About this vendor
Wedding Violinist, Maura Kropke is a professional violinist available for weddings in Wilmington, Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, New Bern, Bald Head Island, Beaufort, Emerald Isle, Myrtle Beach and surrounding areas. Maura has helped couples select music for their weddings for over 30 years. She also provides selections to choose from to reflect the couple's personal style. Maura can perform various styles of music, including classical, contemporary, popular, romantic, jazz, and traditional. Her elegant style, talent, and versatility will add elegance and a relaxing atmosphere to your special event.
Experience
Maura is a classically trained violinist with over 30 years of experience. She attended School for Strings in New York City and the Manhattan School of Music. Maura has performed at hundreds of weddings.
Services Offered
Maura Kropke is available for indoor & outdoor weddings, rehearsal dinners, corporate functions, and violin serenades across Wilmington and the surrounding southeast area. Wedding Violinist, Maura Kropke also offers music services for the following:
Weddings
Receptions
Cocktail hour
Rehearsal dinner
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Instruments
- Violin
Music Genres
- Celtic
- Classical
- Jazz
- Pop
Music Services
- Live Music
Wedding Activities
- Rehearsals & Parties
- Rehearsal Dinner
- Wedding
- Ceremony
- Cocktail Hour
- Reception
Awards and Affiliations
2011 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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out of 5.022 reviews
I am so thankful that Maura was a part of our special day, and I cannot recommend her to enough people. Having her play at our cocktail hour elevated the experience for our guests ...
and was easily one of the highlights of our guest experience. She made everything leading up to our wedding and the day of so easy and effortless. If you are looking for a violinist, Maura is your person!
We had Maura play out our wedding and she was phenomenal! She played as I walked down the aisle and our cocktail hour. I had dreamed about a violinist playing as I walked down the ...
aisle since I was a little girl and Maura lived up to that dream!
Our wedding was in July 2022. Maura delivered on everything we asked for and did a phenomenal job! She played the violin for just our ceremony, and it made everything so much more ...
beautiful, elegant, and emotional. She let me pick all of the music, some of which was classical, and then also some non-classical songs, including Turning Page and A Thousand Years. She was very communicative and professional throughout the whole planning process and the day of the wedding.
Our wedding was very last minute but Maura had no problem stepping up to play our ceremony. I didn't get our song choices to her until days before the wedding but it was no problem...
for her. She was very responsive, easy to work with, and a great value.
Maura is so talented and was the perfect touch to our wedding day. Booking and planning with her was so easy, and picking songs was easy as well. I just had the song the bride walk...
s down to picked, but everything else I left up to her and she picked all the perfect songs. I was a little concerned having a beach ceremony how the music would travel, but she assured me that everyone would hear the music and she was right! I could hear the music from pretty far away. If you are considering hiring her, don't hesitate!
Maura is an extremely talented violinist and we could not be happier with having her as our wedding ceremony music! She did a beautiful job with everything she played and set the t...
one for our special day, giving us exactly what we wanted. Maura was a pleasure to work with throughout the entire planning process. She was responsive, friendly, and professional and we are extremely glad we went with her - she’s the best in the business! If you are looking for an incredible violinist for your wedding day, look no further. We hope we can hire her again someday in the future!
Maura was amazing! She listened to our vision and created the perfect ceremony music for our wedding. She is so talented and we are just so happy with her!
Maura did absolutely amazing for my ceremony and cocktail hour. It poured rain during cocktail hour and she still played while under a leaking tent. She was great and I could not r...
ecommend her enough!
Maura is the best!! She was so easy to work with throughout our planning process. Her music is amazing and she truly made our ceremony and cocktail hour perfect. So many guests wer...
e talking about how beautiful her music is and how nice it was to have her there. You won't regret booking her for your big day!
Maura was a pleasure to work with! She did a terrific job and worked with the church music coordinator to make sure the music was appropriate.
Not only is Maura such a talented musician, but she was so pleasant to work with! The violin music she played just made our wedding even more elegant and classy! Our guests loved h...
er music and we are just so very happy to have had the gift of her playing for our wedding ceremony!
Maura is absolutely AMAZING! She is extremely talented, professional and sweet. Maura played for our ceremony and during the cocktail hour – we received so many compliments (and ac...
tually have a friend that booked her right after the wedding!). I met with Maura to pick out music and I could not believe how talented she was – she can play anything!! She walked me through the ceremony and played each piece so I could imagine how everything would go. Everything she played was just beautiful. I cannot say enough great things about Maura and I would recommend her to anyone!! Thanks again, Maura!!
Maura was a wonderful addition to our wedding! She played for our ceremony music at Poplar Grove Plantation and it was such an elegant touch and a perfect fit for that venue. Maura...
is super friendly and easy to work with, you can pick out your own songs from a list she provides or just let her do her thing which is what I did because I knew she would be great! I would definitely recommend Maura for weddings or any events where you want to have a wonderful violinist perform!
Maura did a great job playing for our wedding ceremony. I loved working with her - professional but also laid back (which is nice during the stress of planning a wedding!). She is ...
beyond talented, and the violin added a beautiful/romantic touch to the ceremony.
My fiance worked the most with Maura. She was fantastic. Very professional and organized. She's extremely talented and did a beautiful job during the ceremony. I could hear her pla...
ying as I was walking into the venue and just blown away by how beautiful it sounded. She's excellent!
Maura was absolutely great! She played for our wedding ceremony and we had some many people come up to us wanting to know who she was and telling us how great she was! She was real...
ly easy to work with and she even played some songs for me over the phone because I was a little overwhelmed picking out songs for the ceremony! She was a great help and made things a lot easier for me! I would recommend her anytime for any type of event but especially for weddings!
Maura did a wonderful job at our ceremony and cocktail hour. She is super professional and was early. I wish I had been able to enjoy the music more instead of taking pictures!
Great to work with, and a fantastic violinist! Enough said!
Maura travelled to Myrtle Beach, SC for my wedding this past November and I was SO impressed! We actually never spoke before the wedding, we only talked via e-mail, which made thin...
gs super easy since I was so busy trying to plan the whole wedding in a 2 month time period. Her music was beautiful. Grown men, firefighters at that, even complemented her music! Everyone thought she made our ceremony even more special than it already was! :)
She was professional to work with from start to finish. She played the most beautiful music on the beach for our ceremony, and also for the cocktail hour. I highly recommend her.
Maura did a wonderful job with our wedding ceremony, and she was even willing to play for our cocktail hour at the reception. She was professional in the planning, and her music w...
as absolutely stunning on our big day. I would recommend Maura to anyone looking for a great musician. She can play everything from classical to contemporary and worked so well with the organist at our church!
Beautiful musician beautiful music.
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000, Wilmington, NC | Wilmington, Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill
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