Plays Well With Others
11 reviews- Hemet, CA
- Classical Ensemble
- Travels nationwide
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Overview
Plays Well With Others specializes in performing arrangements for string ensembles of popular music spanning all genres. You'll find Classic Rock, Indie, Country and Top 40 titles right along with an expansive collection of traditional classical music in our library. If you don't see the song you want, just let us know and we will compose an arrangement of that music for your event. It's that simple. And simply beautiful.
11 Reviews
I have to say everyone at my wedding was beyond impressed with the quartet! From the wide range of music of their set list to their professionalism and quality of sound was simply amazing. I have to say I definitely got more bang for my buck than expected, even the resort was asking where I hired them and who they were. They added a level to my wedding that was way beyond expected. I would highly..HIGHLY recommend hiring them. I wish I would have just booked them for the whole wedding rather than a dj for the reception. Thank you again teresa and the rest of Plays Well With Others for being a part of my wedding.
String Quartet
I hired a String Trio of Plays Well with Others to perform during breakfast at a restaurant to start the celebrations of my 50th birthday. I must say, that Teresa was wonderful to work with. She is upfront, prompt and right on with what they can play (which is an enormous list).
Not only did many (unknown to me) others at the restaurant enjoy the set, they made a point to mention it to me (and of course thank me for the music LOL).
I will most certainly make this a yearly tradition! Keep the date open! :)
Would and will I recommend Plays Well with Others to add that extra special ingredient to an event or for any formal event? Absolutely! Definitely!
Barton Anderson
String Trio
Reliable, talented, dressed nicely, good communication, everything as planned. Very happy!
String Quartet
Response from Plays Well With Others:
We all REALLY loved the venue and you! Also, your sound guy is the bomb..
Thank you so much for your kind review. Looking forward to working with you again soon. An excellent, calm, fun and happy planner; who knew?
5 stars, from beginning to end.
Cellist
Teresa was fabulous and the PERFECT choice for our Beach Wedding at the Hotel del Coronado.
She stayed in touch with me all through the planning, suggesting songs and mostly helping me pick what I would "walk" to during the ceremony. (I love classical music but I'm far from knowledgeable)
Teresa also played a wide variety of music throughout the evening, at our cocktail reception, and then later at dinner.
I think just about every guest at one point in the day, came to me to comment on how talented Teresa is, and how choosing a solo cellist was the perfect elegant choice for our intimate wedding.
I will definitely have her perform at our next event, without a doubt.
She definitely "plays well with others" :)
Cellist
Response from Plays Well With Others:
Blushing and beaming, thank you! I look forward to our next adventure!
I booked Plays Well With Others for my party and I could not be happier with the outcome. Teresa is so easy to communicate with and she even agreed to arrange a song for me.
All 3 musicians were lovely and truly seemed happy to be performing for the guests. I got many positive remarks about them throughout the night!
String Trio
Plays Well With Others recently played at my wedding at the Surf and Sand Resort. The trio leader, Teresa, was so wonderful throughout the planning process. Always responsive to my questions and took the time to explain in detail the whole process of how the trio would be involved on my big day, from their attire and set up through the ceremony cues and music, and the music for the cocktail hour. She was so kind, supportive and patient and made me feel completely confident in her and at ease leading up to the wedding. They are also very versatile and were able to beautifully accommodate unique music selections and a wide variety of genres. They played a huge part in making my wedding day so perfect! I truly could not be happier and would recommend them for any event!!
String Trio
Response from Plays Well With Others:
Dear Angel and Jimmy,
It was an honor to be a part of your perfect day. You were positively gorgeous and glowing, your guests were so sweet and your words are so kind. We enjoyed every minute.
May you have a wonderful honeymoon and may your years together be full and rich.
Teresa
I was planning a very-informal, family-only celebration of life for my mom, who had passed away only two days prior. At the last minute my sister suggested that we hire a cellist, as my mom had played the cello in her youth. I had little hopes of pulling this off in such little time. But I ended up receiving a bid from Plays Well With Others, which was quite reasonable. Despite the fact that she had another commitment later on the day, she was moved by my narrative and agreed to play for us. And she was phenomenal. She was the perfect musician and individual for the situation and for our family, and ended up staying twice as long as her commitment. Everyone loved the music, and I could not have been more pleased with the outcome.
Cellist
Photos from this event
My husband and I could not have been happier with Teresa and the rest of the string quartet. They are excellent musicians and, just as importantly, easy to work with. Our ceremony could not have gone as well as it did without them providing the soundtrack.
String Quartet
My wife and I believe we had a dream wedding. Everything went as planned. One of many things that made our day memorable was the quartet (Plays Well With Others). They were easy to work with and very flexible to our music selection and schedule. Our wedding guests have commented that they enjoyed the talent and professionalism of the quartet. Thanks.
String Quartet
Response from Plays Well With Others:
Your wedding was a dream to play! Thank you for making us a part of your day.
I can't say enough wonderful comments about "working well with others music"?
This is in reference to the gig at Escena Country Club on Saturday March 7th, in Palm Springs, CA.
They played the wedding of Ed and Marvin.
The quartet was diverse in their selections, appropriate, well versed, professional, in a sum, a wonderful enhancement to our occasion.
I highly recommend them.
Dr. Marvin Meisler, Mr. Edward Hiser
String Quartet
Response from Plays Well With Others:
Thanks Marvin and Ed!
What a wonderful day it was! So honored to be part of it!
Wishing you both all the best!
-Teresa
Booking Info
About
I'm Teresa Di Pietro, and I created Plays Well With Others using over 20 years of experience playing as a professional cellist in Southern California. Although I am classically trained, I love all genres of music and that is why I go to great lengths to offer clients the music they love. I am constantly adding my own and other colleagues' arrangements of new music to our library and with the popularity of groups such as the Vitamin String Quartet, popular music played by string ensembles is growing by leaps and bounds. This music is demanding for the typical string player, so I don't hire typical players! I use only those professionals who are able and open minded enough to play "outside the box".
Plays Well With Others is also one of the few groups of artists whose performances are played exclusively using iPads. No sheet music or stands! This adds a streamlined, elegant look to our performances while giving us the convenience of being able to have all of our repertoire at our fingertips. This technology also provides individual lighting so that we can perform at almost any location and always proves fascinating to our audiences.
The musicians booked for your event are highly trained, sought-after professionals working regularly in Southern California. We perform regularly with numerous symphonies, chamber orchestras, vocal ensembles, pit orchestras and you have likely seen us on televised musical programs.
We have played at hundreds of venues in Southern California including the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the L.A. County Natural History and Palm Springs Art Museums, the Convention Centers of Los Angeles, Anaheim, San Diego, Pasadena and Palm Springs, numerous country clubs, resorts, churches and private homes.
I hope you will consider Plays Well With Others for your special event. I think you will like us. After all, we do, Play Well With Others!
Additional Booking Notes
Plays Well With Others exclusively uses iPads, not sheet music and stands for all performances. This keeps our library at our fingertips, page turning a thing of the past and lighting and music clips obsolete. You will love the look and we love being able to tell your guests that yes, we do take requests!
Services Offered
Past Booked Events
| March 23, 2019 • 4:30pm - 5:00pm | Wedding Ceremony |
| March 15, 2019 • 9:30am - 10:00am | Surprise |
| February 17, 2019 • 4:00pm - 6:00pm | Cocktail Party |
| January 19, 2019 • 5:30pm - 8:30pm | Birthday Party |
| December 26, 2018 • 11:30am - 1:00pm | Birthday Party |
| December 24, 2018 • 1:30pm - 4:30pm | Worship Service |
| October 27, 2018 • 4:00pm - 8:30pm | Wedding Ceremony |
| October 20, 2018 • 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Birthday Party |
| September 20, 2018 • 5:00pm - 7:00pm | Birthday Party |
| August 18, 2018 • 6:00pm - 8:30pm | Wedding Ceremony |
| October 23, 2017 • 10:30am - 12:00pm | Funeral/Memorial Service |
| September 16, 2017 • 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Funeral/Memorial Service |
| April 02, 2017 • 5:30pm - 6:30pm | Wedding Ceremony |
| April 01, 2017 • 6:30pm - 8:30pm | Wedding Engagement |
| January 14, 2017 • 12:30pm - 2:00pm | Wedding Ceremony |
| September 27, 2016 • 8:30pm - 10:30pm | Bridal Shower |
| September 24, 2016 • 5:30pm - 7:00pm | Wedding Ceremony |
| March 26, 2016 | Wedding Ceremony |
| March 20, 2016 | Wedding Ceremony |
| December 05, 2015 | Wedding Ceremony |
| November 14, 2015 | Wedding Ceremony |
| November 07, 2015 | Wedding Ceremony |
| October 17, 2015 | Wedding Ceremony |
| October 10, 2015 | Wedding Ceremony |
| October 03, 2015 | Wedding Cocktail Hour |
| September 12, 2015 | Wedding Ceremony |
| July 18, 2015 | Wedding Ceremony |
| May 23, 2015 | Wedding Ceremony |
| May 01, 2015 | Wedding Ceremony |
| March 27, 2015 | Birthday Party |
| March 14, 2015 | Wedding Ceremony |
| March 07, 2015 | Wedding Reception |
| February 13, 2015 | Other |
| December 13, 2014 | Wedding Ceremony |
| November 09, 2014 | Wedding Ceremony |
| November 01, 2014 | Wedding Cocktail Hour |
| August 31, 2014 | Wedding Ceremony |
| August 01, 2014 | Convention |
| May 24, 2014 | Anniversary Party |
Set List
POPS/ROCK SELECTIONS
A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes
A Thousand Years
A Whiter Shade of Pale
A Whole New World - from Aladdin
ABBA Medley
Across the Universe
All I Ask Of You
All I Want Is You
All My Love
All of Me
All of You
All that Jazz (from CHICAGO)
All You Need Is Love
Amazing Grace
America (from West Side Story)
America/Bookends
And I Love Her
Annie's Song
As Time Goes By
At Last
Bad Romance
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Beautfiul Garden of Prayer
Beauty and the Beast
Begin the Beguine
Best I Ever Had (Vertical Horizon)
Big Jet Plane
Blackbird
Blower's Daughter (Damien Rice)
Bohemian Rhapsody
Book of Love
Bridge Over Troubled Water
But Not For Me
Butterfly Waltz
California Girls
Call Me Maybe
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Can't Help Falling In Love With You
Can't Take My Eyes Off of You
Cars and Guitars
Clocks
Comfortably Numb
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen)
Crazy Love
Concerning Hobbits (from LOtR)
Copacabana
Dancing Cheek to Cheek
Danny Boy
Day Without Rain
Days of Wine and Roses
Dead Man's Party
Debaser
Disney Medley
Don't Stop Believin'
Don't Wanna Miss a Thing
Eleanor Rigby
Embraceable You
Endless Love
Entertainer
Eternal Flame
EUFA Champions Theme
Every Breath You Take
Every Time We Say Goodbye
Faithfully
Falling Slowly
Fancy
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Fisher's Hornpipe
Fix You
Flightless Bird, American Mouth
Fool on The Hill
Frozen Medley
Gabriel's Oboe (from "The Mission"
Girl From Ipanema
Glasgow Love Theme (from Love Actually)
Glory of Love
God Only Knows
Gonna Fly Now
Good Vibrations
Got To Get You In My Life
Hallelujah (Cohen)
Hallelujah
Happy (Pharrel)
Happy Together
Hard Day's Night
Have I Told You Lately
He Loves and She Loves
Heaven
Hello Goodbye
Here Comes the Sun
Here Comes Your Man
Here Comes Goodbye (Rascal Flats)
Here There Everywhere
Heroes
Hey There Delilah
Hey, Soul Sister
Ho, Hey
Hold On, We're Going Home (Drake)
Home (Edward Sharp & The Magnetic Zeros)
Hoppípolla (from "We Bought a Zoo")
Hotel California
How Deep is Your Love
How to Save a Life
I Believe in a Thing Called Love
I Concentrate On You
I Get A Kick Out of You
I Got Rhythm
I Love You
I See the Light (from Tangled)
I Won't Let Go (Rascal Flats)
I'll Be Your Mirror
I'm Yours
I've Got You Under My Skin
If I Fell
Imagine
Immigrant Song
In My Life
In My Place
In Your Eyes
Isn't She Lovely
It's Alright With Me
It's My Life
It's Your Love
Joga
Just Like Heaven
Just the Way You Are
Kiss the Girl
La Cumparsita
La Vie En Rose
Lady Gaga Medley
Lady Madonna
Let It Be
Let's Stay Together
Light My Fire
Like A Virgin
Live and Let Die
Liza
Lord's Prayer
Lord's Prayer (Deliver Us)
L.O.V.E. (Is All That I Can Give to You)
Love and Marriage
Love is a Many Splendored Thing
Love is an Open Door
Love, Me
Love Story
Love Train (trio)
Love Theme from Umbrella of Cherbourg
Love's Divine
Lovely Rita (duo)
Lucky
Luke and Leia's Theme
Lullaby of Broadway
Make You Feel My Love
Marry You
Maybe I'm Amazed
Memory
Michelle
Mine
Moondance
Moonfall
Mountain Greenery
Mr. Wonderful
Mrs. Robinson
Music of the Night
My Cherie Amour
My Heart Stood Still
My Heart Will Go On
My Way
New Slang
Night and Day
Nude
One Hand, One Heart
Only You
Pachelbel Meets U2
Palladio (deBeers Diamond theme)
Paperback Writer
Patience
Penny Lane
Peter & The Wolf (Medley)
Please Let Me Get What I Want
Por Una Cabeza (True Lies tango)
Poker Face
Rain Song
ROAR
S Wonderful
Seasons of Love (From Rent)
Secrets
Set Fire to the Rain
Shake it Out
She (from Notting Hill)
She's Always a Woman to Me (Billy Joel)
Sleeping Beauty Waltz
Someday My Prince Will Come
Someone to Watch Over Me
Something
Somewhere
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (IZ)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Traditional)
Soul Bossa Nove (from Austin Powers)
Space Oddity
Speak Softly, Love (Godfather Theme)
Spirited Away (Amelie's Theme)
Stairway to Heaven
Stand By Me
Star Spangled Banner
Starlight
Strawberry Swing
Stevie Wonder Medley
Summertime
Summertime Rolls
Sun and Moon
Sunny Afternoon
Sunrise, Sunset
Sunshine of Your Love
Supremes Medley
Super Mario Brothers
Swanee
Sway
Sweet Disposition (Temper Trap)
Sweet Child of Mine
Take My Life
Tale As Old As Time
Tango del Maurice
Tango in D
Tea for Two
Teenage Dream
The Boys of Fall (Chesney)
The Cave
The Man I Love (in Eb)
The Man I Love (in F)
The Power of Love
The Prayer
The Promise (Tracy Chapman)
The Rain Song
The Rose
The Scientist
The Way You Look Tonight
These Days
This is Halloween
Thriller
Thou Swell/Blue Room
Throne Room Theme (Star Wars)
To A Wild Rose
Time To Say Goodbye
Tomorrow Never Knows
True Colors
Umbrella from Cherbourgh
Unchained Melody
Under My Thumb
Under the Boardwalk
Unforgettable
Velouria
Viva la Vida
Take My Life
Tangled (I See the Light)
Teenage Dream
Tell It Like It Is (Aaron Neville)
Theme from Black Stallion
Theme from Downton Abbey
Theme from Game of Thrones
Theme from Harry Potter
Theme from Jaws
Theme from Simpsons
Theme from Super Mario Bros
Theme from the Muppet Show
Theme from UP
These Days
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
Under the Boardwalk
Unforgettable
Unchained Melody
Under My Thumb
Umbrellas From Cherbourg
Una Furtiva Lagrima
Use Somebody
Watermark
We've Only Just Begun
What A Wonderful World
What Is This Thing Called Love
When I Fall In Love
When I'm 64
When Love is Found
When You Say You Love Me
When You Wish Upon a Star
Where is My Mind
Wonderful Tonight
Wonderwall
Wouldn't It Be Nice
Wrecking Ball
Yellow
Yesterday
You and Me
You are So Beautiful
You are Too Beautiful
You Raise Me Up
You Took Advantage of Me
You'd Be So Nice....
Your Love is King (Sade)
Your Song
9 Crimes (Damien Rice)
Classical/Traditional
Air on the G String from Suite # 3 in D Major (Bach)
Air (Handel)
Arioso from Cantata #156
Amazing Grace
Ave Maria (many versions)
Albrechtsberger Duos
Allegro (Handel)
Allegro (Fiocco)
Allelujah from Exultate Jubilate
Andante (Handel)
Aria (Handel)
Arioso (Bach)
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Autumn (and all other Vivaldi Seasons)
Brandenburg Concertos
Little Fugue
March
March in D Major from the Anna Magdalene Bach
Rondeau from Orchestral Suite #2 in B Minor
Gigue from Suite # 3 in D Major
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring from Cantata #147
Sheep May Safely Graze from Cantata #208
Bartok, Bela
Rumanian Folk Dances
-Braul
-Joc Cu Bata
-Maruntel
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Minuet in G
Ode to Joy from Symphony #9
Brahms, Johannes
Hungarian Dance #5
Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 56
St. Anthony Chorale
-Sicilienne
Waltz from Waltz in Ab Major, Op. 39 #15
Chopin, Frederick
Nocturne from Op. 9 #2 for piano
Grande Valse Brillante from Waltz in Eb Major, Op.
18
Minute Waltz from Waltz in Db Major, Op. 64 #1
Waltz from Waltz in Ab Major, Op. 69 #1
Waltz from Waltz in C# Minor, Op. 64 #2
Clarke, Jeremiah
Trumpet Voluntary
Debussy, Claude
Clair de Lune from Suite Bergamasque for piano
Fille aux Cheveux de Lin, La from Douze Preludes,
Book 1
Golliwog’s Cake-walk from Children’s Corner Suite
Reverie
Delibes, Leo
Valse Lente from “Coppelia”
Flower Duet from “Lakme”
Dvorak, Antonin
Humoresque from Op. 101, #7
Elgar, Edward
Nimrod from “Enigma” Variations, Op. 36
Pomp and Circumstance March #1
Salut d’Amor, Op. 12
Falla, Manuel de
Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo
Franck, Cesar
Panis Angelicus from Messe Solonnelle, Op. 12
Gossec, Francois Joseph
Gavotte
Tambourin
Gounod, Charles
Waltz from Faust
Grainger, Percy Aldridge
Molly on the Shore Irish Reel
Shepherd’s Hey English Morris Dance Tune
Grieg, Edvard
Gavotte from Holberg Suite, Op. 40
Waltz from Lyric Pieces, Op. 12 #2
Handel, George Frederick
Allegro from Sonata in F Major, Op. 1 #11
Largo from Xerxes
Sarabande from Suite # 4 in D minor for piano, 2nd
set
Water Music Suite
-Air
-Allegro
-Andante
-Bourree
-Finale
Fireworks Music
-Bourree
-La Rejouissance
-Minuet
Oboe Concerto in G Minor
-Sarabande
-Allegro
Haydn, Franz Joseph
Presto from String Quartet in F Major, Op. 74, #2
Ivanovici, J.
Waltz from Waves of the Danube , #1
Joplin, Scott
Bethena A Concert Waltz
Easy Winners, The A Ragtime Two-Step
Elite Syncopations
Entertainer, The
Maple Leaf Rag
Palm Leaf Rag A Slow Drag
Peacherine Rag
Pine Apple Rag
Pleasant Moments Ragtime Waltz
Ragtime Dance, The A Stop-Time Two-Step
Solace A Mexican Serenade
Strenuous Life, The A Ragtime Two-Step
The Swan (Saint-Saens)
Kreisler, Fritz
Liebesfreud from Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen
Liebeslied
Schon Rosmarin from Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen
Lehar, Franz
Merry Widow Waltz from The Merry Widow
Loeillet, Jean Baptiste
Allegro
MacDowell, Edward
To a Wild Rose from Woodland Sketches, Op. 51
Massenet, Jules
Elegie from Incidental Music to Les Erinnyes
Mendelssohn, Felix
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Nocturne
Wedding March
Mouret, Jean-Joseph
Rondeau from Sinfonies de Fanfares
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - String Quartet in G Major
, K. 525
-Allegro
-Menuetto
-Romanza
-Rondo
Ave Verum Corpus from K. 618
Rondo alla turca from Piano Sonata in A Major, K. 3
31
Pachelbel, Johann
Canon
Prokofiev, Sergei
Classical Symphony, Op. 25
Gavotte
Larghetto
March from The Love of Three Oranges, Op. 33
Puccini
O Mio Babbino Caro
Purcell, Henry
Rondeau from Incidental Music to Abdelazer
Trumpet Tune
When I Am Laid in Earth from Dido and Aeneas
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Piano Concerto #2
-Theme from 1st Movement
-Theme from 3rd Movement
Piano Concerto #3 Theme from 1st Movement
Ravel, Maurice
Ma Mere l’Oye
Le Jardin Feerique
Pavane de la Belle au Bois Dormant
Pavane pour une Infante Defunte
Tombeau de Couperin, Le
-Menuet
-Rigaudon
Les Entretiens de la Belle et de la Bete from the b
allet Ma Mere L’Oye
Respighi, Ottorino
Ancient Airs and Dances
-Balletto
-Passo Mezzo e Mascherada
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicholas
Scheherazade Theme
Junk Man Rag
Music Box Rag
Satie, Erik
Gymnopedie No. 1
Trois Gymnopedies
Schubert, Franz
Adagio from Octet in F Major, Op. 166
Andante from String Quartet in A minor, Op. 29 "Ro
samunde"
Moment Musical from Op. 94, #3
Serenade from Schwanengesang, #4
Schumann, Robert
Traumerei from Kinderscenen, Op. 15, #7
Strauss, Johann, Jr
Artist’s Life Kunstler-Leben, Op. 316
Beautiful Blue Danube , On the
Emperor Waltz Kaiserwalzer, Op. 437
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Vienna Life Wiener Blut, Op. 354
You and You from Die Fledermaus, Op. 367
Stravinsky, Igor
Larghetto
Pulcinella
-Gavotta
-Overture
-Serenata
Tschaikovsky, Peter Ilyich
Waltz from Album for the Young
Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker
Telemann, George Philipp
Presto from Sonatina in F Major
Vivace from Sonata in F Major for flute
Vivaldi, Antonio
Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3, #11
-Allegro
-Adagio
-Finale
The Four Seasons - Excerpts
-Allegro from Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 #1
- "Spring"
-Allegro from Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 #
3 - "Autumn"
-Danza Pastorale from Violin Concerto in E Major,
Op. 8 #1 - "Spring"
Vocalise
Wagner, Richard
Bridal Chorus from Act III of Lohengrin
Waldteufel, Emil
Estudiantina Suite de Valses, Op. 191
Skaters Waltz, The Les Patineurs, Op. 183
Team
| Teresa Di Pietro | Cellist/Owner |
Influences & Inspiration
The musicians I work with are all fortunate to have had intensive chamber music training. We aspired to groups like the Guarneri String Quartet when we were students and were coached by some of the very best teachers. We apply this now to all genres of music. One reason we are so versed in popular music would be the rapid increase in popularity of the Vitamin String Quartet. We enjoy that we can be so chameleon about styles of music and do justice to all of them.