Newport, Providence and the coast: the glowing transparent violin for ceremonies, cocktail hours and receptions, from a New York artist who travels east for the view.
Rhode Island fits more wedding scenery into one state than anywhere else in New England: Newport's Gilded Age lawns running down to the water, harbor terraces, white-steepled towns, Providence's grand ballrooms, and the coast all the way to Watch Hill. Rooms and views like these deserve better than a playlist — one artist, her glowing transparent violin, and a program designed with you piece by piece. The instrument is a custom build no other violinist has: fully see-through, eight microphones seeded in its body, and lit from within after dark — blue, gold, green, red or white, matched to your palette.
The distance is her problem, not yours: she arrives with everything her performance needs, sends a technical rider ahead so your venue's sound is plug-and-play, and brings her own concert-grade system for lawns, terraces and tents — the music carries over the sea wind, and your vows stay above it. Your planner has a single point of contact from the first email to the last dance.
The day itself unfolds in movements. The ceremony, where the violin holds the moment against the water. The cocktail hour, lifted as the light changes over the harbor — Bach into film scores into pop. Dinner, often on the classical violin between the tables. And when the evening turns, the transparent electric violin and the dress made of light turn the reception into the show — solo, or with her hand-picked network of DJ, drums and saxophone.
Programs from $1,300
Exact quote within 24 hours · holds your date for 7 days
Recent weddings include The Plaza Hotel on Central Park, the Ziegfeld Ballroom — and a full wedding day at The Bohlin, Newport.
Check availability How pricing worksThe day, in movements.
How it unfoldsThe ceremony
On a lawn above the harbor or in a candlelit hall: the transparent violin unlit, all elegance — it holds the moment, and every vow is heard over the water.
Cocktail hour
The program lifts as the light changes over the bay — Bach into film scores into the songs your guests hum on the drive up Ocean Drive.
Dinner
Classical violin between the tables: present, never loud, the sound of a room enjoying itself.
The party
The transparent electric violin and the dress made of light take the floor. At a recent Newport wedding, the guests danced to the last dance — then asked for one more piece. She played it.
From recent weddings, unedited — see them with sound
Rhode Island couples ask.
Local FAQHow much does a wedding violinist cost in Rhode Island?
Rhode Island programs begin at $1,300, travel included, and scale with what you build: ceremony only, ceremony and cocktail hour, or the full evening. Every quote is exact, per event, covers the full engagement including travel, and holds your date for 7 days.
Do you really travel to Rhode Island?
Yes — most recently for a full wedding day at The Bohlin on Newport Harbor: ceremony, cocktail hour and reception. The drive from New York is hers to plan, not yours; send your venue with your date and the quote covers everything.
Can one artist cover both the ceremony and cocktail hour?
Yes, and it is the most requested format: the ceremony's restraint first, then a program that lifts the cocktail hour — with none of the logistics of moving a quartet.
What about sound on a coastal lawn?
Exactly her specialty. Where your venue has a system, a simple technical rider makes it plug-and-play; for harbor lawns, terraces and tents, she brings and runs her own professional sound, so the music carries over the sea wind and your vows stay above it.
What is the glowing transparent violin?
A custom electric violin built for her by an artisan luthier: fully transparent, eight microphones seeded through its body, glowing through the dark in blue, gold, green, red or white — matched to your palette. It is the instrument these guests had seen nowhere else, and the one that kept The Bohlin's dance floor full to the last song.
Can she learn our song for the ceremony or first dance?
Yes. Requests are the point: classical, film scores, pop, electro, rock, and the piece that is yours, arranged for violin.
When should we book a Rhode Island date?
Peak-season Saturdays are often reserved 8–10 months ahead. If your date is closer, ask anyway — calendars move.
Do you also provide other wedding musicians in Rhode Island?
Yes. Sadie plays the full day solo, and her hand-picked network — DJ, drums, saxophone — travels with her when a reception calls for more, with one point of contact throughout.
From the journal: a harbor wedding at The Bohlin, Newport. Marrying elsewhere? Connecticut, Long Island, the Hamptons — or everything about weddings. Celebrating on the water? Yacht & harbor events.
Your date is once.
Rhode Island programs begin at $1,300, travel included, and scale with what you build. Send your date and venue: the exact number arrives within 24 hours, and holds your date for 7 days.
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