Welcome to the online page of The Unity String Quartet.
We are the UK’s leading String Quartet which specialises in performing at Weddings and Corporate events. Our extensive repertoire spans hundreds of years from classical composers through the works of Lennon & McCartney and even arrangements of current popular pieces from the likes of Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and many more. Whatever your preference, we’ll deliver quality, professionalism and satisfaction every time!
Whilst mainly specialising in Weddings, Corporate Events and other types of private functions, the members of The Unity String Quartet also regurarly play alongside some of UK’s most prestigious ensembles and orchestras such as The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, The Birmingham Royal Ballet, The Royal Shakespeare Company but to name a few…
Unity boasts a vast repertoire with everything from your favourite well known classics, right the way through to more modern contemporary music. With this sort of versatility, you can be sure that the quartet will have the perfect mix of music to suit your special event.
Also, if you have a particular piece of music in mind, the quartet would be willing to have an arrangement commissioned at a relatively low cost.
Whether you’re looking to book the Quartet for your wedding, corporate event or black tie function one thing is for certain, the quartet will be there to deliver high quality musicianship with an unmatched level of experience and professionalism to enhance your event.
Based in Birmingham, West Midlands
Unity String Quartet Repertoire:
1. A-ha
- Take on me
2. ‘A Star is Born’ Soundtrack
- Always remember ya this way
- Shallow
3. ABBA
- Dancing Queen
- I do I do I do
- Money, Money, Money
4. AC/DC
- You shook me all night long
5. Adele
- All I Ask
- Chasing Pavements
- Easy on me
- Hello
- Make you feel my love
- Oh My God
- Rolling in the deep
- Rumour Has It
- Send My Love To Your New Lover
- Set Fire To The Rain
- Skyfall
- Someone like you
- Water Under the Bridge
- When We Were Young
6. Aerosmith
- Dream on
- I don’t want to miss a thing
7. Aladdin
- A Whole New World
8. Alexandra Streliski
- Plus tot
9. Amanda McBoom
- The Rose
10. American Authors
- Best day of my life
11. An Officer and a Gentleman
- Up where we belong
12. Andrew L Webber
- All I ask of you
13. Arctic Monkeys
- Mardy Bum
14. Aretha Franklin
- I say a little prayer
15. Arthur Hamilton
- Cry me a river
16. Avengers Theme Tune
17. Avicii
- Wake me up
- Hey brother
18. Bangles
- Eternal Flame
19. Bastille
- Pompeii
20. Bart Howard
- Fly me to the moon
21. Beauty and the Best
- Tale as old as time
22. Ben E. King
- Stand by me
23. Beyoncé
- Crazy in love
- Halo
- Love on top
24. Big Ang and Siobhan Gallagher
- Wifey for Lifey
25. Billy Joe
- Pianoman
26. Bing Crosby
- When the red red robin comes bob bob bobbin’ along
27. Birdy
- Wings
28. Black Eyed Peas
- I gotta feeling
- Let’s get it started
29. Blur
- The Universal
30. Bob Marley
- One Love
31. Bon Iver
- Skinny Love
32. Bon Jovi
- Livin` on a Prayer
33. Braveheart
- For the love of a princess
34. Brian Crain
- Butterfly Waltz
35. Brideshead Revisited Theme Tune
36. Bridgerton TV Series
- Ariana Grande – Thank U Next
- Celeste – Strange
- Main Theme Tune
- Maroon 5 – Girls like you
- Max Richter – Spring 1 Recomposed
- Shawn Mendez – In my Blood
- Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams
37. Bruno Mars
- Amazing just the way you are
- Marry you
- Uptown Funk
38. Bryan Adams
- Everything I do I do it for you
39. Carlos Gardel
- Por una Cabeza
40. Carole King
- You’ve got a friend
41. Carpenters
- We’ve only just begun
42. Charles Aznevour
- She
43. Chicken Shed (Dmitryi Sitkovetsky)
- Wedding Dance
44. Christina Perri
- A thousand years
45. Cindi Lauper
- True Colours
46. Clean Bandit
- No Place I’d rather be
47. Coldplay
- Clocks
- My Universe
- Paradise
- Sky full of stars
- Viva la vida
- Yellow
- Something just like this ft. Chainsmokers
- The Scientist
48. Counting Crows
- Accidentally in love
49. Craig Armstrong
- Glasgow Love theme / Love Actually
50. Daft Punk
- Get Lucky
- Instant Crush
51. Darkness
- I believe in a thing called love
52. David Bowie
- Life on Mars
53. David Guetta
- Titanium
54. Dean Martin
- That’s Amore
55. Depeche Mode
- Can’t get enough
56. Dark Eyes – Russian traditional song
57. Des`ree
- Kissing you
58. Dire Straits
- Brothers in arms
59. Dirty Dancing
- Time of my life
60. Disney
- Be our guest
61. Donna Lewis
- I love you always forever
62. Drake
- Hold on, we are going home
63. Ed Sheeran
- Fire Alarms
- Give me love
- Thinking out loud
- Castle on the hill
- Tenerife Sea
- Perfect
- Shape of you
64. Edward Sharpe
- Home
65. Elbow
- One day like this
66. Ellie Goulding
- Army
- How long will I love you
- Love me like you do
- Still Falling for you
67. ELO
- Mr Blue Sky
68. Elton John
- Can you feel the love tonight
- Your song
69. Elvis
- Can’t help falling in love with you
- Love me tender
70. England Rugby
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
71. Ennio Morricone
- Gabriel’s Oboe
72. Enya
- Watermark
73. Emeli Sande
- Next to me
74. Eric Clapton
- Wonderful tonight
75. Etta James
- At last
76. Eurythmics
- Sweet Dreams
77. Eva Cassidy
- Songbird
78. Fall Out Boy
- Centuries
79. Fatboy Slim
- Praise you
80. Faulty Towers Theme tune
81. Fleetwood Mac
- Songbird
- The Chain
82. Florence and The Machine
- You got the love
83. Foo Fighters
- Best of you
- Learn to fly
- Everlong
- Times like these
84. Frank Sinatra
- Come fly with me
- Fly me to the moon
- Love and marriage
- Moon river
85. Frozen 2
- Show Yourself
86. Game of Thrones theme tune
87. Gerry and The Peacemakers
- You’ll never walk alone
88. Gershwin
- Someone to watch over me
89. Gladiator Theme Tune
90. Glen Hansard
- Falling Slowly
91. Goo Goo Dolls
- Iris
92. Grease The Movie
- We go together
93. Greenday
- Time of your life
- Wake me up when September ends
94. Guns and Roses
- Sweet child of mine
95. Guardians of the Galaxy
- Hooked on a Feeling
96. Haddaway
- What is love
97. Hakuna Matata from Lion King
98. Hans Zimmer
- You’re so cool
99. Harry Potter
- Harry in Winter
- Potter Waltz
100. Harry Styles
- Adore you
101. Hawaiian Folk song
- Aloha Oe
102. Home Alone
- John Williams – Somewhere in my memory
103. House of Cards theme tune
104. Hozier
- Take me to church
105. I Lava you – from Disney Pixar Lava
106. Ja Rule
- Living it up
107. Jack Johnson
- Better Together
108. Jack Lawrence
- Beyond the Sea
109. Jackson 5
- I’ll be there for you
110. James Arthur
- Say you won’t let go
111. James Horner - The Ludlows
- Legend of the fall
112. James Lawson
- Wasn’t expecting that
113. Jason Mraz
- I’m yours
114. Jeff Buckley
- Hallelujah
115. John Legend
- All of me
- Imagine
116. John Stephens and Will Adams
- Ordinary People
117. Josh Groban
- You raise me up
118. Journey
- Don’t stop believing
119. Judy Garland
- Somewhere over the rainbow
120. Jungle Book
- The Bare Necessities
121. Jurassic Park theme tune
122. Justin Bieber
- Peaches
123. Kalinka – Russian traditional song
124. Kanye West
- All of the lights
125. Karl Jenkins
- Palladio
126. Kate Bush
- Aerial – A Sky of Honey
127. Katy Perry
- Firework
128. Keane
- Somewhere only we know
129. Kings of Leon
- Sex on Fire
130. Koji Kondo
- Zelda’s Lullaby
131. La La Land
- Another day of Sun
- Medley
132. Lady Antebellum
- Need you now
133. Lady Gaga
- Alejandro
- Bad romance
134. Lana del Rey
- Summertime sadness
- Young and beautiful
135. Le Mis
- Bring him home
- I dreamed a dream
- Music of the night
136. Led Zeppelin
- Kashmir
- Stairway to Heaven
137. Lewis Capaldi
- Someone you loved
138. Lionel Richie
- Endless Love
139. Lonestar
- Amazed
140. Lorde
- Royals
141. Louguy
- La vie en rose
142. Louis Armstrong
- What a wonderful world
143. Ludovico Einaudi
- I Giorni
- Nuvole Bianchi
144. Lukas Graham
- Love Someone
145. Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Sweet home Alabama
146. Madness
- It must be love
147. Madonna
- Like a prayer
148. Marron 5
- Sugar
149. Meghan Trainor
- Like I’m gonna lose you
150. Metallica
- Master of Puppets
- Nothing Else Matters
151. McFly
- All about you
152. Michael Buble
- All I do is dream of you
- Everything
- Me and Mrs Jones
153. Michael Giacchino
- Theme from Up
154. Michael Jackson
- Billy Jean
- Man in the mirror
155. Miley Cyrus
- Adore you
156. Morecambe and Wise
- Bring me Sunshine
157. Moulin Rouge
- Come What May
158. Nat King Cole
- A nightingale song sang in Berkeley square
- L-O-V-E
159. Nicholas Britell
- Succession
160. Nina Simone
- Feeling good
161. Nirvana
- Smells like teen spirit
162. Oasis
- Live forever
- Whatever
- Wonderwall
163. One Direction
- What makes you beautiful
164. One Republic
- Counting Stars
165. Out of Africa theme tune
166. Owl City
- Fireflies
167. Pablo Beltran
- Sway/Cherry Pink
168. Paramore
- The only exception
169. Paul Weller
- You do something to me
170. Peter Gabriel
- The Book of Love
171. Phantom of the Opera
- The Music of the Night
172. Pharell Williams
- Happy
173. Phil Collins
- A groovy kind of love
174. Phillip Phillips
- Home
175. Pirates of the Caribbean theme tune
176. Pretty Woman
- He Sleeps (Love Theme)
177. Pride and Prejudice Theme Tune
178. Queen
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Crazy little thing called love
- Don’t stop me now
- Somebody to love
- You’re my best friend
179. Quincy Jones
- Soul Bossa Nova
180. Radiohead
- All I Need
- Paranoid Android
181. Randy Newman
- You’ve got a friend in me
182. Rembrandts
- I’ll be there for you
183. Richard Clayderman
- Ballade pour Adeline
184. Rihanna
- Rude boy
185. Ritchie Valens
- La bamba
186. Robbie William
- Angels
- She’s the one
187. Romeo and Juliet soundtrack
- Everybody’s free (to feel good)
188. Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Mr Christmas, Mr Lawrence
189. Sam Smith
- Stay with me
190. Scott Joplin
- Paragon Rag
- The Entertainer
191. Seal
- Kiss from a rose
192. Season of Love
193. Shania Twain
- From this moment on
- You’re still the one
194. Sleeping at last
- Turning Page
195. Snow Patrol
- Chasing Cars
196. Spice Girls
- Two Become One
197. Star Wars
- Across the Stars
- Medley
- Theme tune
198. Stevie Wonder
- I just called to say I love you
- Isn’t she lovely?
- Signed, sealed, delivered
- You are the sunshine of my life
199. Sting
- Field of Gold
200. Stone Roses
- Waterfall
201. Sugar Ros
- Hoppipolla
202. Superman Theme Tune
203. Taboo
- The Inexorable Advance of Mr Delaney
204. Take that
- Greatest day
205. Talking Heads
- This must be the place
206. Tangled
- I see the light
207. Taylor Swift
- Enchanted
208. Texas
- Put your arm arounds me
209. The Beach Boys
- God Only Knows
- Wouldn’t it be nice
210. The Beatles
- A Hard Day’s night
- All you need is love
- Back in the USSR
- Day Tripper
- Get back
- Hello goodbye
- Here comes the sun
- Here there and everywhere
- I want to hold your hand
- I will
- Lady Madonna
- Michelle
- Eleanor Rigby
- Yesterday
- Yellow Submarine
- When I’m sixty-four
211. The Calling
- Where you will go
212. The Corrs
- Runaway
213. The Cure
- Friday I’m in love
214. The Godfather theme tune
215. The Greatest Showman
- A Million Dreams
216. The Hoobastank
- The Reason
217. The Jungle Book
- Bare Necessities
218. The Killers
- Human
- Mr Brightside
- Sunrise Sunset
- When you were young
219. The Office Theme Tune (US)
220. The Only Ones
- Another girl, another planet
221. The Lord of the rings
- Concerning Hobbits
222. The Lumineers
- Gale Song
- Ho hey
223. The Moody Blues
- Nights in white satin
224. The Pixies
- Where is my mind
225. The Smiths
- Please please please
- There’s a light that never goes out
- This charming man
226. The Temptations
- My girl
227. The Verve
- Bittersweet Symphony
228. The Wannadies
- You and Me
229. The Weather Girls
- It’s raining men
230. The Weeknd
- Blinding Lights
231. The Wurzels
- I’m a cider drinker
232. Tina Turner
- Simply the best
233. Tom Jones
- Delilah
234. Tom Petty
- Free Fallin’
235. Top Gun
- Danger Zone
- Maverick Anthem
236. Toploader
- Dancing in the moonlight
237. Toto
- Africa
238. Train
- Drops of Jupiter
239. U2
- With or with you
240. Van Morrison
- Brown eyed girl
- Crazy Love
- Have I told you lately
- Someone like you
241. Walk the Moon
- Shut up and dance
242. Weekend
- Can’t feel my face
243. Whitney Houston
- Higher Love
244. Wizard of Oz / Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
- Somewhere over the rainbow
245. Yurima
- River flows in you
Classical Repertoire:
1. Albioni
- Adagio
2. Bach
- Air on G string
3. Gounod
- Ave Maria
4. Boccherini
- Menuet
5. Borodin
- String Quartet No. 2
6. Brahms
- Hungarian Dance No. 5
7. British National Anthem
8. Clarke
- Trumpet Tune
- Trumpet Voluntary
9. Debussy
- Clair de Lune
- The girl with the flaxen hair
10. Delibes
- Flower Duet
11. Elgar
- Chanson de Matin
- Pomp and Circumstance
- Salut D’Amour
12. Faure
- Pavane
13. Grieg
- Holbergs Suite
14. Handel
- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
- Hornpipe in D
- Hornpipe in F
- La Rejoissance
- Largo from Xerxes
- Le Paix
15. Holst
- Planets – Jupiter
16. J. Strauss
- Blue Danube
17. Massenet
- Meditation from Thais
18. Mendelssohn
- Wedding March
19. Mozart
- Divertimento in D
- Divertimento in F
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
- Turkish March
20. Offenbach
- Barcarolle
21. Pachelbel
- Canon in D
22. Puccini
- Turandot – Nessun Dorma
- Gianni Schicchi - O mio babbino caro
23. Purcell
- Festival Rondo
24. Ravel
- Bolero
25. Rimsky-Korsakov
- Scheherazade - The Young Prince and Princess
26. Schubert
- Ave Maria
27. Schumann
- Traumerei
28. Shostakovich
- Watlz No. 2
29. Tchaikovsky
- Nutcracker March
- Swan Lake Waltz
30. Vivaldi
- Four Season – Spring and Winter
- Gloria in excelsis Deo
31. Wagner
- Wedding March
Bollywood Repertoire:
1. Ah Mere Humsafar
2. Chura-Liya
3. Dheere Dheere
4. Humko Hamise Churalo
5. Jai Ho
6. Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein
7. Kal Ho Na Ho
8. Kuch Kuch
9. Mile Ho Tum Humko
10. Suraj Hua Madam
11. Teri Galiyan
12. Teri Meri
13. Tujhe Dekha To Ye Jana Sanam
14. Tujhe Mein Rab Dikhta Hai
We need a performance space of at least 3 meters x 3 meters. We will also need four armless chairs and a cover to play under if required to play outside.
Yes, we’re completely self contained. Everything we do is acoustic and can bring our own stand lights if asked to play in a darker room.
We need to know any directions that will help us find the venue and also find the right spot to set-up within the venue. We will then be in touch directly to send them our Public Liability Certificate.
No.
The Unity String Quartet was formed in 2007 and has been expanding ever since doing over a thousand events.
We would always arrive at least 30 minutes before we are due to play in order to set up.
Then, we can be playing between 30 minutes for a civil ceremony up to 6 hours for ceremony, drinks reception and the wedding breakfast.
Yes.