Hill Country Strings News

Winter/Spring 2008

Happy New Year! If your wedding is this spring, it's getting late to book ceremony music, many popular weekend slots are taken already, so reserve your date as soon as possible. If the string quartet can't make it to your wedding in Austin, I'd like to highly recommend our outstanding woodwind trio, with flute and oboe and cello. If you've been thinking 'string quartet, string quartet, string quartet', but are actually quite open to try something new, and you haven't considered a woodwind instrument, like the oboe or the flute, take a listen to the music on the samples page, and you might just be singing a new tune before long!

Don't forget that we also have a fantastic trumpet player, who we often add to the string quartet for stunning bridal entrances. And, even though we're in Austin, we are still in Texas, so if it's a country string quartet, or fiddle that you are looking for, just give us a call and we can give you a mix of the classic country and modern country, all in an elegant string quartet presentation, and we can even add a state fiddle champion on top.

We have our own arrangers, and since day one we have always distinguished ourselves in Austin and the Texas Hill Country by being able to accommodate any musical request (I don't think there has been a wedding in which the string quartet hasn't been able to do a request). So if you're looking for a unique, and personal approach to your wedding ceremony music, let the Hill Country Strings work up your favorite song or artist for your processional. Book your January through July wedding with us by the end of the month, and we'll give you special rates to accommodate all of the custom music.

If you're thinking smaller than string quartet, consider the woodwind trio (flute, oboe and cello), or a woodwind duo (flute and cello, or oboe and cello). If you're thinking smaller than that, I recommend considering flamenco guitar for a wedding ceremony with personality and flair!

Although we can put together a fine string quartet for your wedding in a snap, our main string quartet has been playing together as an ensemble for weddings and concerts going on our fourth year! You may also see us around Austin, Texas performing as Rosetta. Outside of two artistically successful, self-produced shows in which we've performed, we have also been getting out there in the world. In 2007, our string quartet was a little more than half of the orchestra for the tri-national production of Mozart's 'The Magic Flute', and also for the world premier performance of the Odyssey, commissioned for Austin composer Graham Reynolds for the Austin Children's Choir. Rosetta played alongside Pulitzer Prize nominated composer and virtuosic contra-bassist P. Kellach Waddle, Mr. Reynolds on drumset and vibraphone, pianist Austin Haller, and a handful of wonderful adult singers. Working under director Kathleen Turner was a treat, and of course, the over 100 children of the choir who with aplomb pulled off the epic one hour performance of Homer's the Odyssey.

Also, in 2007, the Hill Country Strings provided a full string orchestra for the 26th annual Great Waltz, under the direction of violinist Joseph Shuffield. Click on the link for more information.

Over the years we have built our reputation in Austin, as musicians from Austin, bringing elegance and refinement through our music to so many weddings and events in the Heart of Texas. We are proud and happy to offer you superior service and sublime music!