Pacific Strings – Quartet, Trio, Duet

Pacific Strings played as a quartet at our wedding at Thomas Fogarty Winery this past weekend and they were great. We worked primarily with Mary and she helped us pick out some great songs. They sounded great during the wedding processional/​recessional, picked up all the right cues from the officiant, and also sounded great playing at the reception. I highly recommend going with Pacific String!

DalRae, Pacific Strings violinist, performed solo for my wedding in a redwood forest near Santa Cruz. In addition to her repertoire, we had picked out three songs that she learned just for our wedding, and she played everything beautifully! My husband also plays violin and thought she did a wonderful job. She was great at communicating prior to the event, specific about information that she needed, early for the ceremony, friendly, and professional. We would definitely recommend her!

We hired Pacific Strings for our wedding, they were a wonderful accompaniment. They were whimsical, and made our day one that all said they would never forget.

We hired Pacific Strings to play at our wedding earlier this month. They were a pleasure to work with from start to finish. DalRae was our primary contact. I’m a musician and understand how the business works. DalRae was a great manager for the group. I was pretty specific in the types of music I wanted both before and after the ceremony and they were very adaptable. I even bought a couple of transcriptions from another quartet and Pacific Strings rehearsed the pieces before performing them at my wedding. We also paid a little extra to have DalRae transcribe a current pop piece for which there was no transcription available. She was super fun to work with on that and was extremely gracious in listening to my petty edits!
They had few requirements for the venue… only that they be in shade to protect their instruments. They made this very clear before we signed the contract, and I totally understand why. Their instruments cost thousands, if not tens of thousands, of dollars and direct sunlight can destroy them.
On the day of our wedding, the quartet showed up early to setup and they played as agreed. They were awesome at setting the mood in our little vineyard wedding. My only regret: I didn’t get to hear them that much because I was buzzing about with our guests and managing the event. But what I did hear was excellent and under-​represented by the resources I found online before deciding to go with them.
I highly recommend this group.
Thanks, Pacific Strings!

A let down on many levels. They were hired for my daughters wedding. They called the day before our daughters wedding and said they made a mistake on the price even though we had a signed contract. Professionally they should of sucked it up and not even called, we had no time to look for a replacement. They would not play close to the ceremony because their instruments could not be in the sun for 20 minutes. I have been in a band most of my life and never heard that one before. Should have paid the DJ a little more instead. Giving them 2 stars because the music was ok.

We hired Pacific Strings to play at our wedding, and they did an incredible job (5 years ago — this review is LONG overdue). It would have been a happy day for us regardless, but the music from Pacific Strings helped set the mood for everyone.
Our ceremony and reception were at the same venue, so we requested that they play while people arrived, for the ceremony, and for the cocktail and dinner portion of the reception.
I really, really wanted to walk down the aisle to a specific pop song and Pacific Strings went out of their way to accommodate me. They also agreed to play «Crazy Little Thing Called Love» for the processional which had the whole wedding party dancing up the aisle.
Their music during the cocktail reception was perfectly done — enjoyable for all, but didn’t drown out the conversation. And during dinner, their fun selection of songs had our guests setting up an impromptu dance floor.
It was absolutely worth every penny we paid. Everybody, including us, had a better time thanks to the mood Pacific Strings helped set.

We booked Pacific Strings only 1 day before our event took place. Only a duo was available at that late date, but the music that came from those 2 instruments filled the night air and was splendid. We had a rather large gathering of over 200 guests, which began in one location and moved to another and the musicians were very flexible in how and when we moved them. Our guests loved the music and while the event was an open house kind of affair, most guests stayed the entire 2 hours just because of the beautiful ambience created by the musicians.
They were very professional, punctual, and friendly and played a great selection of both peaceful classical music, as well as energetic pop and classical. Their repertoire seemed to be quite large. I would highly recommend them.

I have enjoyed listening to the Pacific Strings on numerous occasions. I have always enjoyed their musicality, their selections of music and the joy that they add to any event. I am always pleased when they are performing and am happy to recommend them to others.

Had the pleasure of seeing these folks play at a friend’s home, and was pleasantly surprised at their professional presentation. Having been paid to play weddings and such in a past life, I can be pretty picky — annoyingly so — about pro musicians, but they seriously sound GREAT and look as good as they sound.
They appear to have a wide repertoire available from standard classical stuff to much more modern pop material and everything in between … all of it just beautifully rendered on gorgeous instruments. We even goaded them into playing a Led Zeppelin number, and it sounded … pretty darn good.
It’s not like most of us have an occasion to hire a string quartet every day, but the next time a suitable occasion does arise, I know who I’m going to call.

Pacific Strings is an extremely talented group. We had Pacific Strings perform at a 50^th Birthday Party celebration. From first contact, to the event date they were on top of everything and very easy to work with. We received a ton of compliments for their performance and they truly made our evening special and memorable. The musicians themselves were punctual, friendly, accommodating, and above all, professional. I would highly recommend them for ANY occasion and cannot wait to see them perform at some of the local wineries.

I recently had Pacific Strings play at my wedding. They did an excellent job. Not only do they sound great, they were organized, on-​time, and everything else I needed them to be. I worked mainly with DalRae during the planning and she asked all of the right questions before hand so they were prepared when they got to the wedding. The day of the wedding I didn’t talk to them at all. They just did what they were supposed to do. I was so busy with everything else that it really helped having the quartet «just work» as planned. I had them play all of the standard classical wedding marches, but after reading the comments it looks like they do a lot more interesting stuff than that. I highly recommend this group.

A great group, lovely music and easy to work with. They have played several times at our events and all of our customers love them.

Mary and the Pacific Strings crew were great! We had them for our wedding ceremony and cocktail hour. They play beautifully and were willing to learn new songs (for a small fee) for our ceremony. For example, my husband wanted to walk down the aisle to the Godfather Theme (it is actually a love song). They learned it and he got a huge laugh walking down the aisle. They did an excellent job at our wedding. We had booked them after seeing them at a close friend’s wedding. Mary is easy to work with (she plays and coordinates the details before the event). If you are looking for beautiful classical or more contemporary music by a violin, viola and cello, I highly recommend them for your wedding or event.