South Manchester String Quartet A fresh and modern string quartet dedicated to making your event stand out!

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Price Guide

The guide prices below are for events within 20 miles of Manchester, Greater Manchester. Outside this area extra travel expenses will apply. Please get in touch for an accurate quote.
String Duo (Violin + Cello) - Up to one hour from start to finish time: £710
String Duo (Violin + Cello) - Up to 2 hours from start to finish time: £770
String Duo (Violin + Cello) - Up to 3 hours from start to finish time: £810
String Trio (Violin + Violin + Cello) - Up to one hour from start to finish time: £780
String Trio (Violin + Violin + Cello) - Up to two hours from start to finish time: £820
String Trio (Violin + Violin + Cello) - Up to three hours from start to finish time: £860
String Quartet (Violin + Violin , Viola + Cello) - Up to one hour from start to finish time: £880
String Quartet (Violin + Violin , Viola + Cello) - Up to two hours from start to finish time: £920
String Quartet (Violin + Violin , Viola + Cello) - Up to three hours from start to finish time: £960
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About / Biography

South Manchester String Quartet have years of experience playing for weddings, parties, corporate events and more! The musicians of the quartet have made numerous television and radio appearances, featuring on BBC One, BBC Radio 4, Channel 5, the X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent. They've even worked with musicians such as Sting and Gary Barlow! Adding a touch of class to your event, the South Manchester String Quartet will provide you with music of the highest quality.

The quartet’s repertoire list is very extensive, allowing you to choose what you would like played. Alternatively, the choice can be left to the quartet. Music choices feature classical, jazz, ragtime, film/TV and pop works, ranging from Bach to Britney Spears! They cater for requests at events, and will even arrange something extra for your special day if it is not already on their repertoire list.

Line-ups:

String Quartet (Violin/Violin/Viola/Cello)

String Trio (Violin/Violin/Cello)

String Duo (Violin/Cello)

Duo (Piano/Cello)

Reviews (15)

There are currently 15 user ratings for South Manchester String Quartet

AVERAGE RATING

10 / 101

Location

Based in Manchester, Greater Manchester

Will travel up to 255 miles
green circle = areas covered (up to 255 miles)
pink circle = free travel (up to 20 miles)
Please note that the circles shown on the map are calculated "as the crow flies". By road distances may vary, so please get in touch for an accurate quote.

C L A S S I C A L

A Chloris - Reynaldo Hann

Adagio – Albinoni

Adagio for Strings – Barber

Air - Bach

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel

Au Fond du Temple Saint (Pearl Fishers Duet) - Georges Bizet

Autumn (Allegro) from the Four Seasons - Vivaldi

Ave Verum Corpus – Mozart

Barcarolle - Offenbach

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 – Bach

Bridal March “Here Comes the Bride” - Wagner

Canon - Pachelbel

Cantabile - Tartini

Chanson De Matin – Elgar

Chanson De Nuit – Elgar

Clair de Lune – Debussy

Concerto for Two Violins – Bach

Con te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye) – Sartori

Cumparsita, La - Rodriguez

Dance of The Hours – Ponchielli

Danse des Mirlitons - Tchaikovsky

Divertimento No. 1 in D – Mozart

Divertimento No. 2 in B Flat – Mozart

Divertimento No. 3 in F – Mozart

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – Mozart

First Polovtsian Dance – Borodin

Flower Duet – Delibes

Funiculi Funicula - Denza

The Girl with the Flaxen Hair – Debussy

Humoresque - Dvorak

Hungarian Dance – Brahms

I Giorni - Einaudi

Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana – Mascagni

Jealousy Tango - Gade

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Bach

La Rejouissance – Handel

Largo from Violin Sonata in D – Handel

March in D – Handel

Mc Mozart’s Eine Kleine Bricht Moonlicht Nicht Musik - Bor

Morning - Grieg

Nessun Dorma - Puccini

Nimrod from Enigma Variations – Elgar

O Sole Mio – Rinaldo di Capua

Palladio - Jenkins

Pavane – Fauré

Pizzicato Polka – Strauss

Prelude to Carmen – Bizet

Romance from The Gadfly – Shostakovich

Romeo and Juliet Love Theme - Tchaikovsky

Rondeau – Mouret

Salut d’amour - Elgar

Sheep May Safely Graze – Bach

Sleeping Beauty Waltz – Tchaikovsky

Spring (Allegro) from the Four Seasons - Vivaldi

Stars and Stripes Forever – Sousa

The Swan - Saint-Saëns

Tango from Espana Op. 165 – Albéniz

Träumerei – Schumann

Trout, 4th Movement - Schubert

Trumpet Tune – Purcell

Trumpet Voluntary - Purcell

Two Rondeaux - Purcell

Upstairs Downstairs – Faris

Vocalise – Rachmaninoff

Water Music – Handel

Winter (Largo) from the Four Seasons – Vivaldi

Wedding March – Mendelssohn

L I G H T

Anything Goes – Porter

Bring Me Sunshine - Arthur Kent

Come Fly With Me – Van Heusen

Country Club – Joplin

The Entertainer – Joplin

El Choclo - Angel Villoldo

La Bamba - Trad. Mexican

Let’s Do It - Porter

Let's Face The Music - Nat King Cole

Light My Fire - The Doors

Makin’ Whoopee – Donaldson

The Man I Love – Gershwin

Moonlight in Vermont - Suessdorf

My Funny Valentine – Rodgers

New York, New York – John Kander

Paragon Rag – Joplin

Palm Leaf Rag - Joplin

Pennies from Heaven - Johnson

Ragtime Dance - Joplin

Sway/Cherry Pink - Pablo Beltrán Ruiz

That's Amore - Harry Wallen

The Way You Look Tonight – Kern

Tomo y Obligo - Carlos Gardel

P O P U L A R

A Thousand Years – Christina Perri

Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell

Alejandro – Lady Gaga

All of Me – John Legend

All Star – Smash Mouth

All You Need is Love – The Beatles

Angels - Robbie Williams

Annie's Song - John Denver

At Last – Etta James

Baby One More Time – Britney Spears

Bad Things - Jace Everett

Barbie Girl – Aqua

Beat It - Michael Jackson

Beethoven’s Five Secrets – The Piano Guys

Beneath Your Beautiful - Labrinth ft. Emeli Sandé

Best Song Ever – One Direction

Beyond the Sea – Lawrence/Trenet

Birdhouse In Your Soul - They Might Be Giants

Birds and Ships - Billy Bragg & Wilco ft. Natalie Merchant

Bitter Sweet Symphony – The Verve

Blank Space - Taylor Swift

The Blower’s Daughter – Damien Rice

Bonfire Heart - James Blunt

Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen

Can You Feel the Love Tonight – Elton John

Can’t Help Falling in Love – Elvis Presley

Can’t Take My Eyes off You – Frankie Valli

Carry On My Wayward Son – Kansas

Champagne Supernova - Oasis

Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol

Colorblind - Counting Crows

Crack the Shutters – Snow Patrol

Cry Me a River – Michael Bublé

Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) – Frederic Weatherly

The Devil Went Down To Georgia – Charlie Daniels

Don’t Stop Believing – Journey

Don’t Stop Me Now - Queen

Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing – Aerosmith

Dream Catch Me - Newton Faulkner

Dynamite - Taio Cruz

Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles

Everlasting Love – Love Affair

Everlong - Foo Fighters

Everything - Michael Bublé

Everything I Do, I Do It For You - Bryan Adams

Everytime - Britney Spears

Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor

Eyes Open – Taylor Swift

Feeling Good – Muse

Fields of Gold – Sting

The Final Countdown - Europe

First Day of My Life – Bright Eyes

Fix You – Coldplay

Flashlight - Jessie J

From This Moment On - Shania Twain

Games That Lovers Play – James Last Orchestra

God Only Knows – Beach Boys

Gold Digger - Kanye West

Good Thing – Reel Big Fish

Get Lucky – Daft Punk

Greatest Day – Take That

Halo – Beyoncé

Hallelujah – Cohen/Buckley

Happy - Pharrell Williams

Heartbeats - Jose Gonzalez

Hello - Adele

Here Comes My Baby – Cat Stevens

Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles

Heroes – David Bowie

Hey, Soul Sister – Train

Higher and Higher – Jackie Wilson

Ho Hey – Lumineers

Home - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Hoppípolla – Sigur Rós

How Long Will I Love You – Ellie Goulding

I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas

I Say A Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin

I See Fire - Ed Sheeran

I Want To Break Free – Queen

I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles

I Want You Back – Jackson 5

I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz

If I Ain't Got You - Alicia Keys

If You’re Fond of Sand Dunes and Salty Air – Groove Armada

I’m Yours – Jason Mraz

In My Life – The Beatles

Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder

It Had To Be You – Khan/Jones

It Must Be Love – Madness

It’s Not Unusual – Tom Jones

Just the Two of Us - Bill Withers

Just the Way You Are – Bruno Mars

Kashmir – Led Zeppelin

Kiss Me – Sixpence None the Richer

Kissing You – Des’ree

Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas/Cee-Lo Green

Laura - Sinatra/Raskin

Lay Me Down - Sam Smith

Let Her Go – Passenger

Little By Little - Oasis

Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi

Locked Out of Heaven – Bruno Mars

The Long and Winding Road – The Beatles

L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole

Love and Marriage - Van Heusen

Love Me Do - The Beatles

Love Story - Taylor Swift

Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division

Make You Feel My Love – Bob Dylan/Adele

Marry You – Bruno Mars

Mirrors - Justin Timberlake

More Than A Feeling - Boston

Mr. Brightside – The Killers

My Girl – The Temptations

Nightswimming – R.E.M

One Day I’ll Fly Away – Vaults

One Day Like This – Elbow

Only Girl In The World - Rihanna

Only Love – Ben Howard

Oops – Little Mix ft. Charlie Puth

Paradise – Coldplay

Patience - Take That

Photograph - Ed Sheeran

Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want – The Smiths

Pompeii - Bastille

Rather Be – Clean Bandit

Royals – Lorde

Rule the World – Take That

Sally Cinnamon - The Stone Roses

Scar Tissue – Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Sex on Fire – Kings of Leon

Shake It Off – Taylor Swift

Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran

She – Elvis Costello

She’s Always A Woman – Billy Joel

She's Everything - Brad Paisley

Shut Up and Dance - Walk the Moon

Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder

Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder

Skinny Love – Birdy

Skyfall - Adele

Smile – Charlie Chaplin

Smooth Criminal – Michael Jackson

Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel

Someone Like You – Adele

Somewhere Only We Know - Keane

Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Songbird – Eva Cassidy

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

Stand By Me - Ben E. King

Star Star – The Frames/Glen Hansard

Starálfur – Sigur Rós

Stay With Me – Sam Smith

Summer – Joe Hisaishi

Sweet Child of Mine – Guns N’ Roses

Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd

Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand

Take Me to Church – Hozier

Take Over the World – The Courteeners

Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran

This Is the One – The Stone Roses

Toxic – Britney Spears

True Colours - Cyndi Lauper

True Love – Cole Porter/Crosby/Kelly

Twist and Shout – The Beatles

Two Become One – Spice Girls

Under Pressure - Queen

Unforgettable – Irving Gordon/Nat King Cole

Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars

Uptown Girl – Westlife/Billy Joel

Viva La Vida – Coldplay

Walking On Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves

Wake Me Up – Avicii

Wake Me Up When September Ends – Green Day

Water From the Same Source – Rachel’s

Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks

We Owned The Night - Lady Antebellum

What a Wonderful World - Weiss

Whatever - Oasis

Wings - Birdy

With Or Without You - U2

Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton

Wonderwall - Oasis

Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Beach Boys

Writing's On the Wall - Sam Smith

XO - Beyoncé

Yellow – Coldplay

You and Me Song - The Wannadies

You'll Never Walk Alone - Richard Rodgers

Young and Beautiful – Lana Del Rey

Yours – Ella Henderson

Your Song – Elton John

You’re My Best Friend - Queen

You've Got The Love - Florence and the Machine

F I L M & T V

A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes (Cinderella) - David, Hoffman and Livingston

A Spoonful of Sugar (Mary Poppins) - Sherman and Sherman

A Thousand Years (Twilight: Breaking Dawn) – Christina Perri

A Whole New World (Aladdin) – Alan Menken

All I Ask of You (The Phantom of the Opera) – Andrew Lloyd Webber

Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book) – Terry Gilkyson

Be Our Guest (Beauty and the Beast) – Alan Menken

Bella Notte (Lady and the Tramp) - Sonny Burke

Bella’s Lullaby (Twilight) – Carter Burwell

Blind Date Theme - Laurie Holloway

Bring Him Home (Les Misérables) – Schönberg

Can You Feel the Love Tonight (The Lion King) – Elton John

Circle of Life (The Lion King) - Elton John

Colours of the Wind (Pocahontas) - Alan Menken

Concerning Hobbits (The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit) – Howard Shore

Defying Gravity (Wicked) - Stephen Schwartz

Do You Want To Build A Snowman (Frozen) – Robert Lopez

Doctor Who – Ron Grainer

Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing (Armageddon) – Aerosmith

Everything Is Awesome (The Lego Movie) – Patterson

Family Guy Theme – Walter Murphy

Fawlty Towers Theme – Dennis Wilson

Finding Nemo Main Theme – Thomas Newman

For the Love of a Princess (Braveheart) - James Horner

Friend Like Me (Aladdin) – Alan Menken

Gabriel’s Oboe (The Mission) – Ennio Morricone

Game of Thrones Theme - Ramin Djawadi

Glasgow Love Theme (Love Actually) – Craig Armstrong

Ghostbusters Theme – Ray Parker, Jr.

Godfather Love Theme – Ennio Morricone

Goldfinger (James Bond: Goldfinger) – John Barry

Ground Force Theme – Jim Parker

Happy Working Song (Enchanted) – Alan Menken

Harry Potter Themes – John Williams

Home Alone Theme – John Williams

I See the Light (Tangled) – Alan Menken

I Wan'na Be like You (The Jungle Book) - Sherman and Sherman

In Search Of Grace – Theo Vidgen

Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire) – Rahman

Jurassic Park - John Williams

Kiss the Girl (The Little Mermaid) – Alan Menken

Kissing You (Romeo + Juliet) – Des’ree

Let It Go (Frozen) – Robert Lopez

Life’s A Happy Song (The Muppets Movie) – Bret McKenzie

Love Is an Open Door (Frozen) – Robert Lopez

Love Theme (Cinema Paradiso) – Ennio Morricone

Maria (West Side Story) – Leonard Bernstein

Married Life (Up) - Michael Giacchino

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto

Moon River (Breakfast At Tiffany's) - Henry Mancini

The Muppet Show Theme – Jim Henson

Music of the Night (Phantom of the Opera) – Andrew Lloyd Webber

Now We Are Free (Gladiator) – Hans Zimmer

The Office Theme (USA) – Jay Ferguson

Once Upon A Dream (Sleeping Beauty) - Jack Lawrence

One Day More Claude (Les Misérables) – Schönberg

Part of Your World (The Little Mermaid) – Alan Menken

Pirates of the Caribbean - Hans Zimmer

PM’s Love Theme (Love Actually) – Craig Armstrong

Pokémon Theme - Siegler/Loeffler

Portuguese Love Theme (Love Actually) – Craig Armstrong

Prince Ali (Aladdin) – Alan Menken

Pure Imagination (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) – Leslie Bricusse

Raiders March (Indiana Jones) – John Williams

Reflection (Mulan) - Matthew Wilder/David Zippel

The Simpsons Theme – Danny Elfman

Someday My Prince Will Come (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) - Frank Churchill

Sound of Music Medley (Overture/Sound of Music/Do-Re-Mi/My Favourite Things/Edelweiss) - Rodgers

Star Trek - Alexander Courage

Star Wars Imperial March – John Williams

Star Wars Medley - John Williams

Super Mario Bros. Theme – Koji Konjo

Superman Main Theme – John Williams

Tale as Old as Time (Beauty and the Beast) – Alan Menken

This Is Halloween (The Nightmare Before Christmas) – Danny Elfman

True Love’s Kiss (Enchanted) – Alan Menken

Tum Hi Ho (Aashiqui 2) - Mithoon

Under the Sea (The Little Mermaid) – Alan Menken

When Will My Life Begin (Tangled) – Alan Menken

When You Wish Upon a Star (Pinocchio) – Leigh Harline

You Can Fly! (Peter Pan) - Sammy Fain

You’ve Got A Friend In Me (Toy Story) – Alan Menken

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (Song of the South) - Allie Wrubel

C H R I S T M A S

All I Want for Christmas – Mariah Carey

Christmas Carols – Assorted Traditional

Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) - Nat King Cole

Deck the Halls – Trad.

Do They Know It’s Christmas? – Bob Geldof/Midge Ure

Ding Dong! Merrily On High – Trad.

Fairytale of New York – The Pogues

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

Here Comes Santa Claus – Gene Autry

Home Alone Theme – John Williams

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Pola and Wyle

Jingle Bells – James Lord Pierpont

Last Christmas – Wham!

Silent Night – Franz Gruber

Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day – Trad.

We Wish You A Merry Christmas – Trad.

White Christmas - Irving Berlin

Technical Info

What are your basic technical requirements?

4 arm-less chairs


Do you provide sound and lighting equipment?

No


What information do you require about a venue?

We always welcome directions from the venue to help us find the correct place to park, however we are likely to already know the venue if it is in the North West of England. We will sort everything else with the venue.

Performance Info

What are your typical setup and performance times?

Set up: the arrival is 45 minutes before the start time. 15 minutes to set up and 15 minutes to pack away.

Recent Clients

South Manchester String Quartet has performed for these clients:

Rolex

ITV

BBC One

JustEat

Royal Air Force

British Gas

AstraZeneca

Peaky Blinders

Eurovision Song Contest

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