Washington's Best Musicians, Photo & Video

night and all morning at brunch! While wedding planning months ago, selecting the band was one of our biggest decisions- a good band makes the entire reception. I was so excited for the reception music because I knew everyone’s skill and experience guaranteed it would be fantastic- and they still exceeded our expectations! They accommodated our music requests prior to the big day and kept everyone on the dance floor enjoying themselves!! As a fellow musician, I truly appreicated how talented and professional they were and how much energy and fun Amaretto infused into the reception!

ed at my daughter’s wedding. From start to finish, from the hiring process to the end of a wonderful celebration, Amaretto was amazing. [T]he band leader was easy to work with, flexible, and accommodating. He initiated, and maintained, communication with my daughter throughout the planning phases of the wedding, played the music the couple wanted, and even communicated with and supported me in my efforts to choreograph and carry out a flashmob at the wedding (which was a huge success!). The band is incredibly talented and played such great music that the dance floor was full every time the band played their sets. An interesting anecdote will communicate how good this band is. I was doing some legwork to help my daughter find a band for the wedding. I narrowed down my search to 3 or 4 bands, and my daughter and her then-fiance went to see the bands. They were very interested in Amaretto — it was their top priority — but right before I agreed to hire them, a friend of mine, who had been in the band-hiring business in previous years, said that he’d been to a wedding in Washington, DC, and heard a band that was incredible. I waited to hear the name of that band, thinking that perhaps there was one better than Amaretto. When I heard from him that the band he had heard was, in fact, Amaretto, I immediately contacted [them] and hired the band! Do yourself a favor and hire this band. Don’t necessarily go through the various agents who offer Amaretto’s services… go onto their website www.amarettoband.com and contact [them] directly

o watch bands in-person (we recent re-located abroad) and phone interviews – we chose Amaretto. Our expectations were high - as the band leader noted that they had 13 music degrees among the 9 members - but their performance at our wedding reception FAR exceeded anything we could have imagined (they performed a quartet for our cocktail hour and full nine-piece band for the reception). In the set-up, the band leader (David) was incredibly responsive to email or phone inquiries and even set-up an in-person meeting during our brief visit to Washington. He gladly accepted a number of our special requests (songs, activities during ceremony, etc) and also offered a number of unique ideas that he'd seen work at previous wedding receptions. Most importantly, the band's performance was absolutely outstanding. They read the tempo of the room throughout the evening, kept the party on the dance floor, and left the entire room buzzing about their talents. No less than three dozen guests approached me to comment on the band's musical talent (vocals, horns, base, etc), range of songs, and high-energy personalities. I could not recommend Amaretto highly enough and believe they were worth every dollar that we spent. We would hire them again for a major event.