Say 'hello' to AVIVA Strings' brand new email address!

We finally have a new email address utilizing our own domain (i.e. @avivastrings.com instead of @gmail.com) and we are so dang excited! You can now reach us for all of your wedding and event music needs at hello@AVIVAstrings.com! We know - this may seem small, but its something we've been looking forward to creating for along time. We finally had an opportunity to get to it and spent the better part of the day migrating all of our emails, various social media accounts, and troubleshooting all the little things that we were confused about! We are so looking forward to being able to better serve YOU - our wonderful clients - with this new email account!

Plus, sometimes we like being a little fancy schmancy! ;) Who doesn't right??

Looking for strings or jazz for your wedding or special event? Shoot us an email at our brand NEW email address! 

AVIVA Strings provides elegant, live strings and jazz ensembles for weddings, events and special occasions throughout all of Philadelphia, the Lehigh Valley, Allentown, the Poconos, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, and beyond!

www.AVIVAstrings.com | hello@AVIVAstrings.com

Can AVIVA Strings travel to my wedding??

Ever wondered how far AVIVA Strings will travel for your wedding or event? We receive many questions about where our string quartets, trios, jazz combos and other ensembles perform, and many of our clients are surprised to find out that we perform everywhere from Philadelphia to Allentown to the Poconos and all places above below and in between! Literally! And of course, if you're having a destination wedding, our musicians travel and perform worldwide!

We're so excited to highlight some of our favorite places to make music in! In the coming months, we'll be doing more in-depth features on these spectacular locations and how live music can enhance your ceremony and reception in these incredible places. We're always excited to work in new venues and spaces! Where are you getting married?? Wherever it is, we can't wait to chat with you about your wedding music!

Wedding & Events in the Philadelphia & the Tri-State Area:

AVIVA Strings violin & cello duo performed for a spectacular wedding at the Riverbend Center outside of Philadelphia this past fall! 

Image courtesy of Melissa Kelly Photography

• Anthony Wayne House :: Paoli, PA
• Barn on Bridge :: Collegeville, PA
• Blue Bell Country Club :: Blue Bell, PA
• Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields :: Philadelphia, PA
• Columbia Station :: Phoenixville, PA
• Duportail House :: Chesterbrook, PA
• Ellis Preserve :: Newtown Square, PA
• Glen Foerd on the Delaware :: Philadelphia, PA                                                                         
• General Warren Inne :: Malvern, PA
• Hotel Monaco :: Philadelphia, PA
• The Lake House Inn :: Perkasie, PA
• The Inn at Lambertville Station :: Lambertville, NJ
• Meadowlands Country Club :: Blue Bell, PA
• Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania :: Philadelphia, PA
• Morris House Hotel :: Philadelphia, PA
• Normandy Farm :: Blue Bell, PA
• The Old Mill :: Rose Valley, PA
• Penn Museum :: Philadelphia, PA
• Philander Chase Knox Estate :: Valley Forge, PA
• The Presidential :: Norristown, PA
• Riverbend Environmental Educational Center :: Gladwyne, PA
• Water Works :: Philadelphia, PA
• William Penn Inn :: Gwynedd, PA

Check out this magical setting at the Old Mill in Media, PA! A truly magnificent place to say 'I do'! Our string trio was thrilled to be included in the celebration!

Image courtesy of Philly-based photographer, ME Photo & Design.

Wedding & Events in Allentown, the Lehigh Valley, Poconos, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre & Northeastern Pennsylvania:

• Barn at Glistening Pond :: Falls, PA
• The Beaumont Inn :: Dallas, PA
• The Colonnade :: Scranton, PA
• The Falls at Ricketts Glen :: Benton, PA
• Fiddle Lake Farm :: Thompson, PA
• Folino Estate :: Kutztown, PA
• Friedman Farms :: Dallas, PA
• Genetti's :: Multiple Locations throughout Northeastern PA
• Glasbern Inn :: Fogelsville, PA
• Glenmaura National Golf Club :: Scranton, PA
• Huntsville Golf Club :: Shavertown, PA
• Irem Temple Golf Club :: Dallas, PA
• Lake Paupac Club :: Greentown, PA
• Ledges Hotel :: Hawley, PA
• Mansion at Noble Lane :: Bethany, PA
• Pine Barn Inn :: Danville, PA
• POSH at the Scranton Club :: Scranton, PA
• Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel :: Scranton, PA
• The Settler's Inn :: Hawley, PA
• The Shawnee Inn :: Shawnee on Delaware, PA
• Silver Birches :: Hawley, PA
• Skytop Lodge :: Skytop, PA
• St. Ann's Basilica :: Scranton, PA
• St. Therese's Church :: Shavertown, PA
• The Pumphouse B&B :: Bloomsburg, PA
• Stroudsmoor Country Inn :: Stroudsburg, PA
• Westmoreland Club :: Wilkes-Barre, PA
• The Woodlands Inn :: Wilkes-Barre, PA
• Woodloch Resort :: Hawley, PA

A beautiful summer wedding at Skytop Lodge in the Pocono Mountains! Can you spot our string quartet??

Image courtesy of Dove Photography

AVIVA Strings provides elegant, live strings and jazz ensembles for weddings, events and special occasions throughout all of Philadelphia, the Lehigh Valley, Allentown, the Poconos, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, and beyond!

www.AVIVAstrings.com | AVIVAstrings@gmail.com

AVIVA Strings wins Best of Borrowed & Blue for Philadelphia!

Hi everyone!

We are so pleased to announce yet another 2017 industry award for AVIVA Strings! AVIVA Strings has been awarded a Best of Borrowed & Blue Gold Medal in the ceremony music category for Philadelphia and the surrounding areas for 2017! We are SO honored and humbled to have won this award! Unlike some of the other wonderful industry awards we have won (i.e. Best of the Knot for 2016 & 2017 and WeddingWire Couples' Choice Award for 2016 & 2017), which are entirely based upon our amazing client reviews, this award is voted on by our friends and colleagues in the wedding industry. We have been honored and humbled to work with so many incredible wedding vendors in Philadelphia, the Lehigh Valley, the Poconos and beyond - this vote of confidence is the icing on the proverbial wedding cake! We are so looking forward to working with all of our favorite wedding planners & event designers, venues, photographers, florists, caterers, calligraphers, officiants & celebrants and everyone else that works so hard to bring all of our brides', grooms', and clients' wedding visions to life this upcoming wedding season! More about this prestigious award from Borrowed & Blue:

A Best of B&B award is the equivalent of a Michelin star in the wedding world: it identifies only the most talented, well-respected vendors in all of Philadelphia. How do we know? The winners have been chosen by Philadelphia vendors themselves. Unlike any other industry awards out there, Best of B&B allows vendors themselves to choose the brightest stars (of the Gold, Silver, and Bronze varieties) from among their colleagues. As a result, these honors illuminate the cream of the wedding vendor crop. After all, what could be a more legitimate honor than a pedestal built by your peers? It's a royal feast of planning insight: know-how taken from those in the know. 

AVIVA Strings provides elegant, live strings and jazz ensembles for weddings, events and special occasions throughout all of Philadelphia, the Lehigh Valley, Allentown, the Poconos, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, and beyond!

www.AVIVAstrings.com | AVIVAstrings@gmail.com

We feel so LOVED!

AVIVA Strings violin & cello duo accompany our beautiful fall bride down the 'aisle' at the historic Duportail House outside of Philadelphia. Photo courtesy of Kristland Lee Photography.

Happy Friday everyone! A quick update to mention that we've added a bunch of reviews (and pretty photos) from some of our recent AVIVA Strings wedding clients to our client LOVE page! Some of our more recent accolades include praise for one of our string duos from a snowy Philly winter bride (and omg the photo in the snow! be still, my beating heart; you can read the Real Wedding blog post HERE for more on that perfect day), beautiful words from another fall Philadelphia bride (did we mention that we <3 <3 <3 fall weddings?) who was married at the historic Duportail House,  thanks from our most recent Scranton couple who said 'I do' at the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel to the beautiful sounds of their string trio, and our super sweet couple who exchanged their vows in the chapel at the Freedoms Foundation in Valley Forge!

Have you worked with us in the past? Have you heard one of our string or jazz ensembles perform at a wedding or event? We would love to hear from you! Please consider leaving a review for us by clicking the links below! <3

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AVIVA Strings provides elegant, live strings and jazz ensembles for weddings, events and special occasions throughout all of Philadelphia, the Lehigh Valley, Allentown, the Poconos, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, and beyond!

www.AVIVAstrings.com | AVIVAstrings@gmail.com

Hadley & Patrick | Snowy Philadelphia Real Wedding

It is unusually warm outside, so lets FBF to about this time last year, to one of the most exquisite, snowy Philadelphia weddings EVER! This beautiful couple was supposed to get married at Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields on the Saturday of Philly Snowpocalypse back in January. With all of the patience and composure of a saint, our rockstar bride rolled her entire wedding back to Friday without missing a beat. 

Even with all the snow, our amazing Philly bride didn't miss a beat!

Our couple honored their Irish heritage with a string duo rendition of Danny Boy. Other ceremony selections included AVIVA Strings' arrangement of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah for violin & cello, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, and the beautiful, traditional Irish hymn, Be Thou My Vision.

Hadley had this to say about her string ensemble and her experience working with AVIVA Strings:

“Jessica was such a pleasure to work with. She made everything so easy. She responded to every question and walked me though choosing music. My wedding got switched from Saturday to Friday last minute due to a blizzard and she was able to find musicians for me, it was not an issue at all. I am so lucky to have been able to work with them and have AVIVA Strings perform at my ceremony. I am still getting phone calls about how beautiful it was and how special it made the ceremony. Thank you so much Jessica and AVIVA Strings!!”

AVIVA Strings violin & cello duo perform for this gorgeous Philly wedding!

Photography is by the immensely talented Justin Johnson Photography and those perfect blooms are the magical work of Julie D'Agostino Designs. And of course, elegant ceremony strings by AVIVA Strings.

AVIVA Strings provides elegant, live strings for weddings, events and special occasions throughout all of Philadelphia, the Lehigh Valley, Allentown, the Poconos, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, and beyond!