Highly Strung String Quartet

The Highly Strung String Quartet is an all female string ensemble with over 10 years experience of playing at weddings and corporate functions all over the UK and further afield.

Highly Strung is a professional, vibrant string quartet with an eclectic playlist mixing classical music with lighter numbers, jazz and popular repertoire. The quartet's versatile repertoire includes music to suit any occasion - from Beethoven to Bohemian Rhapsody! The string quartet are extremely popular at wedding ceremonies and receptions, civil partnership ceremonies, society dinners, parties, balls, art exhibitions, product launches and corporate events.

The 'Highly Strung String Quartet' formed in Nottinghamshire in 1996 and each member went on to study in London at the top three music conservatoires; the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music. The string quartet have a huge profile in London and also in Nottingham and the Midlands where they originally met and still perform.

The String Quartet have played at weddings and corporate functions in some of the country's finest venues including Tower Bridge, Chatsworth House, Knebworth House, Woburn Abbey, The Royal Courts of Justice, Burghley House and Amberley Castle. They have even played for a wedding on Guernsey, a corporate event in Brussels and performed concerts in the Caribbean including one on the exclusive island of Mustique.

Highly Strung's clients include Mercedes-Benz, Boots, the RAF, Capital One, HSBC, Proctor and Gamble, English Heritage and the BBC.

Individually, members of the string quartet have played with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Moscow Ballet, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the London Concert Orchestra and the European Union Youth Orchestra. They have also performed in concert, on tour and on television alongside Will Young, Shakira, Rod Stewart, Il Divo, Robbie Williams, Simply Red and Elton John.

Highly Strung are a reliable, sophisticated choice for your event. Some of their more modern repertoire has been specially arranged for the quartet and is unique to Highly Strung.

Highly Strung Quartet cover the East Midlands area (Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Northampton) and also London, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire.

For all enquiries or to request a copy of Highly Strung's demo CD contact Sarah Huson by email at sarah@highlystrungquartet.com or phone 07967 361717. (You can also download the CD from this site by clicking on 'Demo CD').