemning

Mozart Adagio K361

Mozart Allelujah-Exultate Jubilate

Mozart Ave Verum Corpus

Mozart Presto K552

My Girl-Temptations

Never Enough-Greatest Showman

Night And Day

Nimrod

Now I See The Light-Tangled

Ode To Joy-Beethoven

One Day Like This - Elbow

Pachelbel Canon

Paganini Andantino

Paperback Writer

Paradise-Coldplay

Perfect Day-Lou Reed

Perfect-Ed Sheeran

Pergolesi Stabat Mater

Poirot Theme

Pretty Woman-Roy Orbison

Pride and Prejudice Theme

Purcell Music for a while

Purcell Rondeaux

Rameau Danse des Sauvages

Rather Be-Clean Bandit

Rewrite the stars-Greatest Showman

Sail Away-David Gray

Saint Saens The Swan

Say You Won’t Let Go - James Arthur

Schindler’s List

Schubert Moment Musicale

Schubert Ständchen

Schumann Kinderszenen

Schumann Träumerei

Shallow-Lady Gaga

She-Aznavour

Sky Full of Stars-Coldplay

Skyfall-Adele

Slow Hands-Niall Horan

Somebody To Love - Queen

Someone to Watch over Me

Speak Softly Love

Somewhere over the Rainbow

Swan Lake Pas des deux

Take The A Train

Telemann Fugue

Tenerife Sea-Ed Sheeran

The Angel’s Farewell

The Book of Love-Peter Gabriel

The Entertainer-Scott Joplin

The Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston

The Joker and the Queen - Ed Sheeran

The Lovers Waltz

The Man I Love

The Swan

The Way You Look Tonight

Theme from E.T.

Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran

Toccata-Dubois

Tomorrow Never Knows

Valse Lent-Coppelia

Viva La Vida-Coldplay-version 1

Viva La Vida-Coldplay-version 2

Vivaldi Seasons

Wagner Wedding March

Warlock Pieds en L’Air

What A Wonderful World

What is This Thing called Love?

When I'm 64 - Beatles

Whiter Shade of Pale

Wild Mountain Thyme

Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift

Without You

Work-Rhianna

World Without Love

Yesterday

You Are The Reason-Calum Scott

You’re The Top

You’ve Got a Friend in Me - Toy Story

Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Rey

Technical Info

What are your basic technical requirements?

We bring our own stands, chairs and simple lighting. We do not require mains power.


Do you provide sound and lighting equipment?

We are not amplified and we have our own battery powered stand lights.


What information do you require about a venue?

In order to plan how to transport the equipment, is useful to know how easy or complicated it is to access the performance space. Level surfaces make things easier.


Can you provide a Spotify/DJ service before and between your sets?

We do not supply recorded music.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best gig you've ever done and the best venue you've ever played at?

We expect that the best of everything lies ahead.


Which artists have you been most influenced by, who is your favourite artist and what is the greatest song of all time?

We love all music, from the dawn of written music right up to the present day - pitch and rhythm calls to us all.


What's your previous experience and how did you start gigging?

We bring together four individuals each with their own rich experience of life. Together, we create, with integrity, an appropriate and authentic ambience for each event .


What's your favourite type of event to play at?

We play best when we can see and hear each other as well as having some contact with the audience in order to pick up the vibes in the moment.

Performance Info

What are your typical setup and performance times?

I shall arrive on site one hour prior to the performance start time in order to set up for the band.


Are you happy to perform outside?

We can play outside but we shall require the provision of sun shading.


Do the clients have a say in what you play or is it a set repertoire list only?

We play your own bespoke list of material chosen from our ever increasing menu - we thus offer an "a la carte" service. We are also happy to include one or two special requests, given notice of approximately two months.


How do previous clients most commonly describe your performances?

"Fantastic"

Recent Clients

The Craxton String Quartet has performed for these clients:

Leigh Bendall, Wedding, April 2018

Thomas Nixon, Wedding, June 2018

Eliza Sany, Wedding, September 2018

Samantha and Peter, Wedding, July 2019

Natalie and Kristian, Wedding, October 2019

Alice and Daryl, Wedding, July 2021

Kerrie and Mick, Wedding, July 2021

Sophie and Luke, Wedding, August 2021

Abaigh and Toby, Wedding, August 2021

Georgia and Adam, Wedding, August 2021

Michele and Martin, Wedding, August 2021

Sadie and Andy, Wedding, August 2021

Alisa and Tom, Wedding, August 2021

Amanda and David, Wedding, October 2021

Ethne McCord, Wedding, October 2021

Hayley and Blake, Wedding, April 2022

Rachel and Isaac, Wedding, May 2022

Daisy and Callum, Wedding, May 2022

Cambridge University, garden parties, June 2022

Megan and Tom, Wedding, June 2022

Markus and Cristina, Wedding, July 2022

Lora and Tom, Wedding, July 2022

Laura and Pawel, Wedding, August 2022

Linda, Wedding, September 2022

Eve and Danny, Wedding, October 2022

Rebecca and Benjamin, Wedding, December 2022

Victoria and Graham, Wedding, June 2023

Cambridge University, garden parties, June 2023

Nick and Hannah, Wedding, July 2023

Annie and Sam, Wedding, July 2023

Helen and Danny, Wedding, July 2023

Shannon and Sam, Wedding, August 2023

Jane and Adrian, Wedding, August 2023

Megan and Nathan, Wedding, August 2023

Jodie's wedding, August 2023

Ros and Bryan, September 2023

Charlotte and Rino, October 2023

CATS Cambridge, Christmas party 2023

Kelly's wedding at Bassmead Barns, February 2024

Venues

The Craxton String Quartet has performed at these venues:

We typically perform at venues all over East Anglia.

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