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Highly Wired Electric String Quartet
   (Fee From £ 500.00 )
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Biography

The Highly Wired String Quartet is an all female string ensemble with over twelve years experience of playing at weddings and corporate functions all over the UK and further afield.

Highly Wired is a professional vibrant string quartet with an eclectic playlist mixing classical music with lighter numbers, jazz and popular pieces. The quartet’s versatile repertoire includes music to suit any occasion from Beethoven to Bohemian Rhapsody. The string quartet is extremely popular at corporate events and private parties.

Highly Wired is a dynamic, stylish, reliable and sophisticated choice for your event. Some of its more modern repertoire has been specially arranged for the quartet and is unique to Highly Wired.

Each member graduated from either the Royal College of Music, the Guildhall School of Music or the Royal Northern College of Music and have performed in concert, on tour and on television alongside Will Young, Shakira, Rod Stewart, Il Divo and Robbie Williams. The String Quartet has performed at corporate functions in some of the country’s finest venues including Tower Bridge, Woburn Abbey, The Royal Courts of Justice and Burghley House. The group has also played in Europe and the Caribbean.  

Highly Strung is their other string quartet and can be viewed on our website.

 
 
Location
Based in The Midlands.
Will travel throughout the UK, Europe and worldwide.

Lineup

Highly Wired are made up of four very talented musicians:-

Sarah Huson - electric cello
Elizabeth Croad - electric violin
Emma Blanco - electric violin
Siân Evans - electric viola

Playing Times
Playing times are very flexible according to your specific event.  Highly Wired can perform from 1 to 4 hours, so please state your requirements on the enquiry form.

Set List

Highly Wired have the most extensive repertoire covering a variety of musicical genres.  Below is just a small example of songs they can perform.  Please contact us if you would like a full list.

Pure Classical
Hungarian Dance No 5
Czardas
Palladio
Radetsky March
Bolero
Rondo alla Turca
O Sole Mio
Hungarian Dance No 1
Prelude to Carmen
Arogonese from Carmen
Hoe Down from Rodeo
Dance of the Comedians
Trepak from the Nutcracker
Can Can

Rat Pack
I’ve got you under my skin
Sway and Cherry Pink
No business like Showbusiness
Begin the Beguine
Puttin on the Ritz
Chicago
Strangers in the Night
New York New York
It’s all right with me
Singing in the Rain
Let’s face the music and Dance
Fly me to the moon
Can’t take my eyes off you
Come Fly with me
It don’t mean a thing…

Pop
Eleanor Rigby
La Bamba
Love me tender
All you need is love
Waterloo Sunset
Moondance
Live and Let Die
Can’t Take my eyes off you
Stand by Me
Mamma Mia
Try a little tenderness
Oh, Pretty Woman
Mustang Sally
Hey Jude
Bohemian Rhapsody

Jazz
All that Jazz
Soul Bossa Nova
Jeeves and Wooster
James Bond Theme
New York, New York
Take the A train
Begin the Beguine
Doing the Crazy Walk
I’ve got you under my skin
Chicago
Take Five
I’ve got Rhythm
Puttin on the Ritz
Can’t take my Eyes off You

Strictly Come Dancing
La Cumparsita
Tico Tico
I could have danced all night
Can’t take my eyes off you
Jalousie Tango
Puttin on the Ritz
Come Fly with Me
Por una Cabeza
Hernando’s Hideaway
El Choclo
It don’t mean a thing…
Doing the Crazy Walk
I’ve Got Rhythm
Let’s Face the Music and Dance
All that Jazz

A good mix…
Palladio
Prelude to Carmen
Can Can
Puttin on the Ritz
Sway and Cherry Pink
Can’t take my eyes off you
Hernando’s Hideaway
All that Jazz
La Bamba
Try a little tenderness
I’ve Got you under my skin
Take Five
All you need is love
Moondance
Mustang Sally
Mamma Mia

Clients and Venues
Previous Venues Include:-
  • Tower Bridge, London
  • Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire
  • Nutfield Priory, Surrey
  • The Landmark Hotel, London
  • Whittlebury Hall, Northamptonshire        
  • Hotel Intercontinental, London
  • Millennium Gloucester Hotel, Kensington
  • Burghley House, Stamford
  • Concert Noble, Brussels
  • Government House, St Vincent, West Indies
  • Parklands Estate, Quendon, Essex
  • Amberley Castle, West Sussex
  • Ettington Park Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Knebworth House, Hertfordshire

  • Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire
  • Matfen Hall, Newcastle
  • The Lanesborough Hotel, Knightsbridge

  • Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire
  • Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
  • Ham House, Richmond, Surrey
  • Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
  • La Grand Mare, Guernsey
  • Hambleton Hall Hotel, Rutland
  • Lincoln’s Inn, London

Previous Clients include…

  • A1GP World Cup of Motorsport
  • British Business Awards
  • Boots

  • National e-Science Centre

  • Mercedes-Benz
  • 
John Lewis
  • Driving Standard’s Agency
  • Coutts & Co Bank
  • Royal Air Force
  • English Heritage
  • EU Sponsorship Committee 

  • Peter Jones
  • 
Proctor & Gamble
  • HSBC
  • BBC
  • Capital One
  • Alliance & Leicester
  • Severn Trent
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Chamber of Commerce
Testimonials
Having played the violin for as long as I did, I feel qualified to say "You were brilliant!!" We couldn't thank you enough if we tried! ~ Caroline & Matthew - Bride & Groom


The guests have been raving about you - your music added to the atmosphere tremendously ~ Jo & Steve - Bride & Groom


Thank you for your sterling performance. The standing ovation from our guests was richly deserved. Your musical contribution made the day even more special ~Nick - Groom

Wow! You were so fantastic and made the service so special and magical. The memories will last forever - all the pieces were so beautifully performed. THANKS SO MUCH! ~ Diana - Mother of the Bride

Thank you for providing just the right ingredient for our event at the Royal Courts of Justice. Our guests thought it was a great touch and set the scene well for the rest of the event.  ~ MT - Event organiser