North East String Quartet for Weddings & Corporate Entertainment from Northumberland to Durham & North Yorkshire.
North East Soiree String Quartet at Matfen Hall, Northumberland
Photo: Alan Mason Photography
About Us
North East Soiree String Quartet perform all over the North East including Northumberland, Durham, Teesside and North Yorkshire. Previous venues have included large Castles and are regulars at Langley Castle as well as Alnwick, Auckland, Bamburgh, Brancepeth, Chillingham, Durham and Lumley Castles. We have also played at various halls and country houses including Beamish, Doxford, Ellingham, Guyzance, Jesmond Dene Hotel, Judges Yarm, Linden Hall, Manor House, Otterburn Towers and Wynyard. We have also played at many clubs, churches, community centres and village halls. For our full list see below.
North East Soiree String Quartet at Matfen Hall, Northumberland
Photo: Alan Mason Photography
Musicians
North East Soiree String Quartet is a group of professional players and the quartet consists of 4 players: two violins, viola and cello. Our cellist also plays the double bass which works very well with some pop and jazz tunes. We have a great team of very experienced quartet players, most of whom have performed with our quartet for over 10 years and so all know our repertoire and are friendly, smartly dressed and punctual as well as being highly accomplished players.
The group is run by the cellist, Gordon, who has managed and performed at well over 1100 weddings and corporate events over the many years since forming North East Soiree. Gordon originally studied and then taught the Double Bass for many years in Scotland but then progressed onto the Cello due to his love of classical chamber music. Being also a Jazz and Rock Bass guitar player, Gordon finds it easy to arrange all the modern pop requests that the Quartet are asked to play and is generally busy doing new arrangements every week for the String quartet. Gordon is just as happy to play the Double Bass in the Quartet if there is a need for stronger jazzy or pop bass lines.
North East Soiree String Quartet at Langley Castle, Northumberland
Jill and Gordon at Langley Castle. Jill has been a part of North East Soiree since 2005 and can either play Violin or Viola in the String Quartet.
Jonathan at Durham Castle
Photo: Alan Mason Photography
Jonathan has been a part of North East Soiree since 2010 initially as a deputy player and is now our most regular player with North East Soiree as 1st violin in the String Quartet and fiddler in our Ceilidh Band
North East Soiree String Quartet at the Morritt Arms, County Durham
Photo: Tim Stewart Photography www.timstewart.co.uk
Here's our other Jonathan at Durham Masonic Hall
Photo: Alan Mason Photography
This Jonathan has been a part of North East Soiree as a deputy player since 2010 however has become a key member of our group since 2016 and is now very much a regular with North East Soiree in both the String Quartet (as 1st or 2nd violin or viola) and fiddle in our Ceilidh Band
North East Soiree String Quartet at Matfen Hall, Northumberland
Photo: Alan Mason Photography
Emma has been a part of North East Soiree since 2004 and is a regular with North East Soiree in both the String Quartet and Ceilidh Band
Here we are playing during a drinks reception at a wedding in Ellingham Hall in Northumberland
1. Can't Take My Eyes off You 2. Don't Stop Believin' 3. Moves Like Jagger 4. Stand By Me 5. I've Got You Under My Skin 6. It Must Be Love
Venues
North East Soiree have performed in Churches and other religious buildings all over the North East and here is a little list of some of the venues we have performed in:
Northumberland: Albemarle Barracks, Alnwick Castle, Alnwick Gardens, Boe Rigg (Bellingham), Broomley Grange, Bywell Hall, Chillingham Castle, Dilston Hall, Doxford Hall, Ellingham Hall, Eshott Hall, Guyzance Hall, Kirkley Hall, Langley Castle, Linden Hall, Longhirst Hall, Matfen Hall, Newton Hall, Otterburn Towers, Ridley Hall, Whalton Village Hall, Wood Hill Hall
Newcastle upon Tyne: As You Like It, Assembly Rooms, Caledonian Hotel, Centre for Life, Close House, Copthorne Hotel, Dissington Hall, Great North Museum: Hancock, Seaton Burn Holiday Inn, Horton Grange, Jesmond Dene Hotel, Mansionhouse, Newcastle Civic Centre, Northern Counties Club, Scalini's Gosforth, Swallow Inn, Thistle Hotel, Vermont Hotel
North Tyneside: Grand Hotel Tynemouth, Menzies Hotel, Tynemouth Sailing Club
Gateshead: Angel View Inn, Baltic Art Gallery, Blackhall Mill, Federation Brewery, Gateshead Hilton, The Sage Gateshead
South Tyneside: Little Haven Hotel, South Shields Town Hall, Whitburn Parish Church
Sunderland: Marriott Hotel Seaburn, Quayside Exchange, Roker Hotel, Stadium of Light, Sunderland Sheik Temple
Durham City: Alington House, Crook Hall, Durham Castle, Durham School, Durham Town Hall, Three Tuns, Royal County Marriot, Durham University (Collingwood, Grey, Hatfield, st Aidans, st Chad, st Johns, st Hilds and st Bede, Van Mildert)
County Durham: Auckland Castle, Beamish Hall, Bishop Auckland Town Hall, Blanchland Village Hall, Bowburn Hall, Bowes Museum, Brancepeth Castle, Brockwell Studios, Castle Eden Inn, Derwent Manor, Hallgarth Manor Pittington, Hardwick Hall Hotel, Hardwicke Manor Hotel, Lumley Castle, Maltshovel Inn, Manor House (West Auckland), Minsteracres, Rainton Meadows Arena, Ramside Hall, Seaham Hall, Shildon civic hall, Slaley Hall, Whitworth Hall
Darlington: Banatynes Hotel, Blackwell Grange, Hall Garth House, Headlam Hall, Redworth Hall, Rockliffe Hall, The George Piercebridge, Walworth Castle
Teesside: Billingham Cricket Club, Durham University (Queen's Campus Stockton) Gisborough Hall, Judges Yarm, Mercedes Benz Stockton, Thistle Hotel, Wynyard Hall
North Yorkshire: Allerton Castle, Catterick Garrison, Chopgate Village Hall, Crathorne Hall, Fountains Abbey, Grinkle Park, Middleton Lodge, Morritt Arms, Solberge Hall, The Cleveland Tontine, Whinstone View
Please send contact emails to gordon@northeastsoiree.com
Teesside and North Yorkshire String Quartet for Wedding Music ~ String Quartet for Corporate Entertainment