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About Sonare

Adding an elegant, personal touch to your wedding, funeral or private event. Clients include Christian Dior, Alphabet, and Dukes Mayfair.
Classical ensemble
London
Public liability insurance of £10 million

Sonare are a renowned a cappella choral quartet, bringing special events to life with a thoughtful selection of timeless and elegant music. We perform with the intimacy of a private performance, while also possessing the vocal power to fill even the grandest of settings. With a wealth of classical, pop, and seasonal repertoire to choose from, we can tailor a unique set to be the perfect accompaniment for you. We sing for weddings, funerals, Christmas parties, and for private engagements - one of our most special events was a surprise pre-wedding concert in a stately home. We travel regularly across the UK, so from Land’s End to John O’Groats, if you’re looking for a great ensemble, we’ll be there. We perform a wide variety of choral music from across centuries and continents, alongside our own arrangements of pop songs. Planning a quiet, candlelit ceremony? Our romantic version of Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love” really sets the scene. Want something upbeat and joyful to get your guests in the mood? We recommend our upbeat, funky version of Pharrell Williams’ “Happy”! We also offer a bespoke song arranging service, so if there's something else you’d really love for your event, we can bring it to life! If there’s a song that’s meaningful for you, even if it’s never been sung in a choral version before, we can write it. When we’re not singing for events, Sonare perform sophisticated and accessible concerts around the UK. We have been celebrating the joy and power of a cappella choral music since our inception in 2021, lending our signature sound to well-known favourites, hidden gems and everything in between. We also regularly write our own arrangements and compositions to perform, as well as giving choral workshops and Come-and-Sing days. From Mozart to Motown, we’ve got you.

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Sonare's Reviews

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Isobel G
10 months ago
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5 out of 5

Absolutely incredible performance, thank you so much for creating the magic for a Christmas event.

Reply from Sonare
10 months ago

Thanks for the lovely review Isobel, we had a wonderful time singing for you all! It was a great evening :)

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Tina S
1 year ago
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5 out of 5

Thank you for singing for my son's baptism. With around a week's notice I was so happy with how you were able to put together such a lovely performance.

Reply from Sonare
1 year ago

Thanks so much Tina for the lovely review - it was a real pleasure to sing for your family and friends! :)

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Pedro C
3 years ago
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5 out of 5

Sonare made our day very special. They sang beautifully and were willing to accommodate our requirements regarding the type of music we wanted. Many thanks to them for making this day very special.

Reply from Sonare
10 days ago

Thanks so much for the lovely review Pedro, it was a wonderful day to be a part of and we're so happy we could make it special for you! :)

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Olivia (
4 years ago

I just wanted to say a massive thank you for the weekend. It was so beautiful! A lot of people commented on how great you were. It was a shame I couldn’t see you after to say thank you, but honestly I couldn’t recommend you all enough! I hope you all enjoyed it!

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Loreley M
4 years ago

Thank you for your email and for the lovely performance last week. It was truly magical event.

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Sonare's Song list

Contemporary
Adele - Make You Feel My Love
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
The Beatles - I Wanna Hold Your Hand
The Beatles - All You Need is Love
Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'
Bruno Mars - Marry You
Coldplay - A Sky Full of Stars
Cole Porter - Let’s Do It
The Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers - Islands in the Stream
Elbow - One Day Like This
Enya - May It Be (Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RIng)
Frank Sinatra - I Get a Kick Out of You
Lonestar - Amazed
Nat King Cole - The Very Thought of You
Natalie Cole - This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman
Pharrell Williams - Happy
Ray Charles - Georgia on my Mind
Rodgers & Hammerstein - Shall We Dance (The King and I)
Rodgers & Hammerstein - Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific)
Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour
Classical
Arcadelt - Il Bianco e Dolce Cigno
Attwod - O God, who by the leading of a star
Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Bach - Lobet den Herrn
Bairstow - I Sat Down Under His Shadow
Beach - Peace I Leave With You
Beach - With Prayer and Supplication
Bracegirdle - This Is No Place of Honour
Bridge - Music, When Soft Voices Die
Bridge - The Bee
Bruckner - Locus Iste
Byrd - Ave Verum Corpus
Byrd - Look Down, O Lord
Brown - Cantate Domino
Brumel - Sicut lilium
Byrd - O Sacrum Convivium
Cesis - Stabat Mater
Chilcott - Irish Blessing
Chilcott - We Are
Clarke - Music, When Soft Voices Die
Clarke - When Cats Run Home and Light is Come
Coleridge-Taylor - By the Lone Seashore
Daley - O Ye Who Taste That Love is Sweet
Debussy - Quand J'ai Ouy le Tambourin
Duruflé - Ubi Caritas
Elgar - As Torrents in Summer
Elgar - Love
Elgar - Lux Aeterna (Nimrod)
Elgar - The Shower
Enya - May It Be (from the ‘Lord of the Ring’s OST)
Esmail - TaReKiTa
Fauré - Cantique de Jean Racine
Finzi - I Praise the Tender Flower
Finzi - I Have Loved Flowers that Fade
Finzi - My Spirit Sang All Day
Finzi - Clear and Gentle Stream
Finzi - Wherefore Tonight
Finzi - God Is Gone Up
Haydn - Die Beredsamkeit
Howells - My Eyes for Beauty Pine
Holst - Ye Little Birds
Imogen Holst - A Hymne to Christ
Janequin - Le Chant des Oyseaulx
Joao IV - Crux Fidelis
Kethe - All People That on Earth do Dwell
Lassus - Jubilate Deo
Leonarda - Alma Redemptoris
Liszt - O Salutaris Hostia
MacDonald - Crux Fidelis
MacMillan - O Radiant Dawn
McDowall - Now May We Singen
Mealor - The Lord Bless You and Keep You
Mendelssohn (Der erste Frühlingstag) - Frühlingsahnung Mendelssohn (Der erste Frühlingstag) - Die Primel
Mendelssohn (Der erste Frühlingstag) - Frühlingsfeier Mendelssohn (Der erste Frühlingstag) - Lerchengesang
Mendelssohn (Der erste Frühlingstag) - Morgengebet
Mendelssohn (Der erste Frühlingstag) - Herbstlied
Mendelssohn (Lieder ins Freien zu Singen) - Im Grünen
Mendelssohn (Lieder ins Freien zu Singen) - Frühzeitiger Frühling
Mendelssohn (Lieder ins Freien zu Singen) - Abschied vom Wald
Mendelssohn (Lieder ins Freien zu Singen) - Die Nachtigall
Mendelssohn (Lieder ins Freien zu Singen) - Ruhetal
Mendelssohn (Lieder ins Freien zu Singen) - Jagdlied
Fanny Mendelssohn - Gartenlieder: Seid gegrusst
Fanny Mendelssohn - Gartenlieder: Im Wald
Fanny Mendelssohn - Abendlich schon rauscht der Wald Messiaen - O Sacrum Convivium
Moeran (Songs of Springtime) - Under the Greenwood Tree Moeran (Songs of Springtime) - The River God’s Song
Moeran (Songs of Springtime) - Spring, the sweet spring
Moeran (Songs of Springtime) - Love is a Sickness
Moeran (Songs of Springtime) - Sigh no more ladies
Moeran (Songs of Springtime) - Good Wine
Moeran (Songs of Springtime) - To Daffodils
Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus
O'Gallchobhair - An Teitheadh go hEigipt
Pachelbel - Canon in D
Palestrina - Sicut Cervus
Parry - Jerusalem
Parry - My Delight and Thy Delight
Parry - My Soul, there is a Country
Parry - Since Thou, O Fondest
Part - Bogoroditse Dyevo
Peruchona - Cessate Tympana
Peterson-Berger - Vesleblomme
Peterson-Berger - Vårsång
Poulenc - O Sacrum Convivium
Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro
Puccini - The Humming Chorus
Quartel - I Will Be With You
Roberton - All in the April Evening
Rutter - God Be in my Head Rutter - A Gaelic Blessing
Rutter - Thy Perfect Love
Rutter - For the Beauty of the Earth
Rutter - Wedding Canticle
Saint-Saens - Calme des Nuits
Saint-Saens - Les Fleurs et Les Arbres
Scarlatti - Ad Dominum Dum Tribularer
Schubert - Ave Maria
Schubert - Chor Engel
Schubert - Salve Regina
Clara Schumann - Abendfeier in Venedig
Clara Schumann - Gondoliera
Clara Schumann - Vorwarts
Smith - Lover's Melancholy
Smith Moore - We Shall Walk Through the Valley
Smyth - Komm süsser Todd
Stainer - God So Loved the World
Stanford - Quick! We have but a second
Sterndale Bennett - Of all the Arts beneath the Heaven
Stirling - The Forester
Stravinsky - Ave Maria
Struther - Lord of All Hopefulness
Sullivan - Evening
Sullivan - The Long Day Closes
Sullivan - Evening
Sullivan - Fair Daffodils
Szymko - Wake, Love, Wake
Tallis - If Ye Love Me
Tallis - Sancte Deus, Sancte Fortis
Tavener - O Do Not Move
Tavener - The Lamb
Vaughan Williams - Linden Lea
Vaughan Williams - Sweet Day
Victoria - O Magnum Mysterium
Victoria - O Quam Gloriosam
Victoria - O Vos Omnes
Vivaldi - Gloria in excelsis Deo
Wagner - Wedding March (from ‘Lohengrin’)
Walford Davies - Blessed are the Pure in Heart
Weelkes - As Deadly Serpents
Weelkes - The Nightingale
Wesley - The Mermaid
Whitacre - This Marriage
Willan - I Beheld Her Beautiful as a Dove
Willan - Rise up my love
Williams - Cwm Rhondda (Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer)
Wolf - Einklang
Wood - How Sweet the Moonlight
Wood - Nights of Music

Sonare's Prices

Last updated: 2026

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

Standard Prices
DurationPrice
Up to 1 hour£1000
Up to 2 hours£1500
Up to 3 hours£2000
Packages
Funeral4 musicians2 hours
Music before, during and after the ceremony as appropriate, including supporting the congregational hymns if wanted.
£750
Wedding ceremony4 musicians2 hours
This includes music before the service begins, music during the signing of the register, and music as guests leave.
£1000
Drinks reception4 musicians2 hours
Two performances of up to 45 mins each during your drinks reception
£1250

Add-ons

Bespoke arrangement of any song
+£150
Customer questions

What do your clients love most about your performances?

Clients tell us how much joy and sparkle we add happy to occasions, and intimacy and gravitas to solemn events. They find us responsive, flexible and accommodating. The response from every single one of our clients has been positive - a 100% success rate is pretty good, we like to think!

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

St Giles House, Dorset Dukes Hotel Mayfair, London Christian Dior Mayfair, London The London Metal Exchange @ The Ned, London Alphabet Headquarters, London Coach House Chelsea showroom, London St Michael & All Angels, North Yorkshire Jacqueline du Pré Centre, Oxford Voces8 Centre, London St Bride's Fleet St, London St John's Waterloo, London

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

Given the variety of our repertoire, we take our influences from all over the map stylistically. We very much admire The Sixteen, Tenebrae and the BBC Singers when it comes to traditional choral music. As for our contemporary side, we love transforming pieces from people like The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Pharrell into close-harmony choral joys!

What is the most high profile gig you've performed?

It's a toss up between two great gigs. The first - our Christmas drinks reception at Christian Dior in Mayfair. What a magical night surrounded by glitz and glamour! The second - our recent concert for the London Chamber Music Society. A high profile concert in a beautiful church, very much enjoyed by a wonderful audience - an evening to remember.

Do you have different line-up options?

We primarily operate aș a quartet, but if there's a piece of music which requires a bigger number of singers, we are happy to orchestrate this. We can also work with an accompanist or small orchestra if that's preferred too.

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

We are happy to be flexible and will make any changes work that we can.

Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?

We can certainly provide an iPod service in between sets.

How much time do you need to set up?

We need very little time to set up, but usually arrive at least an hour before the start of our performance to ensure everything is set up as it should be.

Can you roam around while you perform?

Yes, we are happy to move about if necessary.

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

Yes, please feel free to leave a listen through and select your favourites. We're also happy to be guided by you if there are other pieces you already have in mind!

Is all of the equipment (e.g. PA & lighting) included in your quote?

We do not require any equipment or amplification.

Can you learn song requests before the event?

Yes, we are happy to take new song requests. We also offer a bespoke arrangement service for £75.
Musicianship
Genres:
Classical, Christmas, Traditional church music, Baroque, Classical crossover, Early music, Contemporary classical, Film / TV music, Medieval music, Renaissance
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Event types:
Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Corporate event, Private event, Hotel / Restaurant event, Concert, Recording session, Christmas party, New Year's Eve, Cruise, Birthday party
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