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Elizabeth Protteau
LEAD PLAYER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
AWARD WINNER (12X)
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Houston Wedding & Reception String Music will be offering their 2024 prices/fees for all 2026 Wedding and Special Events which are booked and reserved prior to January!
Houston Wedding & Reception String Music has been delighting & entertaining literally thousands of Bridal Couples, Wedding Coordinators, & Executives in the Houston metro area since 2000.
Houston Wedding & Reception String Music is the most affordable Professional Musicians in metro Houston because they play for MORE Weddings & Special Events than ALL of the other combined Ensembles.
Houston Wedding & Reception String Music offers the finest ambiance for your Traditional Wedding Ceremony, Outdoor Garden Wedding Ceremony, Church Wedding, Christmas Party, Open House, Holiday Parties, Rehearsal Dinner Entertainment, Reception, Get-togethers, Executive Company Dinner Party, Anniversary Celebration, Birthday Party, Catholic Mass Wedding, Proposal Dinner surprise, Romantic Dinner Music, & of course, the Cocktail Hour!
Houston Wedding & Reception String Music features 25 of the finest, most sought-after PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS offering Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Harp, Guitar, Trumpet, Flute, Piano, & Keyboard Soloists as well as String Quartets, Trios, & Duos.
Houston Wedding & Reception String Music provides entertainment services for all of metro Houston, including The Woodlands, Lake Conroe, Missouri City, Spring, Kingwood, Conroe, Galveston, Katy, Montgomery, Baytown, Willis, Tomball, Clear Lake, Magnolia, Spring Cypress, Humble, Sugarland, League City, Kemah, Pearland, & Plantersville.
Houston Wedding & Reception String Music has played for not only Marriage Ceremonies, but also the US Department of State Holiday Parties, Olympic Torch Carrier Ceremonies, Mayors, Governors, Presidents, in-concert with famous world-class Musicians & for many of their Wedding Ceremonies, Civic Functions, famous Writers' Symposiums, fundraising event for well-known and less-known Charities, Nursing Homes, hospitals, and many area schools.
Houston Wedding & Reception String Music's Professional Musicians have incredible references, advanced degrees, & training from Oxford University (England), University of Wisconsin (Madison), UT (Austin), UH (Houston), Baylor University; North Texas University, LSU, University of Indiana, UCLA, Eastman School of Music, Northwestern (Illinois), & Manhattan School of Music (NY).
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Instruments
Bass
Cello
Flute
Guitar
Harp
Keyboard
Organ
Piano
Steel Drum
Trombone
Trumpet
Viola
Violin
Vocals
Music Genres
Celtic
Classical
Country
Folk
Latin
Polka
Pop
Rock
World Music
Music Services
Live Music
Wedding Activities
Rehearsals & Parties
After Party
Rehearsal Dinner
Welcome Party
Wedding
After Party
Ceremony
Cocktail Hour
Reception
Rehearsal Dinner
Awards and Affiliations
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Meet the team
Elizabeth Protteau
Lead Player & Artistic Director
At the age of 17, Ms. Elizabeth was chosen to perform a Solo at Carnegie Hall in NYC and at 18, she won "The National Young Artist Competition" and performed on National Television.
Elizabeth attended the University of Wisconsin (Madison) on full scholarship which included much coveted, prestigious Elsa Sawyer Scholarship and received her BA, BS, MA, and MS with emphasis on Performance of the Violin, Viola, & Piano, Music Theory, Acoustics, Chemistry, Botany, and 19th Century Traditional American Literature. She has had the good fortune to study with world-class Musicians including Dr. Suzuki, Dr. Marvin Rabin, Dr. James Froseth, Richard Blum, Gary Karr, Kato Havos, Eugene Fodor, & Otto Werner Mueller.
After graduating from UW, she furthered her Performance studies at Oxford University in England on full scholarship and studied with the renowned Violinist and Educator, Kato Havas. And she was chosen to perform with the renowned and elite Oxford University Chamber Strings. Additionally, she attended Loras College and Kennesaw College to study Statistical Analysis, Acoustics, and Computer MIDI Programming. Ms. Protteau founded and conducted the esteemed Geneva Lakes Civic Symphony in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
Elizabeth is the lead player and founder of the prestigious Houston String Music which has subsidiaries including Lake Conroe String Music and The Woodlands String Music. Her musicians include 25 of the finest Professional Musicians from the Houston metro area who join her in sharing their skills for The U.S. Department of State Functions, Civic Events, Corporate affairs, Dinner Parties, Churches, Holiday Celebrations as well as Weddings & Receptions.
As time permits, Ms. Protteau is a frequent Viola/Violin performer with Professional Symphonies including Houston, The Woodlands, Baytown, Beaumont, Lake Charles, Alexandria, Laredo, Shreveport, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Savannah, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Rome, Marietta, Wheaton, Elgin, Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison,
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