About this vendor
Masterful guitarist Joel Shapira available for your ceremony, cocktail/reception. An extensive & varied repertoire of classical pieces, standards, current pop tunes and more. Outdoor events welcome. Also available in duo format with flute or violin. Joel is a very respected & renowned MN performer.
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2009 'Best of Weddings'
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out of 5.09 reviews
We just had Joel play our wedding ceremony. He was terrific to work with and helped make our day as special as we dreamed it would be!
Joel performed during our ceremony as well as the cocktail hour and he did a fabulous job! We let him play whatever he felt was a good fit aside from the ceremony and everything he...
picked was so fitting. He also had some great recommendations for ceremonial songs which helped narrow our picks down. He was a joy to work with and I would definitely recommend Joel! He was a joy to work with. Thank you!
Amazing! We had him for our Ceremony and he played beautifully. A lot of fun options with more modern music to select from- a lot of options and was very romantic to have in our ou...
tdoor ceremony!
Joel was recommended to me by another bride and he was awesome! Very affordable and great at responding to emails right away. Joel was organized and very talented. We wanted someth...
ing simple for our outdoor ceremony and a solo guitarist was perfect. Joel was easy, had his own equipment and didn't require much more preparation than the proof for the ceremony programs (we chose songs from his extensive list on his website). Highly recommend him.
We were very satisfied with our choice of Joel for our ceremony music. He was prompt to respond to emails leading up to the wedding. He arrived plenty early to set up and do a quic...
k run-through with our pianist and vocalist. His sound was great and he was very professional.
Very easy to work with, takes requests, has own equipment for outdoor weddings, knows a wide variety of songs. Would recommend!
Joel did and AMAZING job with the music for our wedding ceremony. It was the perfect atmosphere. Joel is wonderfully talented and great to work with. He is also a great value - the...
DJ we hired charged the same about to play ceremony music as it was for live music so it made the decision very easy for us! I would recommend him to anyone. I didn't get to hear all of the music on our wedding day but everyone loved it and I can't wait for the video!
As long as I supplied them with the sheet music, they agreed to play what I requested. Very beautiful sounds!;They had minimal song selection. I had to purchase sheet music for the...
m to play my specific songs.
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Twin Cities Area, MN
Ensembles + Soloists