Status Cymbal String Quartet

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Highlights

All styles of music from Monteverdi to Madonna
Fully professional conservatoire trained musicians
Will travel anywhere

Act profile

STATUS CYMBAL is the String Quartet with a difference. Formed in 1988 from string principals of the Scarborough Spa Orchestra, it plays, as well the works of the great composers for the medium, its own unique library of sparkling and witty arrangements of all kinds of popular music, from Opera through Swing and Jazz to the great Musicals, Pop hits and Rock classics. The idea of this most traditional classical line-up playing familiar modern tunes intrigues and delights audiences of all ages and walks of life. As a result, the schedule now embraces concerts, all kinds of function both corporate and private, together with entertaining in hotels and restaurants and on board cruise liners. TV and radio credits include the BBC Radio 2 Arts Programme and Central Television’s Pot of Gold, the peak time network ITV show hosted by Des O’Connor.
The number of weddings at which we have performed has now reached the 1.350 mark and this year included ceremonies for a member of the England football team and a post-wedding reception for a descendant of the last Tsar of Russia.

Our appearances at prestigious sporting venues continued, with a function for the Welsh Rugby Union team at Twickenham, performances at several prominent racecourses including the July meeting at Newmarket; where we were filmed by the Channel 4 live racing team.

Line-up

Gill - Violin I
Dave - Violin II
Paul - Viola
Una - Cello
Traditional string quartet, but not traditional in outlook!

String duo
String trio
Quintet (with banjo)

Also included

Location

South East based and will travel to these areas: South East, South West, Midlands, North East, North West, Scotland, Wales, Ireland.

Testimonials

Banish all previous conceptions of a string quartet from your mind - Status Cymbal are definitely different. They gave us a brilliant classical first half programme then a fun packed romp through the 20th Century in the second half. It was a pleasure having them with us and their performance was thoroughly enjoyed by our audience of over 800 members.

Clacton & North East Essex Arts & Literary Society.

Thanks so much for Status Cymbal. They were more than fantastic and I know they enjoyed the weekend so everything was fab.

Get Married in France

Previous clients

P & O Cruises
Princess Cruises
Numerous agency and private clients
Institute of Directors
Tiverton Spring Festival
Music Clubs & Societies

£500 to £795

Music Samples

Repertoire

Classical selection Includes…
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Canon for 3 Violins & Ground Bass
Flower Duet (from Lakmé)
Pavane
Salut d’Amour
Sheep May Safely Graze
Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Wedding March (from A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Wedding March (from Lohengrin)
Penny Whistle
Plink Plank Plunk
Trumpeter's Lullaby
The Typewriter
Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky
Air (from Suite No 3 in D)
Brandenburg Concerto No 3
Chaconne (orig for Solo Violin)
"Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring"
Sheep May Safely Graze
Toccata & Fugue in d minor
Adagio Cantabile (from the Pathétique Sonata)
Carmen Prelude
Nocturne
An Irish Melody (Londonderry Air)
Minute Waltz
Waltz Op 70 No 3
Dambusters March
Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Flower Duet
Humoreske
Serenade
Slavonic Dance No 8
Chanson de Matin
Chanson de Nuit
Nimrod
Salut d'Amour
Coronation Scott
Le Jardin de Dolly
Mi-a-ou
Pavane
Allegro
March: Entry of the Gladiators
Three Preludes
Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)
Country Gardens
Molly on the Shore
Shepherds' Hey
Norwegian Dances 1-4
Waltz (from Op 12)
Waltz (from Faust)
Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair
Old Black Joe
Largo
Canzona
Serenade
Waltz (from Masquerade)
Gypsy Carnival
Caprice Viennois
Liebesleid
Hungarian Rhapsody No 2
Hungarian Rhapsody No 14
To a Wild Rose
Tango: Noche de Estrellas
Tango: Olé Guapa!
Meditation (from Thaïs)
Canzonetta (String Quartet Op 12)
Czardas
Adagio and Fugue in c minor
Adagio in C K356
Divertimenti (3) for Strings K136-8
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Barcarolle (from The Tales of Hoffmann)
Can-Can (from Orpheus in the Underworld)
Waltz (from The Tales of Hoffmann)
Ave Maria
Moment Musicale
Scenes from Childhood
Träumerei
Romance (from The Gadfly)
El Capitan
High School Cadets
Semper Fidelis
Stars & Stripes Forever
Radetzky March
Blue Danube Waltz
Roses from the South Waltz
Seid Umschlungen Millionen Waltz
Thunder & Lightning Polka
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Voices of Spring Waltz
Wiener Blut
Pizzicato Polka
Serenade
Iolanthe (Medley)
Andante Cantabile
Danse des Mirlitons
Sleeping Beauty Waltz
Arkansas Traveller
Greensleeves
Londonderry Air
Negro Spirituals (Various)
Reel Fiddlin' (Medley of Scottish Reels)
Skip To My Lou
Song of the Volga Boatmen
Brindisi (from La Traviata) etc
Concerto Grosso in d minor
The Four Seasons
Runaway Rocking

Extra Costs

The price brackets above should be used as a guide only as all quotes are bespoke.

Performance times for most acts except Tributes and some other Unique performers are usually 2 x 60 minute sets or 3 x 40 min sets.

(If you require the act to perform longer than these times you may incur extra costs.)

Travel costs vary depending on the act and will be included to the quote given to you by our agents.

Our acts would usually expect to arrive around 5.30pm and to be finished around midnight.

(If you need the act to arrive earlier or finish later there may be extra costs but these can be negotiated.)