Left Coast Quintet

5 out of 5 stars and 11 reviews
best-of-weddings

San Diego County & Southern California

About This Vendor

Live Musicians for your Live Ceremony

Hi! Welcome to the Knot home of the Left Coast Quintet, or LCQ for short. We pretty much took this same text from our Wedding Wire site, so if you've already read about us there, then hopefully you already know all there is to know about our humble yet amazing ensemble. We are the "premier classical-ish" music group in San Diego, providing live, immersive, entertaining performances of music you will absolutely love. I'm Dan, the founder and bassoonist (the big wooden stick looking thing), and I'll be the one coordinating with you through your wedding music planning journey. My group absolutely loves music and performing, and you can pretty much tell by how comfortable we are around each other. While we might swap jokes while we are setting up, we are absolute professional musicians, each with over 25 years of performance experience with symphony orchestras, big bands, stage productions, traveling pop groups, and more. We play a wide variety of arrangements, everything from Bach to the Beatles, you'll find it in our library. We do film music (Disney, Harry Potter, Star Wars, a ton of movies), jazz, Broadway, pop covers...right now we have about 700 arrangements in our tablets and that list is always growing as we have an arranger on our staff! I know many people think that the "traditional string quartet" is the go-to ensemble for providing live wedding music, and I love my string counterparts...I just think we are better. Honestly, the immersive sounds of our quintet envelope you and your guests with the memorable and warm sounds that clients and guests abolutely love at weddings - we constantly have people coming up to us during prelude or cocktail hour, and our reviews from our clients also showcase how much they and their families and friends were blown away by what we bring. Our group sounds amazing indoors or outside, we need no amplification and will not overpower your ceremony venue. So if you are a fun, unique, music lover - or if you're not a music lover but know your family and guests are - I'm excited to work with you! Send me a message and we can chat over your vision for musical ambiance, and I'll shoot you some behind the scenes secrets for the many wedding venues and vendors in town too! Cheers! -Dan

Details

Instruments
Flute, French Horn, Keyboard
Music Genres
Arabic, Bollywood, Caribbean, Celtic, Classical, Country, Flamenco, Folk, Indian, Jazz, Klezmer, Latin, Polka, Pop, World Music
Music Services
Live Music, Recorded Music, Sound Equipment
Wedding Activities
Rehearsals & Parties, After Party, Rehearsal Dinner, Welcome Party, Wedding, Ceremony, Cocktail Hour, Reception
Awards and Affiliations
2023 Best of Weddings Winner

Left Coast Quintet Reviews

Reviewed On 12/07/2022 by Melinda C
If you are in need of music, book LCQ ASAP! Wait, that didn’t convince you? Let me elaborate! Left Coast Quintet was an INCREDIBLE choice for our wedding. Dan and group are highly professional, supremely talented, and easy to work with. We h...
ired LCQ to perform for the wedding ceremony and the cocktail hour of the reception. Their list of music was impressive and included both traditional songs and whimsical choices. For us Disney/jazz fans, the options allowed us to choose unique pieces to fit our personal style. It was beautiful to see our guests (including the children) recognize Rainbow Connection, Edelweiss, We Don’t Talk About Bruno, etc. Our only regret we have is not hiring them to perform for the entire reception! We would unequivocally recommend them to anyone who is looking for live music for any event.
Response from the Vendor on 12/10/2022
Wow thank you! It was an absolute honor to play for you two and to bring that awesome ambiance and fun music to your ceremony and reception!
Reviewed On 11/30/2022 by Ben L
The Left Coast Quintet was the perfect choice for our wedding ceremony. Wanting to do something different than the average wedding ceremony, we were inspired by Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" that pairs short musical movements with a narrated...
story. The group's main contact, Dan, was enthusiastic about the idea and graciously spent hours with us over the phone to help us perfectly pair musical selections to each segment of our ceremony from their extremely vast song list across all different genres. We couldn't be happier with how it turned out and continue to receive rave reviews from our guests!
Reviewed On 9/28/2022 by Ben G
LCQ couldn't have been better for our wedding ceremony. They played a wide variety of music, and all of it utterly beautifully. I can't recommend them highly enough for any event; they're absolutely terrific, and you won't regret working with t...
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Reviewed On 4/07/2022 by Ellen L
Left Coast Quintet was very punctual and easy to work with! They have a great list of repertoire for you to choose from. They played wonderfully at our wedding ceremony and cocktail hour. Dan was the MC and DJ for the reception and everyone ...
loved his playlist. So glad we found this group to make our wedding even more festive!
Response from the Vendor on 04/07/2022
Thank you so much Ellen! It was a beautiful day and a pleasure to join your friends and family at your celebrations!
Reviewed On 1/24/2022 by Jessica S
They were awesome! The music was great and I felt that they definitely elevated the whole wedding. They played all the classics and even made me my own custom arrangement to walk down the aisle to. Then Dan MCed our reception which was a great ...
alternative to getting a DJ. I couldn't recommend them more and I think our wedding guests were really surprised by the whole thing 🤗
Response from the Vendor on 01/24/2022
Thank you so much! It was our pleasure to join you at the Safari Park!!!
Reviewed On 12/20/2021 by Alice v
Highly recommended. Extremely professional, talented and put on a wonderful show at my event. Booking was a breeze and they were great people all around!
Response from the Vendor on 12/20/2021
Thank you so much!
Reviewed On 10/27/2021 by Jessica T
The BEST group for your wedding ceremony!!!! Dan is the most amazing coordinator to help make your day perfect. They played all of my favorites songs while our guests were arriving (HELLO DISNEY SONGS!) and they were already familiar with all 4...
songs we were using for the ceremony. It was so easy and effortless to book them and they executed the songs FLAWLESSLY!!! You will not regret booking them for your big day.
Response from the Vendor on 10/27/2021
Thank you so much! It was our pleasure to perform for you.
Reviewed On 6/09/2021 by Sylvia S
Amazing! My husband and I just got married this past Saturday and we couldn’t be any happier with the Quintet. I reached out to Dan a year ago to get my “save the date” in place due to great reviews and wow did they deliver! Guests were very ha...
ppy with their performance as were we. Dan was so easy to work with, answered all my questions, and absolutely made sure my Disney theme came to life. I would absolutely recommend!! Made our day extra special. Thank you so much.
Response from the Vendor on 09/06/2021
Thank you so much for this review - it means a lot and we were so happy to be there!
Reviewed On 5/14/2019 by Heidi H
Dan and his group are just amazing! We had them perform at our wedding ceremony, and they did a phenomenal job! The music was beautiful, and they did a wonderful job of creating a fun, but classy atmosphere for our guests. They were early, hand...
led all the communication with the venue once they had the contact info, making it seriously less stressful for myself, and really put effort into helping us have the ceremony music we truly wanted. I highly recommend working with them for any event!
Response from the Vendor on 11/25/2020
Thank you Heidi!!! Loved being there with you and now seeing your family growing up.
Reviewed On 6/04/2018 by Layne S
We hired Left Coast for our wedding ceremony and cocktail hour, and couldn't have been more pleased! My husband really wanted to find a harpist, and me being a past cello player thought it'd be fun to find a group that incorporated both. Even t...
hough this particular grouping wasn't listed on their website, Dan said having a harp/cello/violin trio wouldn't be an issue! Dan was so easy to work with to arrange all the details. After he provided us some samples of songs, we gave him a few specific requests and asked him to fill in the rest of the time with appropriate music that went with the vibe. Having the live musicians was so great, and really set the atmosphere we were looking for. I'd highly recommend this group for any event!
Response from the Vendor on 11/25/2020
So happy to be with you at your wedding day!!
Reviewed On 10/16/2017 by rachel H
We hired Left Coast Quintet to play our ceremony music at Cuvier Park this past weekend and they did a phenomenal job! My husband is extremely picky when it comes to music and he had to have a band that had a French Horn. We were so happy when ...
we found Left Coast Quintet. Dan was extremely responsive throughout the entire planning process. He seemed to always be one step ahead asking us for information and being patient when it took us a while to respond. We got so many compliments on the ceremony music and everyone was extremely impressed! Thank you Dan and the rest of the group for the beautiful ceremony music! We are so glad you were part of our big day! All of you are extremely talented!
Response from the Vendor on 11/25/2020
This was such a fun wedding to perform at, loved being with you!!

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San Diego County & Southern California

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