Blue Topaz Strings provide stylish string ensembles featuring the Exclusive Blue Topaz String Trio and Quintet of violins and double bass.
We provide a unique and memorable musical experience for weddings, corporate events and private functions ensuring your event will sparkle with strings.
Here are our String Line Ups:
Exclusive Trio of violins and bass* (*best seller)
Exclusive String Quintet of violins and bass
Traditional String Quartet
Violin/Cello Duo* (best seller)
The Exclusive Blue Topaz String Orchestra
Solo Violin
Solo Cello
Harp
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Blue Topaz Strings were created by Anna and Libby, sisters and professional musicians who have a passion for doing things well, namely playing excellent live string music, combined with beautiful presentation and organisation at your event.
The first rate musicians of Blue Topaz Strings are personally selected and auditioned and have performed worldwide and recorded in the studio with artists including Adele, Beyonce, Hugh Jackman, Stormzy, Simply Red, Lana Del Rey, Rod Stewart, Take That, Emeli Sande, Rita Ora, Birdy, Sigma, The Script, Paloma Faith, Ne-Yo, Pavarotti and Nigel Kennedy and on TV shows including The Brit Awards, Graham Norton, Live from Abbey Road, Children In Need and Jonathan Ross.
Elegant, sophisticated and versatile, we are available to perform on both acoustic and electric instruments.
We also have our own sound system and string specialist sound engineer enabling us to amplify our music so that you and all of your guests can hear us at the perfect volume whilst you enjoy a drink and a chat.
Our Exclusive String Trio and Quintet performs music from a diverse and extensive bespoke repertoire ranging from Bach to the Beyonce. All repertoire is arranged ourselves creating original versions of well known music. This also means we can arrange any piece on request no matter how unusual!
We also offer a First Dance & Slow Waltz Service :
- A bespoke string music arrangement of your favourite piece/first dance song
- A studio recording of the arrangement which is then sent to you in advance of the big day in order that you can practice any moves!
- A live performance by us on the wedding day of the piece whilst you perform your first dance
- A video recording made on the day of you performing your first dance with our accompaniment for you to enjoy together for posterity*
After the First Dance we can then stay and perform a slow waltz set to which you and your guests can dance. This can precede when you may like a DJ or band to take over. This music encompasses not only classical favourites but well known pop love songs.
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*Our videographers and film makers are experienced in filming music, dance and live events and are also available for hire to capture and film the whole of your day’s celebration. Please see our First Dance video to view an example of this service and Chloe's review (the bride).
Clients have included the late HRH Queen Elizabeth, Burberry, Dior, The Jamie Oliver Foundation, Microsoft, the Football Association and The Duchess of Cambridge at venues such as the legendary jazz club Ronnie Scotts, Wembley Stadium, The National Theatre, Kensington Palace and for some of London’s finest hotels including Claridge’s, The Dorchester, the Mandarin Oriental and The Grosvenor House.
We are happy to travel anywhere in the UK and abroad.
Based in North West London
Exclusive Blue Topaz String Trio and Quintet Repertoire examples:
Pop:
A Million Dreams - The Greatest Showman
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Get Lucky - Daft Punk
Gimme Gimme - Abba
God Only Knows - Beach Boys
Happy - Pharrell Williams
I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith
Let's Dance - Bowie
Lovecats - The Cure
Marry You - Bruno Mars
Moondance - Van Morrison
Paradise - Coldplay
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
Skyfall - Adele
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Starving - Hailee Steinfeld
Toxic - Cathy Dennis (Britney Spears)
Uptown Funk - Bruno Mars/Mark Ronson
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
Your Song - Elton John
Jazz:
Ain’t She Sweet - Milton Ager
At Last - Gordon & Warren (Etta James)
Cantina Band - John Williams
Fever - Davenport/Cooley
Fly Me to the Moon - Bart Howard
It Don’t Mean A Thing - Duke Ellington
Misty - Errol Garner
Sway - Pablo Beltran Ruiz (Dean Martin)
Take Five (Dave Brubeck)
The Girl From Ipanema -Antonio Carlos Jobim
Bond:
All Time High
Diamonds Are Forever
Goldeneye
Live and Let Die
The Living Daylights
Nobody Does It Better
View To A Kill
Classical:
Air on a G String - Bach
Canon - Pachelbel
Cavalliera Rusticana (Intermezzo) - Pietro Mascagni
Con te Partiro - Sartori Quarantotto-Peterson
Habanera - Bizet
Double Violin Concerto - Bach
La Rejouissance - Handel
Por Una Cabeza - C Gardel
Spring Recomposed - Max Richter
The Queen of Sheba - Handel
Plug sockets if PA is required
For acoustic bookings (without PA or speakers) we normally arrive 45 minutes in advance of the start time to set up.
For bookings requiring the PA or sound checks we arrive at least one hour prior to the start of the performance.
We don't charge for set up time.
A typical background music set length is 45 minutes but we can be flexible to fit in with your event timings.
Show sets are typically 15-20 minutes.
We can play a number of sets depending on your requirements.
Burberry
Freemantle Media
Wembley Stadium VIP Lounge
Grosvenor House Hotel
Harrods
Jamie Oliver
Kensington Palace
Microsoft
Ronnie Scotts
The Dorchester
The RAC
The Royal Bank of Scotland
Ifs ProShare
Kew Gardens
The Orangery at Holland Park
Westfield Stratford
Prelude Entertainment
Firebird Entertainment