Parkwest Strings stands as one of the premier string quartets in Chicago, celebrated for their exceptional skill and powerful performances. Their distinctive sound and unparalleled musicianship have made them a standout in the classical music community, earning them the esteemed honor of being featured on the Rock Orchestra UK's international tour. With their unique ability to seamlessly blend classical elegance with modern flair, Parkwest Strings continues to captivate audiences and raise the bar for string ensembles worldwide. Their remarkable achievements are a testament to their unwavering commitment to excellence and their position as leaders in the music world.
Highly recommend! We booked Parkwest Strings for our wedding to play during the church mass and during cocktail hour and they were amazing! Songhea was very receptive and communicated with the church organist in order to strategize in playing together during mass. The cocktail hour was amazing with the quartet playing all the songs we had chosen. Having them definitely added a beautiful touch to our wedding event.
Parkwest strings were extremely professional and talented! They played for my brothers engagement party a mix of classical and romantic/ contemporary songs which added a delightful ambiance to our party. I wouldn’t hesitate to use them again!!
Songhea's quartet was a wonderful addition to our memorial service. She was easy to work with prior to the services, and I didn't have to do anything at all the day of to make anything happen, which I greatly appreciated. The process through Gig Salad was easy as well.
Price Range: $300 and up
Insurance: $2,000,000 - COI
Celebrate your love with the enchanting melodies of our Chicago string quartet. Elevate every moment of your wedding day with the timeless elegance and captivating harmonies only live music can provide. Our professional musicians specialize in crafting unforgettable experiences, tailored to complement your unique style and vision. From the tender serenade of your ceremony to the jubilant fanfare of your reception, let our exquisite strings set the perfect soundtrack for your cherished memories. Contact us now to orchestrate the wedding of your dreams with our unparalleled musical expertise.
| March 16, 2025 • 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Nonprofit Event |
| December 12, 2024 • 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Christmas Party |
| August 25, 2024 • 1:30pm - 3:00pm | Bridal Shower |
| December 14, 2023 • 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Christmas Party |
| April 22, 2023 • 10:30am - 12:30pm | Funeral/Memorial Service |
| July 31, 2022 • 6:00pm - 9:00pm | Personal Occasion |
| June 29, 2019 • 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Elmhurst Chapel |
| June 23, 2019 • 10:00am - 11:30am | The Grove |
| June 22, 2019 • 5:00pm - 6:30pm | Merchandise Mart |
| June 15, 2019 • 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Theatre on The Lake |
| June 12, 2019 • 7:00pm - 9:00pm | AVANT |
| June 01, 2019 • 5:00pm - 6:30pm | The Herborium |
| May 18, 2019 • 5:00pm - 6:00pm | Pennisula Hotel Wedding |
| May 11, 2019 • 5:00pm - 7:00pm | Loft Lucia Wedding |
| September 29, 2018 • 6:00pm - 9:00pm | Wedding Engagement |
| June 12, 2018 • 9:00pm - 9:30pm | Personal Occasion |
| June 10, 2018 • 1:00pm - 4:00pm | Worship Service |
| June 18, 2017 • 4:30pm - 6:00pm | Wedding Ceremony |
| November 21, 2015 • 3:30pm - 5:00pm | Wedding Ceremony |
| August 07, 2015 • 5:00pm - 10:00pm | Wedding Ceremony |
| October 04, 2013 • 6:30pm - 8:00pm | Grand Opening |
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POP/ROCK
A Beautiful Day (U2)
Accidentally in Love (Counting Crows)
Adore You (Harry Styles)
All I want is You (U2)
All My Love (Led Zeppelin)
All of Me (John Legend)
A Million Dreams (Pink)
Applause (Lady Gag)
A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)
At Last (Etta James)
Bad Guy (Billie Ellish)
Beatles (Day Tripper, A Hard Day's Night, Eleanor Rigby, Here Comes the Sun, Yellow Submarine, Yesterday, When I'm 64, Back in the USSR, In My Life, Imagine, Blackbird, All You Need is Love, I want to Hold your Hand, I Will, Maybe I'm Amazed, Good Day Sunshine, Imagine
(Shine Bright Medley: We Found Love, Don't Stop the Music, Diamonds)
Bitter Sweet Symphony (Richards/Jagger)
Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel)
Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis)
Chapel of Love (Dixie Cups)
Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
Coldplay: Clocks, Yellow, In My Place, Paradise, Viva la Vida, The Scientist
Don't Stop Believing (Journey)
Everlong (Foo Fighters)
Falling Slowly
Feeling Good
Firework (Katy Perry)
From this Moment On (Shania Twain)
Good Life (Kanye West)
Halo (Beyonce)
Hang on to Your Love (Sade)
Happy Together (Turtles)
Here Comes Your Man (Pixies)
Hey Brother (Avicii)
Home (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros)
Hoppipolla (Sigur Ros)
How Deep is Your Love (BeeGees)
I Choose You (Sarah B)
Isn't She Lovely (Stevie Wonder)
I Would Die for You (Prince)
Just Can't Get Enough (Depeche Mode)
Just Like Heaven (The Cure)
Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars)
Karma Police (Radiohead)
Kashmir (Led Zeppelin)
Killing Me Softly (Roberta Flack)
Love Me Tender (Elvis)
Love Story (Taylor Swift)
Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan)
Meaning of Love (Depeche Mode)
My Girl (The Temptations)
No Surprises (Radiohead)
Nothing Else Matters (Metallica)
Ocean Eyes (Billie Ellish)
Only Time (Enya)
Paradise (Coldplay)
Perpetuum Mobile (Penguin Cafe Orchestra)
Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode)
Please, Please, Please (the Smiths)
Purple Haze (Hendrix)
Safe and Sound (Capital Cities)
Sharp Dressed Man (ZzTop)
She (Elvis Costello)
She's Got A Way (Billie Joel)
She's Like a Rainbow (Jagger)
(Shine Bright Medley: We Found Love, Don't Stop the Music, Diamonds)
Signed, Sealed, Delivered (Stevie Wonder)
Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel)
Somebody to Love (Queen)
Sound of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel)
Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)
Stand By Me (Ben King)
Starlight (Muse)
Stay (Rhianna)
Stay With Me (Sam Smith)
Such Great Heights (Postal Service)
Sunshine of Your Love (Cream)
Sweet Child O'Mine (Guns n Roses)
Swing Life Away (Rascal Flats)
Thinking Outloud (Ed Sheeran)
Thriller (Michael Jackson)
Timshel (Mumford and Sons)
Tiny Dancer (Elton John)
Tonight, Tonight (Smashing Pumpkins)
Under the Bridge (RHCP)
Wake me Up (Avicii)
What is Love (Haddaway)
Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
World in My Eyes (Depeche Mode)
Yellow (Coldplay)
Young and Beautiful (Lana Del Rey)
Your Love is King (Sade)
MOVIES/MUSICALS
A Whole New World (Aladdin)
All I Ask of You from Phantom (Lloyd-Webber)
America from West Side Story (Bernstein)
Ashokan Farewell from The Civil War (Ungar)
As Time Goes By (Hupfeld)
At Last (Etta James)
Bachianas Brazileiras No. 5 (Villa-Lobos)
Begin the Beguine (Porter)
Blue Tango (Anderson)
Birthday Variations (Happy Birthday)
Chicago (Fisher)
Come In from the Rain (Manchester)
Danzas Argentinas No. 2 (Ginastera)
Do It Again (Gershwin)
Downton Abbey (Theme)
Do You Want to Build a Snowman (Frozen)
El Choclo Tango (Villoldo)
Embraceable You (Gershwin)
Evergreen (Streisand)
Feelings (Albert)
Forest Gump (Feather Theme)
Forgotten Dreams (Anderson)
For Just a Moment St. Elmos Fire (Foster)
From this Moment On (Shania Twain)
Gabriel's Oboe (from the Mission)
Galway Rambler Medley (Eight traditional Irish Dance Tunes)
Game of Thrones (Theme)
Glasgow Love Theme (from Love Actually)
The Godfather Love Theme (Rota)
Goodbye to Love (Carpenter)
I Feel Pretty from West Side Story (Bernstein)
I Got Rhythm Variations (Gershwin)
I Love Paris (Porter)
If You Could Read My Mind (Lightfoot)
In the Mood (Garland)
Jalousie Tango (Gade)
La Bamba (original)
La Paloma The Dove (Yradier)
Lamento Quichua (Giamneo)
Laura (Raskin)
Let it Go (Frozen)
Looney Tunes Fugue
Love Me Tender
The Ludlows (Legends of the Fall)
Manha de Carnaval from Black Orpheus
Maria from West Side Story
Married Life
The Man I Love (Gershwin)
Misty (Garner)
Memory from Cats (Lloyd-Webber)
The Music of the Night (Lloyd-Webber)
Moon River (Mancini)
My Funny Valentine (Rodgers)
My Heart Will Go On from Titanic
New York, New York (Kander)
Noites Cariocas (Bandolim)
One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story (Bernstein)
Orange Blossom Special (Rouse)
Over the Rainbow Wizard of Oz
Palladio
Por Una Cabeza Tango Scent of a Woman
The Prayer (Foster)
Romeo and Juliet (Rota)
Send in the Clowns (Sondheim)
Someone to Watch over Me (Gershwin)
Somewhere from West Side Story
Somewhere Out There (Horner/Mann/Weil)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Stormy Weather (Arlen)
Storybook Love (Princess Bride)
Summer Knows (Legrand)
Tango in D (Albeniz)
Tangueidia III (Piazzolla)
The Thorn Birds Theme (Mancini)
Tico-Tico (Abreu)
Tonight from West Side Story
What's New? (Haggart)
What are you doing the rest of you Life (Legrand)
When I Fall in Love (Young)
CLASSICAL
Air on G (Bach)
Air from Water Music (Handel)
Alleluja from Exultate Jubilate (Mozart)
Amazing Grace (Traditional)
Aria from Xerxes (Handel)
Arioso (Bach)
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Bist du bei mir (Bach)
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin (Wagner)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F (Bach)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G (Bach)
Cantata No. 140 Wachet Auf Sinfonia (Bach)
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Chaconne in G (Handel)
Chorale Prelude Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (Bach)
Chorale Prelude Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Bach)
Concerto for Two Violins (Bach)
Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op 3. No. 11 (Vivaldi)
Divertimento No. 1, 2 (Mozart)
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart)
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba (Handel)
Four Seasons Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring (Vivaldi)
Hornpipe from Water Music (Handel)
If With All Your Hearts (Mendelssohn)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
Largo from the Concerto for Two Violins in D minor (Bach)
The Lord's Prayer (Malotte)
Marriage of Figaro Overture (Mozart)
Minuet in G Anna Magdalena (Bach)
Minuet from Water Music (Handel)
Mozart String Quartets (No.4 C Major 1st mvmt, 3 mvmt)
My Heart Ever Faithful (Bach)
Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
Panis Angelicus (Frank)
Sabbath Prayer from Fiddler on the Roof (Bock)
Te Deum (Charpentier)
Tu Devicto (Charpentier)
Theme from 1st Symphony (Brahms)
Trumpet Tune, King of Denmark (Purcell)
Trumpet Voluntary in D (Clarke)
Violin Sonata No. 4 in D major (Handel)
Violin Concerto in E major, First Movement (Bach)
Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn)
Wedding Song, There is Love (Stookey)
Rondeau from Symphonies des fanfares (Mouret)
Sheep May Safely Graze from Cantata No. 208 (Bach)
Suite from The Fairy Queen (Purcell)
Traumeri (Schumann)
Overture from the Music of the Royal Fireworks (Handel)
La Rejouissance from the Music of the Royal Fireworks (Handel)
Wedding Processional from The Sound of Music (Rodgers)
ROMANTIC/OPERA
Adagio Cantabile from the Pathetique Sonata (Beethoven)
Adagio for Strings (Barber)
Allegretto after Boccherini (Kreisler)
The American String Quartet in F major (Dvorak)
Che Gelida Manina from La Boheme (Puccini)
Clair de lune (Debussy)
Czardas from Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss, Jr)
Entracte to Act III of Carmen (Bizet)
Entracte to Act IV of Carmen (Bizet)
Flower Duet (Lakme)
Flower Song from Carmen (Bizet)
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (Debussy)
Golden Earrings (Traditional)
Golliwog's Cake-walk (Debussy)
Three Gymnopedies (Satie)
Gypsy Life (Herbrt)
Habanera from Carmen (Bizet)
Hoe-down from Rodeo (Copland)
Hungarian Dances, No. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10,11,21 (Brahms)
Largo from the New World Symphony (Dvorak)
Liebestraum (Liszt)
Meditation from Thais (Massenet)
Menuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin (Ravel)
Morning Mood from Peer Gynt Suite (Grieg)
The Old Refrain (Kreisler)
O mio babbino caro (Puccini)
Pavane (Faure)
Pavane pour une infante defunte (Ravel)
Prelude No. 2 (Gershwin)
Promenade Pictures from an Exhibition (Mussorgsky)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, 18th variation (Rachmaninov)
Romance (Shostakovich)
Romanza Andaluza (Sarasate)
Romanian Folk Dances (Bartok)
Salut d'Amore (Elgar)
Son of the Puzta, Op. 134, No. 2 (Keler)
The Swan (Saint-Saens)
Tambourin Chinois (Kreisler)
Villa from the Merry Widow (Lehar)
Vocalise (Rachmaninov)
Moldovanke (Traditional)
WALTZ/RAGTIME
Appalachia Waltz (Mark O'Connor)
Belle of the Ball (Anderson)
Blue Danube (J. Strauss, Jr)
Caprice Viennois (Kreisler)
Chopin Waltzes, Op 18, 64 #1, Op 64 #2
Danube Waves Anniversary Waltz (Ivanovic)
Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss, Jr)
Liebesfreud (Kreisler)
Merry Widow (Lehar)
Midnight Bells (Kreisler)
Musetta's Waltz from La Boheme (Puccini)
Der Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss)
Saturday Night Waltz from Rodeo (Copland)
Schon Rosmarin (Kreisler)
Sleeping Beauty Waltz (Tchaikovsky)
Tales from the Vienna Woods (J. Strauss, Jr.)
Two Hearts in Three Quartet Time (Stolz)
Waltz from Symphony No. 8 (Dvorak)
Wiener Blut (J. Strauss, Jr.)
The Alaskan Rag (Joseph F. Lamb)
Bethena Concert Waltz (Scott Joplin)
Calliope Rag (James Scott)
The Cascades (Scott Joplin)
Cataract Rag (Robert Hampton)
Elite Syncopations (Scott Joplin)
Friday Night Rag (Donald Ashwander)
The Golden Hours (Max Morath)
Hot-House Rag (Paul Pratt)
Ragtime Nightingale (Joseph F. Lamb)
Rialto Ripples (George Gershwin/Will Donaldson)
Stoptime Rag (Scott Joplin)
Sunflower Slow Drag (Scott Joplin/Scott Hayden)
Top Liner Rag (Joseph F. Lamb)
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