Queen City Quartet

Cincinnati, OH

$780 and up

Travels up to 30 miles

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Overview

The Queen City Quartet is a string quartet serving the greater Cincinnati area since 2008 for weddings, cocktail hours, retirement parties, elegant dinner parties, funerals and other special events. We love helping our clients create personalized music choices to customize their event. Contact us today to get started selecting beautiful music for yours!


Reviews

29 reviews

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Caitlyn M.

June 16, 2025

Incredible Musicians Who Elevate Every Performance

We used Queen City Quartet for a retirement reception for our Founder & Artistic Director of the Cincinnati Youth Choir. Having QCQ play as guests entered the reception elevated the experience and made it feel even more special. They have a great variety of music that appeals to just about everyone, and they’re truly talented musicians!

We have also worked with individual members from QCQ for other performances. Rachel played with two of our Resident Choirs at CCM in March, and Chrissy joined us for a fun bluegrass piece with the Cincinnati Public School Honor Choir. Both were fantastic to work with — professional, friendly, and so skilled. We highly recommend Queen City Quartet for any event or performance!

Hired as: Classical Ensemble, String Quartet


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Hannah M.

June 16, 2025

Great Graduation Performance

Queen City Quartet has performed for our private school's graduation for the last three years. The quartet is professional, timely, and have always provided top tier music for our graduations. We love having them with us each year as they add a wonderful ambiance for our families, and are continually dependable. Great communication always, they are worth every penny!

Hired as: String Quartet


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Allyson P.

August 12, 2024

Wedding

Queen City Quartet was great for our wedding in January!

Hired as: String Quartet


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Abby K.

September 3, 2023

Beautiful music for your wedding day!

We hired the Queen City Quartet for our June wedding at the Cincinnati Art Museum and we are so happy we found them. They were phenomenal! They did a custom arrangement during our ceremony and it turned out beautiful. They were easy to work with and they have great songs to choose from.
We received so many compliments on the music from our guests. I would highly recommend hiring them for your wedding!

Hired as: String Quartet


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Loren K.

June 25, 2023

The best quartet team!

Queen City Quartet were fabulous on our wedding day! I knew I wanted strings during the ceremony for a classic and romantic feel, and I'm so glad we chose this group. I was super impressed by their repertoire and selections of classical and more modern songs. Loved that I could have current music played on strings! Anything they don't know you can ask them to learn for a small fee, which was a nice touch to customize your day even more. Although I didn't get to hear a lot of it until I got to the aisle, I've heard nothing but rave reviews from my family and guests. Even hearing my song as I began walking down the aisle contributed to the major butterflies I already had. I couldn't have asked for a better team!

Hired as: String Quartet

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Booking information

Price range: $780 and up

Gig length: 30 - 90 minutes

About

Rana (cello) Rachel (violin) Brian (viola) Chrissy (violin)

Chrissy has been playing the violin for 31 years. She has performed in various local and regional orchestras and classical ensembles, and also enjoys playing fiddle. In addition to performing with the Queen City Quartet, Chrissy teaches private violin lessons.

Rachel has studied the violin for 25 years. She is a 2004 graduate of Miami University, Oxford with a Bachelor's of Music in Music Education. She received a Masters Degree in Education from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2008. In addition to teaching private lessons, Rachel has taught beginning string orchestra and elementary general music in the Fairfield City School District.

Brian has played viola for 28 years. He graduated with a Bachelor's of Music from Miami University, Oxford in 2005 and is currently pursuing a Masters of Music from the Ohio State University. Brian currently teaches orchestra for Mason City Schools and performs with the Miami Valley Symphony Orchestra.

Teaching string orchestra since 2001, Rana is currently the 6th-12th grade Kings Orchestra Director. She holds a Masters Degree in Education in Teacher Leadership and Curriculum Design from Wright State University 2008 and a Bachelors of Music in Music Education degree from Miami University Oxford, Ohio 2001. Rana is the cellist in the Queen City Quartet. She has played cello for over 30 years. In addition to cello, Rana also plays violin and viola.

Past booked events

June 2023

02

Friday

Graduation

5:30pm - 7:30pm

Cincinnati, OH

December 2022

19

Monday

Christmas Party

6:00pm - 8:30pm

Cincinnati, OH

14

Wednesday

Corporate Event

4:00pm - 7:00pm

Cincinnati, OH

September 2022

06

Tuesday

Surprise

7:00pm - 8:00pm

West Chester, OH

March 2022

10

Thursday

Corporate Event

4:30pm - 5:00pm

Cincinnati, OH

December 2017

30

Saturday

Wedding Reception

5:30pm - 8:00pm

Cincinnati, OH

November 2017

04

Saturday

Wedding Ceremony

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Cincinnati, OH

October 2016

29

Saturday

Wedding Ceremony

5:00pm - 5:45pm

Cincinnati, OH

May 2016

16

Monday

Corporate Event

6:00pm - 9:00pm

Cincinnati, OH

September 2015

25

Friday

Wedding Ceremony

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Cincinnati, OH

May 2015

23

Saturday

Wedding Ceremony

5:30pm - 6:30pm

West Chester, OH

December 2014

27

Saturday

Bar/Lounge

6:30pm - 10:30pm

Cincinnati, OH

Team

Chrissy Bender Violin
Rachel Bakhit Violin
Brian Frey Viola
Rana Southern Cello

Setup requirements

4 armless chairs

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