Choosing A Wedding Venue

*The Deering Estate in Cutler Bay, Florida*

There are many things to decide when planning your wedding. While many countless hours can go into planning the minute details of making your special day perfect, it is often the surprises that make the day the most memorable. We would like to share one with you that happened at the venue pictured above.

Recently, the Innocenti Strings recently performed at the Deering Estate in Cutler Bay, Florida. It was a beautiful day and perfect for an outdoor wedding - sunny, with a cool breeze coming off of the ocean. The musicians arrived ahead of the guests and were treated to this spectacular view. It was too much for us to resist taking a picture of the setting.

The bride and groom could hardly wait to walk down the aisle and could not stop staring at one another when they finally were able to meet in front of their guests. During the vows, there was a sudden noise in the water and we all turned to see from where the sound originated. A pair of manatees had surfaced right by the ceremony and were quietly floating in the water watching the proceeding! Everyone laughed and snapped a few pictures. It was an unplanned moment that made the day most memorable.

Whatever venue you choose for your wedding, there will always be the little things that are unexpected that will give you some of the best memories of your wedding day.

We wish you the best in the upcoming year at your wedding.

Sincerely,

The Innocenti Strings

Innocenti Strings New York

The Innocenti Strings New York

performing at Sandy and Michael wedding ceremony

at Cop Cot, Central Park, New York

July 28, 2011

Complimentary pictures provided by

Kenny Pang

Here are some selections the duet performed that day

Air on the G String

Canon in D

If you are looking for New York wedding musicians as well as New York string quartet and New York ceremony musicians, please visit our website for more details :www.InnocentiQuartet.com

Innocenti Strings Chicago

The Innocenti Strings Chigaco

performing at Sarah and Dedi wedding ceremony

at Hinsdale, IL

July 9, 2011

Complimentary pictures provided by

Anna Guziak

Here are some selections the duet performed that day
Up

Moon River

Somewhere over the Rainbow

It's a Hard Day's Night

All I want is You

Under the Sea

It's a Small World

If you are looking for chicago wedding musicians as well as chicago string quartet and chicago ceremony musicians, please visit our website for more details : www.InnocentiQuartet.com

Happy New Years from Innocenti Strings!

Greetings and Happy New Years!

All of the musicians and performers at Innocenti Strings would like to wish you happy holidays and wish you a great new year.

As we look forward to 2012, there are many things to think about when planning your wedding. Music plays a very important role whether it is the song you have always wanted to hear as you walk down the aisle, or background cocktail music. We have over ten years of experience and can help you plan every musical detail at your wedding.

Looking forward to your wedding this year, as part of the wedding planning process, we would like to offer you a few points of advice for planning the music at your upcoming wedding.

1) Think of a song that has meant a lot to your or your family over the years. Pick whatever comes to mind first; from Beethoven to Disney. As performers we are happy to offer you whatever you would like. Please see our listing at www.innocentiquartet.com/audio.html. We are also happy to arrange a special song to you. Setting the mood with the first song or arrangement that comes to mind will give you an unforgettable walk down the aisle.

2) Think of the mood that you would like to set for your wedding. Caterers, florists, or bridal dress consultants will all ask you for the theme or color scheme for your wedding and music should be no different. While it may seem intimidating to pick a "musical theme" for your wedding we are happy to assist you. It can be as simple as wanting the music at your wedding to be "romantic" or "modern" and we are able to take it from there for you. We have several hundred musical selections to choose from and are always just a phone call or e-mail away for any question you may have.

3) Talk to your family to see if there are songs that are important to them you would like included in the wedding. Every season we perform selections that mean a lot to a relative or friend of the family. Having a specific song requested by someone close to you in the wedding party or in the audience will help everyone feel included and will add a special, personal, element to the ceremony that will mean a great deal to you.

Again, we wish you the best with your wedding plans in the New Year and please let us know how we can help you make the music at your wedding meaningful and memorable.

Thank you,

The Innocenti Strings

RadioHead - No Surprises (String Versions)

The Simpsons

New Recording "The Prayer"

Video Featuring Innocenti Strings performing at a Garden Party

Innocenti Strings performing for May Day at the Marston House is San Diego's Garden Party

Innocenti Strings Quartet Washington DC Pictures

The Innocenti Strings LLC performing at Amy & Erik wedding ceremony

Rockville, Md. May 29, 2010

expressive family photos

www.bonbonPhoto.co
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New pictures from Innocenti Strings String Duo

Innocenti Strings performing at

Polly & Vic Wedding Ceremony

At the Galleria Marchetti

August 1, 2011

Complimentary picture

Edward Fox Studios

WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011

WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Innocenti Strings LLC has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Ceremony-Cocktail Musicians! Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation. Innocenti Strings LLC stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year. “WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud Innocenti String Quartet for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.” We are happy to announce that Innocenti Strings LLC is among the very best Entertainement within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011.

New pictures from Pittsburgh String Trio

Innocenti Strings Perform at

Kristy & Aab wedding ceremony

September 5, 2010

Edgewood Country Club

Officiant: Pastor Brian Mallow

Complimentary pictures from:

Dino Bovo Photography

New pictures from Chicago String Trio

Innocenti String Trio Performing at

Karenbeth & John Wedding Ceremony

August 14th, 2010

St. Stephen, Deacon and Martyr. Tinley Park, IL 60487

Officiant: Father Jay Finno

Complimentary pictures from:

George Parking

Artlynn Photography

Innocenti Strings Chicago

Innocenti Strings Performing at

Julie & Sean Madden wedding day

Chicago Firehouse Restaurant July 10, 2010

Complimentary picture from

Gina deConti at

ImaginativeStudios.com/

2010 Bride’s Choice Award Winner

2009 Bride’s Choice Award Winner

2008 Best of Weddings Competition Winner

2008 PDN Top Knots Winner

2007 WPPI Accolade of Excellence Winner

2007 WPD Summer Creative Photography Winner

2007 The Knot Best of Weddings Pick

Innocenti Strings Minneapolis

Greg Nelson, Principal Cellist

Innocenti Quartet Minneapolis

performing as a soloist at

Christina Pelto & Thomas Madison Wedding Ceremony

Apostolic Lutheran Church Plymouth, MN

July 16, 2010

Complimentary pictures from:

Lyndsey Johnson

Photographer & Designer

www.on3design.org

Innocenti Strings Indianapolis

Innocenti String Duet violin/Cello

Performing at Barbara & Andrew Kieszkowski Wedding Ceremony

Avon Gardens. Avon, IN

June 18, 2010

Photography:Chicago Phos Photography

New Musicians Bio

New Innocenti Strings Musicians

Kansas City:

Kelly Bohling: Kelly Bohling holds a Bachelor of Music in violin performance from KU. Her performance highlights include the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, Helianthus Contemporary Ensemble, and KU’s Collegium Musicum. She has also appeared as soloist with the Hot Springs Festival Orchestra. When Kelly is not performing, she is busy teaching, with a full violin studio in Lawrence and Kansas City.

Ellen O'Hayer: -Cellist Ellen O'Hayer received her Bachelor's Degree in Cello Performance from the DePaul University School of Music in Chicago. She is a member of the Topeka Symphony Orchestra, and has held section positions with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and the Quad City Symphony, as well as a principal position with the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra. Ellen is an active performer and teacher in the Kansas City/Lawrence area.

San Diego:

Violinist FangFang Li has an active career as a performer and educator. Ms. Li began violin studies at the age of 4. At age 14, she was accepted to Idyllwild Arts Academy in California to study with Todor Pelev. She attended the Aspen Music Festival with a fellowship in

2001. The same year, Ms. Li entered the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) as a full scholarship recipient to study with Kurt Sassmannshaus. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in violin performance in 2006 and 2008. As an accomplished violin teacher, Ms. Li has taught young and adult musicians for many years. She was a graduate teaching assistant at CCM, she was also on the violin faculty of the Starling Preparatory String Project and the Sassmannshaus Tradition program. With the Baur Quartet, Ms. Li has also served as faculty member at the Great Wall International Music Academy in Beijing and the Wyoming Center for the Arts in Ohio. Ms. Li recently moved to San Diego and looks forward to all the new adventures here!

Ms. Li frequently performs as a recitalist and chamber musician. As a member of the Baur Quartet, Li has taught and performed internationally. The Baur Quartet was named the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s first Fellowship String Quartet in Residence. They have played numerous concerts and held master classes at local schools throu

ghout the states.

Nashville:

Esther McMahon: Violinist Esther McMahon is an extremely seasoned and accomplished musician, at home in a wide variety of genres including classical, fiddle, pop, and rock. Esther has studied with Susanna Klein, Matt Combs, and most recently graduated from Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music under Professor Christian Teal. In 2008, she was invited with her string quartet to attend the Aix-en-Provence festival in France to perform and work with members of the Berlin Philharmonic. The following spring, Esther spent five months in Vienna, Austria studying with renowned soloist, Barbra Gorzynska. In addition to pursuing a career in classical music, Esther is quite adept in the recording studio. She has had the opportunity to work with many Nashville based artists including Jessica Campbell, Josiah Hawley, Molly Jewell, and Caitlin Nethery. Esther has also worked with several talented producers, including Ben Shive, Scott Hundley, and Nick Spezia

Emily Nelson: Cellist Emily Nelson's passion for the string quartet was cultivated at a young age, and has attended chamber music festivals every summer since the age of twelve. Taught by Felix Wang at Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music, Nelson has soloed with Idaho Falls

Symphony and the Oregon East Symphony, and has played with several other music groups across the Northwest. Her intensive training including a masterclass under famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma, developed her ability to play a number of eclectic musical styles and has made Nelson an in-demand studio musician, leading to her recording with Nashville-based artists Young Republic, Elenowen, and Tom Schreck. An award-winning musician, Nelson was a finalist in the Tennessee Cello Workshop Concerto Competition and the recipient of the prestigious Jean Keller Heard Strings Prize while at Vanderbilt. Recently, Nelson traveled to Europe where she performed several concerts with the Ars Nova String Quartet and participated in the 2010 Vanderbilt Music Academie in France.

Innocenti Strings San Francisco

The Innocenti strings San Francisco

Performing on June 20, 2010

Misha Patel & Sebastian Bechtolsheim Wedding Ceremony and Cocktail

Location Testarossa Winery Los Gatos, CA

Complimentary pictures from jaytsaiphotography.com

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Innocenti Strings LLC. Composer/Arranger

Innocenti Strings LLC just appointed Randall West as our official composer/arranger.

although we provide about 300 pieces of music to choose from, any of our client can now request about anything they want. from U2 to Coldplay, our new arranger will transcribe the selection of your choice for any instrumentation.

Randall West is a composer and sound artist whose catalog includes music for the concert hall as well as electroacoustic, vocal, and experimental music. His music tends to explore novel ways in which performers or sounds interact, while directly engaging its audience with colorful timbres, striking melodies, and a vivid theatricality. His musical inspiration spans from 20th century modernism to the baroque, Indian classical, Japanese folk, electronic, avant-garde, and popular music.

Randall received his Masters from the Chicago College of the Performing Arts, where his he studied with Stacy Garrop, Daron Hagen, and Kyong Mee Choi. He has been awarded fellowships by the Seasons Music Festival and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and was the recipient of the CCPA Wind Ensemble Competition for Wayna Picchu. His works have been read or performed by Palomar, the Yakima Symphony, the University of Illinois New Music Ensemble, Chicago Opera Vanguard, and S.O.N.G. among others. His electroacoustic music has also been presented at ICMC 2010 in New York and at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art. As an active member of the Art and New Music community, Randall has collaborated with award-winning artists including poets Jill McDonough and Matthew Hittinger and sculptor Robert MacNeil. He has served in leadership roles with Accessible Contemporary Music and is one of the founders of the Chicago Composers Orchestra. Randall also works as a computer programmer, and is a pianist and performer of traditional Japanese music on shamisen and taiko.

Website: www.randallwest.com

Here is sample of some of his own compositions

Large Ensemble

Elements (2009) --- orchestra

Chamber and Solo

Piano Variations (2009) --- piano

Aquarius (2008) --- violin, piano, percussion

Vocal

Blackwater – Songs to the Poetry of Jill McDonough (2010) --- soprano voice, piano quartet

A Test of Who We Are (2009) --- tenor voice, piano

Electroacoustic, Film, Mixed Media, and Experimental

Road from Supai (2009) --- electronic playback

G.M. film score (2009) --- chamber ensemble, film