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About Violin By Abigail

Violinist for Weddings, Functions and Session Work. Programmes individually tailored to you. Music Makes Memories.

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Violinist

Canterbury

Public liability insurance of £10 million

Hello! I am Abigail Deeks, an accomplished violinist with a classical background, specialising in enchanting wedding performances. Allow me to bring the captivating melodies of the violin to your special day, setting the tone for your ceremony, reception, and wedding breakfast. With my acoustic violin accompanied by tasteful backing tracks, I offer a diverse repertoire spanning classical masterpieces, popular tunes, delightful folk melodies, and soothing jazz arrangements. My utmost goal is to infuse your wedding with profound meaning, crafting a personalized and emotionally resonant experience. I firmly believe that my musical contributions help shape cherished memories that will endure a lifetime. My unwavering passion lies in tailoring a musical programme that caters to your unique preferences and desires. Whether you envision an elegant accompaniment as you gracefully walk down the aisle or a contemporary twist on your favourite songs, I would be thrilled to assist. My commitment to excellence drives me to deliver unrivalled quality and originality at every event. Feel free to explore my repertoire list for inspiration or challenge me with new musical pieces that I can learn and explore specifically for your occasion. Collaborating with you, I aim to co-create an unforgettable and distinctive day, marked by the harmonious fusion of music and celebration. My Musical Styles: Classical, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Klezmer, Bollywood,Music from Musicals and Film. Notable performances: The Royal Albert Hall The Gulbenkian St Mary in the Castle, Hastings Southwark Cathedral Assembly Halls Theatre, Tunbridge Wells Canterbury Cathedral The Royal Festival Hall Recording experience: Bootleg Beatles Gripper Lee 3 Lloyd Darbon Elaine Sanders Services: Birthday and special event recordings Weddings Funerals Corporate events Session work Event performances I can provide my own equipment if required including PA and live recording equipment. I am a member of the Musician’s Union and have public liability insurance.

Violin By Abigail

5 out of 5

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Violin By Abigail's Reviews

5 out of 5

Abigail was an absolute delight to work with, she was communicative and went the extra mile to learn some new songs that we wanted for the ceremony. The music was fabulous and everyone commented on how beautifully Abigail played. I couldn’t fault it, my only upset was that I missed the songs for all the guests before my arrival to the church :)

5 out of 5

Simply beautiful, thank you for bringing Bridgerton to our wedding day. The icing on the cake and so beautifully played. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts xx

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3 months ago

My pleasure ☺️

5 out of 5

From the moment I booked Abigail, she was absolutely amazing. I had many questions and song choices/changes but Abigial was so attentive and replied to me so quickly! She was very helpful and I couldn't have asked for anything better- just amazing! She even sorted a playlist for my pre ceremony songs onto her own device so she could switch from songs to violin which worked wonders. I remember the moment I heard Abigail playing my walking down the aisle song and it was just so so beautiful, a memory i am sure not to forget! All guests were amazed with Abigail's talent and loved her playlist for the cocktail hour! If you thinking of hiring a violinist, I truly recommend Abigail!! If you haven't considered a violinist, this is your sign to have one (Abigail!) Thank you again, Abigail.❤️

Reply from Violin By Abigail

3 months ago

You are welcome, I had a lovely time with you all x x

5 out of 5

Abigail was absolutely amazing. We had nothing but lovely compliments about her. Our one wish from our wedding day was to be able to be there as a guest so we could enjoy listening to her, as our guests did. A few days after our wedding I actually passed on her details for our friends wedding, so we’re hoping we get to see her again! Abigail is such a lovely person and just amazing. Highly recommend her!

Reply from Violin By Abigail

3 months ago

Thanks Jodie, it was lots of fun x x

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5 out of 5

More than I could’ve hoped for Abigail was just amazing at our wedding. She played so beautifully and was so understanding when we were moving around due to the weather. The booking process was really straight forward and Abigail has an extensive list of songs amongst her repertoire, new and classic. I also requested a song which wasn’t on Abigail’s repertoire and she was more than happy to play this for us which made it extra special. I would highly recommend Abigail, my sister in law has already booked her up for next year and I know a couple of other friends enquired. All the guests commented on how amazing the music was and it really gave a classy and classic feel to the wedding day. One of the best things I did for our wedding was book Abigail.

5 out of 5

Book Abigail! I would 100% recommend Abigail to a friend, she was super lovely on the lead up to the wedding, she gave us really long list of songs and advised if there is anything she doesn't have on the list she would do her best to learn, however out of the 10 songs she wanted she already knew them all. When she began playing the song I walked down to I had goosebumps because she was so excellent and we had so many compliments about her. Thank you Abigail.

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Violin By Abigail's Song list

7 Rings by Ariana Grande

A Million Dreams by Pasek & Paul

A Sky Full of Stars by Coldplay

A Thousand Years by Christina Perri

A Whole New World by Alan Menken

Afterglow by Ed Sheeran

Ain’t No Mountain by Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terell

Air From The Water Music by Handel

Air on The G String by Bach

All Of Me by Ella Fitzgerald

All of Me by John Legend

Allegro from The Four Seasons by Vivaldi

Always by Bon Jovi

Amazing Grace/Traditional

America by Leonard Bernstein

Angels by Robbie Williams

Arioso by Bach

Autumn Leaves by Nat King Cole

Ave Maria by Bach/Gounud

Ave Maria By Schubert

Ave Verum Corpus by Mozart

Back to Black by Amy Winehouse

Beautiful by Cristina Aguilera

Beauty and The Beast

Because of You by Kelly Clarkson

Begin Again by Taylor Swift

Best Part by Daniel Caesar

Better by Khalid

Bloom by The Paper Kites

Bolero by Ravel

Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day

Braveheart Secret Ceremony by James Horner

Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin-Wagner

Brochan Lom/Traditional

Broken Vessels by Hillsong

Bye Bye Love by The Everly Brothers

Can You Feel The Love Tonight by Elton John

Can’t Help Falling in Love by Elvis

Canon in D by Pachelbel

Carolan’s Air/Traditional

Castle On The Hill by Ed Sheeran

Cello Suite No. 1 by Bach

Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol

Chasing Pavements by Adele

Clair de Lune by Debussy

Clocks by Coldplay

Come What May by Baerwald & Gilbert

Con te Partiro by Andrea Bocelli

Concerning Hobbits by Howard Shore

Concerto in A Minor by Vivaldi

Constant Billy/Traditional

Cornerstone by Hillsong

Country Gardens/Traditional

Czardas by Monti

Dance of The Flowers from The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky

Dance of the Grand Calumet of Peace by Rameau

Dance of the Little Swan from Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky

Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcraker by Tchaikovsky

Danny Boy/Traditional

Diamond Heart by Alan Walker ft. Sophia Samajo

Die Fledermaus by Strauss

Dolce Droga- Ludovico Einaudi

Don’t Cry For Me Argentina by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Dragonborn by Jeremy Soule

Dream A Little Dream by Mama Cass

Dreams by Fleetwood Mac

Drops of Jupiter by Train

Drowsy Maggie/Traditional

Dusk Till Dawn by Zayn & Sia

Early Grey/Traditional

Easy on Me by Adele

Edelweiss by Richard Rodgers

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart

Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles

Face My Fears from Kingdom Hearts III

Fallin' by Alicia Keys

Feel it Still by Portugal. The Man.

Fly Me To The Moon by Frank Sinatra

For The Lover I Lost by Sam Smith

Forever Reign by Hillsong

Friday I’m in Love by The Cure

Gabriel’s Oboe by Ennio Morricone

Game of Thrones by Ramin Djawadi

Girl From Ipanema by Astrud Gilberto

Give Me Love by Ed Sheeran

Give Me Your Hand/Traditional

Gnossienne No.1 by Satie

Gravity by Sara Bareilles

Gymnopedie No. 1 by Satie

Habanera from Carmen by Bizet

Happier by Marshmellow and Bastille

Happy Now by Zedd and Elley Duhe

Harvest Moon by Neil Young

Havana by Camila Cabello and Young Thug

Head Over Heels by Tears For Fears

Hedwig’s Theme by John Williams

Here with me by Dido

Hold My Girl by George Ezra

Hornpipe from Water Music by Handel

How Deep is Your Love by The Bee Gees

Hunting Hare/Traditional

I Giorni by Einaudi

I Love You Always Forever by Donna Lewis

I Say A Little Prayer by Aretha Franklin

I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston

I Will Be Here by Steven Curtis Chapman

If I Ain't Got You by Alicia Keys

If I Can't Have You by Shawn Mendes

In Dulce Dubilo/Traditional

In My Blood by Shawn Mendes

Indaco by Ludovico Einaudi

Intermezzo from Cavelleria Rusticana by Mascagni

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring by Bach

Just The Way You Are by Bruno Mars

Kind of the Fairies/Traditional

Kiss From A Rose by Seal

L’elsir d’amore by Donizetti

L’origine Nacosta by Ludovico Einaudi

La Rejouoissance by Handel

Landslide by Fleetwood Mac

Lara’s Theme by Maurice Jarre

Largo by Handel

Largo from The Four Seasons by Vivaldi

Largo from Xerxes by Handel

Last Of The Mohicans Theme by Randy Edelman and Trevor Jones

Lego House by Ed Sheeran

Leibesleid byKreisler

Let It Go by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

Linger by the Cranberies

Lord MacDonald’s Reel/Traditional

Lose You To Love Me by Selena Gomez

Love Me Do by The Beatles

Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding

Love Someone by Lukas Graham

Love Story by Taylor Swift

Lovely by Billie Eilish and Khalid

Lover by Taylor Swift

Mad World by Tears for Fears

Ma vlast – The Moldau (Vltava) by Smetna

Make You Feel My Love by Adele

Mamma Mia by Abba

Maria by Leonard Berstein

Mary, Young and Fair/Traditional

Meditation by Massenet

Memories by Maroon 5

Memory by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Mighty To Save by Hillsong

Miss Sally Hunter of Thurston/Traditional

Morning from Peer Gynt by Grieg

Morpeth Rant/Traditional

Mrs Jamieson’s Favourite/Traditional

My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion

Natural Woman by Aretha Franklin

Norma: Casta Diva by Bellini

Now We Are Free by Gerrard, Zimmer & Badelt

O Praise The Name by Hillsong

Ocean Eyes by Billie Eilish

Oceans by Hillsong

Ode To Joy by Beethoven

On The Nature of Daylight by Max Richter

Paradise by Coldplay

Patience by Guns ‘N’ Roses

Pavane by Faure

Perfect by Ed Sheeran

Phantom of The Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Photograph by Ed Sheeran

Pie Jesu by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Portsmouth/Traditional

Rainbow by Kacey Musgrave

Red-Haired Boy/Traditional

Rewrite The Stars by Pasek &Paul

River Flows in You by Yiruma

Rolling in the Deep by Adele

Romantic Piece No.1 by Dvorak

Romeo & Juliet Theme, Fantasy Overture by Tchaikovsky

Romeo and Juliet Theme by Rota & Mancini

Rondeau by Mozart

Runaway by The Corrs

Sailors Hornpipe/Traditional

Salut d’amour by Elgar

Sarabande by Ludovico Einaudi

Say you Won't Let Me Go by James Arthur

Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel

Schindler’s List by John Williams

Senorita by Shawn Mendes

Serenade by Schubert

Serenade from String Quartet in F major by Haydn

Shallow by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran

She by Elvis Costello

She Moves Through The Fair/Traditional

Sheep May Safely Graze by Bach

Sicilienne by Paradis

Some Enchanted Evening by Richard Rogers

Someone Like You by Adele

Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Yip Harburg

Star Wars Theme by John Williams

Stay With Me by Sam Smith

Story Of My Life by One Direction

Stuck With U by Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber

Summertime by Ella Fitzgerald

Take My Breath Away by Berlin

Te Deum Prelude by Charpentier

Teardrop by Massive Attack

Tender by Blur

Thank U Next by Ariana Grande

Thank You For The Music by ABBA

That’s Amore by Dean Martin

The A Team by Ed Sheeran

The Arrival of The Queen of Sheba by Handel

The Bonny Lass O’Fyvie/Traditional

The Bridal Jig/Traditional

The Crane Dance- Ludovico Einaudi

The Fairy Dance/Traditional

The Flower Duet by Delibes

The Flowers of Edinburgh/Traditional

The Fox Hunter’s Jig/Traditional

The Gay Gordons/Traditional

The Girl I left Behind Me/Traditional

The Keel Row/Traditional

The Mason’s Apron/Traditional

The Night We Met by Lord Huron

The Peeler’s Away with My Daughter/Traditional

The Prayer by Celine Dion & Andrea Bocelli

The Rains of Castamere by Ramin Djawadi

The Scientist by Coldplay

The Sleeping Beauty Waltz by Tchaikovsky

The Spey in Spate/Traditional

The Staffordshire Hornpipe/Traditional

The Swan by Saint Saens

The Way You Look Tonight by Frank Sinatra

The Wind That Shakes The Barley/Traditional

Theme from Braveheart by James Horner

Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran

This I Believe by Hillsong

This Year's Love by David Gray

True Colours by Cyndi Lauper

Trumpet Tune by Purcell

Trumpet Voluntary by Clarke

Tum Hi Ho by Arijit Singh

Turning Page by Sleeping at Last

Una Mattina by Ludovico Einaudi

Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers

Unforgetable by Nat King Cole

Viva La Vida by Coldplay

Walk Right Back by The Everly Brothers

Waltz of The Flowers by Tchaikovsky

Wedding March by Mendelssohn

What A Beautiful Name by Hillsong

What About Us by P!nk

What A Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong

When I Fall in Love by Nat King Cole

Where Is Love? by Lionel Bart

William Tell Overture by Rossini

Wonderwall by Oasis

Yellow by Coldplay

You Are The Reason by Callum Scott

You Are The Sunshine by Stevie Wonder

You Do Something To Me by Paul Weller

You Raise Me Up by Josh Groban

You Say by Lauren Daigle

You’re Still The One by Shania Twain

Your Song by Elton John

Violin By Abigail's Prices

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Performance duration	Price
Short performance (up to 15 min)	£75
Up to 1 hour	£300
Up to 2 hours	£450
Up to 3 hours	£600

Wedding ceremony

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

£300

Drinks reception

Two performances of up to 45 mins each during your drinks reception

£375

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.

£600

Customer questions

What do your clients love most about your performances?

Clients love my warm and engaging performances. Played with technical expertise and feeling. The love that I have for what I do is obvious and this captures the audience. Clients appreciate my professionalism and my reliability. My flexible approach to planning and availability for learning new pieces. Couples have the opportunity to make their day unique.

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

The Royal Albert Hall The Gulbenkian St Mary in the Castle, Hastings Southwark Cathedral Assembly Halls Theatre, Tunbridge Wells Canterbury Cathedral The Royal Festival Hall

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

Yehudi Menuhin and Itzhak Perlman were my influences as a child and were the first recordings of the violin that I heard. As a teenager I loved the varying styles of Nigel Kennedy and his quirkiness. Folk violinists it has to be Eliza Carthy and Seth Lakeman. For the band element Jon Sevink and Erica Nockalls.

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

Bootleg Beatles for their Sgt. Pepper Tour.

Do you have different line-up options?

I offer solo violin, with or without a backing track.

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

I am flexible with time changes but would ask that you let me know as soon as you do.

How much time do you need to set up?

It takes me 30 minutes to set up but I will always arrive an hour before I play.

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

I have an extensive repertoire list that you can choose from. I am happiest when we work together to create a programme which suits you best.

Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?

Yes, instrument and amp or full PA system will be provided by me.

Can you learn specific pieces before the event?

I am happy to learn 3 new pieces for your event. After that I charge £20 each piece to take into account extra rehearsal time.

Musicianship

Genres:

Classical, Traditional church music, Baroque, Classical crossover, Contemporary classical, Early music, Fanfare, Film / TV music, Medieval music, Musical theatre, Opera, Christmas, 1950s era music, 1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Folk, Bluegrass, Ceilidh, Folk rock, Traditional English folk, Traditional Irish folk, Traditional Scottish folk, Welsh folk, Jazz, Blues, Gypsy jazz, Latin jazz, Modern jazz, Easy listening, Light music, Pop, Acoustic, Americana, Covers, Ambient pop, Rock, Alternative rock, Britpop, Classic rock, Pop rock, Indie, Klezmer, Scottish music, Spanish music, Tango, Latin, French music, Jewish music, Salsa

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Instruments:

Violin, Fiddle

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Event types:

Wedding, Virtual event, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Recording session, Concert, Birthday party, Burns night

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Other skills:

Instrumental teaching, Theory teaching, Community music worker

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