“You pay well” 


That might surprise you. It’s a core feature of our business that not only do we look after our musicians on the day, but also we endeavour to pay them a fair wage.  We aim to be one of those companies that has ethical work practices and that very much extends to the musicians who play for us. 

Each year the Musicians Union recommends a base rate for all the types of work that musicians do. We endeavour to adhere to the Musicians Union recommended rate of pay. All too often we read of poorly paid work being dished out on industry WhatsApp groups with some groups finding it difficult to recruit players because the wage was so low. We felt that this is no way to attract good, reliable talent.  Our musicians are proud to play for South Downs Strings.  This means that your event will have the happiest musicians who want to be there, who feel that they are contributing positively to a wonderful event and being paid fairly for their expertise. 

Many of our clients comment that booking our string quartet for their wedding was the most straightforward part of their wedding planning. We try to make the booking process as easy as possible. Our knowledge of weddings means that we know the right questions to ask our clients in order to help guide them through the planning process and make it as stress free as possible.

We hope that you now have a better understanding of the differences between South Downs Strings and other string quartets.  Booking us for your event means that you can plan your event with confidence, safe in the knowledge that we’ll deliver a quality, reliable performance and a level of polish that best reflects your event.

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 As a Sussex based string quartet we are lucky enough to have some outstanding wedding & event spaces right on our doorstep: from Goodwood House to Nymans NT to Buxted Park Hotel to The Ravenswood to Cowdray House...the list goes on.

Our string quartet has a wealth of wedding experience and we love working with our clients to achieve the wedding of their dreams.  We aim to make the process of organising wedding music as stress-free as possible.  

We'll provide you with as much planning advise as you require.  We appreciate that most of our clients have never planned a wedding before so there may be many things they are encountering for the very first time.  We are always happy to share our knowledge and understanding of live events.  Our clients value us for our extensive industry knowledge.

We have a number of happy clients who have kindly left reviews.  So you can be reassured that booking us will be the right decision.  Some of clients even go on to recommend us to friends and family and we have found ourselves seeing former clients at other events.

Send us an email or give us a call to find out more about having our string quartet play at your wedding.

Amberley Castle is a magical place with a timeless atmosphere.  We enjoyed playing there for a couple of weddings last season.  So we were delighted to be invited to take part in their upcoming wedding open day.  

Our Trio, Violin & Cello Duo and Violin Duo will be entertaining guests and we'll be on hand to offer musical advice to couples.

You can find out more information HERE