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Nia Squirrell
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About Nia
Violinist based in South Wales. Contact me for any event!
I am also part of Flute and Violin classical duo. Vittari Duo
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Nia
5 verified reviews
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5.0
Professionalism
5.0
Communication
5.0
Punctuality
5.0
Nia's Reviews
From Encore customers:
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Yuwari B
1 year ago
RR
Rhianedd R
2 years ago
CG
Ceri G
2 years ago
From other customers:
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Claire J
4 years ago, for a Birthday party in Bristol
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Alex L
5 years ago, for a Charity event in Cardiff
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5 gigs
Experienced: 5 bookings through Encore
Saved the day!
Booked for an Encore gig with less than 24 hours’ notice
4th Anniversary
This act has been working with Encore for over 4 years
Nia's Song list
Pop/Rock
ABBA - I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
Aerosmith - I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing
Alicia Keys - If I Ain’t Got You
Aretha Franklin - Say a Little Prayer
Adele - Rolling in the Deep
Adele - Make You Feel My Love
Adele - Skyfall
Artic Monkeys - Mardy Bum
Avicii - Hey Brother
Avicii - Wake Me Up
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
The Beach Boys - Wouldn’t It Be Nice
The Beatles - Across The Universe
The Beatles - Here Come The Sun
The Beatles - In My Life
The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There
The Beatles - When I’m Sixty Four
The Beatles - All You Need is Love
The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
The Beatles - Yesterday
The Beatles - With a Little Help From My Friends
Bee Gees - How Deep is Your Love
Ben Howard - Only Love
Beyoncè - Crazy In Love
Beyoncè - Formation
Beyoncè - Love on Top
Beyoncè - Sandcastles
Beyoncè - Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
Beyoncè - Halo
Beyoncè - XO
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
Blur - The Universal
Bob Dylan - Make You Feel My Love
Brian Ferry - Let’s Stick Together
Britney Spears - Toxic
Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are/ Amazing
Bruno Mars - Marry You
Bryan Adams - Summer of ’69
Camila Cabello - Havana
Cristina Perri - A Thousand Years
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
Clean Bandit - Rather Be
Coldplay - A Sky Full of Stars
Coldplay - Adventure of a Lifetime
Coldplay - Clocks
Coldplay - Paradise
Coldplay - Something Just Like This
Coldplay - The Scientist
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Coldplay - Yellow
The Cure - Friday I’m in Love
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
David Bowie - Heroes
Destiny’s Child - Survivor
Destiny’s Child - Independent Woman
Des’ree - Kissing You
The Doors - Riders on the Storm
The Eagles - Hotel California
Ed Sheeran - Perfect
Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
Elbow - One Day Like This
Ellie Golding - How Long Will I Love You?
Ellie Golding - Love Me Like You Do
ELO - Mr. Blue Sky
ELO - Rock ’N’ Roll is King
ELO - Shine a Little Love
ELO - Standin’ in the Rain
ELO - Sweet Talkin’ Woman
ELO - Wild West Hero
ELO - Strange Magic
Elton John - Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Elton John - Crocodile Rock
Elton John - Your Song
Elvis - Can’t Help Falling in Love
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
Fleetwood Mac - Songbird
Florence + The Machine - You’ve Got The Love
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon
Frank Sinatra - Strangers in the Night
Franki Valli - Cant Take My Eyes off You
Frozen - Let it Go
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Green Day - Time of Your Life
Guns ’n’ Roses - Sweet Child of Mine
Hansard - Slowly Falling
Hozier - Take Me To Church
Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole - Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Jack Johnson - Better Together
The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
Jennifer Rush - The Power of Love
Jason Mraz - I’m Yours
John Legend - All of Me
Journey - Don’t Stop Believin’
Journey - Open Arms
Justin Timberlake - Can’t Stop The Feeling
Katrina and the Waves - I’m Walking on Sunshine
Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
Kenny G - The Wedding Song
The Killers - Mr. Brightside
Ben E. King - Stand By Me
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah
Linkin Park - Numb
Lionel Richie - Endless Love
Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World
Luis Fonsi - Despacito
Madness - It Must Be Love
Mark Knopfler - Storybook Love
Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk
Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
Mettalica - Nothing Else Matters
Michael Jackson - Rock With You
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Miley Cirus - Wrecking Ball
Muse - Starlight
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
Neil Young - Love is a Rose
Nick Cave - Red Right Hand
Nick Cave - The Ship Song
Nick Cave - The Weeping Song
Nick Cave/ Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow
Nora Jones - Don’t Know Why
Oasis - Champagne Supernova
Oasis - Don’t Look Back in Anger
Oasis - Half The World Away
Oasis - Whatever
Oasis - Wonderwall
Owl City - Fireflies
Paramore - The Only Exception
Pharrell Williams - Happy
Phil Collins - Groovy Kind of Love
Phil Collins - You’ll Be in My Heart
Pink - Just Give Me a Reason
Pixies - Where is My Mind?
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
The Police - Every Breath You Take
The Pretenders - I’ll Stand By You
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen - Somebody to Love
Queen - We Are The Champions
Queen - You’re My Best Friend
Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Radiohead - Karma Police
The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
Sade - By Your Side
Sam Smith - Stay With Me
Shapeshifters - Lola's Theme
Sia - Chandelier
The Smiths - Please, Please Please, Let Me Get What I Want
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
Stevie Wonder - Isn’t She Lovely
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours
Stevie Wonder - You are the Sunshine of my Life
Sting - Fields of Gold
Sting - Roxanne
Take That - Greatest Day
Taylor Swift - Love Story
The Temptations - My Girl
Tom Jones - Delilah
Tom Odell - Another Love
Toploader - Dancing in the Moonlight
Train - Marry Me
The Turtles - Happy Together
Van Morrison - Have I Told You Lately
Van Morrison - Moondance
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Walk The Moon - Shut Up and Dance
Classical
T. Albinioni - Adagio
L.V. Beethoven - String Quartets (Selection)
J.S.Bach - Air on the G String
J.S.Bach - Arioso
J.S.Bach/ Jethro Tull - Bourre Swing
J.S.Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.3
J.S.Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
J.S.Bach - Sheep May Safely Graze
J.S.Bach - ‘Sarabande’ in B Minor
Georges Bizet - Habanera from Carmen
Geroges Bizet - Toreador’s Song from Carmen
L. Boccherini - Minuetto
J.Brahms - Hungarian Dance No.5
Charpentier - Prelude from ‘Te Deum’
J.Clarke - Trumpet Voluntary
Claude Debussy - Clair De Lune
Leo Delibes - The Flower Song
Edward Elgar - Chanson De Matin
Edward Elgar - Salut d’Amour
Edwards Elgar - Serenade for Strings
Gabriel Faurè - Pavane
Phillip Glass - String Quartet No.2 ‘Company’)
Gluck - Dance of the Blessed Spirits
G.F.Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
G.F.Handel - Aria from ‘Xerxes’
G.F.Handel - Sarabande
G.F.Handel - Water Music
G.F.Handel - Zadok The Preist
J.Haydn - String Quartets (Selection)
Franz Liszt - Liebestraum
Martini - Plasir d’Amour
Jules Massenet - Meditation from Thaïs
Felix Mendelssohn - Wedding March
J.J.Mouret - Rondeu
W.A Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus
W.A.Mozart - Der Vogelfänger from The Magic Flute
W.A.Mozart - Bei Männern from The Magic Flute
W.A Mozart - Drei Divertimenti K.136-138
W.A.Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
W.A.Mozart - String Quartets (Complete)
W.A.Mozart - ‘Wedding March’ from The Marriage of Figaro
Mark O’Connor - Appalachian Waltz
Jaques Offenbach - Barcarolle
Jaques Offenbach - Can Can
Johann Pachelbel - Canon in D
Giacomo Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro
Henry Purcell - Abdelezar Suite
Henry Purcell - Trumpet Tune
Saint-Seans - ‘The Elephant’ from Carnival of the Animals
Saint-Seans - ‘The Swan’ from Carnival of the Animals
Franz Schubert - Ave Maria
J. Strauss - Voices of Spring Waltz
Tchaikovsky - ‘Dance of the Reed Pipes’ from The Nutcracker
Tchaikovsky - ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’ from The Nutcracker
Verdi - La Donna e Mobile
Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (Selections)
Wagner - Bridal Chorus (Wedding March)
Film/Musical/Video Games
Aladdin - Whole New World
Band of Brothers - Theme
Beauty and The Beast - Tale as Old as Time
James Bond 007 - Theme
James Bond 007 - Diamonds are Forever
James Bond 007 - Nobody Does it Better
James Bond 007 - Goldfinger
James Bond 007 - Skyfall
Braveheart - For The Love of a Princess
Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Moon River
Dads Army - Theme
Donkey Kong - Jungle Japes
Fiddler on the Roof - Sunrise, Sunset
Frozen - Let it Go
Games of Thrones - Theme
The Godfather - Love Theme
The Greatest Showman - Rewrite the Stars
Hamilton - Helpless
Harry Potter - Hedwigs Theme
Harry Potter - Medley
Inglorious Basterds - Tarantella e Rabbia
Joe Hisaishi - Always With Me
Joe Hisaishi - My Neighbour Totoro
Joe Hisaishi - One Summers Day
Joe Hisaishi - Princess Mononoke
Jungle Book - The Bare Necessities
La La Land - Another Day of Sun
La La Land - City of Stars
Lion King - Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Lord of the Rings - Concerning Hobbits
Love Actually - Portuguese Love Theme
Miss Marple - Theme
Moana - How Far I’ll Go
Notting Hill - She
Phantom of the Opera - All I Ask of You
The Pink Panther - Theme
Pirates of The Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl Medley
Pinocchio - When You Wish Upon a Star
Pocahontas - Colours of the Wind
The Princess Bride - Storybook Love
Rogers & Hammerstein - You’ll Never Walk Alone
Tangled - I See The Light
Tarzan - You’ll Be in My Heart (Phil Collins)
Toy Story - You’ve Got a Friend in Me
Twilight - Flightless Bird, American Mouth (Iron & Wine)
Twilight - A Thousand Years
The Sound of Music - Maria
Up - Married Life
Star Wars - The Imperial March
Star Wars - The Throne Room
Star Wars - Opening Theme
The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time
Jazz/ Old Time
Spanish Flea - Herp Albert
R.A.Eastburn - Little Brown Jug
Etta James - At Last
Carlos Jobin - Girl From Ipanema
Scott Joplin - The Entertainer
Van Morrison - Moondance
Ray Noble - The Very Thought of You
Edith Piaf - La Vie en Rose
Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon
Frank Sinatra - Love and Marriage
Charles Trenet - Beyond The Sea
Traditional/ Folk
American - Down By The River
American - House of the Rising Sun
American - St James Infirmary
American - Teddy Bears Picnic
American - This Little Light of Mine
American - He’s Got The Whole World in His Hands
Czech - Myava
English - For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow
English (Sarah Flower Adams) - Nearer My God to Thee
English - Scarborough Fair
Irish- Danny Boy
Irish - Jig Medley
Italian - Bella Ciao
Italian - Tarantella Napoletana
Jewish - Hava Nagila
Mexican - La Bamba
Mexican - La Cucaracha
Mexican - Mexican Hat Dance
Russian - Korobeniki & Kalinka
Russian - Korobushka
Sea Shanty - The Drunken Sailor
Enoch Sontonga- Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
Welsh - Calon Lan
Welsh - Cwm Rhondda
Tangos
Ionel Fernic - I Love The Woman
Carlos Gardel - Por Una Cabeza
Sebastian Iradier - La Palorma Tango
Mädis Javri - Eine Klaine Nacht Tango
A.G Villoldo - El Choclo
Nia's Prices
Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.
Standard Prices
| Performance duration | Price | |
| Short performance (up to 15 min) | £30 | |
| Up to 1 hour | £60 | |
| Up to 2 hours | £100 | |
| Up to 3 hours | £150 |
Packages
Drinks reception
Two performances of up to 45 mins each during your drinks reception
£150
Wedding ceremony
This includes music before the service begins, music during the signing of the register, and music as guests leave.
£180
Wedding ceremony + Drinks reception + Dinner
- Music before the service begins, music during the signing of the register, and music as guests leave.
- 2 x 45 min performances at the drinks reception.
- 2 x 45 min performances as dinner is being served.
£250
Customer questions
Do you have different line-up options?
I can perform violin, clarinet and I am able to sing.
I have a Flute and Violin duo option that are able to perform.
What if my timings change after I've booked you?
Just send me a message. We can always work things out!
How much time do you need to set up?
10 mins.
Can I pick the pieces you play from the set list?
Yes of course! And if there are any pieces that I haven't listed, let me know. I learn pieces quickly!
Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?
Yes. I bring everything that I may need.
Can you learn specific pieces before the event?
Yes of course! Send them my way, and i'll learn them.
What do your clients love most about your performances?
I make it personal. Ive been told I make people comfortable and enjoy themselves.
Which venues have you performed at in the past?
St.Davids Hall, Hoddinot Hall, Motorpoint Arena, many cathedrals, plenty of wedding venues, and plenty of parties!
Which artists have you been most influenced by?
Mostly classical people, but I'm a big fan of Fleetwood Mac.
What is the most high profile gig you've performed?
Ive done a few, but the most enjoyable one ive done was in the Motorpoint arena, where I led an orchestra in a charity concert with over a 1,000 children choir. It was amazing and very rewarding.
Musicianship
Genres:
Traditional church music, Classical, Contemporary classical, Baroque, Folk, Traditional English folk, Traditional Irish folk, Traditional Scottish folk, Welsh folk, Light music, Pop, Covers, Top 40, Film / TV music, Opera, Classical crossover, Christmas
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Event types:
Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Burns night, Christmas party
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Other skills:
Fluent improviser, Perfect pitch, Fluent sight-reader, Instrumental teaching, Theory teaching, Singing teaching
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