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Weddings

Your wedding,
scored live

An instrument you can see through, and every piece chosen with you — from the first note of the processional to the last dance.

The four moments.

How the day sounds

The ceremony

Every vow heard. The music holds the room without ever covering a word, and the piece is yours to choose, arranged for violin.

Cocktail hour

From Bach to pop, film scores to electro: a program that keeps the champagne conversation lifted, tuned to your crowd.

The first dance

Your song, played live around you. The moment every phone comes out, and the one you'll actually remember.

The reception

Solo violin over the dinner, or violin with DJ when the dancing starts. The energy of a band, the elegance of one artist.

Seen from your seat.

Two weddings, straight from the phones
Between the tables

Up close.

Ten seconds at arm's length, under a reception tent: gold couture, a beaded veil, a classical violin between the tables. Not every moment of a wedding wants the electric show; this register exists too.

Center floor

What the room heard.

In profile, mid-reception: the transparent violin, a gown made for the floor, and the sound exactly as the room heard it. No studio take, no overdub. Press play with the sound on.

The entrance

The evening opens.

Forty seconds, one phone, no cut. The train crosses the floor, the lights follow her, and the tables turn to watch. This is the moment between dinner and dancing: the one that tells your guests the evening has started.

From the guests' seats
From a dinner seat, through the centerpieces
The minute the phones come out
The floor at full spread
Sadie playing the transparent violin, glowing blue over a candlelit dinner room
How she works with you

Designed together.

Before the day, you build the program with her: moment by moment, piece by piece. Classical, film scores, pop, electro, rock, and the requests that make it yours: if it matters to you, she learns it.

On the day, the sound is settled before you think about it: your venue provides the sound system, and her technical rider makes it plug-and-play. For intimate settings without one, she can bring her own. Your planner has one point of contact.

And at the center of it: an instrument no one in the room has seen before: a custom transparent violin with eight microphones embedded in its body, reproducing every nuance exactly as she plays it.

Meet the instrument

Before you ask.

FAQ

Do we need to provide sound or equipment?

Usually your venue's sound system carries her violin. She sends a simple technical rider ahead so it's plug-and-play. For intimate settings without a system, she can bring and run her own.

Can she learn our song?

Yes. Requests are the point. The program is designed with you: classical, film scores, pop, electro, rock, and the piece that's yours.

Can she cover the whole day?

Ceremony, cocktail hour and reception: solo or with DJ, the sound scaled to each moment.

Can she bring a full ensemble?

Yes. A hand-picked New York network built over four years (DJ, drums, saxophone, sound engineer and more), assembled to your event, with a single point of contact.

Solo electric violin or a string quartet?

Different instruments for different rooms. A quartet is four chairs, acoustic volume and one repertoire. The electric violin is one artist whose sound scales from ceremony-soft to dance floor, with a program that runs from Bach to electro, and one point of contact instead of four.

Does she only play electric?

No. Cocktail hour and dinner often call for the classical violin, played between the tables; the transparent electric violin and the dress made of light come out when the evening turns to the show. Both travel with her.

Where does she perform?

New York City — from Manhattan ballrooms to Brooklyn lofts — plus Long Island and the Hamptons, Westchester, New Jersey and Connecticut. Farther on request. Recent weddings include The Plaza Hotel on Central Park and the Ziegfeld Ballroom.

Can she play outdoors?

Yes — garden ceremonies, terraces, waterfronts. One practical requirement: covered shelter if rain threatens, because the transparent violin and its sound rig are electric.

How does booking work?

Send your date and venue; you hear back within 24 hours with availability and a quote. The quote holds your date for 7 days while you decide. Then the program is built together, piece by piece.

When should we book?

For peak-season Saturdays, couples often reserve 8–10 months ahead. Other dates breathe more. And if your date is closer than that, ask anyway: calendars move.

Marrying on the East End? See weddings in the Hamptons. Leaning electric for the reception? the electric show in New York. And each territory has its own page: New Jersey, Connecticut, Long Island, Westchester, Rhode Island. From the journal: a harbor wedding at The Bohlin, an evening at The Legacy Castle.

Booking

Your date is once.

A season is two dozen Saturdays. Availability is limited by the calendar itself. Programs begin at $740 and scale with what you build. Ask early: more of the program is yours to shape, and the quote holds your date for 7 days.

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