The Minster String Quartet

Pop and rock music

A Moment Like This (Leona Lewis)
A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)
All Of Me (John Legend)
All You Need Is Love (Beatles)
Always (Bon Jovi)
Amazing Just The Way You Are (Bruno Mars)
Angels (Robbie Williams)
Beautiful Crazy (Luke Combs)
Beautiful in White (Shane Filan)
Beneath Your Beautiful (Emeli Sande)
Best Day Of My Life (American Authors)
Better Together (Jack Johnson)
Bittersweet Symphony (The Verve)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
Candle In The Wind (Elton John)
Can't Help Falling In Love With You (Elvis)
Chandalier (Sia)
Canyon Moon (Harry Styles)
Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
Clocks (Coldplay)
Come Away With Me (Norah Jones)
Come On Eileen (Dexy's Midnight Runners)
Crazy In Love (Beyonce)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen)
Despacito (Luis Fonsi)
Diamonds (Rihanna)
Don’t Stop Believing (Journey)
Eleanor Rigby (Beatles)
Enchanted (Taylor Swift)
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (Blues Brothers)
Everlong (Foo Fighters)
Everything (Michael Buble)
Exile (Taylor Swift)
F.E.A.R. (Ian Brown)
Fields Of Gold (Sting)
First Time I Ever Saw Your Face (Roberto Flack)
Fix You (Coldplay)
Forever (Chris Brown)
Friday I'm In Love (The Cure)
Gangsta's Paradise (Coolio)
Get Lucky (Daft Punk)
God Only Knows (Beach Boys)
Good Vibrations (Beach Boys)
Greatest Day (Take That)
Halo (Beyonce)
Happy (Pharrell Williams)
Have A Nice Day (Stereophonics)
Have I Told You Lately (Van Morrison)
Here Comes The Sun (The Beatles)
Here, There, Everywhere (The Beatles)
Highway To Hell (ACDC)
Holiday (Green Day)
House of Fun (Madness)
How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees)
How Long Will I Love You (Ellie Goulding)
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing (Aerosmith)
I Love The Way You Love Me (Boyzone)
I'm Yours (Jason Mraz)
Iris (Goo Goo Girls)
Isn't She Lovely (Stevie Wonder)
Is This Love (Bob Marley)
I Swear (John Michael Montgomery)
It Must Be Love (Madness)
It's A Beautiful Day (Buble)
It's All About You (McFly)
I Want It That Way (Backstreet Boys)
I Want To Hold Your Hand (The Beatles)
I Will Wait (Mumford & Sons)
I Would Do Anything For Love (Meatloaf)
Killer Queen (Queen)
Killing Me Softly (Fugees)
Kiss Me (Ed Sheran)
Kissing You (Des’ree)
La Bamba (trad Mexican)
Lady (Kenny Rogers)
La Solitudine (Laura Pausini)
Living On A Prayer (Bon Jovi)
Love Is All Around (Wet Wet Wet)
Lovely Day (Bill Withers)
Love Me Do (Beatles)
Love Me Like You Do (Ellie Goulding)
Love Me Tender (Elvis)
Love On Top (Beyoncé)
Love Story (Taylor Swift)
Made You Look (Meghan Trainor)
Make You Feel My Love (Adele)
Mamma Mia (Abba)
Marry Me (Train)
Marry You (Bruno Mars)
More (Sam Ryder)
Mr Blue Sky (ELO)
My Love (McCartney)
Neutron Star Collision (Muse)
Never Tear Us Apart (INXS)
Next To Me (Emelie Sande)
No Place I’d Rather Be (Clean Bandit)
No Time To Die (Billy Eilish)
One (U2)
One Day Like This (Elbow)
Only Human (Rag and Bone Man)
Only You (Yazoo)
Ordinary (Alex Warren)
Paperback Writer (Beatles)
Paradise (Coldplay)
Perfect (Ed Sheeran)
Perfect Day (Reed)
Purple Rain (Prince)
River Flows In You (Yiruma)
Rockabye (Clean Bandit)
Rolling In The Deep (Adele)
Royals (Lorde)
Rule The World (Take That)
Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush)
Shallow (Lady Gaga)
Shape of You (Ed Sheeran)
She (Charles Aznavour)
She's Always A Woman (Billy Joel)
She's Electric (Oasis)
Shine (Take That)
Signed Sealed Delivered (Stevie Wonder)
Simply the Best (Tina Turner)
Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder)
Skyfall (Adele)
Sky Full Of Stars (Coldplay)
Sleeping At Last (Turning Page)
Slipping Through My Fingers (ABBA)
Somebody to Love (Queen)
Someone Like You (Adele)
Songbird (Christine McVie)
Songs From A Secret Garden (Rolf Lovland)
Spaceman (Sam Ryder)
Stay With Me (Sam Smith)
Sugar We're Goin' Down (Fall Out Boy)
Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)
Sweet Child O’Mine (Guns N Roses)
Sweet Disposition (Temper Trap)
Symphony (Clean Bandit)
The Middle (Jimmy Eat World)
The One (Kodaline)
Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) (Natalie Cole)
To Russia My Homeland (Trails of Dead)
True Colours (Cindy Harper)
Truly, Madly, Deeply (Savage Garden)
UEFA Champions League Theme
Unchained Melody (North/Zaret)
Unconditionally (Katy Perry)
Unwritten (Natasha Bedingfield)
Use Somebody (Kings Of Leon)
Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
We Found Love (Rihanna)
Whatever (Oasis)
When I’m 64 (Beatles)
When You Say Nothing At All (Ronan Keating)
Wonderwall (Oasis)
Wouldn't it Be Nice (Beach Boys)
Writing's On The Wall (Sam Smith)
Yellow (Coldplay)
You And Me (Lifehouse)
You And You Alone (Delta Goodrem)
You Are So Beautiful (Cocker)
You Are The Reason (Callum Scott)
You Belong With Me (Taylor Swift)
Young and Beautiful (Lana Del Ray)
Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher (Jackie Wilson)
Yours (Ella Henderson)
Your Song (Elton John)
You're Beautiful (James Blunt)
You've Got The Love (Florence and the Machine)

Film/TV and Shows

A Million Dreams (The Greatest Showman)
A Whole New World (Alan Menken)
Accidentally In Love (Shrek)
All I Ask Of You (Phantom of the Opera)
Can I Have This Dance? (High School Musical 3)
Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Elton John)
Concerning Hobbits (Lord of the Rings)
Diamonds Are Forever
Don’t Cry for me Argentina (Lloyd Webber)
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You (Michael Kamen)
Forrest Gump Feather Theme
From Now On (The Greatest Showman)
From Russia With Love
Game of Thrones theme
Harry Potter theme tune
Honour Him (Gladiator)
I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady)
I Dreamed A Dream (Schonberg)
If You Leave Me Now (Chicago)
I Know Him So Well (Andersson)
I'II Be There For You (Friends theme)
I See The Light (Disney Tangled)
Jeeves and Wooster theme tune
Jurassic Park theme tune
Let It Go from Frozen (Disney)
Love Actually (PM's theme, Glasgow Love theme, Portuguese Love Theme)
Married Life (from the film Up)
Mission Impossible Theme
My Heart Will Go On (Titanic theme)
Never Enough (The Greatest Showman)
Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison)
Shake It Off (Taylor Swift)
Somewhere, Tonight (West Side Story)
So This Is Love (Cinderella)
Star Wars main theme
Star Wars Throne Room theme (John Williams)
Tale as Old As Time (Disney Beauty and the Beast)
The Fellowship Reunited (Lord of the Rings)
The Music Of The Night from Phantom
Theme from Schindler’s List (Williams)
This Is Me (The Greatest Showman)
Time Of My Life (Dirty Dancing)
We Don't Talk About Bruno (Encanto)
Wildest Dreams (Bridgerton)
You Got A Friend In Me (Toy Story)
You Know My Name (Casino Royale)

Jazz/Easy listening

Annie's Song (John Denver)
Anniversary Waltz (Franklin)
Anything Goes (Porter)
At Last (Etta James)
Beyond The Sea (Lawrence/Trenet)
Bridge over Troubled Water (Simon)
Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You (Frankie Valli)
Country Club (Joplin)
Country Gardens (Grainger)
Earth Angel (The Temptations)
Embraceable You (Gershwin)
Everlasting Love (Buzz Cason)
Feeling Good (Nina Simone)
Fly Me To The Moon (Frank Sinatra)
From Here To The Moon And Back (Dolly Parton)
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Happy Birthday (Hill)
How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You (James Taylor)
I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside (Glover-Kind)
I Get A Kick Out Of You (Porter)
I Got Rhythm (Gershwin )
I Say A Little Prayer (Burt Bacharach)
It Had To Be You (Frank Sinatra)
I Will Always Love You (Dolly Parton/Whitney Houston)
Just One Of Those Things (Porter)
Just The Way You Are (Joel)
Killarney; Cockles and Mussels; The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls; The Girl I Left Behind Me; Londonderry Air; The Irish Washerwoman; The Wild Rover; The Minstrel Boy; Irish Sherry arr Bill Thorpe (Irish music)
Leaning On A Lamppost (Gay)
L.O.V.E. (Nat King Cole)
Love and Marriage
Love Is Here To Stay (Gershwin)
Magic Moments (Burt Bacharach)
Makin’ Whoopee (Donaldson)
Mexican Hat Dance (traditional)
Moon River (Henry Mancini)
Moonlight and Roses (Lemare)
Muppet show theme (Henson)
Music To Watch Girls By (Andy Williams)
My Favourite Things (Sound of Music)
My Funny Valentine (Rodgers)
My Girl (Robinson)
Nice Work If You Can Get It (Gershwin)
Night and Day (Porter)
O Sole Mio (di Capua)
On The Street Where You Live (Frederick Loewe)
Raindrops Keep Falling (Bacharach)
Scarborough Fair
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (The Platters)
Someone To Watch Over Me (Gershwin)
Somewhere Only We Know (Keane)
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Arlen)
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole)
Stand By Me (Ben E King)
Summertime (Gershwin)
Sway (Cherry Pink)
S'Wonderful (Gershwin)
Take Me To The Church
Take The A Train (Billy Strayhorn)
That's Amore (Harry Warren)
The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face
The Girl From Impanema (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
The Man I love (Gershwin)
The Rose (Bette Midler)
There's no Business Like Show Business
Three Little Maids from School (Sullivan)
Unforgettable (Nat King Cole)
We Have All The Time In The World
What A Wonderful World
What Is This Thing Called Love? (Porter)
What Kind Of A Fool Am I? (Stop the World)
When I Fall In Love (Nat King Cole)
Williams Cavatina from the Deer Hunter
You Look Wonderful Tonight
You Raise Me Up (Graham and Lovland)

Classical music

Bach Air on a G String
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3 First and Third Mvt
Bach Gigue from Suite no 3
Bach Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
Bach Prelude from English Suite no 3
Bach Suite no 3
Barber Adagio
Beethoven Adagio Sostenuto from moonlight Sonata
Beethoven European Anthem (from 9th Symphony)
Beethoven Fur Elise
Bizet Toreador’s song from Carmen
Boccherini Minuet
Chopin Prelude in E Minor
Corelli Concerto Grosso no 8 (Christmas)
Delibes Flower Duet from Lakme
Dvorak Humoresque
Elgar Chanson de Matin
Elgar Chanson de niut
Elgar Salut d’amour
Faure Berceuse from Dolly Suite
Faure Pavane
Gounod Ave Maria
Grieg Morning from Peer Gynt
Grieg Wedding day at Troldhaugen
Handel All We Like Sheep from the Messiah
Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel Five pieces from Music for the Royal Fireworks
Handel Hornpipe from Water Music, Bourree
Handel Largo
Handel Sarabande with variations
Handel Water Music Suite in D – Overture
Haydn Serenade
J C Bach Andante
Jenkins Palladio
Massenet Meditation from Thais
McEwen Danse Basse
Mendelssohn Wedding March
Mozart Wedding Procession from marriage of Figaro
Pachelbel Canon
Puccini Nessun Dorma
Puccini O Mio Babino Caro
Purcell 2 Rondeaux from Abdelazar and the Fairy Queen
Purcell Trumpet Tune
Ravel Bolero
Rubenstein Melody in F
Satie Gymnopedie no 1
Strauss Artist's Life
Strauss Emperor Waltz
Strauss Tales from Vienna Woods
Strauss The Blue Danube
Strauss Wiener Blut
Strauss Wine, Women and Song
trad Greensleeves
Vivaldi Spring
Vivaldi Winter 2
Wagner Bridal Chorus

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Kathy Jackson grew up locally and won a music scholarship at school and went on to study music at Exeter University. She has worked for a music publishers, as an orchestral librarian, and as manager of the BBC Radio 3 Music Library. Since having her three children she has retrained in IT and now works in education as well as teaching and playing the cello in various quartets and local ensembles. Kathy has has been playing in string quartets for weddings for over 20 years. She also enjoys arranging new songs for The Minster String Quartet.

What our couples say

'We were so happy to have The Minster String Quartet play at our wedding . They really were perfect in every way and made the day feel so much more special. The communication prior to the day was absolutely perfect and I would recommend them to everyone!'

Joe Green

'Thank you very much for playing at our wedding. A string quartet was something that we had not even considered until we heard you playing at Parley Manor open day. We immediately thought it would make a great addition to our big day. So many of our guests commented how good you all were.'

Nicola and Robert Wray

'Peter and I just wanted to thank you for playing at our wedding. It was absolutely beautiful and we are so pleased we booked you. All our guests commented on how lovely you were and it really made our wedding extra special. I could not have imagined our day to be any more perfect than it was because it was all I have ever dreamed of and much more. Thank you for being part of our very special wedding day. The music you played sounded perfect and you all played so well. I honestly cannot thank you enough.'

Mr and Mrs Gray

'I just wanted to send a quick email now that I am back from honeymoon. The music at our ceremony and for the drinks on the lawn was just perfect! Everyone commented on how lovely it was. It really made our ceremony something special. Thank you so much for helping make our day amazing!'

Hollie & Rob Blofield

'You were all amazing and helped to make our day so special.'

Melanie and Toby Jones

'Just wanted to say a big thank you for playing at the wedding. You were fantastic and all the guests enjoyed the music. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend you in the future. Thank you again!'

Kerry and George Cupit

'I just wanted to say a huge thank you for playing at our wedding last month. The music was so lovely to hear when I was walking down the aisle and we have had so many comments on how good you guys were. I would highly recommend you to anyone getting married in the area!'

Jodie and Nick Bloomfield

'A massive thank you for coming and playing. You were brilliant. It really set the atmosphere for guests arriving and the music was so beautiful and I know much appreciated.'

Phil and Vicky Lenthall

'I would just like to say thank you for playing at our wedding. You sounded fab and it was everything I had imagined it would be! Your music really made our day and we actually wish we had booked you for longer!! Before the wedding you really helped us think of what sort of music we would want played and that made it very personal for us. The Rose sounded perfect at Parley Manor and I'm so thankful you learnt that one for us. Thank you again - you really were the perfect choice.'

Stephanie Littlewood-Miller

'The Minster String Quartet played at our wedding at Parley Manor back in June and it absolutely made the occasion. All our guests couldn't stop talking about how good they were and how special the experience was. I would 100% recommend them. They were also very easy to communicate with and very professional. The music was perfect too. One of the best decisions we made for our wedding!'

Becky and Joe Kiddle

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