| Description | Price |
| Short performance, less than one hour | £180 |
| One Hour performance | £270 |
| Two hour performance with short breaks | £365 |
| Three hour performance with short breaks | £430 |
Samantha is a freelance violinist, classically trained at Birmingham Conservatoire to master's level. She performs all year round at weddings, parties, ceilidhs and many other events. As well as a huge classical repertoire, Samantha performs modern pop songs on the violin and can create a perfect setlist of your favourite artists and songs for your event. She is also a specialist in folk/gyspy/klezmer styles and plays regularly in these styles in other settings too. Samantha has a wide-ranging performing career, working with several orchestras and chamber groups and works regularly at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Since 2012, she has appeared in numerous productions and has often appeared on stage and in costume, playing from memory. Some of these performances have been broadcast live to cinemas and subsequently released on DVD. Samantha was a founding member of seven-piece cinematic folk septet the Old Dance School, now known as the Fair Rain. With them, she toured the UK and Europe in theatres, arts centres and festivals and released three studio albums and one live album. The band have won critical acclaim and have been featured several times on BBC Radio 2. She performed with them until 2015. Samantha has a busy freelance career combining events, theatre, orchestral and chamber work, session recording and also performing with ceilidh bands and folk groups.
Based in Sheringham, Norfolk
= areas covered (up to 185 miles)
= free travel (up to 30 miles)
Listed: Pop/Bridgerton/Disney, Classical, Folk
Pop/Bridgerton/Disney in alphabetical order:
1000 Years - Cristina Perri
ABCDEFU - Gayle
All My Life - KC and Jojo
All My Love - Coldplay
All Of Me - John Legend
All You Need Is Love - Beatles
Always - Bon Jovi
Angels - Robbie Williams
At Last - Etta James
A Whole New World - from Aladdin
Beautiful Crazy - Luke Coombs
Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion
Best Day of My Life - American Authors
Birds of a Feather - Billie Eilish
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Breathe - Faith Hill
Bridgerton Main Theme
Budapest - George Ezra
Butterflies - Kacey Musgraves
Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John
Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis
Cardigan - Taylor Swift
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
City of Stars - from La La Land
Crazier - Taylor Swift
Dive - Olivia Dean
Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing - Aerosmith
Enchanted - Taylor Swift
Everything I do - Bryan Adams
Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac
Fields of Gold - Sting
Flowers - Miley Cyrus
Gold Only Knows - Beach Boys
Greatest Day - Take That
Halo - Beyonce
Here Comes the Sun - Beatles
Hey There Delilah - Plain White Ts
Ho Hey - Lumineers
Home - Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros
Hoppippolla - Sigur Ross
How Long Will I Love You - Ellie Goulding
I See The Light - from Tangled
I Want it That Way - Backstreet Boys
I’m Yours - Jason Mraz
If I Ain’t Got You - Alicia Keys
In My Blood - Shawn Mendes
Isn’t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
Joker and the Queen - Ed Sheeran
Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
Kiss Me - Sixpence None the Richer
Kissing You - Des’ree
Let It Be - Beatles
Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding
Love Story - Taylor Swift
Lover - Taylor Swift
Lucky - Jason Mraz
Make You Feel My Love - Adele
Marry You - Bruno Mars
A Million Dreams - from The Greatest Showman
Moon River - Mancini
Mr Blue Sky - ELO
My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
Ocean Eyes - Billie Eilish
One Day Like This - Elbow
Ordinary - Alex Warren
Our Song - Taylor Swift
Paper Rings - Taylor Swift
Paradise - Coldplay
Part of Your World - from The Little Mermaid
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
Pompeii - Bastille
Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
Rule the World - Take That
Runaway - The Corrs
She’s the One - Robbie Williams
She’s Always a Woman - Billy Joel
Sign of the Time - Harry Styles
Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder
Sky Full of Stars - Coldplay
Snow On The Beach - Taylor Swift
Something Just Like This - Coldplay
Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
Songbird- Eva Cassidy
Stand By Me - Ben E King
Stay With Me - Sam Smith
Strange - Celeste
Symphony - Clean Bandit
Tale As Old As Time - from Beauty and the Beast
Thank U Next - Ariana Grande
The Scientist - Coldplay
There She Goes - The Las
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
The Universal - Blur
Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden
Under The Sea - from The Little Mermaid
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Wake Me Up - Avicii
We Don’t Talk About Bruno - from Encanto
Whatever - Oasis
Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift
With or Without You - U2
Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Wonderwall - Oasis
Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus
Yellow - Coldplay
You Are The Reason - Calum Scott
You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
You’re My Best Friend - Queen
You’re Still the One - Celine Dion
You’ve Got A Friend In Me - from Toy Story
Your Song - Elton John
Classical:
Pachelbel's Canon in D
Meditation from Thais - Massenet
Elgar Salut D'Amour
Elgar Chanson de Matin
Dvorak Humouresque
Boccherini Minuet
O mio Babbino Caro
Cavalleria Rusticana
Handel Aria from Xerxes
Handel Royal Fireworks
Handel Water Music
Schubert Serenade
Vivaldi Winter
Vivaldi Spring
Bach Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
Bach Arioso
Bach Air on the G String
Shostakovich's Romance from the Gadfly
Mouret Rondeau
Purcell Trumpet Tune
Clarke Trumpet Voluntary
Ashokhan Farewell
Extensive Repertoire of Traditional music - Irish, Scottish, Klezmer
Odessa Bulgar
Rachenitsas
Wedding Waltz
Russian Sher
Dance of Delight
Scotland the Brave
Kesh Jig
Newlyweds Waltz
Si Bheag, Si Mhor
Lark in the Morning
She Moved Through the Fair
Atholl Highlanders
Rose in the Heather
Chief O'Neill's Favourite
The Banks Hornpipe
Mairi’s Wedding
Cock of the North
Haste to the Wedding
100 Pipers
Auld lang Syne
Masons Apron
Roxburgh Castle
Devil among the Tailors
Calliope House
The Teetotaller
Maid Behind the Bar
Lilting Fisherman
Foxhunters
King of the Fairies
Plus many more jigs, reels, hornpipes, polkas - please ask as I have a huge repertoire of traditional tunes, too many to list!
I play acoustically, with a small wireless Bluetooth speaker for backing tracks.
I have Public Liability Insurance up to £10 million.
I am completely self-contained and acoustic, and I bring a small wireless Bluetooth speaker.
If it is an outdoor ceremony, I need adequate shelter from the elements to protect my instrument. Unfortunately I cannot perform outdoors if it is raining. Contact details for the venue are helpful and I usually call the venue a couple of weeks prior to the event to introduce myself and confirm arrangements.
Unfortunately, I don't provide this.
I've played with orchestras, string quartets, ceilidh bands and folk acts, and have been lucky enough to tour China and the USA with the Royal Shakespeare Company. I've performed in the Albert Hall and at Glastonbury Festival!
I love so many genres of music, there is too much to choose from!
I studied at Birmingham Conservatoire and began performing professionally in all kinds of settings - weddings, events, orchestra concerts, ceilidh bands. I've performed at thousands of weddings since then!
I love playing at all events, but weddings are always incredibly special and an enormous pleasure to be a part of.
I normally arrive an hour before I am due to start performing but my setup time is very minimal! I am very flexible but often play for around 15/20 minutes as guests are arriving, then at the key points in the ceremony, and then for perhaps an hour/hour and a half of drinks reception, with a couple of very short breaks. This is not definitive - I am always happy to work around your requirements!
In appropriate temperatures, I am happy to perform outside but must have adequate protection from the elements, since string instruments are very sensitive to temperature/humidity changes. Unfortunately if it is raining then it is not possible to perform outside.
I have a huge repertoire and am happy to let clients pick particular songs they would like for key points in the ceremony - if a song is not listed that is very special to you, please let me know and I will do my best to arrange it for you! For the drinks reception, I ask clients to pick a few songs from my list and then I can build a set list around your tastes once I have a feel for the kind of music you like best!
"Samantha was superb. Right from communication via text or email, answering any questions we had, right to her performance. Can't recommend her enough. Thankyou Samantha. Will be in touch again I'm sure" - Darren, previous client
"What can I say Samantha was amazing at our wedding I would definitely recommend thank you again." - Katie, previous client
As well as Pop and classical, I have a specialism in Folk music from many different traditions. I have performed with folk bands and artists for all of my professional career, and am particularly experienced in Irish, Scottish, Klezmer, Swedish and many others.
Thursford Collection - solo wedding
Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge, Loughton - solo wedding
Riverside House Hotel - solo wedding
Great Coxwell Barn - solo wedding
The Venue, Bowers Mill, Barkisland - solo wedding
Albert Hall, London
Thursford Christmas Spectacular
Royal Shakespeare Company
Shakespeare's Globe
Ely Cathedral
Lichfield Cathedral
Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Wedding
Birthday Party
Private Event
Corporate Event
Hotel / Restaurant Event
Bar / Venue Event
Funeral / Memorial
Wedding Proposal
Concert
Religious Event
Recording Session
Cruise
Virtual Event
Charity Event
Theatre Show
Burns Night
Classical
Film / TV
Opera
Musical Theatre
Medieval / Early Music
Folk
Bluegrass
Ceilidh
Folk Rock
Irish Rock
Traditional English Folk
Traditional Irish Folk
Traditional Scottish Folk
Traditional Welsh Folk
Gypsy Jazz
Christmas
Church Music
Background Music
Country
Pop
Acoustic
Covers
Instrumental
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