| Description | Price |
| Solo violin with backing track for 1 hour | £210 |
| Solo violin with backing track for 2 hours | £290 |
| Solo violin with backing track for 3 hours | £380 |
| Wedding ceremony - up to 1 hour | £190 |
| Drinks reception - 2 hours playing without need for a break | £330 |
Live violin music can create the perfect atmosphere for your event and I have over 20 years of experience performing at weddings and functions. I play acoustic or electric violin alongside a versatile selection of backing tracks, from full production versions to intimate piano or acoustic guitar arrangements.
Based in Leeds, I use a highly portable setup that allows me to move effortlessly between different areas, indoors or outdoors. My repertoire spans pop, Bollywood, film & TV, classical and jazz, allowing me to provide the perfect soundtrack for your ceremony, drinks reception, wedding breakfast and beyond.
Alongside my solo work, I also perform regularly with two established string quartets, Magenta Strings and Serenade String Quartet. I have played with Magenta Strings for around 20 years, giving me extensive experience of performing at weddings and events. My solo violin service is a new venture, but it builds on many years of professional performance experience.
Based in Leeds, West Yorkshire
= areas covered (up to 100 miles)
= free travel (up to 100 miles)
These first set of songs can be played without sheet music allowing me to either wander round a venue (eg between tables) or even without wandering around it is more engaging and accessible. They are virtually all Pop.
ABBA Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Alison Krauss Baby Now That I've Found You
Billie Eilish Birds of a feather
Billy Joel She's always a woman
Bob Marley & the Wailers I Shot the Sheriff
Bob Marley & The Wailers Three Little Birds
Britney Spears ...Baby one more time
Carly Rae Jepsen Call Me Maybe
Chaka Khan Ain't Nobody
Christina Perri A Thousand Years
Coldplay Clocks
Coldplay Fix You
Coldplay The Scientist
Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Dolly Parton Jolene
Elton John Your Song
Elvis Presley Always on my mind
Erasure A Little Respect
Frankie Valli Can't Take my eyes off of you
Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive
Gregory Porter L-O-V-E
Harry Styles As It Was
John Legend All of Me
John Lennon Imagine
Louis Armstrong What A Wonderful World
Madonna Into The Groove
Marshmello & CHVRCHES Here With Me
Michael Jackson The Way You Make Me Feel
Miley Cyrus Flowers
Miley Cyrus Wrecking Ball
Nat King Cole L-O-V-E
No Doubt Don't Speak
Oasis Don't Look Back In Anger
Oasis Wonderwall
Phil Oakley, Giorgio Moroder Together In Electric Dreams
Postmodern Jukebox We Found Love
Queen We Are the Champions
Radiohead Creep
Radiohead High and Dry
Radiohead Karma Police
Randy Newman You've Got a Friend in Me
Rihanna, Calvin Harris We Found Love
Robbie Williams Angels
Roberta Flack Killing Me Softly
Sabrina Carpenter Espresso
Simon & Garfunkel The Sound of Silence
Sixpence None the Richer Kiss Me
Stevie Wonder Isn't She Lovely
The Beatles Blackbird
The Beatles In My Life
The Beatles Norweigen Wood
The Beatles Something
The Beatles Yesterday
The Beatles While My Guitar Gently Weeps
The Goo Goo Dolls Iris
The Killers Mr. Brightside
The Police Englishman in New York
The Police Every Breath You Take
The Police Message in a Bottle
The Weeknd Blinding Lights
Tiffany I Think We're Alone Now
Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Pop: main repertoire list (not inluding songs from the above list)
a-ha Take on me
ABBA Dancing Queen
ABBA Mamma Mia
ABBA The Winner Takes It All
Adele Easy On Me
Adele Make You Feel My Love
Adele Rolling in the Deep
Adele Someone Like You
Adele When We Were Young
Alex Warren Ordinary
Amy Winehouse You Know I'm no good
Aretha Franklin (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
Ariana Grande & John Legend Beauty and the Beast
Avril Lavigne Complicated
Bee Gees How Deep Is Your Love
Bee Gees Stayin Alive
Beyonce Halo
Bill Withers Lean On Me
Billie Eilish bad guy
Billie Eilish bury a friend
Billie Eilish i love you
Bob Marley & the Wailers Could You Be Loved
Bob Marley & The Wailers Is This Love
Bob Marley & the Wailers One Love/People Get Ready
Cat Stevens Father & Son
Clean Bandit Symphony
Clean Bandit, Jess Glyne Rather Be
Coldplay Viva La Vida
Coldplay Yellow
David Guetta Titanium
Dua Lipa Be The One
Dua Lipa Dance the night
Ed Sheeran Perfect
Elvis Presley Can't Help Falling in Love
Extreme More Than Words
Fleetwood Mac Dreams
George Ezra Budapest
Gnarles Barkley Crazy
Green Day Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
Harry Chapin Cat's in the Cradle
Journey Don't Stop Believin'
Katy Perry Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
Katy Perry Roar
Katy Perry Teenage Dream
Keane Somewhere Only We Know
Kylie Minogue Can't Get You Out of My Head
Kylie Minogue Slow
Lady Gaga Bad Romance
Lady Gaga Paparazzi
Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper Shallow
Madonna Frozen
Madonna Like a Prayer
Madonna Material Girl
Madonna Open your heart
Madonna True Blue
Maroon 5 She Will Be Loved
Metallica Nothing else matters
Michael Buble Feeling Good
Michael Jackson Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
Michael Jackson I Just Can't Stop Loving You
Michael Jackson Man in the Mirror
Nina Simone Feeling Good
Norah Jones Come Away With Me
Norah Jones Don't Know Why
Norah Jones Sunrise
OneRepublic Counting Stars
Otis Redding (Sittin' On) The Dock of the bay
Passenger Let Her Go
Peter Frampton Baby I Love Your Way
Radiohead Fake Plastic Trees
Radiohead No Surprises
Rick Astley Never Gonna Give You Up
Rihanna Diamonds
Rihanna S&M
Rihanna, JAY-Z Umbrella
Sabrina Carpenter Please Please Please
Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water
Snow Patrol Chasing Cars
Taylor Swift Love Story
Taylor Swift Wildest dreams
The Beatles Here Comes The Sun
The Beatles Hey Jude
The Beatles Here Comes the Sun
The Cranberries Zombie
The Cure Friday I'm in Love
Tina Turner What's Love Got to Do with It
TLC No Scrubs
TLC Waterfalls
Tom Odell Another Love
TOTO Africa
Tracey Chapman Fast Car
Even more Pop
4 Non Bondes What's Up
ABBA Chiquitita
ABBA I Have a Dream
ABBA Thank you for the music
Adele Hello
Aerosmith I Don't Want to miss a thing
Al Green Lets Stay Together
Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind, (Pt. 2)
Alicia Keys Girl On Fire
Alicia Keys If I Ain't Got You
Alicia Keys No One
Amy Macdonald This Is the Life
Amy Winehouse Back to Black
Amy Winehouse Love Is A Losing Game
Amy Winehouse Tears Dry On Their Own
Amy Winehouse Valerie
Aretha Franklin I Say A Little Prayer
Aretha Franklin Respect
Aretha Franklin Think
Avicii Hey Brother
B.o.B, Jessie J Price Tag
Backstreet Boys I Want it That Way
Bebe Rexha, David Guetta I'm Good (Blue)
Ben E. King Stand by me
Beyonce Irreplaceable
Bill Withers Ain't No Sunshine
Bill Withers Just the two of us
Billie Eilish Everything I Wanted
Billie Eilish What Was I Made For
Billie Eilish & Khalid Lovely
Billy Joel Just the way you are
Billy Joel Uptown Girl
Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling
Blink 182 I Miss You
Blondie Call Me
Bob Dylan Blowin' in the Wind
Bob Dylan Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Bob Marley Jamming
Bob Marley Redemption Song
Bob Marley & the Wailers Get Up Stand Up
Bob Marley & the Wailers No Woman No Cry
Bon Jovi Livin' On a Prayer
Bonnie Tyler Total Eclipse of the heart
Britney Spears Oops!...I Did It Again
Bruno Mars Locked Out Of Heaven
Bruno Mars Treasure
Bruno Mars Just the Way You Are
Bruno Mars Uptown Funk
Bryan Adams Everything I Do, I Do It For You
Bryan Adams Heaven
BTS Dynamite
Calum Scott You are the reason
Camila Cabello Havana
Camila Cabello Senorita
Cat Stevens Moonshadow
Cat Stevens Morning has broken
Cat Stevens Wild World
Celine Dion All By Myself
Celine Dion The Power of Love
Chapell Roan Good Luck, Babe!
Chapell Roan Pink Pony Club
Chris de Burgh The Lady in Red
Chris Isaak Wicked Game
Christina Aguilera Beautiful
Christina Aguilera Fighter
Christina Aguilera Genie in a Bottle
Chuck Berry Johnny B. Goode
Coldplay Paradise
Coldplay Sky full of stars
Coldplay Sparks
Coolio Gangta's Paradise
Counting Crows Mr. Jones
Cream Sunshine of Your Love
Creedence Clearwater Revival Proud Mary
Crowded House Don't Dream It's Over
Cyndi Lauper Time after time
Daft Punk Get Lucky
David Bowie Ashes to Ashes
David Bowie Changes
David Bowie Heroes
David Bowie Life On Mars?
Dexy Midnight Runners Come on Eileen
Diana Ross Upside Down
Dido Thank you
Dionne Warwick Walk On By
Don McLean Vincent
Dua Lipa Levitating
Dusty Springfield The Look of Love
Eagles Hotel California
Earth, Wind & Fire September
Ed Sheeran Thinking Out Loud
Electric Light Orchestra Mr. Blue Sky
Ellie Goulding Love me like you do
Elton John Candle in the Wind
Elton John Cold Heart (Pnau remix)
Elton John Don't let the sun go down on me
Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
Elton John I'm Still Standing
Elton John Tiny Dancer
Elvis Presley Burning Love
Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock
Eric Carmen Hungry Eyes
Eric Clapton Layla
Eric Clapton Wonderful Tonight
Europe The Final Countdown
Eurythmics Sweet dreams
Eva Cassidy Fields of Gold
Eva Cassidy Songbird
Eva Cassidy Time after time
Eva Cassidy, Cyndi Lauper True Colors
Evanescence Bring me to life
Fleetwood Mac Everywhere
Fleetwood Mac Go Your Own Way
Fleetwood Mac Songbird
Florence + The Machine Dog Days Are Over
Frank Sinatra My Way
Frank Sinatra New York, New York
Free All Right Now
Gary Jules Mad World
George Benson Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You
George Michael Careless Whisper
Gerry Rafferty Baker Street
Gotye Somebody That I Used To Know
Green Day Wake Me Up When September Ends
Guns N' Roses Sweet child of mine
Harry Styles Falling
Harry Styles Sign of the Times
Harry Styles Watermelon Sugar
Hozier Take Me To Church
Ike & Tina Turner River Deep - Mountain High
Imagine Dragons Believer
James Blunt You're Beautiful
James Brown It's a Man's Man's Man's World
Jamiroquai Virtual Insanity
Jasmine Thompson Mad World
Jefferson Airplane White Rabbit
Jessie J, B.o.B Price Tag
Jimmy Cliff I Can See Clearly Now
Joe Cocker You Are So Beautiful
John Denver Take Me Home, country roads
John Lennon Jealous Guy
John Mayer Gravity
Judy Garland Over the Rainbow
Justin Bieber Love Yourself
Justin Timberlake Can't Stop the Feeling
Kansas Dust in the Wind
Kaoma Lambada
Kate Bush Running Up That Hill
Katy Perry Firework
Katy Perry I Kissed A Girl
Keane Everybody's Changing
Kelly Clarkson Since U Been Gone
Kool & the Gang Celebration
Lady Gaga A Star is born
Lady Gaga Poker Face
Lana Del Ray Summertime Sadness
Lana Del Ray Video Games
Lana Del Rey Born to Die
Lewis Capaldi Someone You Loved
Linkin Park Numb
Lionel Richie Easy (Like Sunday Morning)
Little Richard Tutti Frutti
Lorde Green Light
Lorde Royals
Lukas Graham 7 Years
Lynyrd Skynyrd Sweet Home Alabama
Madonna Cherish
Madonna Express Yourself
Madonna La Isla Bonita
Madonna Like a Virgin
Madonna Live To Tell
Madonna Papa Don't Preach
Marc Cohn Walking in Memphis
Mariah Carey All I Want For Christmas
Maroon 5 This Love
Marvin Gaye Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Marvin Gaye I Heard it Through the Grapevine
Marvin Gaye Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye Whats Going On
Massive Attack Teardrop
Michael Buble, Reese Witherspoon) Something Stupid
Michael Jackson Liberian Girl
Michael Jackson Thriller
Michael Jackson Billie Jean
Moloko Sing it Back
Muse Hysteria
Muse Starlight
Muse Stockholm Syndrome
Nancy Sinatra These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
Natasha Bedingfield Unwritten
Neil Diamond Sweet Caroline
Nina Simone I Put a Spell on You
Nina Simone My Baby Just Cares for Me
Nirvana Come as You Are
Nirvana Lithium
Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit
Olivia Dean Man I Need
Olivia Dean So Easy (To Fall in Love)
Olivia Rodrigo drivers license
Olivia Rodrigo Vampire
Paul Simon Slip Slidin' Away
Paul Weller You Do Something to Me
Percy Sledge When a Man Loves a Woman
Pharrell Williams Happy
Pink Floyd Money
Plain White T's Hey There Delilah
Prince Nothing Compares 2 U
Prince Purple Rain
Queen Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen Don't Stop Me Now
R.E.M. Everybody Hurts
Ray Charles Hit the road jack
Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers Under the Bridge
Sam & Dave Hold On, I'm Comin'
Sarah McLachlan Angel
Scorpions Winds of Change
Shania Twain From This Moment On
Shania Twain Man I Feel Like a Woman
Shania Twain You're Still The One
Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello Senorita
Sia Chandelier
Sia Unstoppable
Simply Red If You Don't Know Me by Now
Skunk Anansie Hedonism
Sneaker Pimps 6 Underground
Sophie Ellis-Bextor Murder on the Dancefloor
Starship Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
Steely Dan Peg
Stephen Sanchez Until I Found You
Stevie Wonder I Just called to say I love you
Stevie Wonder Master Blaster
Sting Fields of Gold
Supertramp Breakfast in America
Survivor Eye of the Tiger
System of a Down Toxicity
Taylor Swift The Fate Of Ophelia
Taylor Swift The Less I Know the Better
Taylor Swift The Life of a Showgirl
Tears for Fears Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Tears for Fears Mad World
The Animals The House of the Rising Sun
The Beatles All My Loving
The Beatles Come Together
The Beatles Day Tripper
The Beatles Here There and Everywhere
The Beatles Lady Madonna
The Beatles Let it be
The Beatles Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
The Beatles Oh! Darling
The Beatles Penny Lane
The Beatles The Fool on the Hill
The Beatles Yellow Submarine
The Beatles She Loves You
The Blues Brothers Soul Man
The Carpenters (They long to be) close to you
The Drifters Under the boardwalk
The Jackson 5 I Want You Back
The mamas & the papas California Dreamin'
The Monkees I'm A Believer
The Platters Only You (And You Alone)
The Pogues Fairytale of New York
The Pointer Sisters I'm So Excited
The Police Roxanne
The Real Thing You to Me Are Everything
The Righteous Brothers Unchained Melody
The Rolling Stones Brown Sugar
The Weeknd Save Your Tears
The White Stripes Seven Nation Army
Tina Turner The Best
Tones and I Dance Monkey
Toni Braxton Un-Break my heart
Toploader Dancing in the moonlight
TOTO Rosanna
Travis Sing
U2 Beautiful Day
U2 With or Without You
Van Halen Jump
Van Morrison Have I Told You Lately
Van Morrison Moondance
Weezer Say It Ain't So
Whitney Houston I Have Nothing
Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You
Whitney Houston One moment in time
Whitney Houston Saving All My Love
Wilson Picket in the Midnight Hour (The Commitments)
Yazoo Only You
Bollywood
Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo Farida Khanum
Aaj Sajeya Goldie Sohel
Apna Bana Le Sachin-Jigar, Arijit Singh & Amitabh Bhattacharya
Baarish Yaariyan Mohammed Irfan, Gajendra Verma & Mithoon
Chaleya Anirudh Ravichander, Arijit Singh, Shilpa Rao
Chinna Chinna Asai Minmini, A.R. Rahman, Vairamuthu
Chura Liya Hai Tumne Jo Dil Ko Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
Dekhha Tenu (From "Mr. And Mrs. Mahi") Mohammad Faiz, Jaani
Dil To Pagal Hai Uttam Singh, Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan
Din Shagna Da Jasleen Royal, Neeraj Rajawat
Guzarish A.R. Rahman, Javed Ali & Prasoon Joshi
Humko Humise Chura Lo Jatin-Lalit, Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan
Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein Duet Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar
Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jaye Mukesh, Salil Chowdhury
Kal Ho Naa Ho Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Sonu Nigam
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Jatin-Lalit, Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik
Kuchh Na Kaho - Happy Kumar Sanu, R. D. Burman
Lag Ja Gale Se Phir Lata Mangeshkar
Laila O Laila Kanchan & Amit Kumar
Main Agar Kahoon Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Vishal-Shekhar
Mast Magan Arijit Singh, Chinmayi, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Maula Mere Maula Roop Kumar Rathod, Sayeed Quadri
Munbe Vaa A.R. Rahman, Shreya Ghoshal, Naresh Iyer
O Re Piya Salim-Sulaiman, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Omme Ninnannu Kanthumba S. Janaki, Rajan–Nagendra & Chi. Udayashankar
Ondu Malebillu Armaan Malik, Shreya Ghoshal & V Nagendra Prasad
Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas (Anil Chauhan Karaoke) Kishore Kumar
Pehli Nazar Mein Atif Aslam, Pritam
Sanam Re-Phir Mohobbat Tulsi Kumar, Benny Dayal
Tenu Sang Rakhna Achint, Arijit Singh, Anumita Nadesan & Varun Grover
Teri Meri Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shreya Ghoshal
Teri Ore Pritam, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shreya Ghoshal
Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai Salim-Sulaiman, Roop Kumar Rathod
Vaseegara Bombay Jayashri
Zara Zara Behekta Hai Mannara Chopra
Classical
Ave Maria Gounod
Ave Maria Schubert Franz
Blue Tango Anderson Leroy
Canon in D major Pachelbel
Carmen - Habanera Bizet
La Cumparsita Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
Lakmé - Act I No. 2 Duetto, The Flower Duet Delibes
O sole mio Andrea Bocelli
Swan Lake, Op. 20a - No. 1 Scene (Swan Theme) Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake, Op. 20a - No. 3 Dance of the Little Swans Tchaikovsky
Sylvia - Divertissement: Variation dansée (Pizzicati) Delibes
Te Deum, H. 146 - Prelude Charpentier
The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Händel
The Four Seasons "Winter" - II. Largo Vivaldi
The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 - Voi che sapete Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus
The Sleeping Beauty - Waltz Tchaikovsky
The Tales of Hoffmann - Barcarolle Offenbach
Film/TV
All that Jazz Chicago
Ashitaka Sekki Joe Hisaishi
Beauty and the Beast Céline Dion
Braveheart James Horner
Bright Eyes Art Garfunkel
Can you feel the love tonight Elton John
Castle in the Sky Joe Hisaishi
Circle of life Elton John
City of Stars Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone
Coco - Un Poco Loco Germaine Franco
Defying Gravity Stephen Schwartz
Do You Want to Build a Snowman? Kristen Bell
Do-Re-Mi Julie Andrews, Nicholas Hammond
Edelweiss Bill Lee, Charmian Carr
Game of Thrones Ramin Djawadi
Go the Distance Michael Bolton, Alan Menken
He's a Pirate Klaus Badelt
How Far I'll Go Lin-Manuel Miranda, Auli'i Cravalho
Howl's Moving Castle Theme Pianza
Into the Unknown Idina Menzel, AURORA
Jurassic Park John Williams
La Valse d'Amelie Yann Tiersen
Let It Go Idina Menzel
Love Story Francis Lai
Love Theme Nino Rota, Calo Savina
May It Be Enya
Moon River Audrey Hepburn
My Heart Will Go On Celine Dion
No Time to Die Billie Eilish
One Summer's Day Joe Hisaishi
Over the Rainbow Judy Garland
Part of Your World Jodi Benson, Disney
Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major II. Andante con moto Schubert Franz
Reflection Matthew Wilder
Singin' in the Rain Nacio Herb Brown
Skyfall Adele
Take My Breath Away Berlin
The Bare Necessities Terry Gilkyson
The Pink Panther Theme Henry Mancini, Plas Johnson
Up Michael Giacchino
Walking in the Air Howard Blake
Walking in the Air Nightwish
We Don't Talk About Bruno Lin-Manual Miranda
You'll Be In My Heart Phil Collins
You've Got a Friend in Me Randy Newman
Ziv Zaifman, Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams A Million Dreams
Jazz
Antonio Carlos Jobim The Girl from Ipanema
arr. Nikki Iles Fly Me To The Moon
Cole Porter I Love You
Duke Ellington Caravan
Ella Fitzgerald Cheek to Cheek
Ella Fitzgerald Summertime
Etta James At Last
Eva Cassidy Autumn Leaves
Frank Sinatra Mack the Knife
Gershwin Summertime
Joseph Kosma Autumn Leaves
Toots Thielemans Bluesette
Various Fly Me To The Moon
Gregory Porter L-O-V-E
Musicals
Joe Hisaishi Memory (Departures)
Charles Strouse Tomorrow (Annie)
Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper Shallow
Games
Koji Kondo Main Theme - Super Mario Bros.
John Siegler & Tamara Loeffler Pokemon Theme
Koji Kondo Song of Storms
Traditional/World/Folk
Johnny Cash Orange Blossom Special
Nathan Evans, Traditional Wellerman
Roberton Westering Home
Traditional Amazing Grace
Traditional Down by the Salley Gardens
Traditional Four Green Fields
Traditional Greensleeves
Traditional La Bamaba
Traditional Lightly Row
Traditional Liuba, Russian Gypsy Lullaby
Traditional Morisson' Jig
Traditional On The Banks of Allan Water
Traditional Pokarekare Ana
Traditional Scarborough Fair
Traditional She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain
Traditional Spancil Hill
Traditional Swallowtail Jig
Traditional The Athol Highlanders (Celtic)
Traditional Ukranian Folk Songs - No. 2 In the Garden Flowers are Growing
Traditional Verbovaya Doshchechka
A 2m x 2m space, somewhere to store a violin case and somewhere nearby to park.
Sound equipment but not lighting; I use a Behringer B1X battery powered amp.
Name, Location, Parking locations, desired performance locations, storage locations for violin case etc.
I can play Spotify through my speaker in between live playing, though there will be some gaps will I prepare to play and just after.
Yes this is not a problem. My setup is highly portable and is quick and easy to move around, and doesn't need power.
I've toured in multiple countries as part of different acts but this solo setup is new. With Barrage I played on Children in Need, which was awesome.
I'm classically trained but I've always listened to Pop and Electronic music. I like too many artists and songs to have any clear favourites :)
I've performed classically since I was young as both my parents are also classical violinists. I expanded my experience aged 20 when I joined a Canadian stage show, learning folk, blue-grass, jazz styles and more and touring with this act. I have extensive experience performing in string quartets at weddings and functions.
Weddings are always lovely - I must have played hundreds but I still enjoy them, and playing for ceremonies, drinks receptions and meals is a nice time of day to play a gig :)
My acoustic violin sounds best because the unamplified sound straight from the violin can be clearly heard - and this sounds the best. This unamplified sound combines with the amplified sound, plus reverb, to create a rich sound that works with the backing tracks. The electric violin sound is mostly from the amplifier, which still sounds really nice, it's just not quite on par with the acoustic. But it does also look very cool :)
I usually aim to arrive about 30-45 minutes before start times and will play as and when the client wants me to.
I just need shade outside (I could play in the sun for about 15 minutes but beyond that it is not good for the violin). I don't need mains power.
If a client says to play what I think works best - great.
If a client has a general preference of genres eg Classical or Pop - or a 50/50 Classical and Film/TV - that's also great. Or even some genres they would prefer me to avoid can be very useful.
For special moments (such as bridal entry) I can work with clients to play any piece of music - even if it's not on the repertoire - and so long as it's playable.
For any other times I'm playing clients can request up to two pieces from the repertoire list. This is because clients generally move around venues a lot, and will often not even get to hear pieces they spent time selecting.
This act is new but I've played hundreds of string quartet gigs at weddings over the years and people have always been very complementary saying our music sets such a lovely mood straight away.
Of course! These can easily be agreed and played at the appropriate times. Walking down the aisle pieces can simply be faded out once everyone has come in and finished walking into position.
Yes I know many of the pieces I play by memory and my setup is wireless meaning I can wander freely.
If I have the piece they want to hear absolutely!
This act is brand new so there isn't a client list yet, although I have been performing with string quartets for over 20 years. These are Magenta Strings and Serenade String Quartet.
With string quartets I have performed at:
Woodlands Hotel Leeds
Leeds Town Hall
Leeds Civic Hall
East Midlands Conference Centre
East Riddleston Hall
Tissington Hall
SS Peter & Paul Catholic church
The Woodman Inn
St Helens Church
Saltmarshe Hall
Crow Wood Hotel & Spa
Cleatham Hall
Kedleston Country House
Dovecliff Hall Hotel
St Vincent Catholic Church
Holiday Inn, Barnsley
Harrogate Conference Centre
Repton School - Chapel
Bent Farm Farley Hill
East Lodge, Rowley
The Devonshire Arms
Moortown Golf Club
Blackfordby Church
Woodborough Hall
Mansfield Manor Hotel
The Octagon....
Wedding
Birthday Party
Private Event
Corporate Event
Hotel / Restaurant Event
Bar / Venue Event
Funeral / Memorial
Wedding Proposal
Concert
Religious Event
Recording Session
Virtual Event
Charity Event
Theatre Show
Christmas Party
New Year's Eve
Classical
Film / TV
Opera
Musical Theatre
Medieval / Early Music
1960s Music
1970s Music
1980s Music
1990s Music
2000s+ Music
Folk
Ibiza Club
Easy Listening
Originals
Country
Pop
Acoustic
Covers
Disco
Funk
Hip Hop
Motown
R&B
Soul
Rock
Britpop
Classic Rock
Heavy Metal
Indie
Rock 'n' Roll
Alternative Rock
PA / sound system included
Uses backing tracks
Instrumental
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