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Lakeside Strings
Overview
Lakeside Strings offers music for many events from wedding ceremonies to corporate events. Lakeside Strings prides themselves in making your special event truly yours, by helping you choose just the right music from their repertoire list. We perform all the traditional Classical Music and also offer a large selection of modern and contemporary favorites as well. You may hire 1-15 musicians (solo to small string orchestra) and we also have musicians that can join us on piano, flute, trumpet, and harp as well. Our musicians perform with all the professional orchestras from Madison to Milwaukee and come with 20 years of professional experience.
Reviews
3 reviews
Roberto S.
September 25, 2025Beautiful music for our ceremony!
Lakeside Strings provided beautiful music for our ceremony. So glad we booked them for our special day!
Hired as: String Quartet
Jim C.
June 25, 2023Grace under fire!
They went above and beyond. Beautiful music on a 93 degree day!
Hired as: String Quartet
Judy W.
May 10, 2023Absolutely beautiful!
The Lakeside String Quartet is amazing! Their choice of music for our event was exquisite, and everyone who attended were so impressed by their professionalism and their beautiful playing. We loved them, and hope to have them again soon!
Hired as: String Quartet
Booking information
Price range: Contact for rates
Languages: English
Gig length: 60 - 180 minutes
Unions: AFM
What to expect
The Lakeside Strings pride themselves in making your special event truly yours, by helping you choose just the right music from their repertoire list, and adding that musical touch of elegance to your event. We offer traditional/Classical repertoire as well as more modern/contemporary music (U2, Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Journey, Beatles, etc.) The Lakeside Strings perform in formal concert black attire unless other arrangements are made.
About
Since 1995, the members of the Lakeside Strings come from a variety of professional and semi-professional organizations in music performance and music education. They hold Bachelors’ and Masters’ Degrees in Music Performance and Music Education. Performance affiliations include the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Wisconsin Philharmonic (formerly the Waukesha Symphony Orchestra), the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, the Racine Symphony Orchestra, the Festival City Orchestra, the Kenosha Symphony Orchestra, the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra, the Elgin Symphony Orchestra and the Madison Symphony. Active in music education, as well, members are teaching faculty for the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, the String Academy of Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Center for Strings, the Barcel String Studios, the School District of West Allis-West Milwaukee, and other schools in southeastern Wisconsin. They also maintain private teaching studios. Now in their twentieth year as a performing ensemble, the Lakeside Strings have performed for numerous wedding ceremonies, formal and casual dinners and receptions, Bar Mitzvahs, and funerals.
Additional booking notes
We have our own music stands. Client provides armless chairs. If you are using candlelight or dim lighting, please let us know so that we can be prepared with our stand lights. We perform acoustically (no amplification is provided by Lakeside Strings).
Services offered
Upcoming booked events
August 2026
15
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
5:00pm - 6:00pm
•
Madison, WI
Past booked events
June 2026
28
Sunday
Wedding Ceremony
4:00pm - 6:00pm
•
Franklin, WI
October 2025
04
Saturday
Fundraiser
5:00pm - 7:00pm
•
Janesville, WI
September 2025
13
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
2:30pm - 3:30pm
•
Janesville, WI
June 2023
24
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
4:30pm - 6:00pm
•
Madison, WI
May 2023
07
Sunday
Nonprofit Event
3:00pm - 4:00pm
•
Sheboygan, WI
September 2020
26
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
4:00pm - 7:00pm
•
Elm Grove, WI
September 2019
14
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
2:30pm - 4:00pm
•
Janesville, WI
July 2016
30
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
2:30pm - 4:00pm
•
Delafield, WI
December 2015
18
Friday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 10:00pm
•
Fond Du Lac, WI
Team
Mary Pat Michels
Manager
Set list
Repertoire List (if you don’t see it, ask about it)
Prelude
Air from “Water Music Suite” (Handel)
Air - Suite No. 3 [Air on the G-string] (Bach)
Andante Festivo (Sibelius)
Aria (Bach)
Aria (Handel)
Corelli - Suite (Corelli)
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Gluck)
Largo from Xerxes (Handel)
Largo (Winter) from Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
Passacaille (Handel)
Sarabande and Crusaders’ March (Handel)
Serenade - String Quartet No. 68 (Haydn)
Sheep May Safely Graze (J. S. Bach)
Shepherd’s Hymn [Pastoral Symphony] (Beethoven)
Sleeper’s Awake [Wachet Auf] (J. S. Bach)
Simple Gifts (Shaker Tune)
Processional
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (J.S. Bach)
Prelude to Te Deum (Charpentier)
Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke)
Trumpet Voluntary (Stanley)
Bridal Chorus from “Lohengrin”
[Here Comes the Bride] (Wagner)
Special Music
Danny Boy (arr. Alshin)
Meditation from “Thais” (Massenet)
O Mio Babbino Caro (Puccini)
Recessional
Autumn from the Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
[Ode to Joy] (Beethoven)
Hornpipe from “Water Music Suite”
[Allegro Maestoso] (Handel)
La Rejouissance from
“Royal Fireworks Suite” (Handel)
Rondeau [Masterpiece Theatre] (Mouret)
Spring from the Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
Wedding March from “Midsummer Night’s
Dream” (Mendelssohn)
Postlude
Alleluia from “Exultate, Jubilate” (Mozart)
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Handel)
Concerto in E minor (Avison)
Brandenburg Concertos (J. S. Bach)
Let the Bright Seraphim (Handel)
March - “The Marriage of Figaro” (Mozart)
Religious Music
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Ave Verum (Mozart)
Panis Angelicus (Franck)
Pastorale from “Messiah” (Handel)
Jewish Music
Dodi Li (My Beloved is Mine, and I am His)
Erev Ba (Evening Comes)
Erev Shel Shoshanim (Evening of Roses)
Hana’ava Babanot (The Fairest of Maidens)
Hava Nagila (Let’s Rejoice)
Jerusalem of Gold
Siman Tov (Congratulations – Good Luck!)
Wedding Medley: Od Y’shama & Mazel Tov)
Y’did Nefesh (Beloved of My Soul)
Reception Music
All I Ask of You (Andrew Lloyd Weber)
Ashokan Farewell (Ungar)
Canzonetta (Mendelssohn)
Concerto in D Major (Telemann)
Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 1 (Handel)
Contrasts in E minor (Francis Feese)
Divertimentos Nos. 1-3 (Mozart)
Edelweiss (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart)
Four Royal Dances Renaissance style] (Eric Ewazen)
Jazz Waltz for Strings (Francis Feese)
Joplin Rags (Scott Joplin)
Lullaby (Hofeldt)
Music of the Night (Andrew Lloyd Weber)
Nella Fantasia (from the Mission)
Palladio (Karl Jenkins)
The Prayer (Sayer/performed by Josh Grobin)
Quartet in C (Mozart)
Quartet in E-flat (K. 160) (Mozart)
Quartet No. 12 (K. 156) (Mozart)
Quartet No. 13 (K. 157) (Mozart)
Quartet No. 17 (K. 168) (Mozart)
Renaissance Suite (arr. Leidig)
Somewhere in Time - “Out of Africa” (Barry)
Somewhere Out There (James Horner)
Spanish Dance (Albeniz)
Star Dust (Hoagy Carmichael)
Symphony No. 1 (Boyce)
Symphony No. 88 (Haydn)
Wind Beneath My Wings (Henley and Silbar)
Christmas
Christmas Carols
Christmas Medleys
Concerto Grosso No. 8 [Christmas Concerto] (Corelli)
Selections from the Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky)
Modern/Contemporary (all for string quartet unless indicated)
100 Years (Five For Fighting)
A Thousand Years (Christina Perri – from Twilight IV: Breaking Dawn)
All I Want Is You (U2)
All You Need Is Love (Beatles)
Beautiful Day (U2)
Beauty and the Beast (Theme)
Bitter Sweet Symphony (The Verve)
Bless the Broken Road (Rascal Flatts)
The Book of Love (Peter Gabriel)
Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You (Frankie Valli – Jersey Boys) - 2013
Can’t Stop Falling In Love
Clocks (Coldplay)
Concerning Hobbits from Lord of the Rings (Howard Shore)
Con te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye)
Don’t Stop Believin’ (Journey)
Forever My Love (O’Neill Brothers) – (violin & piano)
God Only Knows (Beach Boys)
Hallelujah from Shrek (Cohen /Jeff Buckley)
Here Comes Your Man (Pixies)
How Beautiful
I’m Yours (Jason Mraz)
Kissing You - Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (Des’ree & Tim Atack)
Lady Gaga Hit Mix
Les Miserables (Musical)
Let It Be
Lost in this Moment
Love Theme from Out of Africa
Moon River (from Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
Nella Fantasia (Morricone – from the movie The Mission)
Nothing Fancy – Dave Barnes (with or without vocal/quartet)
One Hand, One Heart (from West Side Story) (trio or quartet)
River Flows in You (Yiruma)
Say Yes (Elliott Smith)
Something (Beatles) - 2013
Somewhere In Time
Somewhere Out There
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (trio or quartet)
Songbird (trio)
The Gift of Love (When Love is Found) – with vocal or just strings (trio or quartet)
The Lord’s Prayer – with vocal or alone
The Prayer (performed by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion) – with vocals or just strings
The Sacred Romance (Michael W. Smith)
The Wedding (Main Title Movie Theme – Emma) (Rachel Portman)
Think of Me (Phantom of the Opera)
This is the Day
Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
The Way You Look Tonight
Wedding Song – There is Love
When You Say Nothing at All – with vocal or just strings
What a Wonderful World
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
Wonderful Tonight
Yellow (Coldplay)
You Raise Me Up (Josh Groban)
Setup requirements
Armless Chairs (1 per musician hired)
Protection from precipitation
Shade/Tenting so we're not in direct sunlight.
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