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Beautiful Barn Wedding Venues London

Niche London String Quartet love to travel, especially when we are hired to play wedding music at beautiful barn wedding venues just outside of London! Read on to find out more about the best barn wedding venues and Niche Quartet wedding performances just outside of London. We look forward to playing at these venues again for our latest 2019 and 2020 wedding entertainment bookings!

 

Blake Hall – Ongar, Essex

The London String Quartet played for many memorable Essex wedding venues last year including 2 at the just too perfect Blake Hall. Brides and grooms who booked Niche London Quartet had their wedding ceremony in the Hay Barn. Our wedding musicians sit up on the beautiful glass fronted balcony and the music floats up into the beams, over the top of the guests creating the perfect welcoming atmosphere.

Then imagine the magic of walking in to Niche Quartet’s perfect rendition of Pachelbel’s Canon in D to all your friends and family and the love of your life waiting for you at the end of the aisle. 

Our beautiful 2018 bride Kendal chose our string quartet for her wedding and wrote a 5 star review on our Facebook page!

We booked Niche London String Quartet for our wedding at Blake Hall in November and couldn’t have been happier!! The correspondence ahead of the day was extremely helpful and professional and the music played was just stunning! It set the scene perfectly for our ceremony and drinks reception and we received so many compliments from family and friends. We would be delighted to recommend – thank you again!”

Watch her perfect wedding entrance below:

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Niche String Quartet then played our modern wedding music mix which carried across the sunlit gardens for the wedding reception. The perfect upbeat start to the celebratory vibe for the afternoon!

 

Gaynes Park – Epping, Essex

Gaynes Park is another beautiful barn setting just outside London, perfect for a stunning wedding ceremony in their orangery with wedding reception right next door in the gardens. Niche have played at this barn for weddings throughout the years as string quartet and also string trio. The Orangery is a light and airy large space with the perfect nook for the wedding musicians to play in. The music welcomes guests as they enter through the big double doors. Brides and grooms love to have the quartet play classical music for a tradition feel to match the pretty rustic setting. Once the real celebrations begin and the doors are thrown open to the gardens Niche Quartet can create the perfect fun atmosphere playing their latest mix of fun pop and modern wedding music! 

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Tewin Bury Farm – Welwyn, Hertfordshire

Tewin Bury Farm provides one of the most perfect rustic barn wedding venues in Hertfordshire with the River Mimram flowing next to the window. There is also a one of a kind minstrel’s gallery set high in the beams. This is the perfect spot for the string quartet to play with the music floating over the top of the gallery. Niche London String Quartet can create the most beautiful and perfect atmosphere to match the 17th century setting.

Our Spring 2018 bride Frankie was a violinist herself and also Manager of the London Symphony Orchestra. With her experienced musical ear she hired Niche London String Quartet to play for her wedding ceremony and reception at Tewin Bury Farm in The Tythe Barn. She asked the string quartet to play classical wedding favourites such as Air in G and Bach’s Double Violin Concerto to welcome guests. She then asked our wedding musicians to learn and prepare her favourite piece ‘Marry Me’ from classic film My Best Friend’s Wedding for her walk down the aisle. It was perfectly romantic with plenty of happy tears from the bride, groom and her guests – One of Niche Quartet’s highlights of 2018!

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Great Fosters – Egham, Surrey

Once again another perfect barn wedding venue hidden away just outside London right near the M25! Often the alumnae of nearby grand university Royal Holloway will get married at their breathtaking chapel nearby. They then follow on with their wedding celebrations at the nearby stylish and rustic Great Fosters Hotel. The Painted Hall is a wonderful setting for their wedding reception and then The Tithe Barn is perfect for a beautiful wedding breakfast.

In autumn Niche London String Trio played for a couple’s wedding where the groom is a videographer and so naturally their theme was film music based! They found plenty to love on our repertoire lists ranging from memorable Disney tunes to their favourite action film soundtracks. When the couple were announced to the room as the new Mr & Mrs for the wedding breakfast we played The Royal Fireworks music, perfect to match the rustic and grand barn lit by candles and fairy-lights. Then guests where thrilled as the string trio switched straight into the instantly recognisable Game of Throne theme tune following with brilliant soundtrack after soundtrack. The Jurassic Park theme song was a big hit as well with several guests coming to film our performance in-between meal courses!

 

 
 
 
 
 
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There are some of the string quartet and trio’s favourite barn wedding venues that are just outside London. We hope you have found this post an interesting read to help you plan for your wedding day. To think about your wedding entertainment and what a string quartet would add to your wedding ceremony – whether your theme is rustic charm or something completely different! Next time we will write about our favourite grand and luxurious wedding performances in stunning London venues…

Corporate Christmas Party Entertainment London

With only 12 weeks until Christmas Niche London String Quartet are looking forward to providing our best Corporate Christmas Party Entertainment London packages for 2018! If you are looking for the perfect, unique office Christmas party ideas and Corporate events inspiration read through our past creative Christmas entertainment event blogs for inspiration or see ideas from our Xmas performances last year:

Best Corporate Christmas Party Entertainment London ideas

The quickest way to bring Christmas cheer and fun to your office christmas party in London is live music and Niche String Quartet and Trio know how to entertain and engage your guests so they have an unforgettable evening. Our London string musicians provide an instant air of class and sophistication with their quality performances and also a sense of festive fun playing their modern and traditional Christmas music favourites. 

Last year Niche London Quartet played amplified dressed in ball gowns at wonderful London Christmas event venues like Greenwich Observatory and the quirky and unique Underglobe at Shakespere’s Globe Theatre for corporate Christmas parties and winter events. Our clients especially loved hearing our modern string quartet pop renditions mixed in with the modern Christmas music favourites we play. 

Office Christmas Party Entertainment London

The string quartet and trio performed at the Hilton London Hotels twice for very different style Christmas events. One was a masquerade ball dinner where the string quartet played on the dance floor by candle light wearing black ball gowns along with our Masquerade masks.

Our second performance was as the London String Trio amplified at a Christmas themed event at Hilton Park Lane for Imperial Alumnae. Here we played alongside a fun Christmas themed photo-booth and magician entertainment providing our Christmas entertainment package of Niche Live Jukebox. Guests loved picking their favourite modern songs and their favourite Christmas music to hear from our huge list of repertoire. We even had some sing a long moments towards the end of the event! 

Hear snippets of the string trio performing Christmas carols as live Corporate Christmas Entertainment in London below!

Contact us now to find out our availability for the Winter Season of Christmas events!

Modern String Quartet London

Niche London String Quartet specialise in playing the Best Modern Music for Corporate Events and Weddings. Read about our modern string quartet London Tech Week performances and more from the busiest month for string quartet hire!

Tech Week London 2018

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London Tech Week took place on the 11th-17th June in 2018 celebrating tech through the power of events. Naturally the most exciting tech brands turned to Niche London for the right modern string quartet music to make their events unforgettable! Our first Tech Week event was to play as trio, amplified through the in-house AV, to open the London Tech Week Gala Dinner in aid of The Princes Trust in the grounds of the Tower of London. We were honoured to be hired to be the London string musicians to provide the entertainment for this important charitable event and create the perfect atmosphere for an unforgettable celebration.

The next day Niche String Quartet played modern music as entertainment for guests at the TechXLR8 awards ceremony corporate event at Gibson Hall, a glittering events venue in the heart of the City of London. Guests enjoyed our modern music throughout dinner and as a warm up for the awards ceremony to begin. Earlier that same day our all female string quartet had already been a very modern string quartet in London, playing for a surprise performance of ‘Simply the Best’ at Kings Cross as part of an elaborate surprise goodbye gift to a top event’s company C.E.O!

Our final Tech Week performance meant Niche Quartet were up bright and early dressed smart casual to welcome guests with fabulous modern music (chosen by the director from our extensive song repertoire) at the AI Summit at Excel London. Guests were filming us as we played and our music was the perfect way to get them excited for a day of exciting new tech filled exhibition. When we had finished the director enjoyed it so much he said he wished he had hired us for another hour!

Modern String Quartet London Tech Week clients

Modern String Quartet London

Tech Week clients loved Niche Quartet’s modern music, finding it the perfect accompaniment for their celebratory events containing the latest gadgets and gizmos, their charity gala ball and to open on the most modern topic of AI.

Contact us here to find out more about how our modern string quartet hire in London is perfect for your corporate events!

Niche London Wedding String Quartet

Being a top London wedding String Quartet for hire is one of our joys. For wedding ceremony music Niche wedding string quartet is the perfect choice, and for sophisticated wedding reception and fun wedding breakfast entertainment our musicians for hire provide perfect elegance & style. Try our outstanding service and join hundreds of happy clients who booked Niche London String Quartet for their wedding music. 

Wedding String Quartet for the manager of the London Symphony Orchestra

Our latest Bride to chose Niche London to be the string quartet for her wedding day was the manager of the London Symphony Orchestra – a lady who truly knows good music when she hears it!! It was a pleasure to specially arrange her favourite piece ‘Marry Me’ from classic film ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ for her walk down the aisle (our rendition brought tears to her eyes for the perfect unforgettable entrance to her wedding ceremony). We then helped the celebrations begin by playing our wedding string quartet version of The Beatles  ‘All Your Need is Love’ for the happy newlyweds exit down the wedding aisle as the new Mr&Mrs S! 

For the wedding reception at perfect rustic wedding venue Tewin Bury Farm we played from our range of up-beat modern string quartet music including songs from Ed Sheeran, Adele, Jason Mraz, Ellie Goulding, Bruno Mars and Beyonce to name just a few! Guests were thrilled with our wedding string quartet music, filming their favourite songs and dancing with champagne in hand.

Niche London String Quartet also provided the perfect event music for a London film premiere, more beautiful and utterly unique wedding ceremonies, arranged music for a huge charity event in a London Palace and a remembrance service in March but that will have to wait for our next exciting event filled blog post! 

Contact us now to find out prices and more about Niche London Wedding String Quartet

Office Christmas Party Ideas with Niche London String Quartet

Time to start planning your office Christmas party and Niche London String Quartet have all the ideas to make your 2017 work Christmas party unforgettable!

Our string quartet have provided office Christmas party entertainment at excellent venues all across London and for large and small corporate parties – keep on reading to see some of the best ways to help your office Christmas party be filled with festive merriment:

Host a Christmas party with live music requests!

In 2015 Niche London String Quartet played for AirBnb’s London office Christmas party and Ministry of Sound’s Winter Ball and they both chose to have Niche Live Jukebox ‘The Christmas Edition’ to kick off the start of their winter celebration event! We provided the list of our modern and Christmas string quartet music and throughout the night guests picked to hear their favourite songs live and brought to life in a way they have never experienced before. Our string quartet version of Last Christmas by Wham was a HUGE favourite along with Jingle Bell Rock!

Have a Christmas party sing-a-long

Niche London String Quartet know all the Christmas Carols and several of our previous clients have hosted the perfect office Christmas dinner party by ending their festive celebration with mulled wine, minced pies and a quick rendition of some favourite traditional carols led by our professional musicians! Nothing says Christmas joy and a heartwarming team building exercise than everyone hugging and singing ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ together at the end of a fabulous corporate event.

Surprise office Christmas party event

Want to treat your office and surprise them this Christmas? Niche London String Quartet has played for lots of corporate events in the office! Imagine your office’s surprise as they walk round the corner to a string quartet greeting them in the lunchroom. We have also played for surprise Christmas breakfast events and dinner office events across the city and central London for top companies like Vodafone and Lloyds.

Large venue Christmas dinner entertainment 

Hosting a large Christmas party event and looking for ideas to top the normal string quartet experience? Our string quartet can plug in and play through speaker systems for that full symphonic sound. Even better for the best event experience we can provide Christmas entertainment as a mini string orchestra of 8 to 12 players! If you’d like to keep it classy with an extra rock and pop vibe we have Niche Quartet & drums to kick start the party vibe. We have vast experience of filling big venues like The Brewery, Banking Hall, The National Theatre and the QEII Convention Centre.

Just drop us an email and we can help you with your ideas and plans to help you host the best office Christmas party of the year! Don’t forget we can also help with other style recommended London musicians and entertainers through Your Event Music Ltd.

Wedding Music all around London!

This Summer has been completely amazing! Niche London String Quartet and String Trio have played wedding music at OVER 50 different wedding venues, and also provided entertainment for birthday parties, corporate events, summer parties, award ceremonies and a very special surprise engagement proposal!

We have had the pleasure of playing lots of very in love couples down and back up the wedding ceremony aisle playing traditional classical music like Pachelbel’s Canon in D or I Giorni has been a favourite. The String Quartet and trio have also arranged and learned lots of new music to make our Niche Couples’ wedding ceremony a completely personal moment that will never be forgotten. Some of our newest modern string quartet wedding songs include Somebody To Love by Queen and Cheerleader by Omi!

Multiple wedding music performances for Niche London String Quartet and Trio took place at some of our favourite wedding venues, Hedsor House, Kew Gardens (one on the hottest day of the year!!), Pembroke Lodge, The Bingham. Richmond wedding venues proving very popular as always! We got to visit some new wedding venues for the first time too, playing at Searcys at The Gherkin, Waddesdon Manor Dairy, Ham Yard Hotel and Aynhoe Park (There is SO much to say about the amazing Aynhoe Park Wedding we will have to save it for it’s own post!)

If you are looking for the perfect experienced London string quartet or trio for your wedding music do contact us and we can be sure to help – we would just love to be part of your love story! We only have 4 weekends until the end of the year that are still available and we are currently reserving bookings for 2018 & 2019 weddings.

Niche London String Quartet Wedding Music Reviews

Some of Niche Quartet’s lovely July brides wrote to us on our Instagram page – make sure you follow us too for wedding music ideas!