The Shaker Lakes Chamber Players is a professional ensemble, based in northeast Texas, providing tasteful, memorable music for wedding ceremonies, receptions, corporate events, and many other functions in Texas, and around the country. The members are comprised of graduates from top-rated music schools and conservatories around the nation, including the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Eastman School of Music, and Florida State University. The members of the Shaker Lakes Chamber Players have well over a decade's experience working with couples, event planners, and officiants to provide the desired atmosphere for your event, whether as a solo artist, duo, trio, quartet, or larger ensemble. Members of the Shaker Lakes Chamber Players have performed with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (Georgia), Sinfonia Gulf Coast, the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, the Opera Cleveland Orchestra, the Blue Water Chamber Orchestra, the Des Moines Metro Opera Orchestra, the Erie Philharmonic, the Akron Symphony Orchestra, the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra (Alabama), the Slee Sinfonietta (New York), the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus (Ohio), and the Lancaster Festival Orchestra, and have performed as guest artists at colleges such as Kansas State University and the University of Kansas.
The Shaker Lakes Chamber Players perform a wide variety of music of many different styles, including standard works of the classical repertoire and many pop/rock favorites, as well as traditional Jewish melodies. The pieces listed below are but a sampling of our extensive repertoire, and we encourage you to inquire about particular selections, as we always welcome special requests, and can arrange almost any song for your event.
Wedding/Classical Standards:
Allegro from Winter/Vivaldi, Alleluia from Exsultate, Jubilate/Mozart, Ave Maria/Bach, Ave Maria/Schubert, Bridal Chorus/Wagner, Canon/Pachelbel, Hornpipe from Water Music/Handel, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring/Bach, La Rejouissance from Royal Fireworks/Handel, Largo from Winter/Vivaldi, Meditation from Thais/Massenet, Minuet from Orpheus/Gluck,
O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi/Puccini, Panis Angelicus/Franck, Sheep May Safely Graze/Bach, Theme from 1st Symphony/Brahms, Trumpet Tune/Purcell, Trumpet Voluntary/Clarke, Wedding March/Mendelssohn, . . .
Pop/Rock Favorites:
Can You Feel the Love Tonight/Elton John, The Blower's Daughter/Damien Rice, The Prayer/Bayer Sager/Foster, These Arms of Mine/Redding, Time to Say Goodbye/Sartori, Wedding Song (There is Love)/Stookey, Wonderful Tonight/Clapton, . . .
Jewish Melodies:
Erev Shel Shoshanim/Hadar, Dodi Li/Chen, . . .
We pride ourselves on our personal approach, and will work closely with you to help you realize your special event! For more information, you can request a free quote or use your favorite search engine to find "Shaker Lakes Chamber Players" online. There you will find reviews and even more information about our group. Feel free to contact us at any time. We look forward to hearing from you!