La Corda Ensemble

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Beautiful Talent, Uncomparable Quality, Amazing Ambiance, Creates the Most Emotional Ceremony!

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• Wedding Date: 10/04/08
• Review Date: 01/03/09

If I had to credit the perfection of my wedding ceremony to something (other than my closest friend singing), La Corda would be it. I hired the String Trio for my wedding, and they were phenomenol. Now trust me on this one when I say that I shopped around for my ceremony musicians. I contacted every professional string quartet in the lower peninsula of Michigan, and I even looked at student musicians at a renowned University (as so many wedding guides suggested.) One thing I discovered: it is hard to find good talent. And then I came across La Corda. What I heard on their website is exactly what I got. (I totally recommend asking for George, he is the best!!!) They had a lot of music to choose from (just about every wedding song you can imagine). George had also done a lot of Catholic weddings, so he knew every part of the Catholic mass. He actually walked me through all of the music for the ceremony (including the psalms, Ave Maria, responses...) They also played along with the church organist for the Bridal March and it really seemed as if they had been playing together for years! I also had a singer for the ceremony, and George came earlier to the ceremony so that she could practice the songs with the String Trio. La Corda played not just the prelude music and the processionals and recessionals, but all of the Catholic music too. They also learned new songs that were not part of their repertoire. How many string ensembles do that? Not very many, I can tell you that. People were crying in the audience throughout the whole ceremony, and I think a large part of that was the ambience created by La Corda. La Corda was a little bit more than other string ensembles, but please trust me when I say you get professionalism and talent. The ceremony can hit or miss with guests, and everyone has told me my ceremony was the most beautiful they had ever been to (I understand most would say that to the bride, but I have some pretty truthful friends.) My word of advice: don't skimp on the ceremony music... it really does set the atmosphere.