- Location:
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Travel Radius:
- Will travel up to 3000 miles from New Orleans.
- Pay Range:
-
$200-$1800 per event
- Member Since:
- 2009
- Primary Category:
- String Quartet
- Additional Categories:
- Bluegrass Trio, Brass Ensemble, Chamber Music Duo, Chamber Music Quartet, Chamber Music String Quartet, Chamber Music Trio, Classical Duo, Classical Quartet, Classical String Quartet, Classical Trio, Dixieland Trio, Irish Trio, Jazz Duo, Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Quartet, Jazz String Quartet, Jazz Trio
- Influences:
- Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern instrumental and vocal music. Can also put together ensembles to perform showtunes, big band, swing, bluegrass, blues, motown/R&B, irish, jewish/klezmer, jazz, latin, and salsa. Group Members
Group Members
- Harry Hardin - violin, jazz & classical
- Natalia Cascante - violin
- Lauren Lemmler - viola
- Anne Chabreck - flute
- Helen Gillet - cello, jazz & classical
- Karen Ray - cello
- Barney Floyd - trumpet, jazz & classical
- Nick Volz - trumpet, jazz & classical
- Helen Maxwell - harp
- Eric McCrary - organ, piano, tenor
Description
We specialize in classical and jazz soloists and ensembles for your wedding ceremony, reception, brunch, and private party. ?Our classical musicians include: Violin, viola, cello, trumpet, organ, piano, harp, flute, vocalist; as well as other brass and woodwind ensembles.? We can provide a jazz trio or larger ensembles consisting of trumpet, saxophone, trombone, clarinet, piano, keyboards, guitar, banjo, upright bass, and a variety of percussion. We also provide sound systems of various sizes complete with wireless microphones (clip-on lapel mics are also available) and amplification for your musicians and officiant.
We provide a very personalized and individualized approach to the music for your wedding or event. Promptness, reliability, performance quality, interactions with the audience and overall impressions make our ensembles and soloists the most talented and most professional in the New Orleans area.
Choosing your musicians carefully is crucial to a successful event. You don't want your event to be memorable for the wrong reasons. Whether you need a bluegrass or klezmer band in Biloxi, a salsa, swing, or celtic band in Baton Rouge, a string orchestra in Mandeville, a brass quintet or jazz combo in Gretna, or a wedding ceremony ensemble or DJ in the French Quarter, we handle it all.
Birthday parties, bat or bar mitzvahs, weddings, corporate, whatever the event calls for, live bands are an exceptional choice. Set the tone and generate a unique atmosphere for your event by taking advantage of the fine musicians our area has to offer. Other genres of ensembles available include big band, swing, bluegrass, blues, motown/R&B, irish, jewish/klezmer, jazz, latin, salsa, and classical.
Song List
- Air on the G String - J.S. Bach
- Arioso - J.S. Bach
- Ave Maria - Schubert
- Ave Maria - J.S. Bach
- Bridal March (Here Comes the Bride) - Wagner
- String Quartets & Piano Trios - Mozart
- Four Seasons - Vivaldi
- Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart
- lnterrmezzo - Mascagni
- Blue Danube Waltz - Strauss
- Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring - J.S. Bach
- Brandenburg Concerti - J.S. Bach
- Kanon in D - Pachelbel
- Capriccio Espagnol - Rimsky-Korsakov
- La Rejoussance - Handel
- Christmas Concerto - Corelli
- Largo - Handel
- Clair de Lune - Debussy
- Ode to Joy (from Sym. #9) - Beethoven
- The Swan - Saint-Saens
- Panis Angelicus (0 Lord Most Holy) - Franck
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart
- Prince on Denmark’s March(Trumpet Voluntary) - Clarke
- Fantasy on Sleepers Wake - J.S. Bach
- Rondeau - Mouret
- Fledermaus Waltzes - Strauss
- Sheep May Safely Graze - J.S. Bach
- Taste and See - Moore
- Humoreske - Dvorak
- Trumpet Tune - Purcell
- Hungarian Dance No. 5 - Brahms
- Water Music Suite - Handel
- Italian Concerto - Bach
- Wedding March - Mendelssohn
- Liebeslied - Kreisler
- March of the Meistersinger - Wagner
- Meditation from "Thais" - Massenet
- O Mio Babbino Caro - Puccini
- Orpheus Suite - Offenbach
- Overture from Barber of Seville - Rossini
- Overture to “William Tell" - Rossini
- Overture to Nabucco - Verdi
- Pavane (Pour une lnfante Defunte) - Ravel
- Pezold Minuet - J.S. Bach
- Poco Allegretto from Sym. No. 3 - Brahms
- Polovetzian Dances - Borodin
- Reverie - Debussy
- Russian Easter Overture - Rimsky-Korsakov
- Russian Sailor's Dance - Gliere
- Scheherazade - Rimsky-Korsakov
- Chorus from "Judas Maccebeus" See the Conqueroring Hero - Handel
- Serenade - Haydn
- Serenade No. 9 “Posthorn” - Mozart
- Slavonic Dances - Dvorak
- String Quartets - Mozart Haydn Beethoven
- Surprise Symphony (Finale) - Haydn
- Symphony No. 9 (First Mov’t) - Dvorak
- Themes from the Moldau - Smetana
- Toreador Song from “Carmen” - Bizet
- Turkish March - Mozart
- Unfinished Symphony - Schubert
- Waltz from the Nutcracker Suite - Tchaikovsky
Available For:
Anniversaries, Bachelor Parties, Bachelorette Parties, Banquets, Birthday Parties, Children's Birthday Parties, Celebrations, Christenings, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Dinner Dances, Festivals, Fund Raisers, Funerals, Graduation Parties, Grand Openings, Picnic, Private Parties, Proms, Restaurants, Reunions, Sweet 16 Parties, Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Cocktail Hours, Wedding Receptions...and more.
Feedback
- I will hire them again. They were fantasic! -- Scot H, New Orleans, LA, 4/17/2010
- Harry Hardin and New Orleans Finest Musicians were an amazing addition to our event. They were professional, talented, and extremely accommodating to our unique needs. They arrived early, introduced themselves and set-up and preformed without any guidance or direction... it was one less thing for me to have to worry about - they gave me confidence that it was all under control and the music was perfect.
We will certainly be using this band for our next event! -- Laura K, New Orleans, LA, 5/18/2010
- They were fantastic! Very easy to communicate with and very helpful in song selection. Always answered emails and were great during the wedding...If I have anything in New Orleans again, I would definitely hire them for anything! -- Shelley S, New Orleans, LA, 6/26/2010
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