College Station String Quartet

Welcome

The College Station String Quartet is composed of experienced players in the Brazos Valley area. We provide music for wedding ceremonies, wedding receptions, parties, church services, memorials, and any other event.

We are the local leaders in in-house transcription and arranging services.

We have played at many diverse venues including Pebble Creek Country Club, Traditions Club House, Miramont Country Club, Christopher’s World Grille, 7F Lodge, Briarcrest Country Club, Historic Independence Baptist Church, A&M Church of Christ, Arbor Oaks at Crestview, and Texas A&M University.

You may have seen us perform at the Fall 2009, Fall 2010, and Fall 2011 Bridal Association of the Brazos Valley Bridal Show and Benefit and the College Station Hilton Showcase Wedding Reception.

We are also dedicated to enriching the arts in our local community. We have played at Storytime at the College Station public library, Carriage Inn retirement community, and Art Step in historic downtown Bryan.

Member of the Bridal Association of the Brazos Valley

Services

Our wedding service consists of 30 minutes of background prelude music while your guests arrive, then music for the entrance of the wedding party and the rest of the ceremony.

Our wedding and reception service is the wedding service plus an hour or more of background music during a post-wedding dinner and reception.

These are our most common services. We are also available to play background music for parties or other formal occasions on an hourly basis.

Please email us for our current rates.

Our expert consultation is free of charge. We have worked many different weddings and can walk you through all the options and help you choose the perfect music for your event. If you already know exactly what you want, we can work with you to deliver your vision!

Don’t want to deal with the music selections? Don’t have any preferences? You’ll probably find our standard wedding program a good fit.

Standard wedding program

Mothers and grandmothers
Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring

Bridesmaids
Pachelbel - Canon

Bride
Wagner - Bridal Chorus aka Here Comes the Bride
or
Handel Hornpipe

Unity candle (if applicable)
Bach - Arioso

Recessional
Mendelssohn - Wedding March

Guests exiting
Mouret - Rondeau

Alternatives

Processional

(pick 3: Parents+Grandparents, Bridesmaids, Bride)

Pachelbel - Canon
Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Handel - Hornpipe from Water Music
Handel - Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
Mouret - Rondeau (theme from Masterpiece Theatre)
Purcell - Trumpet Tune
Clarke - Trumpet Voluntary
Wagner - Bridal Chorus aka “Here Comes the Bride”

Unity candle, communion, readings, etc.

Bach - Arioso
Bach - Air
Bach-Gounod - Ave Maria
Schubert - Ave Maria

Recessional and postlude

(pick 2: bridal party and guests)

Mendelssohn - Wedding March
Handel - La Rejouissance
Mozart - Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Handel - Hornpipe from Water Music
Handel - Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
Aggie War Hymn
Coldplay - Viva la Vida

Repertoire

We perform all the familiar classics, as well as light jazz and ragtime. On request, we can also prepare other classical works or special pop song arrangements.

We are able to bring you the most popular and best classical quartet repertoire, however technically demanding. We are careful to play only the finest arrangements. Our Four Seasons is Vivaldi’s original, complete with all virtuoso passages. Our version of the Aggie War Hymn (a crowd favorite) is complete with all four themes; we transcribed it directly from the marching band recording.

We are the local leaders in in-house arranging and transcription skills.

Wedding

Aggie War Hymn
Air (Bach)
Alleluja (Mozart)
Aria (Handel)
Arioso (Bach)
Ave Maria
Bittersweet Symphony
Bridal Chorus
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Entrance to the Queen of Sheba
Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
Hallelujah Chorus
Hornpipe (Handel)
How Beautiful
How Great Thou Art
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
March from The Marriage of Figaro
Meditation from “Thais”
My Heart Ever Faithful (Bach)
Ode to Joy
Panis Angelicus
The Prayer
Rigaudon (Campra)
Romanze from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Rondeau “Masterpiece Theater” (Mouret)
Sheep May Safely Graze
Theme from Pride & Prejudice (BBC)
Trumpet Tune
Trumpet Voluntary
Viva la Vida (Cold Play)
Wedding March
What a Wonderful World
You Raise Me Up

Classical

Abel: 6 Quartets
Arriaga: 3 Quartets
JC Bach: Menuetto
JS Bach: Badinerie
JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
JS Bach: Rondo in b minor
Bellini: Casta Diva (Cavatina from “Norma”)
Boccherini: “Celebrated” Minuet in E
Dittersdorf: Andante
Gretry: Allegro Grazioso
Handel: Water Music Suites in D & F
Handel: Alexander’s Feast
Handel: 6 Concerti Grossi Op. 6
30 Celebrated Haydn Quartets
Haydn: Serenade
The Best of Franz Joseph Haydn
Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Monti: Czardas
Mozart: Divertimento K.136
Mozart: Rondo all Turca
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart: Rondo K.159
Mozart: 10 Quartets
Pleyel: Quartet No. 3
Schubert: Serenade
The Best of Johann Strauss, Jr. Waltzes
Vivaldi: Four Seasons
Vivaldi: Concerto ‘Alla rustica’ RV 151

Popular

Aggie War Hymn
All I Want is You
All of You
An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair)
Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz
Champs Élysées
Chasing Cars
Come Back to Sorrento
Country Club Rag
Country Gardens
Dark Eyes
Easy Winners
El Choclo
El Relicario
Estrellita
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye
Funiculi, Funicula
Hava Nagila
I Love You
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
It’s Alright With Me
La Cumparsita
La Paloma
La Vie en Rose
Liberty Bell
Linus & Lucy (Peanuts theme)
Loch Lomond
Londonderry Air
Maple Leaf Rag
Moon River
Mr. Beveridge’s Maggot
O Sole Mio
Orpheus in the Underworld (Can Can)
Paragon Rag
Paris Canaille
Pineapple Rag
Polish Dance
Por una Cabeza
Rákóczy March
Santa Lucia
Shrewsbury Lasses
Sous le Ciel de Paris
Swedish Rhapsody
Tales from the Vienna Woods Waltz
Tarantella
Theme from Pride and Prejudice
Tomo y Obligo
Unforgettable
Viennese Blood Waltz
Washington Post
What a Wonderful World
What Is This Thing Called Love?

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I book?

Just contact us and we will reserve the date for you! No deposit required.

Do I need a contract?

We would be happy to send you a formal written contract. But we don’t require it, and we do 4 out of 5 weddings without a contract. Formal or not, our agreement to perform a service in exchange for money is legally binding in all cases.

What’s the difference between quartet and trio?

Trio: violin, viola, cello
Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello

We have all common wedding ceremony repertoire for both quartet and trio. Some of our prelude and reception music is written only for trio or quartet.

String quartets were traditionally more common in the past and provide slightly more volume.

Currently more than half the events we do are trios. A trio costs 3/4 the quartet rate.

Do you play only weddings?

Although weddings are our most common service, we are also available for parties, galas, and other events. We have numerous and diverse musical selections for any occasion.

How long before the event should I contact you?

As soon as possible! We often have events booked several months in advance, and some booked more than a year in advance. We need at least 2 weeks to buy or arrange music that isn’t on the list.

Could you play at my event outside the Bryan-College Station area?

Yes. We do charge for mileage beyond a 30 minute radius.

Do you need someone to give you cues?

We have done many weddings smoothly without cues, but it always makes it easier if your wedding planner or usher helps “direct traffic” and signals us so we can coordinate the music. The moment the bride enters and the music starts is always powerful, all the more if the timing is perfect.

Do I need to set up anything for you at the event?

We have only a few requirements:

Four chairs with no arms
A 6'x10' space
Enough light to read by—let us know if we should bring our music stand lights
We must have shelter if there is any possibility of rain during an outdoor event; our wooden instruments would be severely damaged by water.

Contact Us

collegestationstrings@gmail.com