From the first call to the final encore.
What our couples — and their planners — quietly know: the music is the part of a wedding people remember thirty years later. Here is how we earn that responsibility.
Five movements.
The Conversation
We meet in our Mercer Street studio (or yours). We listen — to your couple, your venue, the records you've loved together — long before we suggest a single band size.
The Proposal
Within seventy-two hours you receive a written music architecture: ceremony, cocktail, reception. Personnel, set lengths, custom arrangements, transitions. No surprises.
Custom Arrangements
Our music director writes bespoke charts for your processional, your first dance, and any moments that matter. Two studio sessions, sent as private recordings, before your day.
The Walk-Through
Forty days out, we visit your venue with your planner. We map sight-lines, power, sound, transitions between band configurations, and the precise pacing of your reception.
The Evening
A music director on the floor. A sound engineer at the board. A union crew loading in and out. You hear music — never logistics.
"The dance floor was full from the first song to the last note — our planner told us she'd never seen anything like it."
Saturday dates from May through October are typically booked nine to fourteen months in advance. We hold only one wedding per Saturday, so the earlier you reach out, the better.
The Plaza, The Pierre, Cipriani 42nd Street and Cipriani Wall Street, The Rainbow Room, Tribeca Rooftop, Weylin in Williamsburg, The Bowery Hotel, The Glasshouse, Cedar Lakes Estate, and dozens more across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Hudson Valley.
Always. Our music director writes a custom arrangement of your first-dance song, your processional, and any other meaningful moments — included in every booking. You'll receive a private studio recording for approval before the event.
Yes — most couples book all three. We stagger ensemble sizes through the evening: strings for the ceremony, jazz trio for cocktails, full orchestra for the reception, all coordinated by one music director.
Bookings begin at $18,000 for a nine-piece reception band and scale based on ensemble size, ceremony and cocktail coverage, custom arrangement work, and production. We provide a written proposal after our first conversation.
Frequently — the Hamptons, Hudson Valley, and Connecticut are routine. We have also played weddings in Palm Beach, Aspen, Lake Como, and the south of France.