| Description | Price |
| String Quartet (prices starting from) | £650 |
| String Trio (prices starting from) | £485 |
| String Duo (prices starting from) | £365 |
| Solo Violin with Backing Tracks (prices starting from) | £275 |
Dahlia Music was formed by the MacLeod sisters, Heather and Kirsty, and spans across London and Manchester. As members of the Hallé Orchestra and the English National Ballet respectively, they provide the highest quality, bespoke string groups for all occasions, with customer-chosen repertoire and instrumentation. We can provide a high calibre String Quartet, String Trio, String Duo or Solo Violinist to complement your special event. Weddings, sessions, films, corporate functions, birthday parties, retirement celebrations, funerals, proposals - we've done it all!
We have a large pool of players all across England and like to see ourselves as one large family. Our players are graduates of top music conservatoires from across the UK and beyond, and regularly perform with numerous professional orchestras. Heather and Kirsty have also performed alongside artists such as Ed Sheeran, Anne-Marie, Marti Pellow, Diana Ross, Alex Warren, Evanescence, Adam Lambert, NSG, the Snuts, Father John Misty, Rufus Wainwright, Echo and the Bunnymen, Gary Numan, Twin Atlantic and Unknown T.
We are passionate about tailoring live music for all your special occasions so have a browse through our website and chat with us via our contact page.
Based in Manchester, Greater Manchester
= areas covered (up to 500 miles)
= free travel (up to 5 miles)
Classical
Bach, Air on G String
Bach, Arioso
Bach, Brandenberg No.3
Bach, Double Violin Concerto
Bach - Gonoud, Ave Maria
Bach, Jesu Man’s Desiring
Bach, Overture
Bach, Sheep May Safely Graze
Bach, Wachet Auf
Barber, Adagio for Strings
Beethoven, Andante Cantabile
Beethoven, Minuet
Beethoven, Moonlight Sonata
Beethoven, Ode to Joy
Beethoven, Symphony No.5
Bizet, Habanera
Bizet, Prelude to Carmen
Borodin, Polvstian Dances
Brahms, Hungarian Dance No.5
Brahms, Theme from 1st Symphony
Britten, Simple Symphony
Capua, O Sole Mio
Clarke, Trumpet Tune
Clarke, Trumpet Voluntary
Cohen, Crowdambo
Daquin, The Cukoo
Debussy, Arabesque No.1
Debussy, Clair de Lune
Debussy, Le Petit Negre
Debussy, Golliwog’s Cakewalk
Delibes, Flower Duet
Denza, Funiculi Funicula
Dvorak, Humoresque
Dvorak, Largo from New World Symphony
Dvorak, Romance in F Minor
Dvorak, Serenade for Strings
Dvorak, String Quartet No.12 ‘The American’
Dvorak, Wind Serenade
Einaudi, Svanire
Elgar, Chanson de Matin
Elgar, Nimrod
Elgar, Salut d’Amoure
Elgar, Serenade for Strings
Ludovico Einaudi, Giorni
Faure, Apres Un Reve
Fils, Sonata 6
Franck, Panis Angelicus
Gilbert and Sullivan, Three Little Maids
Gounod, Ave Maria
Handel, Air in D
Handel, Air in F
Handel, Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel, Bourree in F
Handel, Coro
Handel, Hallelujah Chorus
Handel, Hornpipe in D
Handel, Hornpipe in F
Handel, La Rejouissance
Handel, La Paix
Handel, Largo from Xerxes
Handel, Minuet in D
Handel, Minuet in D Minor
Handel, Minuet in G Minor
Handel, Water Music
Haydn, Sunrise Quartet
Holst, Brook Green Suite
Holst, Jupiter (The Planets)
Holst, St. Paul’s Suite
Jenkins, Palladio
Joplin, The Entertainer
Joplin, The Sycamore
Kreisler, Schon Rosmarin
Mahler, Adagietto from Symphony No.5
Mascagni, Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Mendelssohn, Wedding March
Monti, Czardas
Mouret, Rondeau
Mozart, Ave Verum Corpus
Mozart, Divertimento in Bb Major
Mozart, Divertimento in D Major
Mozart, Divertimento in F Major
Mozart, Ein Musikalische Spass
Mozart, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart, Quartet in C
Mozart, Quartet in D
Nathanson, Hava Nagila (Jewish Traditional)
Mozart, Rondo Alla Turca
Newton, Amazing Grace
Offenbach, Barcarolle
Pachelbel, Canon in D
Parry, Jerusalem
Piazzolla, Four for Tango
Purcell, Two Rondaux Abdelazar and the Fairy Queen
Rachmaninoff, Vocalise and Danse Des Mirlitons from the Nutcracker
Ravel, Bolero
Richter (Vivaldi), Spring (Recomposed)
Rutter, Suite for Strings
Saint-Saens, The Swan
Schubert, Ave Maria
Schubert, Moment Musicale
Schubert, Standchen
Schumann, Romance 2
Severn, Polish Dance
Strauss, Pizzicato Polka
Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet Love Theme
Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker Suite for String Quartet
Thais, Meditation
Thorp, Cabaret 1
Thorp, Cabaret 3
Traditional Irish, She Moved Through the Fair
Verdi, Andantino La Forza del Destino
Vivaldi, Autumn from The Four Seasons
Vivaldi, Spring from The Four Seasons
Vivaldi, Summer from The Four Seasons
Wagner, Wedding March
Warlock, The Capriol Suite
Williams, The Lark Ascending
Popular Music
A Thousand Years, Christina Perri
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, Diana Ross
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Always on my Mind, Elvis Presley
All I Want Is You, U2
All of Me, John Legend
All Star, Smash Mouth
All You Need is Love, The Beatles
Another One Bites The Dust, Queen
At Last, Etta James
Ave Maria, Beyoncé
Beethoven’s 5 Secrets, The Piano Guys
Best Day of My Life, American Authors
Bittersweet Symphony, The Verve
Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen
Cantina Band (Star Wars), John Williams
Can’t Help Falling in Love, Elvis
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, Frankie Valli
Caledonia, Dougie McLean
Champagne Supernova, Oasis
Chandelier, Sia
Chasing Cars, Snow Patrol
Chop Suey, System of a Down
Clocks, Coldplay
Come Away With Me, Norah Jones
Crazy Little Thing, Queen
Dancing Queen, Abba
Dangerous, David Guetta
Don’t Look Back in Anger, Oasis
Don’t Stop Believing, Journey
Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing, Aerosmith
Enchanted, Taylor Swift
Eleanor Rigby, The Beatles
Espresso, Sabrina Carpenter
Everlong, The Foo Fighters
Every Teardrop is a Waterfall, Coldplay
Everything, Michael Buble
Everywhere, Fleetwood Mac
Fields of Gold, Sting
Final Countdown, Europe
Flashing Lights, Kanye West
From This Moment On, Shania Twain
Get Lucky, Daft Punk
God Only Knows, The Beach Boys
Granted, Josh Groban
Greatest Day, Take That
Happy, Pharrell Williams
Hallelujah, Jeff Buckley
Halo, Beyonce
Hello, Adele
Heaven, Bryan Adams
Here Comes The Sun, The Beatles
Here, There and Everywhere, The Beatles
Heroes, David Bowie
Higher & Higher, Jackie Wilson
Ho Hey, The Lumineers
How Long Will I Love You, Ellie Goulding
Home, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
How Deep Is Your Love, Calvin Harris & Disciples
How Deep Is Your Love, Bee Gees
Huma Huma, Pachabelly
I Walk The Line, Johnny Cash
I Will Wait, Mumford and Sons
I Won’t Give Up, Jason Mraz
If I Ain't Got You, Alicia Keys
It's All About You, McFly
I’m a Believer, The Monkees
I’m Yours, Jason Mraz
In my Life, the Beatles
In My Place, Coldplay
Into My Arms, Nick Cave
Iris, The Goo Goo Dolls
Isn’t She Lovely, Stevie Wonder
It Must Be Love, Madness
Just The Way You Are, Bruno Mars
Kiss Me, Sixpence None the Richer
Kissing You, Des’ree
La Vie en Rose, Edith Piaf
Lay Me Down, Sam Smith
Let’s Stay Together, Al Green
Like I’m Gonna Lose You, Meghan Trainor ft. John Legend
Livin’ on a Prayer, Bon Jovi
L.O.V.E, Nat King Cole
Love Is All Around, Wet Wet Wet
Love On Top, Beyoncé
Love Will Tear Us Apart, Joy Division
Lovely Day, Bill Withers
Lover, Taylor Swift
Little by Little, Oasis
Mamma Mia, Abba
Make You Feel My Love, Adele
Many of Horror, Biffy Clyro
Merry-Go-Round of Life, Joe Hisaishi
Michael Jackson Medley
More Than a Feeling, Boston
Morning Has Broken, Cat Stevens
Mr Brightside, The Killers
My Baby Just Cares For Me, Nina Simone
My Girl, The Temptations
Never Had A Dream Come True, S Club 7
No One, Alicia Keys
Nothing Else Matters, Metallica
On Top of the World, Imagine Dragons
One Day Like This, Elbow
Only Girl In The World, Rihanna
Paradise, Coldplay
Patience, Take That
Perfect, Ed Sheeran
Photograph, Ed Sheeran
Pink Pony Club, Chappell Roan
Pompeii, Bastille
Price Tag, Jessie J
Rather Be, Clean Bandit
Real Love, Tom Odell/John Lennon
Rule The World, Take That
Say A Little Prayer, Aretha Franklin
September, Earth, Wind and Fire
Set Down Your Glass, Snow Patrol
Sign of the Time, Harry Styles
Shallow, Lady Gaga
Shape of You, Ed Sheeran
She, Aznavour
She’s The One, Robbie Williams
Shut Up and Dance, Walk the Moon
Sign Of The Times, Harry Styles
Signed Sealed Delivered, Stevie Wonder
Sky Full of Stars, Coldplay
Skyfall, Adele
Somebody That I Used To Know, Gotye
Somewhere Only We Know, Keane
Songbird, Eva Cassidy
Slipping Through My Fingers, ABBA
Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeplin
Stand By Me, Ben E. King
Sugar, Maroon 5
Sweet Child O’Mine, Guns n’ Roses
Sweet Disposition, Temper Trap
Sweet Dreams, Eurythmics
Take Me Out, Franz Ferdinand
Take On Me, A-Ha
Teenage Dirtbag, Wheatus
The Book of Love, Gavin James
The Cave, Mumford and Sons
The Only Exception, Paramore
The Rose, Bette Midler
The Scientist, Coldplay
Thinking Out Loud, Ed Sheeran
This Year’s Love, David Gray
Thriller Medley, Michael Jackson
Time of Your Life, Green Day
Titanium, David Guetta
To Build a Home, Cinematic Orchestra
Toxic, Britney Spears
Under Pressure, Queen
Unforgettable, Nat King Cole
Uptown Funk, Bruno Mars
Use Somebody, Kings of Leon
Video Games, Lana Del Ray
Wake Me Up, Avicii
Walking on Sunshine, Katrina and the Waves
Want To Want Me, Jason Derulo
We Are Young, Fun
What Do You Mean? Justin Bieber
What is love for? Haddaway
What Makes You Beautiful, One Direction
Whatever, Oasis
We Found Love, Rihanna
When You Say Nothing At All, Ronan Keating
Wind Beneath My Wings, Bette Midler
Wildest Dreams, Taylor Swift
Without You, David Guetta
Wonderwall, Oasis
Wouldn’t It Be Nice, The Beach Boys
Viva la Vida, Coldplay
Yellow, Coldplay
Yesterday, The Beatles
You Make My Dreams Come True, Hall & Oates
Your Song, Elton John
You’re My Best Friend, Queen
Y.M.C.A. The Village People
Film/TV and Jazz
Arrival of the Birds, Cinematic Orchestra
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes, Cinderella
A Whole New World, Alladin
Aerith's Theme, Final Fantasy
All I Ask Of You, Phantom of the Opera
Anything Goes, Cole Porter
Arrival of the Birds, The Cinematic Orchestra
Ashokan Farewell, Jay Ungar
Balcony Scene, Romeo and Juliet
Be Our Guest, Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast
Bella’s Lullaby, Twilight
Beyond the Sea, Bobby Darin
Can You Feel the Love Tonight, The Lion King
City of Stars, La La Land
Come Fly With Me, James Daren
Concerning Hobbits, Lord of the Rings
Cornfield Chase from Interstellar, Hans Zimmer
Cry Me A River, Ella Fitzgerald
Danny Boy, Frederic Weatherly
Diamonds Are Forever, Shirley Bassey
Earned It, 50 Shades of Grey
Edelweiss, The Sound of Music
Every time We Say Goodbye, Cole Porter
Fly a Kite, Mary Poppins
Fly Me to the Moon, Bart Howard
For the Love of a Princess, Braveheart
Game of Thrones
Going Home, Local Hero
Harry Potter Medley
Hogwarts March, Harry Potter
I Do, Bob's Burgers
I Giorni, Einaudi
I See the Light, Tangled
Jurassic Park Main Theme
Kalank, Kalank
Killing Me Softly, Roberta Flack
Kissing You, Romeo and Juliet
The Last Waltz, Engelbert Humperdinck
Let it Go, Frozen
Let’s Do It, Cole Porter
Love Me Like You Do, 50 Shades of Grey
Love Theme, Superman
Love Theme, The Godfather
Main Theme, Bridgerton
Makin’ Whopee, Donaldson
Married Life, Up
Maula Mere Maula, Anwar
Misty, Errol Garner
Moonlight in Vermont, Suessdorf
A Million Dreams, Greatest Showman
My Heart Will Go On, Titanic
Now We Are Free, Gladiator
Over The Rainbow, The Wizard of Oz
Part of Your World, The Little Mermaid
Pennies from Heaven, Arthur Johnson
Pink Panther Theme
Pirates of the Caribbean Main Title
Por Una Cabeza, Scent of a Woman
Portuguese Love Theme, Love Actually
Ranjha, Shershaah
Reflection, Mulan
Rose’s Theme, Titanic
Skyfall Main Theme, Adele
Star Trek Main Title
Star Wars Main Title
Take Five, Paul Desmond
Take the A-Train, Duke Ellington
Tere Sang Yaara, Rustom
Tere Bina, Guru
Up Theme,Michael Giacchino
What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong
Your Song, Elton John
Christmas Music
All I want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth
Away in a Manger
Deck The Halls
Dueling Jingle Strings
I’ll be home for Christmas
Fairytale of New York
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Good King Wenceslas
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Jingle Bells
Joy to the World
Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
March from The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky
O’ Come All Ye Faithful
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Silent Night
Sleigh Ride
The Christmas Waltz
The First Noel
The Little Drummer Boy
The Snowman
Trepak from The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
We Three Kings
Winter Wonderland
All we require on the day are armless chairs for every player (depending on the ensemble you choose).
No sound or lighting equipment required.
All we require is the venue name and postcode along with the confirmation that there will be enough space for us to play.
No
We try to keep our work based within 2.5 hours travel-time of each of our bases in Manchester and London but special arrangements can be made if need be. If you are having an event out-with the UK or again, somewhere further afield within the UK, we are able to travel but extra charges will apply. Contact us for a quote and to check our availability.
The smaller groups such as the duo or trio are ideal for smaller venues and budgets but we recommend the quartet as there is a much larger repertoire of music available!
Yes that is possible if we are able to speak to the musician beforehand to make the arrangements required.
We arrive 45 minutes before we are required to start playing as it only takes us 5-10 minutes to get set-up. Normally our bookings are between 1-4 hours but we are open to hearing special requests from our clients. We aim to take approximately fifteen minute break every 90 minutes.
Yes we are able to play outside weather dependent. We are unable to play in direct sunlight, windy or rainy conditions and we ask that the temperature is above 17 degrees (MU regulations). If it is over 17 degrees and sunny we will require some shade- this is because our instruments can’t handle the heat!
Our clients can make as many requests as they would like from our setlist. Any music requests not on there that they would like to hear, we can get specially arranged for a small fee.
Very easy to communicate with and the music creates a magical atmosphere!
We can present ourselves in all black; women in long black dresses and men in dinner jackets. Or if you would prefer we can add a touch of colour to your event by dressing ourselves in smart colourful outfits; women in colourful dresses and men in coloured shirt/black trousers.
James Hoffman
'Jolly Good Christmas' Film
Bishop and Sewell
Meadowhall Limited
Community Leisure
Matillion Limited
Harris Museum
AGM Event Solutions
Trust Alliance Group
To name a few!
Quartet in Residence at 'Wild By Tart'
Quartet in Residence at 'Fitzrovia Chapel'
Trafford Centre
The National Gallery
Manchester Art Gallery
Gorton Monastery
Peckforton Castle
The Langham
West Tower
Shrewsbury Cathedral
Regents Park
Combermere Abbey
Sheffield City Hall
To name a few!
Wedding
Birthday Party
Private Event
Corporate Event
Hotel / Restaurant Event
Bar / Venue Event
Funeral / Memorial
Wedding Proposal
Concert
Recording Session
Cruise
Theatre Show
Burns Night
Christmas Party
New Year's Eve
Classical
Film / TV
Jazz
Christmas
Easy Listening
Background Music
Pop
Acoustic
Will travel internationally
Public liability insurance
Instrumental
100% acoustic (no power)
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