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16 September 2012 | Buck–Lopez Wedding | Dallas Arboretum

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an alternative music ceremony

Four Strings provided a string quartet for the 16 September 2012 Wedding of Megan Buck and Martin Lopez, held in Rosine Hall at the Dallas Arboretum in Dallas, TX.

While the prelude music was classical, the ceremony featured the alt-rock standards Yellow and Bittersweet Symphony, as well as the debut of a new arrangement–Swell Season’s Falling Slowly–which made for a gorgeous bridal processional.

Prelude
Suite in D (Clarke)
Ave Verum (Saint-Saens)
The Grand Dance from King Arthur (Purcell)
Ave Maria (Degan)
Air from Suite 1 in F “Water Music” (Handel)

Ceremony
Seating of Honored Guests: Yellow (Coldplay)
Bridal Party and
Bridal Processional: Falling Slowly (Swell Season)
Recessional: Bittersweet Symphony (The Verve)

Four Strings String Quartet
Violin 1: Clare Adkins Cason
Violin 2: Michelle Brians
Viola: Meghan Birmingham
Violoncello: David Cason

8 September 2012 | Yarrito — Brindamour | Wisteria Place

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a rock music wedding

Four Strings–performing in our rock music configuration as revolution4–provided music for the 8 September 2012 wedding of Gina Yarrito and Mike Brindamour, held outdoors at Wisteria Place in Mesquite, TX.

The music included a prelude and ceremony drawn entirely of rock hits from the 1970s right up to today’s charts.

Prelude:
Open Arms (Journey)
Everything I Do (Adams)
Home (Buble)
With or Without You (U2)
A Thousand Years (Perry)
Only Time (Enya)
Viva La Vida (Coldplay)

Ceremony:
Seating of Honored Guests: When you Say Nothing at All (Krauss)
Bridal Party: Wonderwall (Oasis)
Bridal Processional: You and Me (Lifehouse)
Recessional: Bittersweet Symphony (The Verve)
Postlude: In Love With a Girl (DeGraw)

revolution4 String Quartet
Clare Cason – Violin
Michelle Brians – Violin
Meghan Birmingham – Viola
David Cason – Violoncello

11 August 2012 | Walker — Hobbs | FUMC Sherman

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a ‘twilight’ wedding

Four Strings provided a string quartet for the 11 August 2012 wedding of Will Hobbs and Lauren Walker, held at the First United Methodist Church of Sherman, TX.

Musically-speaking, the wedding featured a Twilight theme, and included Debussy’s Clair de Lune, River Flows in You by Yiruma, and our very popular arrangement of the Christina Perri hit, A Thousand Years.

Prelude
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Intermezzo sinfonica from Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni)
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Air from Orchestral Suite 3 (Bach)
Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque (Debussy)

Ceremony
Seating of Family: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)
Bridal Party: A Thousand Years (Perri)
Bridal Processional: River Flows In You (Yiruma)
Prayer: How Great is Our God (Tomlin)
Recessional: Hornpipe from Suite 2 in D (Handel)

Four Strings String Quartet
Clare Cason – Violin
Michelle Brians – Violin
Amber Sander – Viola
David Cason – Violoncello

28 July 2012 | Coers — McDaniel | PCPC Dallas

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exultate justi

Four Strings provided a string duo for the 28 July 2012 wedding of Kitty Coers and Robert McDaniel, held in the chapel of Park Cities Presbyterian Church, Dallas, TX.

Music for the prelude was all classical, drawn from the broad repertoire of our duo, String Duo Dallas. The ceremony was traditional as well, excepting the Recessional, for which the groom chose a personal favorite: the Exultate Justi of John Williams, originally heard in the 1987 film Empire of the Sun. Entirely too large for a string duo, we performed the piece in an arrangement featuring J. Marty Cope at the piano.

Ceremony
Seating of Family: Air from Orchestral Suite 3 in D (Bach)
Bridal Party: Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
Bridal Processional: Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Recessional: Exultate Justi (Williams)

String Duo Dallas
Clare Adkins Cason – Violin
David Cason – Violoncello
with J. Marty Cope – Piano

27 July 2012 | Rhodes — Moore | FUMC Sherman

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the queen of sheba comes to sherman

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Four Strings provided a string quartet for the mid-summer wedding of Julianne Rhodes and Derek Moore, held at the First United Methodist Church in Sherman, TX on 27 July 2012.

The ceremony music was chosen from the traditional repertoire, with the exception of the Recessional, which was the Act 3 Sinfonia from Handel’s Solomon, perhaps more well-known under the title “Arrival of the Queen of Sheba.” Though featured on many wedding music CDs, it remains an unusual though effective choice for the ceremony.

Prelude
Ombra mai fù from Serse (Handel)
Ave Verum (Saint-Saëns)
The Grand Dance from ‘King Arthur’ (Purcell)
Music for the Royal Fireworks (Handel)
Wedding from Seabiscuit (Newman)
Trumpet Voluntary in D 6/5 (Stanley)
Air from Suite 1 in F (Handel)

Ceremony
Seating of Honored Guests: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)
Bridal Party: Air from Orchestral Suite 3 (Bach)
Bridal Processional: Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Recessional: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from ‘Solomon’ (Handel)

Four Strings String Quartet
Clare Cason – Violin
Corinia Maxson – Violin
Veronika Vassileva – Viola
David Cason – Violoncello

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I cannot stress how awesome these talented musicians are! They are incredibly professional, accommodating, willing to please, available for phone and email conversations, and boy – do they make some beautiful music!! As my (now) husband and I were getting married, they were the perfect complement to our ceremony. I am so impressed with Four Strings! -Julianne R. Sherman, TX

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