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Shilakowsky
String Quartet
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The Shilakowsky String Quartet specializes in music for
ceremonies,
cocktail hour or dinner music, especially for weddings. In addition to
classical selections, we play music of all types arranged for the
quartet, including Italian, Jewish and other ethnic songs, pop songs,
operatic themes, jazz, and Broadway
tunes.
Harris Shilakowsky, first violinist & leader of the
Shilakowsky
String Quartet, former concertmaster of the New Orleans and London
Symphonies. He works with many famous musicians, both classical and
popular, such as Rod Stewart, Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, Luciano
Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Doc Severinsen, Sir Colin Davis.
Over 20 years experience organizing professional musicians for
weddings
and, special occasions and concerts.
We provide other instrumentalists, and vocalists when
requested.
Listen to some wedding ceremony music performed by the quartet
Bach
Brandenburg Concerto
Bach "Jesu,
Joy of Man's Desiring"
Bach "Sheep May Safely Graze"
Pachelbel
Canon
Pachelbel Canon performed with addition of French Horn
Mozart,
Romanza from Eine Kleine Nacht Musik
Mendelssohn
Bridal March
Mouret "Rondeau"
Wagner Bridal
Chorus
Handel
La Rejouissance
And for your cocktail hour or reception here are some popular & jazz excerpts...
Its All Right With Me
Fascinatin Rhythm
Got To Get You Into My Life
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We hire smaller groups - Solo
Violin, String Duo or Trio,
or Violin-Guitar Duo which
plays jazz standards, classical pieces with a
Latin beat, country fiddle tunes.
A new, exciting and affordable alternative is SVO,
the Shilakowsky Virtual
Orchestra. The solo
violinist performs with a full virtual orchestra including instruments
such as organ for the ceremony & performs with the virtual band for
the cocktail hour and/or reception.
Shilakowsky is also your DJ of choice, finishing the evening with your
favorite songs. Packaging the costs with your live ensemble will also
lower the cost of your musical entertainment.
Fill
out the form on the right to get your exact quote.
questions? e-mail: wedding@shilakowskyarts.com
Additional Services:
Your favorite song arranged for the string quartet.
Professionally produced CD of the music and vows from your wedding
ceremony from Digital recording
Why should you use Shilakowsky String Quartet
instead of another group?
We don't play wrong notes. Not all musicians are the same. The reason I
was hired to be a concertmaster is because of my ability to read any
music perfectly the first time I see it. This is called sight-reading.
Not all musicians can sight-read well.
Our rhythm is tight. When you're walking down the aisle, you don't want
the musicians speeding up and slowing down. As a leader, my rhythm is
accurate and consistent. This also makes our popular music more lively
and danceable. Our intonation is clean. Along with wrong notes,
out-of-tune notes are especially bothersome. Musicians who lack
training will play out of tune, making your favorite song or
composition sound like it was being meowed by a cat.
We play the styles of music the way they should be played. Many people
can read notes, but not all can interpret them correctly, in the style
they originated in. If a piece is written by a Baroque composer like
Bach, it should have a Baroque feel to it. I only work with musicians
who are steeped in the traditions that they perform. This includes
playing ethnic music with the right feel. When we play Spanish tunes,
you'll swear we were all Spaniards. When we play Italian music, you'll
feel like we come directly from Venice. When we play Jewish music, we
get the oy vey, and when we play Greek music...Opah! We feel the soul
of the people who wrote the tunes.
We take care of every single detail, preparing your favorite music,
even if it hasn't been published for our instruments yet. In cases such
as these, I write custom arrangements upon your request.
Every musician is appropriately dressed and performs and behaves with
professional courtesy. So when you're comparing groups and you notice
that we might charge the same or more than others, consider the fact
that you should have the highest possible quality at your event, since
you probably don't hire professional musicians every day. This is an
important event for you, so you should have musicians that will do you
proud. Musicians who you can have confidence in. Musicians who care as
much as you do and have as much PRIDE in their work as you do in
putting on a really beautiful affair.
"..Just got back from our honeymoon, and
we couldn't wait to write to let you know how unbelieveable you were at
our wedding!" "…everyone we spoke to raved about your
performance. The ceremony was absolutely amazing. Kim broke down as
soon as you began to play "Green Light".""Your performance was
absolutely beautiful, and we can't thank you enough!""…we've
already referred another couple to you who are getting married next
year!"
We play Pachelbel and Bach and Haydn & Jewish Music, as well as
Spanish, Italian, Greek, African, Indian and the musics of many other
cultures...virtuosically and sensitively. You tell us what you want to
hear, and we play it! Check out the partial list of music below.
Shilakowsky String Quartet
Professional string players who perform with the Boston Pops,
Boston
Ballet, Lyric Opera Company of Boston, Rhode Island Philharmonic, etc.
The leader - violinist, Harris Shilakowsky, is music director
of the
Bristol Chamber Orchestra and former concertmaster for the New Orleans,
London, Omaha, and Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestras.
performing music for...
Weddings, Commitment Ceremonies, Bar Mitzvah & Birthday
Parties,
Celebrations, Parties, Cocktail Hour, Background Music for Restaurants,
Industrial Applications including Film, TV, Videogame &
Commercials, Special Events, Concerts Fund-raisers & conducting
Educational Performances & String Clinics
"...lively dance-tunes, & hauntingly beautiful, spiritual
melodies..."
"...I loved it!"
free CD...Christian, General, Jewish
Special Requests? No problem!
• Our music
includes
• classical selections
• tunes from Broadway Musicals
• Operas
• Jazz
and
Popular Artists
• Fun Party Songs
• waltzes
• Jewish Music including Yiddish songs,
Wedding
Music, traditional joyous and moving ethnic music including Hebrew,
& Israeli music, Fiddler on the Roof.
• Italian music
• American Classics & Popular Songs
• African songs
• Popular & Traditional Chinese Songs
• Latino Music including Salsa &
Marengues
• and music of many other nations and
cultures
including an extensive repertoire of
• Christian music including music
appropriate
for Catholic services.
SSQ performs Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schumann,
Vivaldi (4 Seasons), Borodin, Favorite excerpts from operas by Puccini,
Verdi, etc., popular classics by Bach, Gounod, Tchaikowsky, Vangelis
...and for cocktail hour or jazz weddings; Jazz Classics -
Autumn
Nocturne, Body & Soul, Fascinatin' Rhythm, I Got Rhythm, Lullaby of
Birdland, Joplin Rags, Ellington Compositions, and more.
Classical
wedding march (Mendelssohn), Brandenburg Concerto (JS Bach)
Meditation from "Thaïs" (Massanet), Canon (Pachelbel)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart),
Water Music (Handel), Sinfonies De Fanfares, Rondeau (Mouret),
Hornpipe
from Water Music (Handel)
Jewish
Simon Tov
Hevenu Shalom
Chosen Kallah Mazel Tov
Erev Shel Shoshanim (An Evening of Roses), Dodi Li, K'var
Achare
Chatsot, K'shoshana Ben Hachochim, Klezmer Wedding Medley- including
Doina, Hora, Chusidl, & Freylach.
Od Yishama, Sherele & Freylach Zain, Patch Tantz,
Jewish
Wedding Marches, Sher, Tumbalalaika, Mamele, Chosen Kale Mazel Tov,
Broyges Tantz
WATCH the VIDEO
FROM A RECENT
JEWISH WEDDING
Ask for a complete listing of our Jewish Repertoire.
By the way, many of our arrangements are also available for purchase
for musicians to play yourself!
Please fill out the questionaire so we can generate a
customized,
discounted no obligation package including your quote.
Questions?
For information, please
e-mail:violin@shilakowskyarts.com
Our Quartet consists of professional
string players who are all active free-lance musicians performing
regularly with groups such as the Boston Pops, Boston Ballet, and the
Lyric Opera Company of Boston.
1st violinist & leader, Harris Shilakowsky,
former concertmaster for the New Orleans, London, Omaha, and
Grand
Rapids Symphony Orchestras.
Harris Shilakowsky, leader -violinist
Sargis Karapetyan, violinist
Amy Rawstron, violinist
Dani Rimoni, violist
Frances Grimes, violist
Rob Bethel, cellist
Johann Soultz, cellist
Larry Chaplin, violinist
Please fill out the questionaire so we can generate a
customized,
discounted no obligation package including your quote.
Fill out the form on the right to get your exact quote & answers to
your questions.
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