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About this vendor
As a violinist Carol has performed for weddings; rehearsal dinners; receptions; fairs; ...more than can be mentioned for 35-years. Her first business, Racine String Quartet, performed for over 33-years with indoor and outdoor solo's, duets, trios and quartets with strings, piano, organ and flute. (Even with bagpipes and accordions!) Modern; classical; Motown: ethnic music and more while on beaches, in churches, restaurants, boats--friends have told her to write a book.
Carol contracts and works with clients via computer, telephone or in person. She guides bridal couples with the ceremony, music selections, and works to make sure your music is as you have dreamed. Now living in Milwaukee she and her colleagues perform in the greater Milwaukee area including southeastern Wisconsin
Details
Instruments
- Cello
- Organ
- Piano
- Violin
Music Genres
- Celtic
- Classical
- Country
- Jazz
- Polka
- Pop
Music Services
- Live Music
Wedding Activities
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Rehearsal Dinner
- Welcome Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
2013 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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4.6
out of 5.010 reviews
Carol was easy to work with and booked a great musician for my ceremony, who was also easy to work with and very talented!! Loved our music on the big day.
The music did not sound great. Timing was off between violin and cello and there were often moments were a certain note sounded like a screech. Not great. Friendly and relativel...
y easy to work with, but honestly a bit disappointed.
Carol was extremely accommodating. She was willing to make changes to anything we requested, including a last minute change in time (by 15 minutes). That doesn't sound like a lot, ...
but when it's 2 weeks before the wedding, and they make it a non-issue, it's a huge relief! They also learned a new song for our ceremony that my now husband really wanted played. Carol was also very quick to respond any time of day and any day of the week. And of course, the music was beautiful, and we got so many compliments! Services were also very affordable!
Carol was great. We had to plan the wedding from overseas and she was very flexible. Music was beautiful! Highly recommend!
Carol was very easy to work with and she did an very thorough job figuring out what music we wanted for the ceremony at our first and only meeting. We had a small ceremony so we j...
ust had a duet but it was still awesome. She was very reasonable in price.
They did a wonderful job. Really made our ceremony special!
I used a violinist and pianist from The Racine String Quartet. They played beautifully and made my ceremony special. The pianist accompanied our soloist and both only needed to reh...
earse twice-they were that good! They played all of my favorite pieces as well as other selections that I left open for their choice.
The Racine Sting Quartet was such a beautiful touch to our outdoor wedding. So easy to work with, too. For planning out the music selections, we met 6-8 weeks in advance, to test o...
ut songs and see what we liked! They made it personal for us and we appreciated that. We had a trio play and they did a great job. We definitely recommend them!
They were so professional and sounded perfect! Able to modify songs to fit the timing of the ceremony events. They have many options of combinations of instruments as well. Couldn'...
t have asked for anything better!
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Milwaukee, WI
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