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Wedding String Ensemble Niagara: Balls Falls

Today’s wedding ceremony was wonderful. We arrived at the historic church at Balls Falls conservation area quite early, and the only other person inside the church was the officiant. We had a really nice chat and setup for our performance. The music for the ceremony was fantastic—Sarah and Shaun had spoken with me about creating an arrangement of a portion of the second movement of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto number 5 known as the Emperor Concerto. This music was to be played as the 3 bridesmaids, the maid of honor and the flower girls walked up to the front of the church, as well as for the bride’s processional. During the signing, the sister of the groom sang Schubert's Ave Maria, and the ceremony ended with an upbeat rendition of Handel’s La Rejouissance from the Royal Fireworks. It was so nice to perform in this small chapel. Though when we arrived it was pretty chilly, once the heat was on and all of the guests arrived, the room was very warm, and everyone had a great time.

Wedding ceremony musicians Niagara: Duo d’Amore-violin and cello duos, string trios and string quartets

 


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Duo d’Amore wins Wedding Wire Couples Choice Award for 2014

Toronto, ON – January 20, 2014 – WeddingWire, the nation's leading online wedding marketplace, named Duo d'Amore-string duos, trios and quartets as a winner of the prestigious WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards™ 2014 for Wedding Ceremony Music in Toronto and the GTA!

The WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards™ 2014 recognizes the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism. The esteemed awards are given to the top local wedding vendors in more than 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on their professional achievements from the previous year.

While many industry award winners are selected by the host organization, the WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards™ winners are determined solely based on reviews from real newlyweds and their experiences working with  Award-winning vendors are distinguished for the quality, quantity, consistency and timeliness of the reviews they have received from their past clients.

"There's no better way to start the year than by honoring the hard work, commitment and success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Network," said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire. "It is exciting to celebrate a sixth year recognizing businesses whose clients believe they are committed to quality, professionalism and all around top-notch service. We are honored to recognize Duo d'Amore-string duos, trios and quartets for their impressive achievements within the wedding industry."

As a Couples' Choice Awards™ winner, Duo d'Amore-string duos, trios and quartets is highlighted within the WeddingWire Network, which is comprised of over 200,000 wedding professionals throughout North America and abroad.

Duo d'Amore-string duos, trios and quartets is proud to be one of the top Wedding Ceremony Music in Toronto and the GTA in the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding sites such as WeddingWire, Project Wedding, Brides.com, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for taking the time to review our business on WeddingWire. We value all of our clients and truly appreciate the positive feedback that helped us earn the WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards™ 2014.

For more information about Duo d'Amore-string duos, trios and quartets, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at http://www.weddingwire.com/biz/duo-damore-string-duos-trios-and-quartets-toronto/f22e613171291675.html.

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Alaina and Patrick’s wedding ceremony at St Philip’s Roman Catholic Church, January 11, 2014 in Goulbourn ON

 You guys were fantastic and made the ceremony perfect. Thank you very much and we will recommend you to our friends. Alaina and Patrick

The bride and groom were looking for an upbeat and fun selection of music to accompany their wedding ceremony, and they chose a number of great songs, which Duo d’Amore had a great time performing.

As the guests were arriving, they selected songs that many guests would know, by John Lennon (Imagine)

And Louis Armstrong (What A Wonderful World) to more modern pop songs like Eric Clapton’s Wonderful Tonight and Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing. This really set the mood for the ceremony

For the bridesmaids processional, the Beatles Here comes the Sun was performed, followed by the very beautiful A Thousand Years by Christina Perri. This worked so well, and I am sure that A Thousand Years will be come a wedding ceremony classic. I also enjoyed the paring of this song with the previous song. Both songs are quite different and do a great job of letting the guests and family know that the bride is about to walk down to aisle.

For the signing the couple chose two songs: My eyes adore you and Somewhere over the rainbow, and the recessional, as the bride and groom were exiting was Bittersweet Symphony, which is loud and has a strong beat which is perfect for the end of the ceremony.

Prelude:

Time to say goodbye

What a wonderful world

Wonderful Tonight

Don't stop believing

Imagine

Hallelujah

Ceremony:

Bridesmaids Processional - Here comes the sun

Bride Processional - A thousand years

Signing - My eyes adore you and Somewhere over the Rainbow

Recessional - Bittersweet Symphony

Venue and Photo: St Philips RC Church

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Another fantastic review of Duo d’Amore

I  just wanted to share a great new review that Duo d'Amore recieved on Weddngwire.
 
"Thank you so much Matthew for being such an important part of our special day!! The duo did a fantastic job, we and the guests were so impressed! Matthew worked with us in advance with the program - sharing expertise and customizing the selections to suit exactly what we were looking for. The website was easy to use and infomative - we had fun choosing our song selections. Everything was as promised and as expected!"

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