Monte Vista Strings and Jazz

Monte Vista Strings for the win! Organized, Considerate & Experienced Professionals! MVS performed at our Wedding Ceremony at San Fernando Cathedral. Andrew and his team made a miracle happen with just over two weeks to prepare. The vocalist and pianist were perfectly in sync, even with a slight delay to start the ceremony; they continued with their performance of beautiful prelude music. Very talented and knowledgeable artists. We’re still receiving compliments to this day about how beautiful the ceremony music was. Thank you Andrew and MVS for making our special day a memorable one!

Having a string quartet for my ceremony made the day extra special. Although I didn't get to hear most of the music being that I was the bride and inside, walking out and hearing it was so beautiful. We also got many compliments on the music!

Our ceremony music was beautiful!!! I was on the fence of having them for our ceremony, but I do not regret it one bit! They are very talented and very professional. Thank you!!

The music was absolutely beautiful. Monte Vista played during our ceremony, cocktail hour, and dinner, and we loved hearing everything from Bach to Journey played to perfection.

Monte Vista Strings played at our wedding ceremony last September. What a great choice. Their music was beautiful. The Water Music was the perfect recessional. They also played beautiful pieces matching our selections as guests were being seated. They were highly professional and polished. They are a "must have" for an elegant wedding. They made are special day even better.

We have had Monte Vista Strings perform at 2 major family events this past year. I can't say enough about how wonderful they are! They performed at our daughter's wedding ceremony a year ago, providing pre-wedding music, processional, recessionals and everything in-between. They set the tone for a beautiful, traditional and touching nuptials. They were also willing to drive 3 hours out of the city to do so. The Monte Vista Strings also performed at the reception after my mother's funeral last month. Again, they set the tone for an elegant and tender celebration of my mother's life, playing many of her favorite classical pieces. Andrew Small and the members of the Monte Vista Strings are very creative, professional, attractive and are quite accommodating. We highly recommend them and plan to continue to seek their services in future celebrations.

We hired the Wired! Pop Contemporary String Quartet for our wedding ceremony and cocktail hour and a jazz band for our dinner hour, both from Monte Vista Strings and Jazz and both absolutely amazing. This company truly made our day. All our special requests were honored and performed beautifully, and Andrew (the coordinator) was always available to give us advice and guidance when needed. Highly recommend this company.

Very professional, accommodating and easy to work with. Their experience and expertise made the wedding ceremony a "no worries" event.

Monte Vista Strings & Jazz is the best in south Texas! They absolutely exceeded all of my expectations. Very easy to work with and were professional in every capacity. They even learned a new song to accompany the soloist in my wedding. If I ever have a need for a small ensemble, they'll be at the top of my list. Book them now!

Andrew from Monte Vista Strings is great to work with. We book a trio and a cantor for our wedding and they were amazing. Made our wedding even that more elegant. Thank you guys for a great job.

We had the Monte Vista Strings and Jazz play for our daughter's wedding on July 4, 2015 at the Lakeway Resort and Spa in Lakeway Texas. They performed the prelude, during the ceremony and at the cocktail hour. Our choice of ensemble was The Classic and Wired! Pop/ Contemporary String TRIO and they were absolutely fabulous. We really appreciate great music as we have several musicians in our family, who ironically were in the wedding party thus we needed the Monte Vista Strings. We spoke with Andrew and he delivered on everything we talked about. He kept in touch with us from beginning to end. They were on time and played the songs we had requested from their playlist, stayed until our agreed upon time and we could not have asked for more. Our guests thought they did a beautiful job!. We highly recommend the Monte Vista Strings and Jazz! Working with Andrew was a pleasure and we would love to use them again in the future! They really are so professional and sound incredible!

We used Monte Vista Strings and Jazz for our daughter's Oct 24th wedding and reception at Lost Mission in Spring Branch, and are so happy with our choice. In the planning stage, Andrew was a pleasure to work with, and I knew we were in good hands. For the ceremony, we used the strings and flute quartet, and we couldn't be more pleased. Due to transportation issues, the quartet ended up playing A LOT more prelude music than we had previously selected, due to the delay in the ceremony start time, but it was all beautiful and appropriate for the setting. During the ceremony, the music was on cue, and the arrangements were lovely - just as I imagined they would be, but they are professionals after all! The Jazz Ensemble played during the cocktail hour, and for the first part of the dinner, and they were amazing, with a big full sound! I was very pleased with their music selections. The MV Strings and Jazz Ensemble helped create the magic of the day!

If you want a great experience from beginning to end, this is the right choice for you. Andrew is extremely professional, accommodating, and TALENTED. He will make sure he has exactly what you are looking for and will leave your guests speechless. I could not have asked for a perfect experience during our wedding ceremony. I still get the goosebumps when I see the video!

We hired Monte Vista for our wedding ceremony and our reception music. I worked with Andrew through the whole process of figuring out what we wanted, and he was so patient with us when we introduced some extra songs and ended up changing the musicians we hired for the reception. During the busy season, he was harder to get in touch with, with emails going unanswered for a couple weeks at a time, but it was always clear that the emails were being read and that they were working on our questions and requests, so I was never worried or frustrated by it. Everything was executed perfectly. Andrew was incredibly professional and up front about everything with us, which was awesome. And, he was also very approachable and easy to talk to, which was great since my music knowledge is very limited! At the wedding, the musicians were incredible. It is clear why they also play for the San Antonio and Austin symphonies. The quality of their work is incredible, and we were so pleased! Our guests are still commenting on how beautiful the music was. Overall, we are so pleased that we worked with Monte Vista. They complemented our wedding and reception perfectly, and were fantastic to work with. I cannot recommend them enough!

Monte Vista Strings is wonderful to work with and we could not have been more pleased with how everything went. They are extremely professional and Andrew is a pleasure to work with! If you are looking for the perfect wedding music then MSV is it! They made my sister's wedding absolutely perfect!

The Monte Vista string quartet performed contemporary songs for our ceremony and cocktail reception. They were amazing!!! Andrew was a pleasure to work with from start to finish and the team was highly professional. Our guests are still talking about how beautiful the music was. We highly recommend Monte Vista Strings.

I booked the Wired String Quartet. Honestly, I didn't get to enjoy much of the string quartet since I was the last person to enter the ceremony, the first one to leave, and didn't get to attend the cocktail hour. But from what I did get to hear (my entrance song and the recessional), they did an amazing job! And we did receive a lot of feedback from our guests that they really enjoyed listening to the musicians play modern songs at the ceremony and cocktail hour and that their renditions were lovely.

First of all, Andrew Small is very easy to work with. He communicates well and offered suggestions along the way. They were on time and played beautiful music!

As a bride, everything about a wedding goes by quickly. You don't always have time to stop and smell the roses, but with Monte Vista Strings, their beautiful music helped me stay in the moment. It's very difficult to incorporate music in your wedding that doesn't feel cheesy or overdone, but they offer a huge selection of songs that will make it easy to craft a unique musical arrangement. My husband and I are both musicians, so the music was probably the most important part of the wedding planning. Andrew made it so easy, and was very flexible when we wanted to incorporate a few of our musician friends into the ceremony. For a very reasonable fee, Andrew learned a Neil Young song that he played with a few friends and executed it perfectly, with very little time to practice. They are talented, sweet, and wonderful musicians. I can't thank you enough!

Absolutely the best! Our ceremony was like a dream...like being in a romance film. :) I love watching the film of that day and hearing the beautiful instruments that Monte Vista played. Truly amazing! Highly recommend them. Great vendor!

Andrew and his team of Monte Vista Strings and Jazz provided the music for our wedding ceremony, cocktail hour and during our sit down dinner. Everything was perfect! I trusted completely in Andrew to provide the best music selection, and he delivered! The music and cantor during our ceremony was wonderful. Leaving the cathedral we were greeted by a Mariachi group playing fun and lively music, and it was so delightful. Our guests absolutely loved the 3 piece jazz group during the cocktail hour. During dinner, they provided a contemporary wired strings group that was beautiful. The level of professionalism and performance far exceeded my expectations. I want to thank Andrew and his team for making our special day a memorable one!

We had a string duo play for our wedding ceremony and afterwards for cocktails on the patio. The music was absolutely beautiful! Very talented musicians!

Andrew Small is extremely professional and easy to work with. We booked strings and mariachi's through him. The music was fantastic and the cantor was beautiful. Highly recommended for CATHOLIC weddings! Andrew even played himself at our wedding and we were thrilled! Service is very good and make sure to add the 15 extra minutes of potential over time.

They were better sounding than their online demos. They were a little sassy at times, but overall easy to work with.

They sounded so beautiful and Andrew was such a joy to work with, very professional!

Great players. Only issue is that they did not start playing were they were supposed to for the last song.

I was very pleased that I selected Monte Vista Strings and Jazz for my wedding ceremony. Their music was so beautiful and elegant; it really set the tone for my wedding. Being a musician myself, it was very important to me to select talented professionals, so I was pleased to find out that all of the performers are regulars with the Austin and San Antonio symphonies. Andrew and his ensemble were willing to accompany the vocalist I hired, Paul Sanchez. Hearing them perform together was a dream come true for me! The strings' melodic, full, sound went perfectly with Paul's gorgeous operatic tenor voice; with the acoustics in the church, they sounded like a full orchestra backing up the primo uomo in an opera! Thank you Monte Vista!

The wedding was absolutely perfect, and the music truly had a role in this. We had classical Spanish guitar at our tiny 12 person outdoor ranch wedding, and it just made the wedding that much more magical. If we had a larger wedding, I would have loved a larger string ensemble. As a musician, I felt not only completely comfortable working with Monte Vista Strings and Jazz but thoroughly impressed. Honestly, I wasn't sure which instruments would be the best, but Andrew customed designed this choice for our wedding. They truly understand weddings!

Beautiful music, organized staff, able to play exactly how and when I wanted! Would recommend this to anyone, their music changed the total dynamic of the setting to intimate and romantic.

As the bride, I didn't hear the pre-ceremony music, since I was in the bridal room getting ready. What I heard when the ceremony started was as good as promised. The string trio provided beautiful, romantic music for our lovely outdoor ceremony. I could not have imagined it more perfect. Thank you Andrew and team!

Our daughter was married at Red Corral Ranch in Wimberley, TX. She wanted a rustic but elegant outdoor wedding and I wasn't sure how a classical trio would translate on a ranch. It did so beautifully. Can't tell you how much a trio of strings brings class and elegance to a wedding. Every musical style was covered - from sacred to classical to pop. They were obviously very professional musicians but appeared to be delighted to be playing on a Ranch in the middle of nowhere! What more could a mother ask for her daughter's wedding? Loved them. Very, very glad we chose Monte Vista.

We used Monte Vista Strings for our wedding and they were absolutely fabulous! They played during our ceremony (traditional music and pop) as well as our cocktail reception (pop). Andrew was fabulous and even accomodated our request to use music not on their list. I would absolutely recommend Monte Vista to anyone!

All our wedding guests raved about how much they loved our string trio! We were thoroughly impressed by the quality and value of service we received from Monte Vista Strings and Jazz. I highly recommend Monte Vista Strings and Jazz! You will not be disappointed!

Our Monte Vista string quartet was the something-extra-special every bride wants on her wedding day! The music performance superb, communication with the director prompt and range of music choices comprehensive. We had many compliments from our guests regarding Monte Vista's interpretation and presentation of our selected songs. The quality of the audio samples on the website are superior~ check them out for yourself. Highly recommend Monte Vista Strings!

Our music at our wedding ceremony was perfect. We enjoyed the professionalism of Monte Vista Strings & ease of working with Andrew. Thank you for the beautiful music.

These musicians were extremely professional and easy to work with! We had some last minute changes and they accomodated us with no trouble at all! We had a string quartet and the music was simply beautiful!! I have already recommended Monte Vista Strings to several of my friends who will be getting married next year!

The performance by Monte Vista Strings & Jazz on our wedding day couldn’t have been better.Their beautiful music when we walked down the aisle and their professionalism throughout the day added the perfect touch to our wedding. The musicians and director were very attentive to our needs and wishes from our first conversation right up through our wedding day. I highly recommend these exceptional musicians

Being musically trained ourselves, finding the best possible performers for our wedding was a high priority. After scouring the internet, listening carefully to samples, and hearing our top choices in person, we felt the clear choice was Monte Vista Strings and Jazz, directed by Andrew Small. From our first conversation, Mr. Small attended to our every concern promptly and professionally. On the wedding day, our ceremony ended up starting 25 minutes late due to factors beyond our control, but the musicians showed tremendous flexibility and kept our guests calm and inspired by elongating the prelude music. Perhaps most important of all, every note we heard, and I do mean every note, was pristinely played. The string trio managed our highly customized program with finesse, polish, and style. Our guests told us one after the other that our wedding music was the best they had heard anywhere. We can recommend this company with all our hearts. 5 stars.

We have chosen Monte Vista Strings for two Christmas parties in the recent past, to provide chamber music in our home. They are most professional, outstanding, and truly made the occassion a memorable one for us and our guests. I strongly recommend them to anyone for any festive occassion. To celebrate the Christmas Season with Monte Vista Strings is to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas: to be surrounded by beauty and music in the Season of Love-- just like weddings! Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Heller

We used a string quartet and they were great!

They performed beautifully at my ceremony. They were very professional and played amazing. Andrew was very nice and assisted me very well with questions that I had. so happy i chose them!!!

Overall the service provided by MVS was just okay. The music sounded generally good, although I didn't hear very much of it. I think I was just a little put off by how hands-off the director's approach was. I was informed that they never attend the rehearsal, as "they don't really need to" and it was suggested that all of the interaction be done through online-forms and email, so there was no face-to-face communication that helps put a bride's mind at ease that she is really getting her vision across. This should have been okay given that this group is professional and should be more than capable of providing excellent service. However, when I called Andrew to touch base about three days before the wedding, he seemed to have no idea what pieces I had requested and then informed me that they were "unusual selections, but they would do them anyway." I was a little floored and thought it was kind of rude, seeing as how I had requested these pieces weeks earlier. I had several professional musician friends tell me that MVS's prices were pretty high, but I figured that was okay since you get what you pay for...so I was also kind of put-off that Andrew suggested they be able to discretely leave the ceremony early (midway through) if they weren't going to be needed. I reminded him that in my contract I had requested they play postlude music and that there was no way the musicians could just walk out of the ceremony! It was like he hadn't even read the contract - clearly no preparation had taken place three days before my wedding. Although I didn't hear the bridesmaid processional, I was later told that some of the musicians got lost and sounded as though they hadn't rehearsed at all. Probably very few people realized this, but it is extremely aggravating that a relatively well known piece was botched - given the fees that this group charges. I understand that these groups play hundreds of weddings and have their operations down to a system, but I feel that if you're going to put "tips appreciated for fine service" on your contract then you better plan on providing excellent service, which is far from what I received.

Lovenotes did an amazing job at finding just the right pastor for us. Keith was amazing!! He took plenty of time before the wedding to meet with Jason and I to get to know us and write the perfect ceremony. He was a blessing to have at our wedding.

They did an amazing job. I wasn't sure what songs I wanted but Andrew the director was very informative. I kind of told him what I wanted and he put evrything together. I could not have not been happier.;Choose someone that returns your phone calls. I talked to several musicians and they were suppost to call me back and never did. I choose Monte Vista Strings because Andrew was very prompt and attentive to my requests.

I didn't get to hear much of them since I was in the back befoe the ceremony and missed the cocktail reception for picture-taking but from what I head during the ceremony and all the compliments afterwards they were beautiful! Andrew was very easy to work with - he even learned my favorite opera duet for the sting trio to play as i walked down the aisle! They are all symphony members so they are very talented. Since the reception site was less than a block away from the church they included it as one price which was very nice on the budget!

They showed up on the day of the wedding and performed without any complications. They arrived and departed without any interruption and stuck to their contract. Each member of the quartet was dressed professionally.;The coordinator was not easy to work with. The website promised personalized service but the coordinator would not meet with us in advance and was not responsive to our request to personalize the ceremony music. In the end we made it easy on ourselves and went with his standard suggestions for the music.

Monte Vista Strings were extremely easy to work with and provided beautiful music for the ceremony! They mastered my selection of music!

;It was an outdoor wedding and they almost didn't perform due to the weather being cold. They would not refund our money either. I had to rent several space heaters to place near them so they would still perform. The music selection was just okay and not easily heard.

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Such and ease to work with and they play so beautifully. You could feel the music playing from their heart. Such kind hearted musicians.