About this vendor
At Bridge & Bow Music, we are dedicated to quality and creative music for your wedding! Our core ensembles are String Quartet and Violin Duet, and we perform at wedding ceremonies, cocktail hours, and special events. Bridge & Bow Music loves helping couples choose the perfect music for a personalized and memorable wedding!
Audio samples of our string quartet and our custom arrangements: bridgeandbowmusic.com/inspiration
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Instruments
- Cello
- Keyboard
- Viola
- Violin
Music Genres
- Classical
- Country
- Jazz
- Pop
- R&B
- Rock
Music Services
- Live Music
Wedding Activities
- Rehearsals & Parties
- Rehearsal Dinner
- Welcome Party
- Wedding
- Ceremony
- Cocktail Hour
Awards and Affiliations
6-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2026.2025.2023.+3 more.
Best of Weddings
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Hall of Fame
Earned by winning 'Best of Weddings' four or more times.
Reviews
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Bridge and Bow music was a dream to work with! Very communicative, played beautifully during our ceremony, and were open to take in our song requests to add to their repertoire.
Lauren and the string quartet were incredible to work with. They were professional, responsive and talented. We’re so thankful for the music they played during our ceremony and coc...
ktail hour. We selected a lot of songs and they were kind enough to play them all
Lauren and the string quartet were incredible! From my initial inquiry, Lauren was amazing with communication and had excellent recommendations for song choices. We got married at ...
The Aldrich Mansion in RI and they played for our ceremony and cocktail hour, they are incredibly talented! I received so many compliments from guests on how incredible they were! They added such a beautiful touch to our wedding day! Thank you so much Bridge + Bow Music!
The music was elegant, emotional, and beautifully timed—everything we hoped for and more. They were incredibly professional, easy to work with, and experienced, which made the whol...
e process stress-free from start to finish.
Absolutely magical! We hired a string trio for our wedding ceremony, and I had a special request for my processional to do a mashup of Love Story and Canon in D. Lauren and Elliot ...
handled my request with expertise and professionalism, and gave me a stunning processional that made it so special and got me teary-eyed. The prelude music was wonderful, and the strings sounded fantastic. We chose from their repertoire of song selections - we went with mostly contemporary songs mixed in with a little bit of classical. We also chose ‘In Dreams’ from Lord of the Rings for the groomsmen processional and they loved it. I’m so glad we went with Bridge & Bow - they were professional, priced well, and it was a beautiful touch for our special day.
We had an amazing experience with Lauren and Elliot (Bridge & Bow Music) at our wedding. Their service was amazing from start to finish. They were very patient, and kind, and handl...
ed everything with professionalism. Even when our ceremony was delayed, they had no problem adjusting and remained flexible and understanding. They were extremely nice and made the entire experience stress-free. We couldn’t have asked for better and highly recommend her services!
I am so glad we found Bridge and Bow for our wedding ceremony!! They performed at our catholic church ceremony —they sounded absolutely beautiful and made the day extra special. La...
uren was incredibly communicative, helped with recommendations (especially helpful because I had decision fatigue and trusted her expertise on good entrance and exit
Options), and even learned a special song just for my entrance. Our guests loved the music, and I highly recommend Bridge and Bow!! Thank you Lauren and team!
We had a fantastic experience with Bridge & Bow for our wedding! Lauren and Elliot were an amazing violin duet for our ceremony and cocktail hour. We had a micro-wedding in an unco...
nventional venue and they were very professional and accommodating in customizing the experience. They sent us a list of songs in their current repertoire and helped us pick songs we did or didn’t want. They even went above and beyond to arrange and learn a new song from a smaller band that is really special to us as a couple. Overall a great experience and we highly recommend Bridge & Bow!
Bridge and Bow played during our cocktail hour for our wedding at the Bradley Estate. They were truly phenomenal! From the very start, Lauren was professional, friendly, and so eas...
y to communicate with. Everything was seamless, and we felt completely confident leading up to the big day.
Their performance was out of this world: elegant, fun, and totally unforgettable. They played a mix of hit songs with a classical twist, and it created the most magical atmosphere. So many of our guests came up to us raving about how the entire cocktail hour felt like something straight out of Bridgerton, and that vibe was 100% thanks to them.
Bridge and Bow elevated the entire experience and made that part of the day feel so special and unique. If you're looking for something timeless, chic, and seriously cool - book them! You will not regret it!
Lauren was amazing to work with. We reached out just a few weeks before our January 2025 wedding; she was so responsive and gave the best suggestions for our ceremony music. It tru...
ly made the day to have her team perform - it was magical. I cannot recommend Bridge & Bow enough!
Lauren and Elliott were absolutely wonderful to work with for our wedding this past September! They played beautifully for our ceremony and cocktail hour and really helped set the ...
perfect tone for the evening. I cannot recommend Bridge and Bow enough - you will not be disappointed!
Bridge and Bow Music was amazing! We are so happy to have them as a part of our wedding this past fall. They brought something so special to our ceremony and cocktail hour with the...
ir beautiful live music - all of our guests loved it! Lauren was a pleasure to work with - she was responsive, accommodating and the whole group was so professional! Their song repertoire is expansive and they were also willing to learn a few songs that were special to us to make the day even better! Would absolutely recommend Bridge & Bow Music if you are looking for a live music option for your wedding - we are so happy we did!
Bridge & Bow made all of my violin music visions come true! Lauren was wonderful to work with from start to finish. She is professional, organized, and knowledgeable. On our weddin...
g day, everything went seamlessly! They played all of our ceremony music as well as our cocktail hour music. I would recommend Bridge and Bow to anyone looking to add beautiful music to their wedding or special event!
It was a pleasure to work with Bridge & Bow Music for both the ceremony and cocktail hour of our wedding. It was easy to work with them to create the ceremony song list and the vib...
e for the cocktail hour, and was a nice blend of classical, older and newer music. The examples of their repertoire on their website are an accurate representation of the beautiful music in real time. Their pricing was reasonable. Highly recommend for any wedding!
Lauren and the Bridge & Bow quartet went above and beyond for our wedding ceremony - we and our guests absolutely loved their renditions of timeless classical pieces, and they eve...
n learned a piece that was very meaningful to both of us and the church we got married at. Lauren was extremely friendly & easy to work with and their music repertoire is fantastic! Thank you so much to Lauren and team for their beautiful music and passion put into their work, we absolutely recommend them to anyone looking for professional and talented string musicians to elevate their wedding ceremony to the highest levels of elegance and class!
I highly recommend Bridge & Bow Music for a wedding day or any function with strings. The ensemble had impeccable tuning and can play classical to modern contemporary music. The en...
semble had great organization skills and follow up leading up to the wedding day for peace of mind. The ensemble played at the church ceremony and cocktail hour at my wedding at Longfellow’s Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts. As a classically trained soprano who wanted perfect and beautiful music they exceeded my expectation. The ensemble is ideal for the musician bride. They also accompanied me for my wedding solo as well which went very well. Thank you so much Bridge & Bow Music for making the wedding day seamless and perfect with your beautiful music.
Bridge & Bow were so lovely to work with! We booked a quartet for our wedding ceremony and cocktail hour. They were incredibly accommodating with song requests and had a wide varie...
ty of songs in their arsenal. They added the perfect elegant and classical touch I was looking for to my day. Lauren was great to work with, giving us suggestions and guidelines that were very helpful! The music sounded gorgeous and we received so many compliments on the music!
Bridge and Bow brought our ceremony to life through music! Highly recommend!
Highly recommend booking Bride & Bow. We hired them for our wedding ceremony and cocktail hour. Lauren made the planning process easy and fun. We loved the extensive list of song o...
ptions and the fact that they play some great versions of current songs. The team was so talented and made our ceremony and cocktail hour so special. Thank you!
Bridge & Bow made our Nantucket wedding so special!
Lauren is a beautiful violinist and expert at helping craft a beautiful ceremony. We came to her with very specific ideas abou...
t the music for our ceremony, and she was able to advise us on what would sound best.
Lauren was flexible with our many special requests (which turned out beautifully), and she has a fabulous repertoire that helped us make other great selections.
She also helped us surprise a few family members with special songs that made the day.
Overall, Lauren was responsive, knowledgeable, and extremely talented! We would work with her again in a heartbeat!
Thank you and your group for the incredible music at our wedding. The ceremony was exactly how I always pictured it, and having you play during our wedding party mini cocktail hour...
added so much. Everyone raved about you guys!
Lauren and Elliot have an impressive list of songs to choose from. In our call before the wedding, they were super detail oriented to make sure everything went exactly how we wante...
d during the ceremony. They played stunning music. Plus their prices are quite reasonable :) would highly recommend!
Bridge & Bow was excellent! They performed for our Ceremony and Cocktail Hour. All of guests were really impressed with their talent. They had such an extensive list of songs to ch...
oose from and even learned a new song just for us! Lauren and Elliot were extremely responsive and great to work with. We would highly recommend using Bridge & Bow for your special day!
Lauren and her husband were phenomenal! Incredibly responsive to emails and very informative during our phone calls. They performed beautifully, our guests couldn’t stop talking ab...
out how amazing they were!
Bridge and Bow is fantastic, everything you're looking for in a string quartet to play weddings or events. We hired them for our wedding music for the pre-ceremony, ceremony and ...
cocktail hour before dinner and they were fantastic. In particular, Lauren was really great in helping us decide the music for walking in and out of the ceremony, which is usually the most complicated decision. She was patient and responsive, despite some hectic scheduling on our part around the last two weeks before the event.
Their repertoire is also huge, including classical, jazz, pop and even some rock music arranged for string quartet. That kind of range means tailoring the music to your event is easier, and you can even just given them some basic guidance and let them fill-in from there.
We are SO happy we booked with Bridge & Bow. We booked a string trio for our wedding ceremony, and it was one of our best decisions for the wedding. Lauren was so accommodating wit...
h our song selections, responsive throughout the planning process, and most importantly, the music was beautiful! If you are thinking about booking with them, definitely do it!
So wonderful to work with, professional, helpful, and ready with suggestions when needed! The music was beautiful and have our day the extra ambience we were looking for!
Bridge and Bow performed beautifully for our son's wedding. They added both classic and contemporary pieces for the pre/post ceremony and also a few songs during the interfaith se...
rvice. They are polished, professional and great to work. Highly recommended.
Good Morning Lauren,
I’m so sorry I haven’t reached out sooner but I want to thank you for the amazing music you shared with us. I had so many guests comment on how beautiful and...
romantic it was to have your music serenade all of us. Having Kaitlyn walk down the isle with Triffin to the violins was overwhelming. It was just perfect.
In addition, you were a joy to work with and made the whole process effortless.
Again, a heartfelt thank you for being part of our family’s wonderful day.
Warm regards,
Patti Psyhojos
Everyone LOVED the beautiful string music for both our ceremony and our cocktail hour. They we're able to coordinate our wedding processional music in perfect harmony in with our...
church. We couldn't be happier we we're able to get such a talented group to play for our special day. Amazing job & HUGE HIT!
We hired Bridge & Bow for our wedding this past weekend and it was perfect! Lauren & her team were so sweet and easy to work with. They played beautifully and really made our cerem...
ony and cocktail hour even more memorable. So glad we hired them!! Don’t second guess it - It’s SO worth it!
The music at our son’s wedding was wonderful! The quartet played beautifully. The quests and, most importantly, the bride and groom loved how the music complemented their wedding....
The bride and groom said Bridge and Bow was easy to work with. They helped them select music and then stayed in good communication as wedding planning continued. Bridge and Bow made sure the music component of the wedding was executed flawlessly. Thank you, Bridge and Bow!
Bridge & Bow: What a spectacular quartet to have play at our daughter’s outdoor wedding and cocktail hour - we couldn’t have asked for more! We were impressed by their fun celebrat...
ory song list, performance skills and professionalism. They had a substantial repertoire as well as they welcomed song requests and beautifully arranged them, even when they were less traditional pop songs and bluegrass songs. We were delighted and charmed! Multiple guests shared what a highlight it was to kick off the wedding this way, and several people asked how they could see these musicians perform outside of a wedding setting. We were also very impressed with how well the musicians dealt with fluctuating temperatures and unpredictable rain. We are a family that appreciates excellent music and could not recommend them more. We very much hope for the opportunity to host Bridge and Bow at our home for other events in the future. Thank you Bridge & Bow!
This was one of the best part of our wedding! Lauren was so easy to work with, she was able to answer all my questions, accommodating to our tricky schedule with a gap in between a...
nd two locations, AND working with the church's organist and our family friend who was singing.
The music was INCREDIBLE. Walking down the aisle to a string quartet was perfect. Everyone was thoroughly enjoying them during cocktail hour, they even played Game of Thrones theme song. The array of music was perfect, we had a little bit of everything!
Would definitely book again!!
Bridge and Bow Music did an excellent job at our wedding! They were very professional and helped us choose the right music for our wedding. I am so glad I chose them for my wedding...
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It was an absolute PLEASURE working with Lauren and Elliot from Bridge & Bow Music! We really wanted to have the personal touch of live music for our ceremony, and Lauren and Ellio...
t helped us create the exact ambiance we were looking for. Lauren was super responsive and helped us choose the perfect songs for our ceremony, including an original arrangement of a song that was very special to my husband and me, which really made my processional with my parents even more memorable. Lauren and Elliot were professional, affordable, and the absolute perfect addition to our big day. We are so lucky to have found them! Do yourself a favor and book Bridge and Bow music for your wedding - you will not be disappointed!!
Lauren was a pleasure to work with on our wedding ceremony music! She responded timely, was extremely professional and accommodating of our preferences! She gave us suggestions and...
learned a song we requested just days ahead of the ceremony! The music was beautiful and really helped make our outdoor ceremony at Castle Hill even more special! I would not hesitate to recommend her!!!
We used Bridge & Bow for our daughter's wedding on July 6th at Seven Bridges Golf Club in Woodridge. They played for the ceremony and the cocktail hour. They did a fantastic job. I...
would highly recommend them for your event. Lauren Cless was the owner who I worked with to set everything up. From our first contact last fall she was always professional, prompt in her replies and completely accommodating. I emailed her several times throughout the year to discuss where they would be seated to accommodate any special needs for them and their instruments. (It was an outdoor wedding in July) She also was open to including any type of music for both the ceremony and cocktail hour. This included broadway musicals , classical, disney themes and many more. They actually schedule an hour long call about one month prior to the ceremony to confirm all the details including processional and recessional music, the times, the dress codes and any other special things you want. Everyone at the wedding was very impressed and complimented us on our choice of string quartet for the music. So, we are very happy to have worked with them and would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone else.
Amazing experience booking this group for my wedding. I can’t recommend them enough. The Music was beautiful, they consulted us on styles of music we were seeking for our ceremon...
y and the hour reception. They also practiced some new music we had requested to help make the day extra special.
Don’t think twice booking this group. They’re exceptional!
Lauren and Elliot were absolutely amazing to work with. Lauren is very responsive to email too. We were not sure what music to play and Lauren and Elliot guided us through it all....
Our guests are still talking about how wonderful their duo violins sounded on our wedding day! You have to work with them!
We worked with Bridge & Bow Music for a surprise proposal at the Mt Washington Hotel! Lauren and Emily were amazing to work with and FAR exceeded out expectations! In fact, we are ...
looking into them for the wedding! Thank you so much Bridge & Bow!!!!
We could not have been more pleased. All went well, despite the weather. They were kind and helpful and cheerful through it all. Everyone complimented their performance and were ex...
cited to have live music for the whole night. I would hire them again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!!!
Lauren and Elliot played for our outdoor ceremony in Colorado. My husband and I are also musicians, so we cared a lot about the quality and selections of music for our ceremony. ...
We chose a mix of traditional and unconventional selections, and we also asked Elliot to play one of his original compositions. In a nutshell, we didn't worry one bit about the music once we knew that these two were going to play for us. They handled the logistics of finding the correct arrangements, were happy to learn the music we had selected, collaborated with a friend of ours who also played piano during the ceremony, and played beautifully (of course!!). In addition to being fantastic musicians, Lauren and Elliot are lovely people to interact with. Having them as our musicians definitely helped to make our day special.
Bridge and Bow was outstanding! We needed a versatile musician, because our music included a Norwegian wedding song, bluegrass music and an adaptation of modern pop music. Bridge a...
nd Bow played it all beautifully.
Since we planned the wedding ourselves and were dealing with a lot of vendors and requests, it was nice how professional and easy the communication was in the lead up to the wedding. Of all the musicians we were considering, Bridge and Bow was the most responsive and flexible to what we needed. Most importantly, on the wedding day, Bridge and Bow was timely, didn't need to be reminded of anything, and played the music perfectly. Our guests loved it too!
Music is such an important part of the wedding. We wanted a mix of traditional and personal music in our wedding, and Bridge and Bow was perfect for our day. Not only are they amaz...
ing musicians (so the music they play on the day is beautiful) but they are talented consultants who have the ability to arrange your favorite songs. For our wedding, they played while people sat down at the church, while the wedding party walked down the aisle, a special arrangement of “All You Need is Love” as part of the ceremony, the recessional, and during our cocktail hour. I couldn’t have imagined working with anyone else or using prerecorded music. We loved working with Bridge and Bow and highly recommend them to any other couples!
Lauren and Elliot were incredible partners and thoughtful advisors as we built the musical program for our wedding. When we didn’t have a clear idea of what pieces we wanted, they...
were patient to offer suggestions, share soundbytes of how each piece would sound (as a quartet), and even discuss before we finalized. Bridge and Bow music was professional, polished, on time, and considerate to accommodate our wishes – Thank you for giving us such a wonderful memory with your music!
We loved having Bridge and Bow perform at our wedding! They were great to work with, gave excellent music suggestions, and were great at communicating with us throughout the proces...
s. And the music was amazing too! Highly recommended!
I commissioned a trio arrangement of the Postal Service's "Such Great Heights" from Elliot for a close friend's wedding in New York. I could not have been more pleased with the qua...
lity of the arrangement. It was incredibly special for the couple to have their favorite song incorporated into their ceremony. The musicians who performed it later told me it is among their favorite arrangements of a popular song. I am a music professor, so friends often ask me to assist with recommendations for their wedding music. I always refer them to Bridge & Bow. I know that Elliot and Lauren will provide them with a personalized experience and exceptional musicianship.
Bridge & Bow Music was AMAZING to work with for our wedding. We honestly had no idea what we wanted to do for music for our ceremony. We had a small ceremony at an outdoor venue an...
d basically just wanted to make sure we had great music to help create a fun, relaxed atmosphere. Lauren was very quick to respond at all times and extremely professional, while still being really easy to talk to. We did not want traditional music and Bridge & Bow Music was able to do pretty much whatever we wanted! My fiancé and I each got two choices. Our favorites-I Melt With You (my choice) and a song from the Rocky soundtrack (my fiancé’s choice). They played both flawlessly and everyone loved the unique music. I am so glad we will always have that memory of my new husband throwing jabs like Rocky and both of us laughing as we walked by our friends and family. It really was one of the highlights of the day. I have already recommended Bridge & Bow Music to several people I know planning weddings and will continue to do so. Highly recommend!
We can't thank Bridge & Bow enough for their wedding ceremony music. What a treat. We had a very specific and pretty unique idea of what we wanted for our ceremony and Bridge & Bow...
's attention to detail and musicality really helped us achieve that. As cliché as it sounds, it really was the best day of our lives. Thank you!
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Boston, Martha's Vineyard, New England
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