Sunday, April 25, 2010

End of April Performances!

This month came to a close with 3 very fun weddings which we were honored to be a part of!
The first was the wedding ceremony and cocktail hour of Megan and Rob at the Glen Island Harbour Club on 4/23/10.
The bride was stunning and the groom ever so gracious. Our string trio performed traditional Processional music and we performed "In my Life" by the Beatles, selected by the bride and groom for the Recessional music.

At the cocktail hour they opted for the string trio to perform all vintage and contemporary songs from Cole Porter to Cold Play! It was alot of fun and the guests enjoyed the recognizable songs we performed from "All You Need is Love", "When I'm 64", to "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" and "Clocks"!

On April 24th, a totally magnificent weather day with clear skies and beautifully comofortable temperatures hovering in the low 60's, I travelled to Brooklyn to perform with our cellist to form a String Duo for the Ceremony of the lovely and wonderful couple Heather and Matt!
The church was beautiful and historic. The Deacon and the music director were very nice and hospitable to work with.
The bride was absolutely stunning and radiant> I do not think I have ever seen a bride (except for me at my own wedding!) smiling so beautifully and with such sparkle on her wedding day as Heather was!
The ceremony was perfect, everything was on schedule and they were off to a park in Brooklyn to take more pic's before heading out to their venue for the reception which was the Jericho Terrace in Mineola NY.
A shout out to "Double Diamond Limousine Co". I thought the drivers were all being so nice and so helpful to everyone. They were polite, courteous and serving champagne. the cars looked great. I have never met them before however I was really impressed by the cars, the guys and their nice demeanor and how polite and professional they were!

Our weekend concluded with a very touching ceremony held at "The Narrow Door Pentacostal Church" on Sherman Avenue in Northern Manhattan...very north as in Inwood.
We performed once again as a Duet of Violin and Cello. We began performing out music for the arrival of the guests at 3:10 PM. I was very touched at how the staff of the church was cleaning everywhere when we arrived.
There was also a gentleman from the church who offered us both a special parking pass to double park near the church (very nice gesture for us) however we were both already parked safely.
We performed an eclectic mix of selections for the seating of guests from Duets by Telemann to arrangements of music from Wastermusic by Handel, to Spanish songs such as "Cuando Caliente el Sol" and "Sulamente una Vez" as well as "Can You feel the Love tonight".
The selected Processionals were:
"Canon in D" for the Seating of Mothers and 2 sets of God Parents
"Wedding Song" by Kenny G for the Bridesmaids, 2 Flower Girls and 1 Ring bearer
"Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion for the Bride's entrance with her Father.
The Bride recieved astounding applause from the congregation as she processed down the aisle and she looked amazaing..very beautiful!
Our good friend and colleauge Tara from Exquisite Affairs Productions was on hand to help everyone and to provide us with cues and it was lovely to see her as she had had a baby boy recently who is adorable and she looked GREAT.
We wish Margie and Kerlin....as well as
Heather and Matt (4/24/10)
and
Megan and Rob (4/23/10)
a LIFETIME OF HAPPINESS!!

Coming Soon:
4/28/10: Capriccio Ensemble Duet of Violin and Cello (can you tell that I like performing with Duets?!) at the
SPRING BRIDAL SHOW AT PELHAM SPLIT ROCK GOLF CLUB; 870 SHORE ROAD, BRONX, NY 10464
FEEL FREE TO COME BY ANY TIME BETWEEN 7 PM - 9 PM.
FOR ORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT TAMMY OR ANGELA AT
718-229-2570.
TO LET US KNOW THAT YOU ARE ATTENDING/TO REQUEST FAVORITE SONGS FOR US TO BE SURE TO HAVE WITH US TO PLAY FOR YOU...PLEASE CONTACT ME, NATALIE @ 917-273-9183
OR VIA E-MAIL TO NDK1CAPRICCIO@MSN.COM

ALSO Coming Soon:
Our Last April Bride and Groom:
Danielle and Michael at the Cresthollow Country Club in Woodbury NY on April 30th for their Ceremony and Cocktail Hour...once again we are a Duet of Violin and Cello and we are looking forward to performing for them!

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Review of Capriccio Ensemble

Capriccio Ensemble A+++++++++
They did the music for our ceremony and cocktail hour! They did an amazing job. I will be honest in saying I was not at the cocktail hour, but people were impressed by it. For the wedding ceremony, the music was absolutely beautiful. And our recessional was beatles...and it was perfect! Natalie is great to work with.


The above is a review of our String Trio by a Bride whose wedding we recently performed at. The a Wedding Ceremony held at
Manhattanville College @ O'Byrne Chapel followed by a Cocktail Hour at which we also performed, held at the Fountainhead in New Rochelle NY on 3/28/10.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

A Wonderful Thank You Note We Received!

Dear Natalie,
I just wanted to say "thank you" for the great work you and the other musicians did at our wedding. You gave such good guidance when we were trying to make our selections, and, as a result, the music was *perfect*. I really appreciated your group's ability to play traditional and contemporary musical selections; it made our wedding feel very personal. Also, y'all really rolled with the punches when we were faced with horrible weather and a late start time -- thank you! The music at our ceremony really made it special. Please feel free to give my information to any of your potential clients who want references. I've got nothing but great things to say! --
Meggan Ways
225 East 57th Street,#6L
New York, NY 10022
732-754-1012

The above letter was received via E-mail on April 3rd 2010.
We performed at Meggan and Jon's Wedding Ceremony on March 13th at
"The Foundry" in Long Island City.
It was a very beautiful wedding and Meggan is such a nice person!
She and I met at my residence to discuss music and more
several months prior to our being reserved to perform at her wedding.
We performed her special requests for Prelude music/music as the guests assembled for the Ceremony:
1. Largo from Winter from the Four Seasons by Vivaldi
2. Some Enchanted Evening by Richard Rodgers from South Pacific
3. Someone to Watch Over me by Gerswhin
4. La Vie en rose by Louiguy-Piaf

For the Ceremony we performed 4 Processionals:
1. Simple Gifts for the entrance of the Rabbi and seating of Family
2. "Thank You", by Led Zeppelin and arranged by me/Natalie Kriegler
for the entrance of the Groomsmen and the Groom and his Parents
3. "Allegro" from Spring of the Four Seasons by Vivaldi for the Bridesmaids
4. "She's Got a Way" by Billy Joel, arranged by me/Natalie Kriegler, for the Bride/For Meggan's entrance with her parents
The Wedding Recessional was Siman Tov - Mazel tov into a dance medley of Jewish favorites from Hava Nagia to Shalom Alechem and Dayenu.
It was a difficult night for travel as it was the night of a huge
storm during which many residents of Long Island, Westchester and New Jersey
lost their power!
Considering how bad of an evening it was weather wise the bus with many of the wedding guests was only about 10-15 minutes late to the ceremony.
I was with our cellist Eugene and we were driving to LIC from another wedding which we had performed at a Catholic Church in Florham Park NJ. We drove on the Palisades Parkway for a bit and it was so devastating to see the felled trees over the roadway, policemen everywhere and cars stuck in the ditches in between the north and soutbound areas of the highway!
It's one of those nights we can't forget.
Our home in lower Westchester was blacked out for a few days lol.
We hope everyone reading this fared well on that night :)

Thanks for reading this!