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About Boston String Ensemble

From classical favorites to modern hits, Boston String Ensemble brings live strings and thoughtful service to New England events since 2008.
String quartet
Boston
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Founded in 2008, Boston String Ensemble provides live string music for weddings, corporate gatherings, cultural celebrations, receptions, and special occasions throughout New England. With more than 1,200 weddings and special events to our name, we bring together musical artistry, thoughtful planning, and experienced management to create performances tailored to each occasion. *Our Client Experience* We believe a successful performance begins long before the first note. From the initial inquiry through event day, we prioritize clear communication, thoughtful planning, and dependable service. We work closely with clients to understand their vision, guide music selections, and coordinate the details that help each performance feel seamless. Our goal is to make planning straightforward while ensuring the music reflects each client's preferences and the character of the event. *Our Music Selections & Arrangements* Our repertoire spans classical selections, timeless pop favorites, contemporary hits, and holiday music. We carefully review and select transcriptions that translate well to strings, and we create many arrangements ourselves. We believe a well-crafted arrangement brings out the best in both the music and the musicians, balancing the character of the original piece with the expressive possibilities of a string ensemble. From meaningful personal requests to music suited to a particular setting, we tailor each program to the occasion while maintaining a natural flow between selections. *Our Musicians’ Experience* Boston String Ensemble is built around a small, established core team of fewer than ten musicians, together with a few trusted additional players. When assembling groups for events, we consider not only availability but also musical fit and how well musicians work together. Several members of our core team have performed together for more than 15 years, developing a shared musical understanding and a natural sense of collaboration. We value each musician's individual artistry, professional experience, and dedication, believing that thoughtful teamwork is an essential part of a cohesive performance. *Our Venue & Vendor Connections* Over the years, we have built lasting relationships with event planners, venues, and other event professionals throughout the region. Some partnerships span more than five years, reflecting the trust and familiarity developed through continued collaboration. We work with our event partners to confirm schedules, coordinate logistics, and address practical details in advance. By communicating clearly and working cooperatively with everyone involved, we help ensure that live music fits naturally into the event. At Boston String Ensemble, we believe the best performances come from bringing together the right music, the right musicians, and careful attention to the details. Whether providing an intimate string duo or a full quartet, we approach every event with a commitment to musical quality, personalized service, and thoughtful collaboration.

Boston String Ensemble's Reviews

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Susan B
3 years ago

Boston String Ensemble was a fabulous addition to our wedding. Easy to work with, professional, affordable and just set the perfect tone for our ceremony and reception. We received many compliments. The music made us weep. Strongly recommend them.

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Ansley (
3 years ago

Boston String was easy to work with and has a beautiful repertoire of both classical and modern music to select from. Our trio was prompt, professional, and played beautifully during our ceremony and cocktail hour. Absolutely recommend.

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Boston String Ensemble's Song list

2027 Repertoire List
MODERN POP SONGS
A
A Million Dreams (from The Greatest Showman)
A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)
Accidentally in Love (Counting Crows)
All I Ask of You (Phantom of the Opera)
All I Want is You (U2)
All My Love (Led Zeppelin)
All of Me (John Legend)
All of the Lights (Kanye West)
All You Need is Love (The Beatles)
Always Remember Us this Way (Lady Gaga)
Amsterdam (Coldplay)
Aperture (Harry Styles)
As It Was (Harry Styles)
At Last (Etta James)
B
Beautiful Day (U2)
Best Day of My Life (American Authors)
Best of My Love (Emotions)
Birds of a Feather (Billie Eilish)
Bittersweet Symphony (Verve)
Blackbird (The Beatles)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
C
California Girls (The Beach Boys)
Call Me Maybe (Carly Rae Jepsen)
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Elton John)
Can’t Help Falling in Love
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You (Frankie Valli)
Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
Cheap Thrills (Sia)
Cheerleader (OMI)
Come Fly with Me (Frank Sinatra)
Count on Me (Bruno Mars)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen)
D
Dance the Night (Dua Lipa)
Dancing on My Own (Calum Scott)
Dancing Queen (Abba)
Days Like This (Van Morrison)
Daylight (Taylor Swift)
Despacito (Luis Fonsi)
Die with a Smile (Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga)
Dive (Ed Sheeran)
Do You Believe in Magic (The Lovin’ Spoonful)
Don’t Start Now (Dua Lipa)
Don’t Stop Believing (Journey)
Don’t You Forget About Me (from “The Breakfast Club”)
Dream a Little Dream of Me (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong)
Dreams (The Cranberries)
Drops of Jupiter (Train)
E
Edelweiss (The Sound of Music)
Eight Days a Week (The Beatles)
Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles)
Enchanted (Taylor Swift)
Espresso (Sabrina Carpenter)
Everlasting Love (Cason and Gaydon)
Every Breath You Take (sting)
Everywhere, Everything (Noah Kahan)
F
Fall On Me (Bocelli)
Faithfully (Journey)
Falling Slowly (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova)
Fields of Gold (Sting)
Fireflies (Owl City)
Firework (Katy Perry)
First Day of My Life (Bright Eyes)
Fix You (Coldplay)
Fly Me to The Moon (In Other Words)
Footloose (Kenny Loggins)
For Once in My Life (Stevie Wonder)
Forrest Gump Main Theme
From This Moment On (Shania Twain)
G
Gabriel’s Oboe (from The Mission)
Girls Like You (Maroon 5)
Give Me Everything (Archer Marsh)
Glasgow Love Theme
God Only Knows (The Beach Boys)
Golden (Kpop Demon Hunters)
H
Hallelujah (Cohen)
Halo (Beyonce)
Happy (Pharrell Williams)
Happy Together (Turtles)
Havana (Camila Cabello)
Haven’t Met You Yet (Michael Bublé)
Headlines (Drake)
Hello Goodbye (Beatles)
Here Comes My Baby (Cat Stevens)
Here Comes the Sun
Here There and Everywhere (Lennon/McCartney)
High Tide, Low Tide (Jack Johnson)
Higher Love (Kygo, Whitney Houston)
Ho Hey (Lumineers)
Home (Edward Sharpe)
Honey (Taylor Swift)
Hoppipolla (Sigur Ros)
Hotel California (Eagles)
How Sweet It Is (James Taylor)
I
I Ain’t Worried (OneRepublic)
I Choose You (Sara Bareilles)
I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing (Aerosmith)
I Get to Love You (Ruelle)
I Just Called to Say I Love You (Stevie Wonder)
I Just Might (Bruno Mars)
I’ll Stand by You (The Pretenders)
I Say a Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin)
I Want to Hold Your Hand (The Beatles)
I Want You Back (The Jackson 5)
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Whitney Houston)
I Will (Beatles)
I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston)
I Will be Here (Steven Curtis Chapman)
If I Ain’t Got You (Alicia Keys)
I’ll Be (Edwin McCain)
I’m Still Standing (Elton John)
I’m Yours (Jason Mraz)
Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin)
In my Life (Beatles)
In the Name of Love (U2)
Invisible String (Taylor Swift)
Is This Love (Bob Marley)
Isn’t She Lovely (Stevie Wonder)
It’s All Coming Back to Me Now (Celine Dion)
J
Just Breathe (Pearl Jam)
Just Like Heaven (The Cure)
Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars)
K
King of My Heart (Taylor Swift)
Kissing You (Des’ree)
L
Lady Madonna (Beatles)
Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
Layla (Derek and the Dominoes)
Life in Technicolor (Coldplay)
Light My Fire (The Doors)
Like a Prayer (Madonna)
Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney)
Lose Control (Teddy Swims)
L. O. V. E. (Nat King Cole)
Love Me Like You Do (Ellie Goulding)
Love on Top (Beyoncé)
Love Story (Where Do I Begin, from the motion picture "Love Story")
Love Story (Taylor Swift)
Lovely Day (Bill Withers)
Lover (Taylor Swift)
Loving You Easy (Zac Brown Band)
M
Man I Need (Olivia Dean)
Married Life (From the Movie “Up”)
Marry You (Bruno Mars)
Maybe I’m Amazed (McCartney)
Midnight City (M83)
MMMBop (Handon)
Moon River (Johnny Mercer)
Music of the Night (Phantom of the Opera)
My Girl (The Temptations)
N
Never Enough (from The Greatest Showman)
Never Gonna Give You Up (Rick Astley)
New Romantics (Taylor Swift)
Nice to Meet You (Myles Smith)
No One (Alicia Keys)
No Time to Die (Billie Eilish)
O
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Beatles)
On Top of the World (Imagine Dragons)
Opalite (Taylor Swift)
Ophelia (Lumineers)
Ordinary (Alex Warren)
Outnumbered (Dermot Kennedy)
P
Paradise (Coldplay)
Perfect (Ed Sheeran)
Pink Pony Club (Chappell Roan)
Pompeii (Bastille)
POV (Ariana Grande)
R
Rather Be (Clean Bandit)
Rewrite the Stars (from The Greatest Showman)
S
Satisfaction (Rolling Stones)
Say (John Mayer)
Say You Won’t Let Go (James Arthur)
Secrets (One Republic)
September (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Shake If Off (Taylor Swift)
Shape of You (Ed Sheeran)
Shut up and Dance
Signed, Sealed, Delivered (Stevie Wonder)
Simply the Best (Tina Turner)
Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder)
Skyfall (Adele)
Sky Full of Stars (Coldplay)
Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
Sparks (Coldplay)
So Easy to Fall in Love (Olivia Dean)
Some Enchanted Evening
Somebody to Love (Queen)
Something (Beatles)
Something Just Like This (The Chainsmokers & Coldplay)
Somewhere Only We Know (Keane)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Songbird (Fleetwood Mac)
Spring 1 (Spring from the Four Seasons, recomposed by Max Richter)
Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)
Stand by Me (Ben E. King)
Stardust (Carmichael)
Stars and Butterflies (Pride and Prejudice)
Such Great Heights (The Postal Service)
Sugar We are Going Down (Fall Out Boys)
Storybook Love (Princess Bride)
Sweet Child of Mine (Guns N’ Roses)
Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
T
Take a Walk (Passion Pit)
The Book of Love (Peter Gabriel)
The Girl from Ipanema
The Luckiest (Ben Folds)
The Ludlows (James Horner)
The Scientist (Coldplay)
The Sound of Music
The Sweetest Thing (U2)
The Way I Am (Ingrid Michaelson)
The Way You Look Tonight (Frank Sinatra)
Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
This is Me (from The Greatest Showman)
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) (Natalie Cole)
This is the Last Time (Keane)
This Year’s Love (David Gray)
Thunderstruck (AC/DC)
Time of Your Life (Green Day)
Titanium (David Guetta & Sia)
To Make You Feel My Love (Adele)
Toxic (Britney Spears)
Tupelo Honey (Van Morrison)
Turning Page (from “Twilight”)
U
Umbrella (Rhianna)
Until I Found You (Stephen Sanchez)
V
Video Games (Lana Del Rey)
Viva la Vida (Coldplay)
W
Wake Up (Acadia Fire)
Warm (Ariana Grande)
Watermelon Sugar (Harry Styles)
What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
When I Fall in Love (Nat King Cole)
When I’m Sixty-Four (Beatles)
When You Say Nothing at All (Alison Krauss)
When You Wish Upon a Star
Wild Horses (Rolling Stones)
Wildest Dreams (Taylor Swift cover)
Wouldn’t It Be Nice (Beach Boys)
X
XO (Beyoncé)
Y
Yellow (Coldplay)
Yesterday (The Beatles)
You and I (Ingrid Michaelson)
You Are the Best Thing (Ray LaMontagne)
You Are the Reason (Calum Scott)
You Belong with Me (Taylor Swift)
You Make My Dreams Come True (Daryl Hall & John Oates)
You’ll Never Walk Alone (Gerry & The Peacemakers)
You’re Gonna Go Far (Noah Kahan)
You’re Gonna Live Forever in Me (John Mayer)
You Light Up My Life (Debbie Boone)
You Shook Me All Night Long (AC/DC)
Your Song (Elton John)
Z
Zombie (The Cranberries)
CLASSICAL SELECTIONS
'Tis the Gift to be Simple (A traditional American shaker tune)
Amazing Grace
Bach: Air
Bach: Arie “Mein glaubiges Herze”
Bach: Arioso
Bach: Bist du bei mir
Bach: Cello Suite No. 1, Prelude
Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Bach: My Heart Ever Faithful
Bach: Prelude from English Suite No. 3
Bach: Sheep may Safely Graze
Bach: Wachet Auf
Bach-Gounod: Ave Maria
Be Thou My Vision
Beethoven: Fur Elise
Beethoven: Minuet from the Septet Op. 20
Beethoven: Ode to Joy
Boccherini: Minuet
Brahms: Menuetto from Serenade No. 1
Bruch: Adagio from Violin Concerto No. 1
Charpentier: Te Deum
Chopin: Nocturne in Eb
Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary
Corelli: Pastorale from Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 8
Debussy: Clair de lune
Debussy: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Delibes: Flower Duet from “Lakme”
Dvorak: Humoresque
Dvorak: Serenade Op. 44
Elgar: Salut d’Amour
Fiocco: Allegro
Franck: Panis Angelicus
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Gluck: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Gounod: Ave Maria
Grieg: Gavotte from Holberg Suite Op. 40
Handel: Alla Hornpipe
Handel: “All We Like Sheep” from The Messiah
Handel: Aria from “Xerxes”
Handel: Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
Handel: Halleluia Chorus
Handel: La Rejouissance
Handel: Largo
Handel: Largo from Violin Sonata in D Major
Handel: March
Handel: Overture from Royal Fireworks
Handel: Passacaglia
Handel: Water Music
Handel: Where’er You Walk from “Semele”
Hasse: Canzona
Haydn: Serenade
How Great Thou Art
Lo! How a Rose E’er Blooming
Liszt: Liebestraum
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana “Intermezzo”
Massenet: Meditation from “Thais”
Mendelssohn: Canzonetta from the Quartet Op. 12
Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song
Mendelssohn: Wedding March
Mouret: Fanfare
Mouret: Rondeau
Mousorgsky: Gopak
Mozart: “Andante” from Piano Concerto No. 21
Mozart: Allelujah from “Exsultate, Jubilate”
Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
Mozart: Divertimenti in D, F and B flat
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart: String Quartets, K. 155-160, 168-173
Offenbach: Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffman
Offenbach: Galop from “La Vie Parisienne”
Pachelbel: Canon in D
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (One Night of Love)
Puccini: O Mio Babbino Caro from “Gianni Schicchi”
Purcell: Suite from The Fairy Queen
Purcell: Trumpet Tune
Saint-Saens: Le Cygne (The Swan)
Satie: Gymnopédies
Schubert: Ave Maria
Schumann: Thou Ring on my Finger
Schumann: Träumerei
Shostakovich: Romance from The Gadfly
Sibelius: Andante Festivo
Strauss: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka (Chit-Chat Polka)
Sullivan: Three Little Maids from “The Mikado”
Tchaikovsky: March from Nutcracker Suite Op. 71
Tchaikovsky: Grand Pas de Deux from The Nutcracker
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Waltz
Vangelis: Hymn
Verdi: Triumphal March from "Aida"
Vivaldi: Four Seasons – Spring, Winter
Vivaldi: Largo from “Winter”
Wagner: Bridal Chorus from “Lohengrin”
Musicianship
Genres:
Classical crossover, Contemporary classical, Classical, Pop, Acoustic, Covers
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Event types:
Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Private event, Corporate event, Concert, Recording session, Christmas party, New Year's Eve
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