Ensembles and Instruments
You determine the number and types of instruments to fit your taste and budget. We are very happy to discuss and suggest options the will best suit your needs. Please feel free to ask questions.
If you’d like to hear more sound clips, please ask for the full-length demo CD. It has over an hour of instrument combinations and diverse styles.
Solo Violin or Viola
appropriate for up to 75 guests when performing seated, more if strolling
Romantic songs for proposals, intimate dinners, formal dining, small parties, housewarmings, birthdays, graduations, any other special event in a small to medium-sized venue. Attire can range from casual for parties, to western for fiddle at a barbecue, to black tea-length or formal evening gown for anytime elegance.
Lara’s Theme Beginning to See the Light Wonderful Copenhagen
Duos
appropriate for groups up to 100 guests, can be amplified for loud situations
Duos come in many different instrument combinations and are great for almost any occasion! Please ask if a duo can fit your event needs. We’re always pleased to help fit the perfect ensemble to your event, tastes, venue, and budget. Depending on the instruments, a duo takes only a small space while still offering complex and interesting music. It is intimate enough for private dinners, but loud enough for small weddings and house parties.
Duos can play all your classical, Baroque, swing, jazz, and pop favorites as well as Jewish, Italian, and continental repertoire for weddings or background music at corporate and private events.
Violin and Cello
most versatile with many styles
Makin’ Whooppee Minuet in G- Bach Ma Na’avu
Violin and Flute
wonderful classical repertoire and very good for Christmas events
Violin and Guitar
great for swing jazz and classical, too!
In a Sentimental Mood I Love Paris Flamingo
Violin and Harp
(extra fee for harp) beyond elegance, it’s heavenly
All I Ask of You Irish Eyes are Smiling
Two Violins
seated or strolling, best in romantic settings
Skyline String Trio
appropriate for up to 150 guests, amplified up to 200 guests
violin/viola/cello play classical, jazz, swing, Latin, Jewish, Italian, American Songbook and many other styles. Special arrangements are not a problem. We’ve arranged special church music, accompanied professional and amateur singers, organists, guitarists, bagpipers, even done video game themes for processional music. This group has been in existence since 1985, performing for both the concert stage and special events. This versatile group easily covers your musical needs for almost every occasion.
Salut d’amor- Elgar
Besame Mucho
Dodi Li
Sunny Side of the Street
La Vie En Rose
Please request the longer demo CD if you’d like to hear more. It has extensive classical and Baroque samples, too.
Ecco la Vita (Listen to Life)
Italian music for any setting, any reason, any size party
two tenor singers, mandolin/violin, viola, accordion/piano playing all Italian repertoire from Vivaldi and Puccini to O Sole Mio and Volare
- Benito Brusselli (Ben Brussell-tenor and mandolin)
- Davido Miotca (Dave Miotke-tenor, accordion, piano)
- Katerina Reedino (Katrina Wreede-viola)
VolareI Left My Heart in SFSanta Lucia
Strings and Guitar Trio
wonderful classical repertoire including Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, plus upbeat swing lik All of Me and background jazz standards like What a Wonderful World. Guitarist doubles on either flute or violin, so you can have the Skyline Trio or the Zephyr Trio sound for part of your event, then switch to guitar. Two bands in one!
Zephyr Trio
flute and strings play classical, jazz, Latin, ethnic and many other styles
Trumpet Voluntary Autumn Leaves
InStep Quartet
_jazz, rock, and classical, too
appropriate for larger events, up to 400 with amplification
- Benito Cortez, violin
- Julian Smedley, violin
- Katrina Wreede, viola
- Marcie Brown, cello
Alice in Wonderland Pachelbel Canon in D InStep Quartet-Glass Onion InStep Quartet-Stairway to Heaven
Other Quartets
Other instrument combinations on request. Common quartets include harp, guitar, singers, saxophone, bass, clarinet, trumpet, accordion, piano, and string bass.
Living Wind Chimes
The Living Wind Chimes are a collection of 10 large brass pipes played with mallets that create a feeling of peace and spaciousness with bell-like tones. They can be played by one/two performers and set up in one location or across a large space to make a call-and-response effect. The Living Wind Chimes are also available for interactive use, meditation ceremonies, and healing ceremonies. Garden Chimes