HAMPSHIRE WEDDING STRING QUARTET - 4STRINGS QUARTET

As 2019 draws to a close we have again reviewed all our wedding ceremony song choices chosen by our wedding couples and compiled a Top 10 chart of our most popular requests. This year it's been slightly more of a mixed bag but some of your old favourites still feature very highly in the chart. So in reverse order here is our Top 10 chart for 2019: No 10 - Perfect - Ed Sheeran No 9 - Marry You - Bruno Mars No 8 - All You Need Is Love - The Beatles No 7 - It Must Be Love

If you have heard our string quartet or string duo perform recently we would appreciate getting your feedback on how we did. Your opinion really matters to us as we are always seeking ways to improve the service we provide to our clients/customers and the musical experience that we deliver. Here are two ways to make the process of giving us your review as quick and easy as possible. 1) If you have a Facebook Account you can go to our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/the

This weekend sees the 107th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic. Despite claims that the ship was unsinkable some 1500 passengers and crew died on the ship's maiden voyage from Southampton to New York when she hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic on 14th April and sank in the early hours of 15th April 1912. One of the most endearing stories about that fateful day concerns the piece of music that the band played as the ship sank. It is an irrefutable fact that the ship's

The sun was shinning the venue grounds were perfect and we had a very appreciative audience for the wedding of Katherine and John at The Barn at Bury Court in Hampshire on Sunday afternoon. We started the afternoon playing for the guests and then the wedding ceremony. Katherine entered the ceremony to 'Beethoven's 5 Secrets' the Piano Guys version of the song 'Secrets' by OneRepublic, for the signing of the register we played 'Home' by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and

The string quartet is a member of a group called 'Last Minute Musicians'. Last Thursday they lived up to their name as we had a last minute enquiry for the string quartet to play for an Army Officer's Reunion Dinner at 103BN REME in Portsmouth on the following Saturday evening. We dealt with Gary one of the Army Officers who was organising the dinner who after settling us into the mess dinning room rejoined his fellow officers who were then led into the dinning room by a bagp

Does a string quartet need Public Liability Insurance (PLI)? Legally no, but no matter how careful a string quartet might be accidents do unfortunately happen. Whilst the 4Strings Quartet has not had any accidents to date there are a number of reasons why we believe that having PLI makes good business sense. Firstly, it allows the string quartet to perform in the knowledge that should an accident occur, such as a guest tripping over a music stand and injuring themselves or th

So you've decided you want a string quartet for your wedding. For most couples this will the first time they will have hired any kind of band so how can you be sure that you get the right string quartet? It's not as daunting a task as you may think! Here are some tips to help you chose your PERFECT string quartet without using one of those music agents who will charge you for the privilege. 1) Do your homework. Search the web for string quartets that are local to your wedding