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Virginia Cox Violinist, and Violin/Cello Duo
- Morgantown, WV
- Violinist
- Travels up to 120 miles
- $575 and up
Overview
Live violin or violin with cello music for your event. Wedding music specialist, and all social events professional (PhD in Music), Classical/Crossover musicians. Over 900 weddings performed over 26 years. Classy classic elegant music for everyone. Conservatory trained, based in Morgantown, WV: performs WV, Sw PA, Deep Creek, McHenry, Bedford Springs, Seven Springs, Pa, Western Maryland. Preferred/ referred by event coordinators and venue owners.
Repertoire includes classical, movie music, tangos, jazz, celtic, popular, and any other styles. LGBTQ+ Friendly: we play for everyone.
Travel (up to 120 miles): fees apply for performances out of greater Morgantown area.
From $600 plus travel
6 Reviews
We were blessed to have Virginia provide violin music for our son and daughter-in-law's wedding ceremony. She was so accommodating and receptive to their wishes, providing both traditional and non-traditional wedding music. We received so many compliments on the music and hope those were relayed to her as well. We heartily recommend her!
Violinist
Response from Virginia Cox Violinist, and Violin/Cello Duo:
It was my pleasure to perform for your family and guests. All my very best wishes to the new bride and groom.
Viva String Quartet provided absolutely perfect music for our daughter's wedding. We communicated so easily with Virginia from the early stages of our planning and she was always quick to answer our emails and met with us in her home to finalize details several weeks prior to the wedding. We knew we wanted strings at the ceremony but did not really know what would work best for us and Virginia expertly and kindly guided us through the process. Free to choose from solo violin, duo, trio, or a quartet ensemble, we chose a violin and cello duo to provide not only ceremony music but our cocktail hour music as well, and the result was just beautiful. Virginia on violin and Sara on cello were able to play an eclectic mix tailored just for us of both classical and contemporary pieces and my daughter was thrilled to hear her favorite song played as she walked down the aisle. We received so many complements on the music and Viva String was such an important part of the wedding - They did all that you would want any musicians hired for an event to do: excellent communication leading up to our wedding, arrived at both our ceremony and reception locations early, and professionally provided flawless and lovely music for our day.
Classical Duo
My husband and I met Virginia at a bridal show in 2012 and contacted her for information regarding the Quartet (we wanted cocktail hour music)..not knowing ALL that her group offered, we met with her in her home in Morgantown. She was very welcoming and informative, but at the same time informal and easy-going! My husband and I chose the Duo of violin and cello. During the many months prior to our wedding Virginia was extremely receptive to our ideas for music and even learned some songs for us! She was always prompt and friendly in her responses, and very professional! My husband and I missed hearing her and the cellist play during our cocktail hour, but the compliments we heard from our guests were numerous and raving! Virginia is wonderful to work with and even more talented than we realized! She and her group are dedicated and passionate about what they do and will go our of their way to make your event special.
Virginia - from Chris and I, THANK YOU so much for making our wedding day a little more special and for just being the wonderful person you are!
Classical Duo
Response from Virginia Cox Violinist, and Violin/Cello Duo:
We are competitively priced. We charge less than student groups from a nearby city. Musicians don't play for free.
Wonderful people to work with! Music was beautiful and they played anything we asked them to play :)
String Quartet, String Quartet
Virginia played her Violin at my brother's wedding and I must say it was some of the loveliest instrumental music I have ever heard. He said she was professional and easy to work with, and she seemed truly happy to be part of his special day. I would recommend hiring her for any even where you desire professional, quality string music! :)
Violinist
I recently hired the Viva String Quartet to play at our Historical Ball, they did an amazing job! Virginia Cox kept in constant contact with me and adapted easily to all the curve balls I threw her way regarding music and times. They are professional and courteous. I highly recommend them to anybody that is looking for a String Quartet or Trio. The three ladies played beautifully with no mistakes or hesitation. Their fee was very reasonable and they did a great job.
String Trio
Booking Info
Price Range: $575 and up
Gig Length: 60 - 300 minutes
Languages: English
What to Expect
Relaxing, and peaceful elegant and classy classical and light classical, show tunes, popular tunes and specially tailored music for your wedding ceremony, or for background music at your receptions and special events.
We perform for all social occasions at your location.
Solo violin music includes all styles, including Celtic and Fiddle tunes.
Solo violin available with sound system, just request it. Solo violin with 5 string electronic instrument.
About
VIOLINIST who plays alone (solo) on acoustic violin or 5 string electric and with cello. I/We can play amplified with our own small speaker system, which can be used outdoors without electric.
All music styles. We love what we do, and do what we love! Simply that. We love performing for you and your guests.
We are long established in greater Morgantown, WV as a string duet, and have performed for over 700 hundred social gatherings.
We are the most sought after professional social gathering--wedding music ceremony and reception specialists in the greater Morgantown area for over twenty five years. We are professionally trained.
Virginia, our leader, holds a Ph.D. in Music. The cellist has been skillfully trained in conservatory settings and hold work beyond her Master's degree in cello performance and music.
We are also very experienced violin, viola and cello teachers.
We are very good friends, have fun playing for events, and have played together for nearly 25 years. We do everything we can to make your special musical dreams come true in a live-fun setting. We are approachable, fun and kind and often referred to as sweet.
All musical styles and requests considered. We will perform any music you request if we can obtain sheet music for the pieces so we are in compliance with copyright.
We will perform with singers or other musicians, by arrangement, and if they can read music.
Visit website to hear samples or see more information.
Email to get timely answers to your questions.
We play for anyone for any reason. LGBTQ+ friendly..... Love is Love. We are happy to be there for you. Get in touch. We love playing for others, and folks are wowed by what we do. Surprise your guests at a wedding. We are there for you and surprise folks often! It's fun, it's very classy and it's important to have live music on your wedding day.
Additional Booking Notes
Add our very classy and classic live music to enhance the experience of your special day. Weddings, receptions, engagement parties, surprise events, anniversaries, corporate events and award dinners, memorial services, and any other social event. Our versatile elegant music is the perfect addition to your day.
We will play outdoors for your events, but we must be shaded from direct sun for our instruments, and we can be under a tent, on a porch edge, under a shade tree (with leaves) etc. Temperatures for outdoor performances need to be above 60 degrees f. It is very very difficult to press steel strings down on an ebony fingerboard or to play well with cold hands. Our instruments also react adversely to extreme weather so we need to be playing in weather above 60 degrees. Our instruments are old, beautiful and very fragile. Under no circumstances will be play in snow or rain. We only need two armless chairs. We are usually acoustic, but we can bring along our small speaker and play amplified.
We have performed in barns, on horse or family farms, under trees in the woods, on mountaintops, in tents, in churches, in synagogues, in Greek Orthodox churches, on porches, on formal concert stages, in mansions, in family yards, at waterfalls, at wineries, at botanic gardens, in elegant restaurants, in classic old hotels, in museums, and more.
If we are performing for longer than 2 hours, we will need a brief 5-10 minute break every 90 minutes.
We are happy to play complete weddings that include the ceremony, the cocktail hour as your guests mingle, and the dinner. We are happy to move from location to location to do this. We make events memorable.
We can play most any music you request. As professionals, we do not and cannot take music from youtube videos and cannot and will not violate copyright.
Get in touch to see if we are available for your event.
Travel: we will travel up to two or two-and-one-half hours one way drive to your event. However travel fees and mileage will be applied. Ask if we are available to play your area. We play most of West Virginia except southern WV, western Maryland including Cumberland, Frostburg and all of Garrett County, Deep Creek/McHenry, and Oakland, MD, Southwestern Pennsylvania including Bedford Springs, Seven Springs, to Latrobe, Somerset, and all along route 40--anywhere within 2 hours drive of 26505.
Get in touch. Let us surprise your guests. Our music and presence is considered very elegant, very classy and highly enjoyable for all. We have music to suit everyone's taste, whether Gatsby inspired, Classical music of Bach, Mozart or Boccherini, or music of show tunes and popular songs, or the elegance of New Age music.
Services Offered
Set List
Play all standard string quartet wedding songs as well as popular music, show tunes, etc.. For receptions we have a variety of music that includes some popular music, show tunes, Irish tunes, Klezmer arrangements, Celtic/Irish music as well as some tango music. Our selections vary, depending whether for quartet, string trio, violin/cello duo, violin/viola duo, or solo violin.
Special music requests will be accommodated if appropriate for the ensemble or for violin.
Team
Virginia | Leader |
Influences & Inspiration
Bespoke music! We perform a variety of styles, and tailor our selections to your musical needs or wants.
Inspired by fun and classy music.
Setup Requirements
Four armless chairs for quartet, and out of direct sunlight.
Armless chairs
We do not need special equipment.