Founder Members & Regular Guest Players

founder members
Stringsaloud String Quartet

mairi hunter-barr

founder, manager & violinist

gillian gracie

founder lead violinist

morag currie

founder violist

rosamunde preston
founder cellist

regular guest players

gisela hans
Violinist - Toured with Belle & Sebastian

lillian potter
Violinist - Regular with the RSNO




elspeth luke
Violinist - Regular with the Scottish Opera

helena flint

Viola - appearances at the Edinburgh Festival



emma peebles
Viola - Regular with the Scottish Opera



rebecca green
Cellist - Fantastic cellist from the Lakes, England.






susan appelbe
Cellist - appearances at the O2 Arena, London






fiona mclachlan
Cellist - Founder of Cairn Quartet, Glasgow

More Information about Stringsaloud

Stringsaloud are a very busy quartet with over 100 wedding and corporate event bookings taken every year since 2005.

We have played at the opening of Hotel Du Vin, One Devonshire Gardens, Glasgow, the Glasgow Malmaison for the past two years at Hogmanay and at a very famous Scottish comedian and radio presenter's 50th birthday party.

Mairi Hunter-Barr, Sales and Events Manager of the quartet, has given interviews to SAGA fm, Evening Times and the Networker for Women into Business Glasgow.

The girls have recently been head-hunted by Talkback Thames for "Britain's Got Talent", however we are quite happy with keeping our talent in Scotland!

Such is the popularity of Stringsaloud's music we have a pool of regular players so that we may attend more than one event at a time.

Stringsaloud's Music - Listen!

Listen to selected tracks below @
http://www.stringsaloud.co.uk/music.htm


processional music
Trumpet Tune, Henry Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary, Jeremiah Clarke
Wedding March, Wagner
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, GF Handel
Rondo, Mouret
Sheep May Safely Graze, JS Bach
Chapel of Love J Barry, E Greenwich, P Spector www.stringsaloud.co.uk/music.htm
Braveheart: The Secret Wedding, James Horner www.stringsaloud.co.uk/music.htm
La Rejoussance, GF Handel
Air (on a G String) from Suite No.3, JS Bach
Canon in D, J Pachebel www.stringsaloud.co.uk/music.htm
Ave Maria, Schubert
Ave Maria, Bach/Gounod
Highland Cathedral, Scottish Traditional

signing of the register
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, JS Bach
Aria from Xerxes, GF Handel
Largo from Winter: The Four Seasons, Vivaldi
Liebestraum, Listz
Panis Angelicus Franck
Sleeping Beauty Waltz, Tchaikovsky
Meditation from Thais, Massenet
Cantabile, Tartini

processional exit
Wedding March, Mendelsohnn
Alleluja from Exultate Jubilate, Mozart
Ode to Joy, Beethoven
Bittersweet Symphony, The Verve
Fields of Gold Eva Cassidy version

light classical
Wachet Auf JS Bach
Arioso JS, Bach
Adagio Cantabile 'Pathetique', Beethoven
Minuet, Beethoven
Menuett, Boccherini
Polovtsian Dances; Prince Igor, Borodin
Hungarian Dance No.5 Brahms
From; Etude No.3 Chopin
Golliwog's Cakewalk, Debussy
Flower Duet (Lakme), Delibes
Humoresque, Dvorak
Salut D'Amour, Elgar
Chanson De Nuit, Elgar
Pavane, Faure
Melody, Gluck
Studenternes Serenade, Grieg
Bouree; Fireworks, GF Handel
Water Music Suite in F, GF Handel
Water Music Suite in D, GF Handel www.stringsaloud.co.uk/music.htm
Sernade, Haydn
Andante; Oboe Concerto, Haydn
Eine Kleine Nachtmusic, Mozart
Quartet in C Kochel No. 157, Mozart
Rondo alla Turca, Mozart
Presto; A Musical Joke, Mozart
Adagio in C, Mozart
Standchen, Schubert
Moment Musical, Schubert
Kinderszenen Scenes from Childhood, Schumann
Waltz of the Flowers, Tchaikovsky
Andantino, Verdi

rags & tangos
Country Club, Leroy Anderson
Paragon Rag, Leroy Anderson
Country Club, Leroy Anderson
Sandpaper Ballet, Leroy Anderson
Blue Tango, Leroy Anderson
La Paloma, Sebastian Iradier

contemporary favourites
Summertime, Gershwin
Moon River, Henry Mancini
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Fly me to the Moon
Anything Goes
Funiculi Funicula

scottish traditional
The Flower of the Quern
Auld Lang Syne
Loch Lomond
Highland Cathedral
Ye Banks & Braes
Ae Fond Kiss www.stringsaloud.co.uk/music.htm
Will You Go Lassie Go
My Love She's But a Lassie Yet

pop, musicals, film,
Songbird, Eva Cassidy
Fields of Gold, Eva Cassidy
All You Need is Love, Beatles
I’m a Believer, Neil Diamond
Halleluja, (Jeff Buckley version from Shrek) Leonard Cohen
With or Without You, U2
Fix You, Coldplay
Yellow, Coldplay
High & Dry, Radiohead
Bittersweet Symphony, The Verve
Mr Brightside, The Killers
All I Ask of You, Phantom of the Opera
A Whole New World, Aladdin
My Heart Will Go On, Celine Dion/James Horner
Moon River, Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Secret Wedding, Braveheart
Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Wizard of Oz
Glasgow Love Theme, Love Actually
Primeminister's Love Theme, Love Actually

hymns
Praise my Soul the King of Heaven
All Things Bright & Beautiful
We Come Dear Lord to Celebrate (Repton)
Bind Us Together Lord
Take our Bread
Morning Has Broken
Amazing Grace
Make me a Channel of Your Peace
Love Divine All Love Excelling

New Images of Glasgow's Hottest All-Girl Quartet!

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2008: Appearances so far....

These are two recent weddings that we were performing at on April 26th 2008 and May 3rd 2008, we have played at 8 previous to these during January to April....it is now definitely

WEDDING SEASON.....so hold onto your hats! So we will be out practically every weekend now until September....

Last weekend we were performing at Airth Castle near Falkirk.

The ceremony was held inside the castle and then the guests moved onto the lawn area outside.

We stayed in the beautiful foyer which had an amazing acoustic...no need for amplification here, it was really loud!

We played Canon in D (go to http://www.stringsaloud.co.uk/ to hear this sampled and recorded by us) for the Processional, Fields of Gold for the Signing of the Register and Bittersweet Symphony by the Verve for the Recessional.

This weekend we played outside at Harburn House for the ceremony on the lawn.

We also got some "interesting" shots by the "gazebo"/hut/wendy house(?).

You will notice that we have a different cellist, Fiona McLachlan (RSAMD graduate and Cairn Quartet member). Roz was actually a guest for once at a wedding instead of playing at them all the time!

For this wedding we played Canon in D for the Processional, Ave Maria (Schubert) and Secret Wedding, Braveheart (go to www.stringsaloud.co.uk to hear this) and the Mendelssohn Wedding March for the Recessional.

This ceremony was conducted by a Humanist celebrant and was very touching, sincere and entertaining!

If you would like to know more about Stringsaloud String Quartet please visit www.stringsaloud.co.uk

or email Mairi Hunter-Barr at stringsaloud@hotmail.co.uk.

Stringsaloud String Quartet Glasgow

Welcome to the world of Stringsaloud String Quartet

.....the perfect accompaniment to any occasion...

Stringsaloud, http://www.stringsaloud.co.uk/, based in Glasgow, have quickly become one of Central Scotland's favourite all female string quartets. The quartet was set up in 2005 as a business by their manager and violinist Mairi Hunter-Barr.

The quartet comprises of:

Gillian Gracie: Violin

Mairi Hunter-Barr: Violin, Sales & Events Manager

Morag Currie: Viola

Rosamunde (Roz) Preston: Cello

All the girls teach their respective instruments in a variety of local authorities in Central Scotland, along with performing with Stringsaloud and other ensembles. Mairi & Gillian studied together at Strathclyde University on the BA Applied Music degree and Morag and Roz studied together at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.

The girls perform at over a hundred weddings and corporate events a year, with performances for the likes of Scottish comedian Fred McAulay and Snow Patrol.

Stringsaloud are a fresh, funky and musically versatile ensemble, playing classical, Traditional Scottish music, jazz and pop. From Pachebel's Canon in D and Bach's Air on a G String to the Verve, Eva Cassidy and the Foo Fighters we have done them all!

Venues We Have Known and Love....and will be re-visting very soon no doubt!

Stringsaloud have played at some of Scotland's most beautiful venues and also some very unusual settings for weddings.

Among our Castle Venues:

Dundas Castle, South Queensferry

Dalhousie Castle, outside Edinburgh

Blair Atholl Castle, Blair Atholl north of Pitlochry

Glenskirlie Castle, Banknock, nr Kilsyth....probably Scotland's newest castle!

Stirling Castle
Sherbrooke Castle, Glasgow

Doune Castle....setting for Monty Python's Holy Grail movie!

Airth Castle, nr Falkirk

Auchen Castle, Moffat the Borders

Beautiful hotels....

Mar Hall, Bishopton, nr Glasgow

Hotel Du Vin, One Devonshire Gardens, Glasgow

Dryburgh Hotel & Dryburgh Abbey, Borders

Dalmahoy, Edinburgh

Gailes Hotel, Irvine

Lochside Hotel, New Cumnock

Lochgreen Hotel, Troon

Brigodoon Hotel, Alloway
Western House Hotel, Ayr Racecourse

Turnberry, Ayrshire

Dunblane Hydro

Creiff Hydro

Roman Camp, Callendar, the Trossachs

Lodge on the Loch, Loch Lomond

Gleneagles, Perthshire

Stunning Country Houses....

Cameron House, Loch Lomond

Harburn House, West Calder

Solsgirth House, Dollar

Balbirnie House, Markinch, Fife

Contemporary Venues....

House for an Art Lover, Glasgow

Orocco Pier, South Queensferry, on the Beach!

St Andrew's in the Square, Glasgow