String Quartet and Trio based in the Midlands covering Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Stafford, Warwick, Birmingham and parts of South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

The Highly Strung String Quartet is one of the most renowned quartets in the Midlands. This all female string ensemble have over 20 years experience of playing at weddings and corporate functions. Highly Strung is a professional, vibrant string quartet with an eclectic playlist mixing classical music with lighter numbers, jazz and popular repertoire. The quartet’s versatile and entertaining repertoire includes music to suit any occasion – from Bach, Beethoven and Bacharach to Adele, the Killers adn Billie Eilish. The string quartet is extremely popular at wedding ceremonies and receptions, civil partnership ceremonies, society dinners, parties, balls, art exhibitions, product launches and corporate events.

The ‘Highly Strung String Quartet’ was formed in the Midlands and each member studied at the top music conservatoires in England; the Royal Northern College of Music, the Royal College of Music and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. The string quartet has a huge profile in Nottinghamshire and the Midlands. The string quartet has played at weddings and corporate functions in some of the country’s finest venues including Belvoir Castle, Chatsworth House, Burghley House and Wroxhall Abbey. They have played for weddings on Guernsey and in France, for a corporate event in Brussels and performed concerts in the Caribbean including one on the exclusive island of Mustique.

Highly Strung’s clients include John Lewis, the Ministry of Defence, Mercedes-Benz, Boots, the RAF, Capital One, HSBC, Proctor and Gamble, English Heritage and the BBC.

Individual members of the string quartet have played with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Halle, BBC Philharmonic, the Northern Sinfonia, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (USA), the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the London Concert Orchestra and the Johann Strauss Orchestra, the Orchestra of St Johns and the Orchestra of the Swan. They have also performed in concert, on tour and on television alongside Will Young, Shakira, Rod Stewart and Il Divo,

Highly Strung Quartet is a reliable, sophisticated choice for your event. Some of their more modern repertoire has been specially arranged for the quartet and is unique to Highly Strung.

The Highly Strung String Quartet and Trio predominantly takes bookings for weddings in the East Midlands and West Midlands. Areas include; Nottinghamshire, The Vale of Belvoir, Rutland, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire (South and West), Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, South Yorkshire, Birmingham and Warwickshire.

For all enquiries contact Sarah Huson by email at sarah@highlystrungquartet.com or phone 07967 361717. (You can download the demo tracks from this site by clicking on ‘Demo CD‘).