Jay Emme

Hi! I’m a professional cellist, excited to perform your dream wedding music, worldwide. I provide lush music for your guests and your wedding ceremony, sophisticated and entertaining music for drinks receptions, and perfect background music wedding breakfasts. I can even arrange a special request for your first dance! For certain private events, I can provide perfectly suitable background and interim music. I provide solo acoustic cello, and I can also provide elctroacoustic cello with accompaniment backing tracks. I perform the favourite and tradtional classics; pop songs from over the decades; plenty of TV and film favourites, beautiful church hymns, and film and theatre favourites – there are no limits! I have also incorporated music from different cultures, including Bollywood, Jewish, Welsh Hymns, Traditional Hymns, AfroBeats, and more. I can arrange special requests of your favourite pieces of music and can sight-read and improvise fluently. I will happily transcribe special additional requests for solo cello, if it's not already in my music library. I have played cello for 30+ years, performing with professional orchestras and ensembles around the whole of the UK. I also travel internationally to perform with my cello, including the USA, the Caribbean, the Channel Islands, and much of Europe. Away from orchestras, I've been invited as backing strings for numerous musicians for professional recordings and live performances, have provided music for promo sessions, wedding shows, the BBC, Netflix, Global Radio, and various artists such as Alicia Keys, Akash Odedra, Amanda Holden, Ebony Bones, Bonaventura Bottone, Tiana Major9, and more. I have an MA Degree in Performance (with distinction), and to maintain an excellent standard of playing, I currently work with award-winning tutors at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. My primary cello is a beautiful English cello aged approx 200 years old called Sid, and he's lush. My second cello is set up for elctroacoustic performances, and is a beautiful 20 year old hand made cello. I travel worldwide, and can perform for as little or as long as you need. Very importantly, I am fully insured with Public Liability insurance which covers me for venues worldwide.