The Amarone String Quartet is somewhat of a musical legend with local brides and vendors. If Peter, Ashlinn, Judith, and Mark's polished, rich sound is familiar to your ears, it's likely because they've been playing to you from the entrance of the Bingemans Wedding Dreams shows for the last ten years. They are requested at nearly fifty weddings each year, often booked more than twelve months in advance, and know as much as anyone can know about instrumental music and the beauty their sound adds to your wedding day. These four musicians are a combination of music teachers, orchestral musicians, and long-time friends. It's their love for playing at life's biggest moments that make it easy to fall in love with their sound. Let us explain...  Read more

The Leith Quartet has been playing right into the hearts of local brides for the past nine years. The four musicians use their expertise and rich string quartet sounds to set the stage for wedding ceremonies and receptions in the community. This tightly knit, well rehearsed and obviously talented quartet has their own way with weddings, and it looks like brides can hear the difference. Staff at The Ring sat down with Violinist and Quartet Representative, Bruce Skelton to find out more...   Read more

Music is an integral part of your wedding. Beginning with the ceremony, it can set the mood of the day for you and your guests. And that's something that the three ladies at The Harmonia Ensemble - Kristi Coleman-Dorland, Ann Green, and Julia McFarlane - know very well. For the past eleven years, they've been bringing the beautiful sounds of their viola and violins trio to wedding ceremonies, cocktail hours and receptions of brides and grooms from London to Toronto as well as right here in the local Kitchener-Waterloo community. After meeting the ensemble and interviewing their brides, The Ring believes that part of what makes it easy to love The Harmonia Ensemble is that Kristi, Ann and Julia are friends first. They have a lot of chemistry together - they click - and so it's fascinating to watch and listen to them play. And whether they're creating music together or meeting with engaged couples to customize a playlist, the trio also makes it obvious they love what they do and fully appreciate the importance of the part they play in a bride and groom's special day.   Read more