Duo, trio or String quartet,
Duo,Trio or String Quartet: the perfect accompaniment to your event
Duo,Trio or String Quartet: the perfect accompaniment to your event
Welcome to Afton Strings' home page!
Afton Strings are a professional String Trio and Quartet available for hire in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Ayrshire, Perthshire, Loch Lomond, Argyll and Bute, Lanarkshire, Lothian, Renfrewshire and and the rest of Scotland.
Afton Strings all Scotland- based professional players freelancing with orchestras such as Scottish Ballet and RSNO and have more than 40 years experience of playing at weddings and functions between them! Their extensive repertoire includes anything from Bach through to Abba, Cole Porter and Coldplay.
Here you can hear selection of our repertoire for drinks receptions played by Mark, Nina and Russell: hope you enjoy it! More videos can be found in the sidebar or have a look at our videos page!
Afton Strings can be booked as a trio, string quartet or string orchestra depending on your requirements. All members of Afton Strings are also happy to appear as soloists with the organist during the ceremony if required, please use our enquiry form for further details.
We have a huge repertoire, some of which is listed under the trio repertoire or quartet repertoire in the sidebar on the right, however if there's something that you would like that isn't on the list please feel free to ask as it is very likely that we might have it in our pads. If not, we're happy to arrange the tune that you would like especially for your event for a fee. We regularly arrange songs both for our ensembles (trio or quartet) as well as on commission for other ensembles around Scotland so we guarantee a professional result.
Afton Strings can also be hired to accompany choral concerts. We supply as many string players as you require, anything from single strings up to full string orchestra. The members have many years' experience of playing for choral concerts all around the UK and know most of the mainstream repertoire.
Our latest arrangements:
Nov 2019
Sound of Silence (Paul Simon): String Duo
Make you feel my love (Bob Dylan/Adele): String Duo
At Last (Etta James): String Duo
One day like This (Elbow): String Duo
Oct 2019-Oct 2017
Whatever (Oasis) String duo
Everlong (Foo fighters) String Duo
A Thousand Years (Christina Perri/D Hodges) String Duo
Haste to the wedding (Trad.) String Duo
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto, G major, RV 310 String Trio
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Aug-Sep 2017
At Last (Etta James): String Quartet, String Trio
November Rain (Guns and Roses): String Quartet
Love on top (Beyonce): String Quartet
Halo (Beyonce): String Quartet
I'll make a man out of you (Mulan): String Quartet
Crazy little thing called love (The Queen): String Quartet
May-July 2017
All of Me (John Stevens and Toby Gad) String Trio
I will wait (Mumford and Sons) String Trio
Nimrod from Enigma Variations (Elgar) String Trio
Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen) String Trio
Your Song (Elton John) String Trio
Theme from Ladies in Lavender (Nigel Hess) String Trio
Baby I love you (The Ramones) String trio
January-April 2017:
True Colours (Cindi Lauper): String Trio, String Quartet
September-October 2016
Fernando (ABBA) String Trio, String Quartet
Money, money, money (ABBA) String Trio (already had for quartet)
April-August 2016
Crisantemi (Puccini) String Quartet
With or Without you (U2) string trio (already had for quartet)
Real Love (John Lennon) String Quartet
Daydream believer (The Monkees) String Quartet
Bring me Sunshine (A Kent) String Quartet
I'm yours (Jason Mraz) String Trio (already had for quartet)
Love is all around me (wet wet wet) String Trio
Everlong (Foo Fighters) String Trio
March 2016:
Slide away (Oasis): String Trio
Paradise (Coldplay) String Quartet (already had for trio)
February 2016:
Disney's Up: Married Life: String Quartet
Beethoven's 5 Secrets (The Piano Guys): String Quartet
January 2016:
Winter (Vivaldi: Four Seasons): String Trio (already had for quartet)
La Vie en Rose (Edith Piaf): String Trio (Already had for quartet)
Nessun Dorma (Puccini): String Trio (already had for quartet)
August 2015:
La Musica Notturna Delle Strade de Madrid: Passa Calle (Boccherini) String Quartet, String Trio
Nella Fantasia: String Trio
Caledonia (Dougie Maclane) String Quartet
July 2015:
Wherever you will go (The Calling) String Quartet
You make my dreams come true (Hall and Oates) String Trio
We found love (Rihanna) String Quartet
500 Miles (The Proclaimers) String Quartet, String Trio
I will (The Beatles) String Trio (Already had for quartet)
June 2015:
La Valse d'Amour (Cinderella) String Trio
You've got a friend in me (Toy story) String Trio
Stand by Me (Ben E. King) String Quartet
Whatever (Oasis) String quartet, String Trio
With or without you (U2) String Quartet
Lavender (Marillion) String Quartet
Fly me to the Moon (B. Howard) String trio
The Legend (Practical Magic) String Trio
May 2015:
Balcony Scene (Romeo+Juliet) String Quartet,
The Chain (Fleetwood Mac) String Quartet
Crazy little thing called Love (The Queen) String Trio
Hallelujah (L Cohen) String Trio (Already had for quartet)
Don't stop believing (Glee) String Trio
The River flows in You (Yiruma) String Trio
The Music of the Night (Phantom of the Opera) String Trio
April 2015:
Get Lucky (Daft Punk) String Trio, String Quartet
Feeling Good (Muse) String Trio, String Quartet
Wonderwall (Oasis) String Quartet
Cigarettes and Alcohol (Oasis) String Quartet
This year's Love (David Gray) String Quartet
Pencil full of Lead (Paolo Nutini) String Quartet
The Ludlows (Legends of the Fall) String Trio (already had for quartet)
March 2015:
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto Op 3 No.3 RV 356, A minor String Trio
The Chain (Fleetwood Mac) String Quartet
Eye of the Tiger (Rocky) String Trio
February 2015:
"Top Gun" Theme String Trio
Theme from "Jurassic Park" (John WIlliams) String Quartet
You've got the Love (Florence and the Machine): String Trio, String Quartet
January 2015:
Concierto Aranjuez (Rodrigo) II: Adagio String Quartet
How long will I love you (Mike Scott): Singer+Trio, String trio and quartet
Ashokan Farewell String trio (already had for quartet)
December 2014:
All I want for Christmas is You (Mariah Carey): String Trio and Quartet
October 2014
Handel: "Saul": Sinfonia: String Quartet
J S Bach(Arr. Latham): Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: String Quartet
J S Bach: Violin Concerto E Major: String Quartet
September 2014
I'm Yours String Quartet
J S Bach: Concerto for 3 violins String Quartet
Thunderstruck (AC/DC) String Trio
August 2014
A Whole New World String Trio and Quartet
At Last Singer+trio, string trio and Quartet
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered String Quartet
Drottningholmsmusiken (Roman): String Quartet
July 2014
Star Trek Voyager Theme String Trio and Quartet
Star Trek First Contact String Trio
Us against the World String Trio and Quartet
June 2014
Eden Roc (Einaudi) String Quartet
Marimba Love Theme (From Just Married) (C Beck) String Trio
Paradise (Coldplay) String Trio
Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter) String Trio
May 2014
That's Amore String Quartet
Happy (Pharrell Williams arr. McNutty) String Trio and Quartet
Holst: The Planets: Jupiter: slow theme (I vow to thee my country): String Quartet
April 2014:
Game of Thrones: Trio and Quartet
The Good, the bad and the Ugly: Trio and Quartet
March 2014
Somewhere over the Rainbow (Kamakawiwo-ole): String Trio
For full repertoire lists click here:
Our repertoire
Review: recital
...a delightful evening.
The standard throughout was extraordinarily fine both musically and technically, not least in the fiendishly difficult Moeran String Trio which appeared effortless.
Testimonials
(weddings and events)
(weddings and events)
I just wanted to thank you very much for your wonderful music at our garden party. Everyone thought you were superb
The quartet's participation and contribution to J and O's wedding on Saturday was superb. We have had many, many complimentary comments about the beautiful sound made by the group and how it created a wonderful atmosphere before,during and after the ceremony. We had friends and family from Australia, Canada, United States, the Caribbean and many more European countries plus, of course, Kilmarnock! Now the quartet's fine playing will be getting talked about,literally, world wide!Thank you for helping to make J and O's wedding day truly memorable.
Well what can I say you guys were absolutely amazing on our wedding day!! The amount of guests that commented on your playing and who were almost crying to the Braveheart music or other pieces at some point was crazy!!Thank you for being part of our big day and for helping it run as smoothly as it did it really couldn't have went any better....You guys are clearly very very talented at what you do and I can't comment highly enough how good you are!!Thanks for everything!
I know it's a month ago since our wedding but I just wanted to say thank you from us both for playing during our ceremony and for our guests afterwards. We had lots of feedback about how good you were from our guests! I'm slightly gutted we didn't get to hear more of your playing ourselves but the photo taking ended up taking over! We would most definitely recommend you on to anyone else who might need your services - and if we ever get married again we will give you a call!
Thank you for playing so beautifully at our wedding. Sorry we didn't get an opportunity to say thank you on the day. THe guests really enjoyed the strings and your playing brought a tear to many an eye!
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