Celebrate in style as the Camerata String Quartet performs elegant music for your special event! Right from the start, careful attention will be paid to your preferences ensuring the music matches the atmosphere. This classy and professional ensemble offers an extensive list of music to fit any occasion, but can also fulfill special requests. From classical to pop to folk, they have performed music for grand celebrations as well as intimate wedding ceremonies. They have performed for outdoor, church, university, public and private events.
Our guests can not stop talking about how amazing the ceremony music was. It felt so magical and my only regret is that I had to experience it from so far away as the bride. If you are looking for stings for your event, please hire Layla!
The Camerata String Quartet helped to make our wedding a beautiful and special day. They openly communicated on their needs and any questions they had well ahead of the event. On the day, they double checked our schedule for the ceremony to make sure we were still having all of the processionals - which was really great and important because we had changed the walks / order! They were able to be flexible, and change it up on the spot. They were so easy going and able to accommodate our special song requests.
The music itself was high class, beautiful, and worked well in an outdoor setting. Thank you so much for making our day so special!!
Response from Camerata String Quartet:
Thank you for this kind review! We enjoyed our time with you and wish you both the best!
Leyla
CSQ
The quartet was excellent! A beautiful summer wedding day by the river supported by the Camerata String Quartet was perfect.....Thank you for the diverse repertoire as well!
Response from Camerata String Quartet:
Carmen: I just saw this review. Thank you so much. We really enjoyed our time with you, meeting your family and playing for the ceremony. Thank you for choosing the Camerata String Quartet! Best to you both.
Leyla Sanyer CSQ
Price Range: Contact for rates
Gig Length: 60 - 360 minutes
Languages: English
Unions: AFM
The Camerata String Quartet offers a professional, elegant and fun performance that takes the traditional string quartet into the mood and atmosphere that you are planning for your event. We have performed for weddings, funerals, parties, dinner, concerts and special theater events. We have the ability to search for music requests and also complete new arrangements if necessary. We have many years of experience as professional performers but we love to play for all ages and all types of events.
The Camerata String Quartet
Together since the 1990s, this Madison Wisconsin based quartet enjoys providing music for your special event; wedding ceremonies, receptions, private parties and elegant occasions.
Leyla, Maureen, Liz and Amy have been playing together for almost 20 years and have been playing professionally in other music ensembles and symphony orchestras for over 35 years.
You can relax and enjoy your day knowing the music is in the hands of experienced professionals who will perform beautifully in any setting.
Bios for the Quartet Members
Violinist Leyla Sanyer is a native of Madison, Wisconsin and U.W. Madison graduate. She has been active as a professional musician for the last 40 years. She has played with the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and the Oakwood Chamber Players. Leyla also performs in the pit orchestras for Capitol City Theatre, Four Seasons Theater, and the Children's Theater of Madison. Many of Leyla's arrangements for chamber ensembles have been recorded and she is sought after as a performer and music educator. She taught for 38 years in the public schools of Wisconsin; first in Manitowoc and then Oregon. She conducts orchestras in the midwest and beyond.
Maureen McCarty is a professional violinist and private violin and viola teacher in Madison, Wisconsin. She has extensive experience as an orchestral musician: in the OCB in Barcelona, Spain, the OFGC in the Canary Islands, as well as the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and other orchestras in the Midwest. She has played for theater productions at American Players Theatre, Madison Rep and Milwaukee Rep. She was an orchestra teacher in the Monona Grove Public Schools for many years and continues to work with young musicians through the WYSO chamber music program, as well as in the public schools.
Liz Deger, violist, has taught orchestra in the Verona, Oregon Public Schools, and Stillwater, MN Public Schools. Recently retired from Franklin, Public School District, she is currently teaching orchestra part time in Burlington WI. Liz is Principal Violist with the Beloit-Janesville Symphony, and also performs with the Concord Chamber Orchestra and Cardinal Stritch Symphony Orchestra in Milwaukee. While in Madison, Liz performed with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and the Madison Savoyards Theater Orchestra.
Amy Harr is a freelance cellist and private teacher in the Madison area. She works with the Camerata String Quartet and Triple Play trio, the WYSO Chamber Music program and Capital City Theater. She was Principal Cello of the Colorado Ballet Orchestra and Denver Center Theater Company, Assistant Principal/Acting Principal Cello of the Houston Ballet Orchestra and has performed with the Colorado and Houston Symphonies and Houston Grand Opera. Amy received her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Master’s Degree in Cello Performance and Orchestral Studies from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music.
We own an elegant white canopy with sides that can be used in case of inclement weather. For now, there is no charge for the use of this protection for the string instruments.
| September 04, 2022 • 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Wedding Ceremony |
| June 18, 2022 • 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Wedding Ceremony |
| September 30, 2017 • 3:00pm - 4:30pm | Botanical garden wedding |
| September 23, 2017 • 4:00pm - 6:00pm | Country club wedding |
| June 24, 2017 • 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Garden wedding |
| May 21, 2017 • 8:00am - 11:30am | Church service performance |
| April 22, 2017 • 5:00pm - 9:00pm | Titanic re-enactment dinner |
| March 04, 2017 • 12:00pm - 3:00pm | Concert hall reception |
| February 12, 2017 • 8:00am - 11:30am | Church service performance |
| December 10, 2016 • 3:00pm - 6:30pm | Hotel ballroom wedding/cocktail hour |
| October 29, 2016 • 3:00pm - 4:30pm | Barn wedding |
| October 15, 2016 • 1:45pm - 3:15pm | Pres House wedding |
| October 01, 2016 • 4:00pm - 5:30pm | On the lake wedding |
| September 24, 2016 • 2:45pm - 6:00pm | Resort wedding |
| September 18, 2016 • 8:00am - 11:30am | Church service performance |
| September 17, 2016 • 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Park wedding |
| September 04, 2016 • 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Church wedding |
| September 03, 2016 • 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Country wedding |
| August 27, 2016 • 5:00pm - 6:30pm | Rooftop wedding |
| August 27, 2016 • 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Rooftop wedding |
| August 20, 2016 • 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Garden wedding |
| August 13, 2016 • 6:00pm - 8:00pm | Wedding dinner |
| August 13, 2016 • 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Country church wedding |
| August 06, 2016 • 4:30pm - 6:00pm | On the lake wedding |
| August 06, 2016 • 1:00pm - 2:15pm | Church wedding |
| July 30, 2016 • 1:30pm - 3:00pm | Meeting house wedding |
| July 23, 2016 • 3:00pm - 4:00pm | Church wedding |
| July 16, 2016 • 1:30pm - 3:00pm | Church wedding |
| July 15, 2016 • 5:00pm - 6:00pm | Country club wedding |
| June 25, 2016 • 3:30pm - 5:00pm | Country wedding |
| June 18, 2016 • 3:00pm - 5:00pm | Outdoor wedding |
Classical Music List
Bach Air from “Suite No. 3 in D”
Bach Gavottes I & II from “Suite No. 3 in D”
Bach Arioso from “Cantata No. 156” (cello solo)
Bach/Gounod Ave Maria
Bach Badinerie
Bach Bist Du Bei Mir
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 and No. 5
Bach Double Concerto in d minor, mvt. 2 Largo
Bach Fantasy on “Sleepers, Wake”
Bach Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Bach My Heart Ever Faithful
Bach Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major
Bach Prelude and Fugue in E minor
Bach Sheep May Safely Graze
Beethoven Ode to Joy from “Symphony No. 9”
Beethoven Country Dance and Minuet
Beethoven Moonlight Sonata
Beethoven Sonatina in F
Bizet Entr’acte, Habanera, The Toreador’s Song from Carmen
Charpentier Te Deum - Prelude and Tu Devicto
Clark Trumpet Voluntary in D
Corelli Concerti Grossi Nos. 4, 7, 10, and 11
Copland Variations on a Shaker Melody from “Appalachian Spring”
Delibes The Flower Song from Lakme
Fauré Pavane Op. 50
Franck Panis Angelicus
Geminiani Concerto Grosso in G Minor
Gounod Chanson Du Roi and Vin O Biere from Faust
Grieg Holberg Suite – Prelude and Gavotte
Grieg Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel Overture, Andante, Aria and Lentement from Water Music
Handel Air from Water Music
Handel Hornpipe from Water Music
Handel La Rejouissance
Handel Passacaille
Handel Pastoral Symphony
Handel Sonata in G Minor
Haydn String Quartets
Hofeldt The Gift and Lullaby
Joplin Country Club
Joplin Paragon Rag
Mascagni Intermezzo Sinfonico from Cavalleri Rusticana
Massenet Meditation from Thais
Mendelssohn Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mozart Alleluia from “Exsultate, Jubilate”
Mozart Andante from “Piano Concerto No. 21”
Mozart Bei Männern from The Magic Flute
Mozart Deh Vieni, Non Tardar from The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart Der Vogelfänger from The Magic Flute
Mozart Divertimento No. 1 in D K. 136
Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – Mvts. 1- 4
Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart Sleigh Ride – German Dance, K. 605, No. 3
Mozart String Quartets K.155, K.156, K.157, or K173
Mouret Rondeau from Premiere Suite
Offenbach Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffman
Pachelbel Canon in D
Puccini Nessun Dorma from Turandot
Puccini O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi
Puccini Quando M’en Vo Soletta per la Vie from La Bohème
Purcell Rondeau from the Faerie Queen
Purcell Trumpet Tune from “The King of Denmark”
Rachmaninoff Vocalise
Saint-Saëns The Swan from Carnival of the Animals
Scarlatti Quartetto in F Major, Allegro
Schubert Ava Maria
Schubert The Trout theme from Quartet D. 667
Shaker Hymn Simple Gifts
Tartini Sonata in D Major
Tchaikovsky Czardas, Dance of the Swans & Pas de deux/ Swan Lake
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Waltz
Telemann Fantasia
Telemann Sonata in C Minor
Verdi Ballata from Rigoletto
Verdi Libiamo from La Traviata
Vivaldi Concerto in D Minor, Largo and Allegro
Vivaldi Concerto for Two Violins, Allegro
Vivaldi Sonata for 2 Trumpets in C; Allegro
Vivaldi Spring, Autumn, and Winter from The Four Seasons
Wagner Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin
Contemporary Music
Across the Stars
All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera Andrew Lloyd Webber
All of Me John Legend
All of You Cole Porter
All My Loving Lennon and McCartney
All You Need Is Love (recorded by The Beatles) Lennon & McCartney
And I Love Her McCartney
Annie’s Song John Denver
Appalachia Waltz Mark O’Connor
April Come She Will Paul Simon
Ashokan Farewell Jay Ungar
At Last Etta James
Begin the Beguine Cole Porter
Best Day of My Life American Authors
Bittersweet Symphony The Verve
Blue Moon Richard Rogers
Breathe (as recorded by Faith Hill) Lamar and Bentley
Canon in D Johann Pachelbel
Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis) George David Weiss
Can You Feel the Love Tonight Elton John
Clocks (as recorded by Coldplay) Guy Berryman et al
Come Away With Me Norah Jones
Con Te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye) Francesco Sartori
Country Club Rag/Paragon Rag/The Entertainer Scott Joplin
Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen
Dodi Li arr. K. Witek
Dona Nobis Pacem arr. Anne McGinty
Don't Stop Believin' Journey
Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes Mack David
Edelweiss Richard Rodgers
Eleanor Rigby Lennon and McCartney
Embraceable You Goerge Gershwin
Estrellita (Mexican Love Song) Manuel Ponce
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You Michael Kamen
Fireflies Owl City
From This Moment On (recorded by Shania Twain) Shania Twain
Game of Thrones Theme K. Agioritis
Georgia Ray Charles
God Gave Me You Barnes (Blake Shelton)
God Only Knows Wilson (Beach Boys)
Grow Old With Me (recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter) John Lennon
Hallelujah Leonard Cohen
Happy Together Turtles
Hatikva arr. by K. Witek
Hava Nagila arr. by K. Witek
Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter Williams/Patrick
Here Comes the Sun George Harrison
Hey Jude Lennon & McCartney
Home Edward Sharpe
I Cross My Heart Kaz (George Strait)
I Get A Kick Out of You Cole Porter
I Get to Love You Eckford (Ruelle)
I Hope You Dance (recorded by Lee Ann Womack) Sillers and Sanders
I Will Lennon and McCartney
If I Should Fall Behind Bruce Springsteen
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) Charles and Craig Reid
I'm Yours Jason Mraz
Immigrant Song Led Zeppelin
In My Life (as recorded by The Beatles) Lennon and McCartney
Inisheer Irish
It Had To Be You Isham Jones
I Want to Hold Your Hand (recorded by The Beatles) Lennon & McCartney
Just the Way You Are Bruno Mars
La Cumparsita G. Rodriguez
Legend of Zelda Akito Nakatsuka
Longer Than (recorded by Dan Fogelberg) Dan Fogelberg
The Lord’s Prayer Albert Hay Malotte
L-O-V-E Kaempfert and Gabler
Love Her Madly Jim Morrison
Love Story Taylor Swift
Love Theme from "Cinema Paradiso" Morricone (Konnor)
The Prayer (rec. by Josh Groben/Celine Dione) Sager & Foster
Lullaby William Hofeldt
Married Life Giaccino
Marry Me (recorded by Train) Monahan, Katz and Hollander
Marry You Bruno Mars
Melody Road Joe Hisaishi/Tortoro Kids
Michelle Lennon and McCartney
Miracle of Miracles from Fiddler on the Roof Jerry Bock
Moon River Henry Mancini
Morning Has Broken Cat Stevens
Moves Like Jagger Maroon 5
Nothing Else Matters Metallica
One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story Leonard Bernstein
On Wisconsin William T. Purdy
Over the Rainbow Arlen (Kamakawiwo'ole)
The Prayer Carole B. Sager
Parent’s Prayer Greg Davis
Perfect Ed Sheehan
Perhaps Love John Denver
Radioactive Imagine Dragons/Dan Reynolds
Rewrite the Stars Justin Paul
Sabbath Prayer from Fiddler on the Roof Jerry Bock
Safe and Sound (from Hunger Games) Taylor Swift
Say You Won't Let Go James Arthur
She’s Got A Way Billy Joel
Simon Tov arr. by K. Witek
Someone To Watch Over Me George Gershwin
Somewhere Over the Rainbow Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Stairway to Heaven Robert Plant
Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof Jerry Bock
Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond
Take Five Paul Desmond
Tennessee Whiskey Chris Stapleton
Think of Me from Phantom of the Opera Andrew Lloyd Webber
Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran
Thousand Years Christina Perri & David Hodges
Time of Your Life Green Day
Tonight from West Side Story Leonard Bernstein
Uma Thurman Fall Out Boy
Under the Sea Howard Ashman
Uptown Funk Bruno Mars
Viva La Vida Coldplay
Wagon Wheel Darius Rucker
Wake Me Up Avicii
The Way You Do the Things You Do Robinson and Rogers
The Wedding Song (There Is Love) Noel Paul Stookey
We Found Love Rihanna
We’ve Only Just Begun P. Williams and R. Nichols
When I’m Sixty-Four (as recorded by the Beatles) Lennon and McCartney
Wildflowers Tom Petty
Wonderful Tonight Eric Clapton
Yellow Coldplay
You Are the Wind Beneath My Wings Henley and Silbar
You Made Me Love You James Monaco
You Raise Me Up (recorded by Josh Groban) Rolf Lovland
Your Song Elton John
You're My Best Friend Queen
...and much more
The Camerata String Quartet honors hundreds of years of string quartet history and performance from the Classical Renaissance era to the Contemporary Popular Music present.
Four armless chairs and protection from rain, sun and wind if outdoors
10 x 10 foot flat area for the quartet
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