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Halo - Beyoncé

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About Samantha

Samantha is a freelance violinist working all over the UK. She trained at Birmingham Conservatoire and performs at weddings and other events

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Sheringham

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Samantha is a freelance violinist classically trained at Birmingham Conservatoire to Masters level. She performs all year round at weddings, parties, ceilidhs and many other events. As well as a huge classical repertoire, Samantha performs modern pop songs on violin and can create a perfect setlist of your favourite artists and songs for your event. She is also a specialist in folk/gyspy/klezmer styles and plays regularly in these styles in other settings too. Samantha has a wide-ranging performing career, working with several orchestras and chamber groups and works regularly at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Since 2012 she has appeared in numerous productions and has often appeared on stage and in costume playing from memory. Some of these performances have been broadcast live to cinemas and subsequently released on DVD. Samantha was a founding member of seven-piece cinematic folk septet the Old Dance School, now know as the Fair Rain. With them she toured the UK and Europe in theatres, arts centres and festivals and released three studio albums and one live album. The band have won critical acclaim and have been featured several times on BBC Radio 2. She performed with them until 2015. Samantha has a busy freelance career combining events, theatre, orchestral and chamber work, session recording and also performing with ceilidh bands and folk groups.

Samantha

5 out of 5

11 verified reviews

Satisfaction

5.0

Professionalism

5.0

Communication

5.0

Punctuality

5.0

Samantha's Reviews

5 out of 5

Thank you to Samantha for performing at our wedding, your renditions were beautiful and brought a lovely atmosphere to the day. We had endless positive comments from our guests saying how great she was. Thank you for making our day extra special, a truly talented musician with high levels of customer service skills

5 out of 5

Samantha did an amazing job at our outdoor ceremony and was very flexible with learning new songs. All of the guests loved the music! Would highly recommend Samantha!

5 out of 5

We had the pleasure of having Samantha play at our wedding, June 2025. She was absolutely amazing! We and our guests thoroughly enjoyed every song and the calming atmosphere. Communication leading up to the day and during was superb. Highly recommend Samantha!

5 out of 5

Samantha stepped in for us last minute due to another musician letting us down. Via Encore Bookings, we spoke with Samantha and kindly she accepted to be our wedding violinist with only a few weeks’ notice. Samantha was fantastic with communication and learnt all our modern songs quickly as well as playing classical from her repertoire. Having previously played at the venue before (a regular at Thursford Christmas spectacular) my mind was put at rest requiring the quality of the performance along with videos on the website. Samantha even asked us what attire would be appropriate. Samantha played beautifully, using acoustic violin and using her own PA system for backing (PAT tested of course). We are so happy we found the talented Samantha who really added a level of class to our ceremony.

Reply from Samantha

9 months ago

Thanks so much Ashley and Megan for you lovely review! It was an absolute pleasure to play for your beautiful ceremony. You had a great selection of music choices for your ceremony and it was so enjoyable to play them for you and your guests. Thursford is a very special place and I hope you had a wonderful rest of your day in its amazing surroundings! Thanks so much and congratulations again. Samantha

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5 out of 5

Samantha played with a small group of musicians for our wedding in August 2019. She was so helpful and brilliant, and worked really well with the others (some of whom she had never met before) - and sounded excellent! Our guests loved the music too, and it really brought our church service to life - we can’t thank her enough!

5 out of 5

Samantha has played at several events I have managed at the Royal Shakespeare Company and has always been highly professional as well as an excellent musician. I would recommend her without hesitation

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Samantha's Song list

Listed: Pop/Bridgerton/Disney, Classical, Folk

Pop/Bridgerton/Disney in alphabetical order:

1000 Years - Cristina Perri

ABCDEFU - Gayle

All My Life - KC and Jojo

All My Love - Coldplay

All Of Me - John Legend

All you Need Is Love - Beatles

Always - Bon Jovi

Angels - Robbie Williams

At Last - Etta James

A Whole New World - from Aladdin

Beautiful Crazy - Luke Coombs

Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion

Best Day of My Life - American Authors

Birds of a Feather - Billie Eilish

Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve

Breathe - Faith Hill

Bridgerton Main Theme

Budapest - George Ezra

Butterflies - Kacey Musgraves

Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John

Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis

Cardigan - Taylor Swift

Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol

City of Stars - from La La Land

Crazier - Taylor Swift

Dive - Olivia Dean

Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing - Aerosmith

Enchanted - Taylor Swift

Everything I do - Bryan Adams

Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac

Fields of Gold - Sting

Flowers - Miley Cyrus

Gold Only Knows - Beach Boys

Greatest Day - Take That

Halo - Beyonce

Here Comes the Sun - Beatles

Hey There Delilah - Plain White Ts

Ho Hey - Lumineers

Home - Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros

Hoppippolla - Sigur Ross

How Long Will I Love You - Ellie Goulding

I See The Light - from Tangled

I Want it That Way - Backstreet Boys

I’m Yours - Jason Mraz

If I Ain’t Got You - Alicia Keys

In My Blood - Shawn Mendes

Isn’t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder

Joker and the Queen - Ed Sheehan

Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars

Kiss Me - Sixpence None the Richer

Kissing You - Des’ree

Let it Be - Beatles

Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding

Love Story - Taylor Swift

Lover - Taylor Swift

Lucky - Jason Mraz

Make You Feel My Love - Adele

Marry You - Bruno Mars

A Million Dreams - from The Greatest Showman

Moon River - Mancini

Mr Blue Sky - ELO

My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion

Ocean Eyes - Billie Eilish

One Day Like This - Elbow

Ordinary - Alex Warren

Our Song - Taylor Swift

Paper Rings - Taylor Swift

Paradise - Coldplay

Part of Your World - from The Little Mermaid

Perfect - Ed Sheehan

Pompeii - Bastille

Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits

Rule the World - Take That

Runaway - The Corrs

She’s the One - Robbie Williams

She’s Always a Woman - Billy Joel

Sign of the Time - Harry Styles

Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder

Sky Full of Stars - Coldplay

Snow On The Beach - Taylor Swift

Something Just Like This - Coldplay

Somewhere Only We Know - Keane

Songbird- Eva Cassidy

Stand By Me - Ben E King

Stay With Me - Sam Smith

Strange - Celeste

Symphony - Clean Bandit

Tale As Old As Time - from Beauty and the Beast

Thank U Next - Ariana Grande

The Scientist - Coldplay

There She Goes - The Las

Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran

The Universal - Blur

Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden

Under The Sea - from The Little Mermaid

Viva La Vida - Coldplay

Wake Me Up - Avicii

We Don’t Talk About Bruno - from Encanto

Whatever - Oasis

Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift

With or Without You - U2

Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

Wonderwall - Oasis

Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus

Yellow - Coldplay

You Are The Reason - Calum Scott

You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift

You’re My Best Friend - Queen

You’re Still the One - Celine Dion

You’ve Got A Friend In Me - from Toy Story

Your Song - Elton John

Classical:

Pachelbel's Canon in D

Meditation from Thais - Massenet

Elgar Salut D'Amour

Elgar Chanson de Matin

Dvorak Humouresque

Boccherini Minuet

O mi Babbino Caro

Cavalleria Rusticana

Handel Aria from Xerxes

Handel Royal Fireworks

Handel Water Music

Schubert Serenade

Vivaldi Winter

Vivaldi Spring

Bach Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring

Bach Arioso

Bach Air on the G String

Shostakovich Romance from the Gadfly

Mouret Rondeau

Purcell Trumpet Tune

Clarke Trumpet Voluntary

Ashokhan Farewell

Extensive Repertoire of Traditional music - Irish, Scottish, Klezmer

Odessa Bulgar

Rachenitsas

Wedding Waltz

Russian Sher

Dance of Delight

Scotland the Brave

Kesh Jig

Newlyweds Waltz

Si Bheag, Si Mhor

Lark in the Morning

She Moved Through the Fair

Atholl Highlanders

Rose in the Heather

Chief O Neills Favourite

The Banks Hornpipe

Mairi’s Wedding

Cock of the North

Haste to the Wedding

100 Pipers

Auld lang Syne

Masons Apron

Roxburgh Castle

Devil among the Tailors

Calliope House

The Teetotaller

Maid Behind the Bar

Lilting Fisherman

Foxhunters

King of the Fairies

Plus many more jigs, reels, hornpipes, polkas - please ask as I have a huge repertoire of traditional tunes, too many to list!

Samantha's Prices

Last updated: 2025

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Duration	Price
Short performance (up to 15 min)	£212.50
Up to 1 hour	£312.50
Up to 2 hours	£437.50
Up to 3 hours	£500

Wedding ceremony1 hour

This includes music before the service begins, music for the aisle entrance, music during the signing of the register, and music as guests leave.

£312.50

Wedding Ceremony plus Drinks reception2 hours

As listed above for Wedding Ceremony, plus 1-1.5 hours of drinks reception

£462.50

Three hour total booking3 hours

A three hour total booking to be used as you would like; for example Wedding ceremony plus two hours of drinks reception, or two hours of drinks reception plus one hour of evening meal

£500

Customer questions

What do your clients love most about your performances?

"Thank you to Samantha for performing at our wedding, your renditions were beautiful and brought a lovely atmosphere to the day. We had endless positive comments from our guests saying how great she was. Thank you for making our day extra special, a truly talented musician with high levels of customer service skills" This was a lovely review from a recent c

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

I've performed at Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare's Globe, the Royal Albert Hall, Glastonbury Festival and many many others!

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

I can almost always be flexible with this and I understand timings can change! Keep me updated and I'll try to accommodate as best I can

How much time do you need to set up?

I normally perform acoustically and therefore don't need a lot of setting up time. I normally arrive at venues at least 45 minutes beforehand but my actual required setup time is much less than this

Can I pick the pieces you play from the set list?

Of course! Let me know what kind of styles you like and I can tailor my set list around your favourites

Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?

I normally perform acoustically and therefore bring my instrument and all related equipment. If you'd like me to play outside I do need appropriate cover from the elements, but between yourself and the venue we can ascertain a suitable option!

Can you learn specific pieces before the event?

If you have special requests that aren't listed on my profile just let me know as I might have them, or I can arrange and learn them

Musicianship

Genres:

Classical, Classical crossover, Contemporary classical, Film / TV music, Musical theatre, Opera, World music, Balkan, Jewish music, Klezmer, Scottish music, Tango, Folk, Bluegrass, Ceillidh, Folk rock, Traditional English folk, Traditional Irish folk, Traditional Scottish folk

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Instruments:

Violin, Viola, Fiddle

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Event types:

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

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Other skills:

Fluent sight-reader

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