Hill Country Strings News

WINTER 2009 - SPRING 2010

Thanks for visiting our website! Perhaps you have heard about us from your venue, wedding coordinator, or seen us at a friend's wedding. Word is making the rounds: Hill Country Strings is easy to work with and consistently delivers high quality, live, acoustic music for discerning brides. We are increasingly first call for event coordinators.

WE ARE PRESENTING STRING QUARTET AND SAXOPHONE QUARTET at the Barr Masnsion, on Monday, Jan. 11th from 5-8PM. Stop by to check us out and also this wonderful venue! http://www.barrmansion.com/

The string quartet is where we started and continue to excel, now in our fifth year! There really is no combination that can top the elegance of what many consider the perfect combination of two violins, viola and cello. Even so, many choose to add a trumpet to enhance the regal mood, which we often accommodate bringing in baroque style fanfare for processionals. For two years now, our Woodwind Trio has been a popular alternative sound, bringing the oboe and flute into the mix. For an international and contemporary flavor, we also offer flamenco guitar. In the summer of '08, we introduced Saxophonic, a versatile saxophone quartet (soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone) - playing a mix of music perfect for cocktail hour music, and especially those looking for something new and different for their ceremony. In the summer of '09 we added the Bel Cuore Saxophone Quartet to our lineup, and you may have heard them at the Capitol Holiday Stroll in December, or at the LBJ Wildflower Center Luminations. If you haven't heard them yet, when you do, you will be delighted and surprised by their impeccable performance.

We always strive to not only bring you the highest quality performances to your event, but also to have fun while we're doing it. Part of this is accomplished through being adventurous with our repertoire; we are constantly writing new arrangements of contemporary pop music. We are happy to be able to accommodate any requests made in advance!

Also new to our lineup is our Harp-Guitar/Viola duo, a collaboration between guitarist Stephen Bright and violist Stephanie Philips. Stephen plays a 10 stringed harp-guitar, a modern instrument which is reminiscent of medieval lutes, and the viola of course features a mellower and richer sound than the violin; a perfect instrumentation for renaissance and baroque music. All of our ensemble configurations can be heard on our samples page.

Our spring dates are filling up already, so call Thomas at (512) 689-1975 or email and get your date reserved now!