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Otherwise Strings String Quartet from Redlands, CA

Will travel up to 500 miles

  • Avg 5.0 | 46 Reviews
  • 85 Verified Bookings
  • Member Since 2006
  • 3 Awards & Badges
  • Virtual Services Offered
  • Accepts Online Payment
  • Starting at $500 per event

About Vendor 

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Otherwise Strings, founded in 1999 by Mark and Mari McConnell, started as a guitar and violin duo. We are now a network of professional musicians that perform regularly. We have performed with musicians such as Smokey Robinson, Peter Cetera, Josh Groban, Micheal Buble, Barry Manilow, and many, many others! We cater the ensemble to fit your needs, from string duos, trios, and quartets to several combinations that make your event memorable. Our repertoire includes Classical standards, Jazz, Broadway showtunes, arrangements of popular tunes and much, much, more. Ask us about arrangements of 80's love songs for string ensemble! To round out your music needs for your event, contact Mark McConnell to book the highly acclaimed Otherwise Jazz. This is your one-stop-shop for music! For a life-long memory, special music can be composed for your event, with advance notice.

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Review by Linda R.

Wedding CeremonyReviewed on July 18, 2010From Lake Arrowhead, CA

"Otherwise Strings" are a joy to work with. Their performance at my son's wedding exceeded my expectations; they were well-prepared, highly talented, professional in dress and attitude, but also very warm, friendly, and easy to be with. They also helped us, very last minute, when the DJ for the reception was delayed. When asked, they readily agreed to play longer than the original planned cocktail hour, and "stepped into the gap" beautifully. None of the guests even knew there was a problem. I highly recommend them to anyone wanting lovely music, performed with class, for a special event.

Review by Jenny W.

WeddingReviewed on June 27, 2010From El Monte, CA

We hired Mari for a violin and cello duo during our wedding ceremony, they were excellent. We had a few uncommon pieces we asked Mari to play, she was very accommodating and played the pieces very beautifully. I'm so happy we went with otherwise strings, they made the ceremony very special.

Review by Melissa J.

WeddingReviewed on March 22, 2010From Redlands, CA

Otherwise Strings was great! We requested special specific music for our wedding (pieces not normally requested) and they played each piece with a high caliber of musicianship. We had several guests comment on how wonderful the strings were as an addition to our wedding ceremony.The group was dressed professionally, arrived on time, played exactly what we asked for, and choose appropriate music to fill the time prior to the ceremony. My husband and I are so glad we choose Mari and Otherwise Strings to be part of our special day!

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Song List 

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  • Adagio from "Xerxes" | Handel
  • A Foggy Day | Gershwin G. & Ira
  • Air | Dowland John
  • Air from Suite No.5 | Handel George Friedrich
  • Air 'on G string' | Bach J.S.
  • Allegretto from Divertimenti Notturni Op.86 No.4 | Guliani Mauro
  • Allegro from Partita No.2 | Teleman G. Ph.
  • Allegro in D | Mozart W.A
  • Allergretto | Haydn Franz Joseph
  • Alman | Johnson Robert
  • All Of Me | Simons & Marks
  • All The Things You Are | Kern Jerome
  • All The Way | Van Heusen J
  • Amazing Grace | Traditional
  • And the Glory of the Lord | Religious
  • Andante | Diabell Antonio
  • Andante from Sonata No. 16 | K.V. 545
  • Andante from Sonatina | Op 36
  • As Time Goes By | Hupfeld Herman
  • Autumn in New York Duke | Vernon
  • Autumn Leaves | Mercer Johnny
  • Arrival Of the Queen Of Sheba | Handel George Friedrich
  • Ave Maria | Bach – Gounod
  • Ave Maria | Schubert Franz
  • Ave Verum Corpus | Mozart W.A
  • Aylesford' Gavotte | Handel George Friedrich
  • Bagatelle | Beethoven L. van
  • Be Thou With Me | Bach J.S.
  • Berceuse | Faure G.
  • Black Orpheus | Bonfa Louis
  • Bouree | Bach J.S.
  • Bouree | Praetorius Michael
  • Brandenburg Concertos | Bach
  • Canon in D | Pachelbel Johann
  • Contradanzas Habaneras | Samuell/Bareiro
  • Czardas | Monty Vittorio
  • Desde El Alma | Melo Rosita
  • Dodi Li | Jewish Traditional
  • Don't Get Around Much Anymore | Ellington Duke
  • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik | Mozart W.A
  • El Hurican | Samuell/Bareiro
  • El Majo Discreto | Granados E.
  • Entr'acte | Bizet George
  • Evening Prayer | Humperdinck Engelbert
  • Gavotte | Gossec F.
  • Greensleeves | Traditional
  • Gymnopedie I | Satie Erik
  • Hard Days Night | Lennon/McCartney
  • Here Comes the Bride (Bridal Chorus from 'Loengrin') | Wagner Richard
  • Hey Jude | Lennon/McCartney
  • Hornpipe and Air | Purcell Henry
  • Hornpipe from Water Music | Handel George Friedrich
  • Invention No.10 | Bach J.S.
  • Italian Air from Suite in a minor | Telemann G. Ph.
  • Jesu | Joy of Man’s Desiring
  • La Caridad | Samuell/Bareiro
  • La Dengosa | Samuell/Bareiro
  • La Quejosita | Samuell/Bareiro
  • La Rejouissance | Handel George Friedrich
  • La Virtuosa | Samuell/Bareiro
  • Larghetto from Divertimenti Notturni Op.86 No.4 | Guliani Mauro
  • Largo from “Xerxes” | Handel George Friedrich
  • Le Marc-Antoine | Blavet Michel
  • Le Tambourin | Leclair Jean Marie
  • Le Tambourin | Rameau Jean Philippe
  • Lento | Telemann G. Ph.
  • Let the Bright Seraphim | Handel George Friedrich
  • Libertango | Piazzolla Astor
  • Little Italian Song from 'Album for the Young' | Tchaikovsky P.I.
  • Little Song | Kabalevsky Dmitri
  • Love Story | Lai F.
  • March | Bach J.S.
  • March from “The Marriage of Figaro” | Mozart W.A
  • March from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach | Bach J.S.
  • Mazurka Op.67 .No.3 | Chopin Frederick
  • Meditation from Thais | Massenet Jules
  • Memory | Weber Andrew Lloyd
  • Menuet | Rameau Jean Philippe
  • Minuet | Schubert Franz
  • Minuet from Don Giovanni | Mozart W.A
  • Minuet from Eight Minuets & Trios for Pianoforte K315a | Mozart W.A
  • Minuet from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik | Mozart W.A
  • Minuet From Orpheus | Gluck C. W. von
  • Minuet from Symphony No.36 | Mozart W.A
  • Minuet from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach | Bach J.S.
  • Minuet I & II | Purcell Henry
  • Minuet in G minor | Bach J.S.
  • Minuetto | Paganini Nicolo
  • Minuetto and Trios | Beethoven L. van
  • Minuetto and Trios from Flute Serende Op.25 | Beethoven L. van
  • Moment Musical | Schubert Franz
  • Musette | Bach J.S.
  • Musette from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach | Bach J.S.
  • O' Sole Mio | Di Capua
  • O Mio Bambino Caro | Puccini
  • Ode to Joy | Beethoven L. van
  • Organ Grinder | Schubert
  • Pastorale | Vivaldi Antonio
  • Pavane | Faure G.
  • Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte | Ravel Maurice
  • Piacer d'Amor | Martini
  • Playera | Granados E.
  • Polonaise | Mozart W.A
  • Prelude in E minor | Chopin Frederick
  • Preludio | Corelli Archangelo
  • Promenade from 'Chidlren's Suite' Op.65 No.2 | Prokofiev Sergei
  • Rage Over A Lost Penny | Beethoven L. van
  • Recuerdos la Alhambra | Tarrega Francisco
  • Rejoyce from Water Music | Handel George Friedrich
  • Reverie | Debussy Claude
  • Romance from 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' | Mozart W.A
  • Romance from Sonata Op.49 | No.1
  • Rondeau | Mouret Jean Joseph
  • Rondo | Bach C.P.E.
  • Rondo | Diabelli Antonio
  • Rondo a Capriccio Op.129 | Beethoven L. van
  • Rondo from Sonata Op.49 No.1 | Beethoven
  • Rondo from Sonatina Op.20 No.1 | Kuhlau Friedrick
  • Rondo Theme from Concerto in D Major Op.27 | Boccherini Luigi
  • Scarborough Fair | Traditional
  • Serenade | Haydn Franz Joseph
  • Serenade | Schubert Franz
  • Serenade from String Quartet op. 3 No.5 | Haydn Franz Joseph
  • Sheep May Safely Graze from Cantata 208 | Bach J.S.
  • Siciliano from II Sonata | Bach J.S.
  • Sicilienne | Faure G.
  • Sicilienne | M.T. von Paradies
  • Six Duets for Violin and Guitar | Paganini Nicolo
  • Sleepers Awake | Bach J.S.
  • Sonata in A | Scarlatti Domenico
  • Sonata Op.3 No.6 | Paganini Nicolo
  • Sonatine in d minor | Beethoven L. van
  • Spring Song | K596
  • Swan | Dowland John
  • Swan the | Saent Saens Camille
  • Tambourine | Mouret Jean Joseph
  • Tango | Albeniz Isaac
  • The Harmoniuos Blacksmith | Handel George Friedrich
  • The Mechanical Doll | Schostakovich Dmitri
  • Theme and Variation on a Rossini Theme | Chopin Frederick
  • The Swan | Saint-Saens
  • Torna A Suriento | De Courtis
  • Traumerei | Schumann Robert
  • Tre Giorni | Pergolesi G.
  • Trumpet Tune | Purcell Henry
  • Trumpet Voluntary | Purcell Clarke
  • Two German Dances | No.1 & No.2
  • Two Landler No.1 & No.2 | Op.33
  • Valse | Tchaikovsky P.I.
  • Valse Sentimentale | Schubert Franz
  • Waltz | Brahms Johannes
  • Waltz | Grieg Edward
  • Waltz in A minor | Chopin Frederick
  • Wedding March from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Mendelssohn F.
  • Wedding March from “The Marriage Of Figaro” | Mozart W.A
  • What a Wonderful World | Weiss/Thiele
  • What If I Never Spoke | Dowland John
  • When I'm 64 | Lennon/McCartney
  • Winter "Largo' from the 'Four Seasons' | Vivaldi Antonio
  • Yesterday | Lennon/McCartney

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Past Events

December 28, 2019 • Birthday Party (Adult)
Sat3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Rancho Mirage, CA
September 12, 2019 • Private Party
Thu5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Rancho Cucamonga, CA
December 23, 2018 • Church Service
Sun8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Indian Wells, CA
December 7, 2018 • Wedding Ceremony
Fri3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Corona del Mar, CA
November 20, 2018 • Wedding
Tue4:30 PM - 8:30 PM Palm Desert, CA
October 16, 2018 • Corporate Function
Tue6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Palm Springs, CA
October 6, 2018 • Wedding Cocktail Hour
Sat5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Dana Point, CA
September 2, 2018 • Wedding Ceremony
Sun4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Santa Barbara, CA
February 24, 2018 • Wedding Ceremony
Sat4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Palm Springs, CA
February 5, 2018 • Corporate Function
Mon4:30 PM - 6:30 PM San Diego, CA
November 18, 2017 • Wedding
Sat4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Palm Springs, CA
December 17, 2016 • Christmas Party
Sat6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Riverside, CA

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