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Bowfiddle Strings is a duo (violin & cello), trio (violin, viola & cello) and String Quartet. We offer a wide range of music.

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Awards and Competitions Guildhall School of Music Overall Year Cello Prize 1989 Winner of Cello Concerto Competition 1989 First Year Cello Competition (highly commended) Orchestras Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra National Symphony Orchestra Performing Arts Orchestra Moscow City Ballet Apollo Chamber Orchestra Iceland Symphony Orchestra 1990-91 Iceland Touring Chamber Concerts 1990-91 Oxford Philharmonica 2006 Birmingham Opera 2009 Tours Joan Armatrading world tour – solo cello 1995 – 96 (18 months) Moody Blues 1997, 2000, 2002 Shirley Bassey 1997 Jazz Album “Sing The Line” promotion Mini tour for B.M.G. “ Madeleine” Dave Willetts 2004 Sessions and Live Performances Burt Bacharach, Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra, Jimmy Sommerville, Omar, Jamiraqui, Tears for Fears, Terrorvision, Jehlisa, Drugstore, Blade, Beth Hirsh, Maroon Town, Jackie Sherridan, Selena Jones, Paul Merton, Lambchop, M Strings, Alesha Dixon, Take That, Let Loose, Simon Warner, National Screen Orchestra, Gerry Colvin, Inklein Poetry Concerts (and others) Theatre Guildhall Ensemble 1990 Black Swan Opera Company “ Dido and Aeneas” (Tricycle 1994) Circus of Horrors ( Roundhouse 1997) Clod Ensemble ( Battersea Arts Centre, England tour 1998) Romeo and Juliet (chair) West End 2002 – 03 Garden Opera Tour 2003 Deputy in touring Cats, King and I, Mikado, Royal Shakespeare Company Tragedy of Thomas Hobbs 2008 Oliver and Various Fringe Theatre Films Solo cello with Helen Leaderer in “ Dance To Your Daddy” 1997 Foreign Moon, Queen of The East (Jennifer Saunders) Functions Strawberry Strings, Bowfiddle Strings own business (Various Ensembles) Solo residency at the Savoy Hotel Numerous function quartets 1990 – present Various cruises Recitals Elgar Cello Concerto charity concert 1999, Vivaldi Double Tour 1997 Various chamber concerts

Laura

5 out of 5

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Laura's Reviews

5 out of 5

We chose Bowfiddle Strings to play at our wedding in September 2024 and it was the best decision ever!! Laura was very responsive to messages, and tailored the music to anything we asked for. We received numerous compliments from guests about how beautiful the music was, and how talented Laura and co are. My husband said how the music tugged on his heart strings and brought a tear to his eye - and for someone that doesn’t cry this is an achievement! We would highly recommend Bowfiddle Strings and would happily hire them for future events.

Reply from Laura

3 months ago

Wow Maddie, thanks so much for your brilliant review. It was a pleasure to play for you. Really enjoyed performing your music selection. All the best from us :-)

5 out of 5

WOW! Laura played a fantastic selection of music whilst we were getting married, from signing the register to our drinks reception, the quality of the music was superb! Thank you, Laura, for creating such special memories for us on our big day.

Reply from Laura

1 year ago

Hi Sam Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed the selection and playing. We had a great time, thanks for choosing us. All the Best Laura and Co.

5 out of 5

She did amazing and everyone loved the music.

Reply from Laura

2 years ago

Thanks Maria. It was my pleasure. I’m so pleased you loved the music. All the best Laura

5 out of 5

We loved the music and it fitted the setting making the ceremony and drinks extra special.

5 out of 5

Laura, I would like apologise for missing you at the end of your session, I was so sorry that I did not thank you all in person, but the day seemed to go in a daze. I did run out to the car park, but according to the band I had just missed you. Julia, Amelia and I would like to thank you so much for making the day, your playing was wonderful and our guest commented on your superb performance, definitely raise the tone! So once again, Thank you Richard and Julia Holloway

5 out of 5

Dear Laura Sorry for the delay in emailing you but I seem to have lost 6 days this week. The wedding and subsequent days were a complete blur. My husband and I :-) would to thank you and the artists who played at our wedding on Saturday 20th October 2018. I did not get a chance to meet and greet and introduce myself to them as I was banished to my hotel room as Mark was practising standing in his Exkso skelenton in the wedding room so I couldn't come down and then we didn't get a chance again. I'm sure you experience this all the time but I felt a bit rude. We only got to hear Sweet child O' mine properly, which is a sentimental tune for us, as we insisted on sitting down to listen but even then were ushered away by wedding planner as people wanted us announced so they could eat their meal.....how very rude we were trying to listen to you guys :-). Everyone said they enjoyed the music and how lovely to have live music. Not what they expected us to choose at all. We had such a fab day that went far too quickly. We have decided to have a first anniversary party next October and would really like BowFiddle to play again and this time we might get to hear you. I will be in touch once we have a date to see if you're available. Kind Regards The new Mr & Mrs Mark Kane-Stacey

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Laura's Song list

Belle of the Ball Waltz – Anderson

Adagio – Albinoni

Air on a G String – J.S. Bach

Double Violin Concerto – J.S. Bach

Brandenburg Concertos nos 2 and 3 – J.S. Bach

Badinerie – J.S. Bach

Sheep May Safely Graze – J.S. Bach

Minuet in G (Anna Magdalena) – J.S. Bach

Arioso from Cantata no 156 – J.S. Bach

Bist Du Bei Mir – J.S. Bach

Cantata no 140 – J.S. Bach

Two Chorale Preludes – J.S. Bach

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – J.S. Bach

Violin Concerto mve. 1 in E major – J.S. Bach

Ave Maria – Bach/Gounod

Adagio for strings – Barber

Rumanian Folk Dances – Bartok

Adagio Cantabile from the Pathetique Sonata – Beethoven

5th Symphony, mve 1 – Beethoven

Fur Elise – Beethoven

Ode to Joy – Beethoven

Selection from Carmen – Bizet

Prince Igor – Borodin

Hungarian Dances – Brahms

O Sole Mio – Capua

Selection of Waltzes – Chopin

Polonaise – Chopin

By the Sleepy Lagoon – Coates

Dambusters March – Coates

Sailors Hornpipe – Coates

Hoe-down from Rodeo – Copland

Saturday Night Waltz from Rodeo – Copland

Christmas Concerto – Corelli

Butterfly Waltz – Crain

Clair de Lune – Debussy

The Girl with the Flaxen Hair – Debussy

Cake-walk – Debussy

Copelia Medley – Delibes

Flower Duet from Lakme – Delibes

Funiculi Funicula – Denza

Toccata – Dubois

Humoresque – Dvorak

Largo from the New World Symphony – Dvorak

Waltz from Symphony no. 8 – Dvorak

Chanson de Matin and Nuit – Elgar

Salut d’Amour – Elgar

Nimrod – Elgar

Pavane – Faure

Panis Angelicus – Frank

Prelude no. 2 – Gershwin

Morning from Peer Gynt – Greig

Gavotte from Holberg Suite – Greig

Norwegian Dance no 2 – Greig

Wedding Day at Troldhaugen – Greig

Ave maria – Gounod

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel

Water Music – Handel

Largo – Handel

Violin Sonata in D major – Handel

La Rejouissance – Handel

Serenade – Haydn

Gypsy Life – Herbert

Anniversary Waltz – Ivanovici

Allegretto – Kreisler

Caprice Viennois – Kreisler

Liebesfreud – Kreisler

Leibeslied – Kreisler

Midnight Bells Waltz – Kreisler

Schon Rosmarin – Kreisler

The Old Refrain – Kreisler

Merry Widow Waltzes – Lehar

Adagietto from Symphony 5 – Mahler

Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana – Mascagni

Meditation from Thais – Massenet

Sinfonia and Final Duet (L’incoronazione di Poppea) – Monteverdi

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – Mozart

Divertimeni in D, Bb and F – Mozart

Marriage of Figaro (wedding march) – Mozart

Allelujah – Mozart

Figaro Overture – Mozart

Symphony in G Minor – Mozart

Wedding March – Mendelsson

Cavatina – Myers

Barcarolle – Offenbach

Canon – Pachelbel

Che Gelida Manina from La Boheme – Puccini

Musetta’s Waltz – Puccini

Chacony – Purcell

Trumpet Tune – Purcell

Trumpet Voluntary – Purcell

Two Rondeaux from The Fairy Queen – Purcell

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini – Rachmaninov

Vocalise – Rachmaninov

Bolero – Ravel

Menuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin – Ravel

Pavane pour une infante defunte – Ravel

Selection of Waltzes – Richard Rogers

Barber of Seville – Rossini

William Tell Overture – Rossini

Dance Macabre – Saint Saens

The Swan – Saint Saens

Romanza Andaluza – Sarasate

3 Gymnopedies – Satie

Ave Maria – Schubert

Standchen – Schubert

Traumerei – Schumann

Romance – Schostakovich

Liberty Bell – Sousa

Two Hearts in Three-Quarter Time – Stolz

Czardas from Die Fledermaus – Strauss

Blue Danube Waltz – Strauss

Die Fledermaus Waltzes – Strauss

Pizzicato Polka – Strauss

Radetzky March – Strauss

Tales from the Vienna Woods – Strauss

Trish Trash Polka – Strauss

Wiener Blut Waltzes – Strauss

Der Rosenkavalier – Strauss R.

Cantabile – Tartini

Amazing Grace – Traditional

Greensleeves – Traditional

Golden Earrings – Traditional

Russian Dance – Tchaikovsky

Selection from the Nutcracker – Tchaikovsky

Waltz from Sleeping Beauty – Tchaikovsky

Four Seasons – Vivaldi

Concerto Grossi in A and D minor – Vivaldi

La Forza del Destino – Verdi

Bachianas Brazileiras – Villa Lobos

Ride of the Valkyries – Wagner

Tannhäuser Overture – Wagner

Bridal Chorus – Wagner

All I Ask of You from “Phantom”- Lloyd Webber

Abba Medley – Anderson/Ulvaeus

A Little Chaos – Gregson

America from “West Side Story” – Bernstein

A Million Dreams – Greatest Showman

An American in Paris – Gershwin

Angels – Robbie Williams

Annie Highlights – Strouse

Anything Goes – Porter

Ashokan Farewell from “The Civil War” – Ungar

As Time Goes By – Hupfield

A Thousand Years – Perri

At Last – Etta James

Bad Romance – Gaga

Bass Vile Blues – Devinez

Beatles Selection – Beatles

Beautiful Day – Evans/Clayton/Hewson/Mullen

Begin the Beguine – Porter

Blue Tango – Anderson

Beside the Seaside – Glover

Beethoven’s Five Secrets – Beethoven

Bittersweet Symphony – Jagger

Bohemian Rapsody – Queen

Bring me Sunshine – Kent

Cabaret – Kander/Ebb

Can’t Help Falling in Love – Clapton

Can’t Take My Eyes off You – Gaudio

Can You Feel the Love Tonight? – Elton John

Changes – Bowie

Charlie Brown – Coldplay

Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol

Chicago – Fisher

Chi Mai – Morricone

Clocks – Coldplay

Close to You – Bacharach

Cock Linnet – Collins/Leigh

Come in From the Rain – Manchester

Come What May from Moulin Rouge – Baerwald

Concerning Hobbits – Shore

Country Medley – Trad.

Czardas – Monti

Dances with Wolves – John Barry

Danzas Argentinas No 2 – Ginastera

Dark Eyes – Trad

Dexter’s Tune (Awakenings) – Newman

Do It Again – Gershwin

Don’t Look Back in Anger – Gallagher

ELO – Mr Blue Sky

El Choco Tango – Villoldo

El Tango de Roxanne – Moulin Rouge

Embraceable You – Gershwin

Evergreen – Streisand

Everlong – Foo Fighters

Every Time we say Goodbye – Porter

Everything I Do – Adams

Everywhere – Mc Vie

Faulty Towers theme – Wilson

Feeling Good – Muse

Feelings – Albert

Fields of Gold – Sting

Forgotten Dreams – Anderson

For Just a Moment – Foster

Gabriel’s Oboe – Morricone

Game of Thrones – Djawadi

Get Lucky – Pharrell Williams

Gimme, Gimme, Gimme – Andersson

Greatest Day – Take That

God Only Knows – The Beach Boys

Goldfinger – Barry

Goodbye to Love – Carpenters

Halleluja – Buckley

Handbags and Gladrags – d’Abo

Happy – Williams

Have I Told You Lately – Van Morrison

Hawaii Five 0 Theme – Setzer

Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter – John Williams

Hello – Richie

Hernando’s Hideaway/Light my Fire – Ross/Doors

Hey Soul Sister – Train

Hoppipolla (Planet earth theme)

Hotel California – The Eagles

How Long Will I Love You – Ellie Goulding

Hushabye Mountain (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) – Sherman

I do I do I do – Tom Jones

I Don’t Know How to Love Him – Lloyd Webber

I Feel Pretty from “West Side Story” – Bernstein

I got Rhythm Variations – Gershwin

I Love Paris – Porter

Il Mondo – Fontana

I’m Yours – Jason Marz

Inspector Morse Theme – Pheloung

Irish Sherry – Trad./Carolan

If You Could Read My Mind – Lightfoot

In the Mood – Garland

It Don’t Mean a Thing – Ellington

James Bond Themes – Norman/ Barry

Jalousie Tango – Gade

Jeeves and Wooster Theme – Dudley

Jurassic Park Theme – Williams

Just Another Rhumba – Gershwin

Just the Way You Are – Bruno Mars

King and I selection – Rogers

Kiss From a Rose – Seal

La Bamba – Trad.

Ladies in Lavender – Hess

Laura – Raskin

La Vie en Rose – Louiguy

La Cumparsita – Rodrigez

La Paloma – Iradier

Leaving on a Jet Plane – Denver

Lets Do It – Porter

Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Berlin

Let’s go Fly a Kite – Sherman

Let’s Stay Together – Green

Libertango – Piazzolla

Livin’ on a Prayer – Bon Jovi

Londonderry Air – Trad.

Looney Tunes Fugue – Naughtin

Love and Marriage – Heusen

Love Theme from “The Godfather” – Rota

Love Yourself – Justin Beiber

Loyko – Trad.

Make you Feel my Love – Adele

Makin’ Whoopee – Donaldson

Mamma Mia – Anderson

Manha de Carnaval from “Black Orpheus” – Bonfa

March from Star Wars – John Williams

Maria from “West Side Story” – Bernstein

Marry You – Bruno Mars

Memory from “Cats” – Lloyd Webber

Mission Impossible – Schifrin

Misty – Garner

Moondance – Van Morrison

Morenita do Brazil – Fragrant

Music of the Night from “Phantom” – Lloyd Webber

Music to Watch Girls by – Velona

My Funny Valentine – Rogers

My Girl – The Temptations

My Heart Will Go On from “Titanic” – Horner

My Way – Revaux

Natal Variations (Happy Birthday) – Naughtin

New York New York – Xander

Noites Cariocas – Bandolim

Nothing Compares 2U – Sinead O Connor

Nothing Else Matters – Metallica

One Day Like This – Elbow

One Hand One Heart from “West Side Story” – Bernstein

Orange Blossom Special – Rouse

Over a Rainbow – Arlen

Palladio – Jenkins

Paradise – Coldplay

Pennies From Heaven – Johnson

Pirates of the Caribbean Medley – Badelt

Poirot Theme – Gunning

Portuguese Love Song from Love Actually – Armstrong

Por Una Cabeza Tango from “Scent of a Woman” – Gardel

Pride and Prejudice Theme – Davis

Purple Haze – Hendrix

Queen Medley – Queen

Ragtime Dance – Joplin

Raiders March (Raiders of the Lost Ark) – John williams

Red Sails in the Sunset – Williams

River Flows In You – Yiruma

Romeo and Juliet Love Theme – Rota

Rule the World – Take That

Say Something – McCartney

Scarborough Fair – Trad./Bowles

Selection of Christmas Music/Carols – Various composers

Selection of Hymns – Various composers

Selection of Rags – Joplin

Send in the Clowns – Sondheim

Shape of You – Ed Sheeran

She – Aznavour

Someone Like You – Adele

Someone to Watch Over Me – Gershwin

Somewhere from “West Side Story” – Bernstein

Songbird – McVie

Stormy Weather – Arlen

Suddenly – Diamond

Summertime – Gershwin

Sunrise Sunset – Bock

Sway/Cherry Pink – Beltran

Sweet Child O’Mine – Guns and Roses

Take the A train – Strayhorn

Tale as Old as Time (Sleeping Beauty) – Menken

That’s Amore – Warren

The Folks who Live on the Hill – Kern

The Greatest Day – Take That

The Gremlin Rag (Gremlins) – Jerry Goldsmith

The Harry Lime Theme – Karas

The Luckiest – Ben Folds

The Magnificent Seven – Bernstein

The Portrait – Horner

The Prayer (Quest for Camelot) – Sager/Foster

The Simpsons – Elfman

The Throne Room (Star Wars) – John Williams

Theme from “Summer of 42” – Legrand

Thriller – Jackson

Thunderbirds Theme – Gray

Tanguedia – Piazzolla

Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran

Tico-Tico – Abreu

Tonight – Bernstein

Truely – Richie

Unchained Melody – Zaret/North

Uptown Funk – Ronson

Viva la Vida – Berryman

What’s New? – Haggart

What are you Doing for the Rest of Your Life? – Brooks

When I Fall in Love – Young

When I First Saw You – Krieger

Wings – Birdy

Wonderful Tonight – Clapton

Without You – David Guetta

You Make me Feel Like a Natural Woman – King

You Only Live Twice – Barry

You Raise Me Up – Graham/Lovland

You Really Got Me – The Kinks

You’re the Inspiration – Foster

Your Love Keeps Lifting me Higher and Higher – Jackson

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Performance duration	Price
Short performance (up to 15 min)	£350
Up to 1 hour	£495
Up to 2 hours	£575
Up to 3 hours	£650

Duo 3 hour booking

Duo, typical 3 hour booking includes pre ceremony, ceremony and drinks.

£480

Trio - 3 hour booking

Trio, for a typical 3 hour booking, includes pre ceremony, ceremony and drinks reception.

£650

Quartet 3 hour booking

Quartet, a typical 3 hour booking includes pre ceremony, ceremony and drinks reception.

£830

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Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Cruise, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve

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