Pop String Quartets

Pop String Quartet #1

String Ensemble

pop video - just can't get enough
pop video - love me like you do
classical video - spring four seasons

This string ensemble is known for the diversity of the music they perform and each of the many players they use in their various configurations are well grounded in multiple styles of music. They play a variety of classical, contemporary, folk, Jewish and Christmas music. Members of the quartet have worked with many high-profile artists such as Stevie Wonder, Celine Dion, Frank Ocean, Macy Gray, Barbara Streisand, Karyn White, Natalie Cole, and more, and has been seen on various programs including the season finale of BRAVO TV's 'Millionaire Matchmaker', Qualcomm's 'Best Bus Stop Ever' viral video series, and KCAL9's 'Best Of: Wedding Edition' episode. They were also featured in a web editorial for the Southern California magazine, LOCALE. Even though the quartet is our most popular group, we also offer a variety of other ensembles, including trios, duos, and soloists. You can also substitute one of the violins for a flute.

Quartet
2 violins, viola, cello

Trio
violin, viola, cello or
2 violins, cello

Duo
violin, cello or
violin, violin

Soloist
violin, cello, guitar, harp, piano

Pop String Quartet #2

Pop String Quartet

music clip: debaser by the pixies
music clip: cinema
music clip: begin the beguine

This pop string quartet specializes in providing quality live music to your event. In addition to Classical selections, they have gained recognition as a pop string quartet. Our repertoire boasts over 250 selections ranging from Top 40, Indie, Movie, and Rock music. Choose from several ensembles: string quartets, string trios, and numerous combinations of duos. This group will bring elegance to your next special event.

Sample Song Lists

Sample Set List for Wedding:
Prelude:
A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harem
Gabriel's Oboe - Morricone
You Raise Me Up - Groban
Gavotte from Holberg Suite - Grieg
Tango del Maurice - Hein

Ceremony:
Wedding Party and Bride: Canon in D-Pachelbel
Recessional: I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness
Postlude: Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks

Cocktail Hour:
Glory of Love - Cetera
Power of Love - Lewis
Heaven - Bryan Adams
Teenage Dream - Perry
It's My Life - Bon Jovi
Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Heaven is a Place on Earth - Carlisle
Eternal Flame - The Bangles
Almost Paradise - Reno/Wilson
Across the Universe - The Beatles
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
True Colors - Lauper

Sample Wedding Ceremony List:
Bridal Processional (also appropriate for bridesmaids, parents, grandparents):
Bridal Chorus (‘Here Comes The Bride’) – R. Wagner
Canon in D – Pachelbel
Air – J.S. Bach
Arioso – J.S. Bach
Ave Maria – Franz Schubert
Trumpet Voluntary – Jeremiah Clarke
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – J.S. Bach
“Winter” from Four Seasons – A. Vivaldi
“Flower Duet” – Delibes

Interludes (if necessary):
Salut d’Amor – Edward Elgar
Panis Angelicus – C. Franck
Air (from “Water Music”) – G. Handel
Ave Maria – Schubert
“Unchained Melody” – A. North
“The Prayer” (made popular by Josh Groban)
“All I Ask of You” (from “Phantom of the Opera”

Recessional:
La Rejouissance – G. Handel
Ode to Joy – L.v. Beethoven
Trumpet Tune – Purcell
Hornpipe (from “Water Music”) – G. Handel
Wedding March – F. Mendelssohn
“Kiss the Girl” from The Little Mermaid
Rondeau (theme from “Masterpiece Theater”) – Mouret
Brandenburg Concerto #3 (First Movement) – J.S. Bach

Pop Song List

TITLE	COMPOSER
A Thousand Years	Christina Perri
A Whiter Shade of Pale	Procol Harem
A Whole New World - from Aladdin	Menkin
ABBA Medley	Andersson
Across the Universe	The Beatles
All I Ask Of You	Weber
All I Want Is You	U2
All My Love	Led Zeppelin
All of You	Porter
All that Jazz (from CHICAGO)	Kander
All You Need Is Love	Beatles
America (from West Side Story)	Bernstein
America/Bookends	Simon and Garfunkel
And I Love Her	Beatles
Annie's Song	Denver
At Last	Warren
Bad Romance	Lady Gaga
Battle Hymn of the Republic	Traditional
Beautfiul Garden of Prayer	Hymn
Begin the Beguine	Porter
Big Jet Plane	Angus and Julie Stone
Blackbird	Beatles
Bohemian Rhapsody	Queen
Bridge Over Troubled Water	Simon
But Not For Me	Gershwin
Butterfly Waltz	Crain
California Girls	Beach Boys
Call Me Maybe	Carly Rae Jepsen
Can You Feel the Love Tonight	Elton John
Can't Help Falling In Love With You	Elvis
Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Franki Valli
Cars and Guitars	Tori Amos
Clocks	Coldplay
Comfortably Numb	Pink Floyd
Concerning Hobbits (from LOtR)	Howard Shore
Copacabana	Barry Manilow
Dancing Cheek to Cheek	Berlin
Danny Boy	Traditional
Day Without Rain	Enya
Days of Wine and Roses	Mercer
Dead Man's Party	Oingo Boingo
Debaser	The Pixies
Don't Stop Believin'	Journey
Don't Wanna Miss a Thing	Aerosmith
Embraceable You	Gershwin
Endless Love	Ritchie
Entertainer	Joplin
Eternal Flame	Bangles
Every Breath You Take	The Police
Every Time We Say Goodbye	Porter
Faithfully	Journey
Falling Slowly	Hansard/Irglova
Fisher's Hornpipe	O'Connor
Fix You	Coldplay
Flightless Bird, American Mouth	Beam
Fool on The Hill	Beatles
Gabriel's Oboe (from "The Mission"	Morricone
Girl From Ipanema	Jobim
Glasgow Love Theme (from Love Actually)	Craig Armstrong
Glory of Love	Cetera
God Only Knows	Beach Boys
Got To Get You In My Life	Beatles
Hallelujah	Cohen
Hallelujah	Paramore
Happy Together	The Turtles
Hard Day's Night	Beatles
Have I Told You Lately	Van Morrison
He Loves and She Loves	Gershwin
Heaven	Bryan Adams
Hello Goodbye	Beatles
Here Comes the Sun	Beatles
Here Comes Your Man	The Pixies
Heroes	David Bowie
Hey There Delilah	Plain White T's
Hey, Soul Sister	Train
Ho, Hey	Lumineers
Hotel California	Eagles
How Deep is Your Love	BeeGees
How to Save a Life	The Fray
I Believe in a Thing Called Love	The Darkness
I Concentrate On You	Porter
I Get A Kick Out of You	Porter
I Got Rhythm	Gershwin
I Love You	Porter
I See the Light (from Tangled)	Alan Menken
If I Fell	Beatles
I'll Be Your Mirror	Velvet Underground
I'm Yours	Jason Mraz
Imagine	Lennon
Immigrant Song	Led Zeppelin
In My Life	Beatles
In My Place	Coldplay
Isn't She Lovely	Stevie Wonder
It's Alright With Me	Porter
It's My Life	Bon Jovi
I've Got You Under My Skin	Porter
Joga	Bjork
Just Like Heaven	The Cure
Just the Way You Are	Bruno Mars
Kiss the Girl	Menkin
La Vie En Rose	Louiguy
Lady Madonna	Beatles
Let It Be	Beatles
Live and Let Die	Paul McCartney
Liza	Gershwin
Lord's Prayer	Malotte
Lord's Prayer (Deliver Us)	Selah
Love is a Many Splendored Thing	Fain
Love Story	Taylor Swift
Love Theme from Umbrella of Cherbourg	Michael Legrand
Love's Divine	Seal
Lucky	Jason Mraz
Luke and Leia's Theme	Williams
Lullaby of Broadway	Warren
Make You Feel My Love	Adele
Marry You	Bruno Mars
Maybe I'm Amazed	Paul McCartney
Memory	Weber
Mine	Gershwin
Moondance	Morrison
Moonfall	Holmes
Mountain Greenery	Rodgers
Mr. Wonderful	Bock
Mrs. Robinson	Simon and Garfunkel
Music of the Night	Weber
My Heart Stood Still	Rodgers
My Heart Will Go On	James Horner
New Slang	The Shins
Night and Day	Porter
Nude	Radiohead
One Hand, One Heart	Bernstein
Only You	YAZ
Palladio (deBeers Diamond theme)	Jenkins
Paperback Writer	Beatles
Patience	Guns N' Roses
Penny Lane	Beatles
Please Let Me Get What I Want	The Smiths
Po Una Cabeza (True Lies tango)	Gardel
Poker Face	Lady Gaga
Rain Song	Led Zeppelin
S Wonderful	Gershwin
Seasons of Love (From Rent)	Larson
Set Fire to the Rain	Adele
She (from Notting Hill)	Costello
Someday My Prince Will Come	Churchill
Someone to Watch Over Me	Gershwin
Something	Beatles
Somewhere	Bernstein
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (IZ)
Soul Bossa Nove (from Austin Powers)	Jones
Space Oddity	David Bowie
Speak Softly, Love (Godfather Theme)	Rota
Stairway to Heaven	Led Zeppelin
Stand By Me	Ben E. King
Star Spangled Banner	Key
Starlight	Muse
Strawberry Swing	Coldplay
Summertime	Gershwin
Summertime Rolls	Jane's Addiction
Sun and Moon	from Miss Saigon
Sunny Afternoon	The Kinks
Sunrise, Sunset	Bock
Sunshine of Your Love	Cream
Swanee	Gershwin
Sway	Buble
Sway	Michael Buble
Sweet Child of Mine	Guns N' Roses
Take My Life	Chris Tomlin
Tango del Maurice	Hein
Tango in D	Albeniz
Tea for Two	Youmans
Teenage Dream	Katy Perry
The Cave	Mumford and Sons
The Man I Love (in Eb)	Gershwin
The Man I Love (in F)	Gershwin
The Power of Love	Huey Lewis
The Prayer	Foster
The Rain Song	Led Zeppelin
The Rose	McBroom
Theme from Black Stallion	Coppola
Theme from Downton Abbey	Lunn
Theme from Jaws	Williams
Theme from Game of Thrones	Djawadi
Theme from Simpsons	Danny Elfman
Theme from 'Sprited Away'	Yumi
Theme from Super Mario Bros	Kondo
Theme from the Muppet Show	Jim Henson
These Days	Nico/Jackson Browne
This is Halloween	Elfman
Thou Well/Blue Room	Rodgers
Throne Room Theme (Star Wars)	John Williams
Tomorrow Never Knows	Beatles
True Colors	Cyndi Lauper
Umbrella from Cherbourgh	Morricone
Unchained Melody	Zaret
Under My Thumb	Rolling Stones
Unforgettable	Gordon
Velouria	The Pixies
Viva la Vida	Coldplay
Watermark	Enya
We've Only Just Begun	Carpenters
What A Wonderful World	Weiss
What Is This Thing Called Love	Porter
When I Fall In Love	Young
When I'm 64	Beatles
When Love is Found	Hymn
When You Say You Love Me	Groban
When You Wish Upon a Star	Harline
Where is My Mind	The Pixies
Yellow	Coldplay
Yesterday	Beatles
You and Me	Dave Matthews
You are So Beautiful	Cocker
You are Too Beautiful	Rodgers
You Raise Me Up	Groban
You Took Advantage of Me	Rodgers
You'd Be So Nice….	Porter
Your Song	Elton John