Beautiful and very intimate Easter wedding on Monday at Brickhouse Vineyard. I played a variety of music while the couple enjoyed their champagne afternoon tea. I also enjoyed playing some new repertoire including Concerning Hobbits from Lord of the Rings and Closing Time by semisonic. Congratulations to Jessica and Stuart and not forgetting Bernard. Its a busy week this week and Im off to St Audries Park Wedding Venue on Friday and then Bickleigh Mill on Saturday.

Saturday 18th March 2023. Mercure Exeter Rougemont Hotel. Wedding drinks reception and wedding breakfast. Another lovely afternoon playing a mixture of classical and popular favourites. We played some Bach, Dvorak, Massenet, Coldplay, Bastille and even some 007! Lovely wedding in another lovely venue.  #ExeValleyStringQuartet.

Deer Park Hotel - March 11th 2023. Great wedding gig at the lovely Deer Park Country House near Honiton. This is a popular and regular venue for us and we always get a warm welcome from the staff. This was a particularly unique wedding as we only played classical pieces throughout the day. Being classically trained musicians we enjoyed playing through this part of our repertoire. Mozart, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Vivaldi, Bach, Grieg and lots of others. #weddingquartet. Next stop Mercure Exeter Rougemont Hotel on Saturday evening.

There is something very romantic about a winter wedding. The cold weather and the open fireplace and the frosty open spaces through the windows. We had a really lovely wedding yesterday at Bovey Castle. This is a regular venue for us and we always enjoy playing there. Requests included I Giorni, Best day of my life and a lovely slowed down version of Came here for love. A beautiful day on Dartmoor. Good to be back playing together after our Christmas break.

Final wedding of 2022 as a solo violinist. A beautiful Christmas wedding at the lovely Crowcombe Court in Somerset. 'I get to love you' by Rouelle, 'You are the reason' by Callum Scott and 'This will be' by Natalie Cole were the special requests today. I was also asked to play 'Somewhere over the rainbow' and ' I have a dream' by Abba just before the ceremony started. It has been a wonderful year 2022 and I just want to thank all of the lovely couples and my clients and supporters as well as my family and friends for all their support and encouragement this year. I am looking forward to another musical year in 2023!

I played for a very special wedding this weekend. I had the privilege to play the music for my niece at their very beautiful wedding at Orchardleigh Estate in Somerset. It was a lovely family affair in a beautiful setting - it even snowed! Hannah and Roy chose You are the reason by Callum Scott for the entrance of the bridal party, Sweet Child of Mine for the signing of the register and the theme from Top Gun for their exit. 

I have just returned with Exe Valley String Quartet from a beautiful traditional autumnal wedding at the very lovely Huntsham Court Country House, Devon nr Tiverton. The wedding party arrived on foot from the local church accompanied by a piper and then we played a range of contemporary songs and pieces while the guests had drinks. We played our new bespoke arrangement of 'Thank U Next' which is from the Bridgerton soundtrack by Ariana Grande. It set the scene just right.

To complete a lovely weekend of music I had the privilege of playing for Nicole and Josh's wedding at the very lovely Official China Fleet Country Club in Saltash. It's always nice to go over the Tamar into Cornwall. I played 'I can't help falling in love' for the entrance of the bridal party and then I played 'Make you feel my love' and 'perfect' for the signing of the register before I played everybody out to 'Wildest Dreams' from Bridgeton. Lovely wedding with a lovely atmosphere (and very lovely staff)

We always enjoy playing for a traditional church wedding ceremony. Yesterday was our first visit to St Mary’s in Plympton which is a beautiful church. We played Canon, I can’t help falling in love with you, a thousand years and Now we are free for the exit of the wedding party. We also accompanied the hymns and then drove the short distance to St Elizabeth's House for an hour or so while the guests had drinks. The acoustics in the church were stunning and make our string instruments sound so beautiful.

Back at a very popular venue of ours. Rockbeare Manor. Lovely autumnal wedding with the Exe Valley String Quartet. Some lovely music choices today including Over the Rainbow and a new arrangement of the original Cinderella tune ‘So this is love’. We even got to meet two very special guests. The Alpacas from @littleorchardalpacas . Great day playing in the October sunshine.

You just can’t beat a sunny autumnal October wedding. Always a pleasure to play at Rockbeare Manor. I played my bespoke a cappella arrangement of The Feather Theme from Forrest Gump for the entrance of the bridal party which was really lovely. The ceremony was followed by an hour or so of modern pop, rock and Jazz violin outdoors in the Devon sunshine. #musiciandevon #devonviolinist #freelancefiddler

Lovely autumn wedding today at Pynes House. Lots of classical repertoire today including Meditation and Claire de Lune. Entrance music was the gorgeous Kissing You. Great to be back playing with Exe Valley String Quartet after a few solo gigs away.  So nice to play some challenging classical repertoire as well for a very appreciative audience.

To end a busy week of gigs with Exe Valley String Quartet The Exe Valley String Trio played a lovely wedding at Harefield Barn We love this venue. A gorgeous setting for a wedding with really lovely staff. We played I Giorni, Sweet Disposition and Everlasting Love amongst a range of other hits... and the weather was kind to us.

It feels like our second home. Rockbeare Manor. Another August wedding with the Exe Valley String Quartet. The bride made her stunning entrance to Pachelbels Canon and we played All of me and Halo in the signing. We even got to play our funky version of Toxic in the reception. Great gig today.

Out with the Exe Valley String Quartet today playing at a wedding. First time at Lupton House for a while. We played two brand new bespoke arrangements from our ever expanding repertoire. Chapel of Love and You are my first my last my everything by the legendary Barry White. You know it kind of worked for string quartet ok! Love South Devon.  Ceremony and drinks reception in the gardens - lovely summers afternoon!

Yesterday I played my first gig at Mount Edgecombe House. Such a great venue for a wedding. A lovely sunny day and I got to play some Enya which sounds so beautiful on the violin. 

Lovely summer wedding in sunny Somerset. @crowcombecourt . Special request for ‘Daisy Daisy’ in memory of Felicity’s gran. A chance to play my new arrangement of From this moment by Shania Twain. Lots of lovely feedback. Congratulations Felicity and Neil. Beautiful setting.

Wow! What an amazing place to play. Love Mapperton House & Gardens I played for a small intimate wedding in the gardens and then played for the drinks reception and photos. Really enjoyed playing my new special arrangement of Paramore The only exception. Thank you for your lovely welcome. I had a great day.

Busy couple of days for the Exe Valley String Quartet. We played at another new venue for us in Plympton last Saturday. Lovely venue. We played for the drinks reception only today with a lot of requests for film music. We love playing the film themes and today we got to play lots, including Jurrasic Park, Star Wars, Gladiator and of course Toy Story. Great gig with lots of lovely feedback from an appreciative crowd. St Elizabeth's House