Jaime & Kevin | Silver Creek Country Club Real Wedding

We were so thrilled to perform last weekend for this spectacular Lehigh Valley wedding at Silver Creek Country Club! 

AVIVA Strings' violinist performing for this beautiful Lehigh Valley wedding ceremony!

Jaime booked one of our amazing violinists to perform for her ceremony. One of our favorite details from the day was the officiant! Jaime's aunt, Jody, officiated Jaime & Kevin's nuptials, making the ceremony so beautiful and personal!

Jaime posted this on our Facebook page the day after her wedding!

I could not recommend anyone else to perform live music at your wedding/event other than AVIVA Strings. I added them last minute and they made everything simple and stress free. Jessica was beyond helpful and I couldn't have asked for better ceremony music!!

Once Jaime & Kevin had decided that they were envisioning a solo violinist for their ceremony, we were able to move along to the really fun part - selecting music! They decided to go with a beautiful mix of both popular and classical music, including Pachelbel's 'Canon in D' and 'I'm Yours' by Jason Mraz!

Gorgeous photos of this beautiful Lehigh Valley wedding courtesy of Catrina Carlson Photography!

We were thrilled to work with the fabulous Catrina Carlson of Catrina Carlson Photography. We can't sing her praises enough, both as a photographer and a colleague! For more details and pretty photos, check out her blog post from this beautiful wedding HERE!

Thanks so much, Jaime & Kevin, for including us in your amazing and perfect wedding day at Silver Creek Country Club! We absolutely loved celebrating with you and are so thrilled that you loved your music as much as we loved performing for you! The entire AVIVA Strings team wishes you a lifetime of nothing but joy, love and happiness together!

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

Serena & Matthew | Stroudsmoor Country Inn Real Summer Wedding

As the weather is getting warmer, and the flowers are beginning to bloom, all we can think about are all the incredible spring and summer weddings we have coming up! We are having the best time planning the perfect ceremony and cocktail hour 'playlists' for our couples getting married in the next few weeks and months. All of our ensembles are going to be super busy this season, from our soloists, duos, trios and string quartets, to our jazz combos and even harpists and singers! We are getting ready for a very busy couple of months!

Our string and flute duo performing for a beautiful summer wedding at Stroudsmoor Country Inn.

Photo courtesy of Michelle Holt Photography

While, wedding season has officially begun here at AVIVA Strings, we can't help but be reminded of some of the amazing, warm-weather, outdoor weddings we had the honor of performing for last spring and summer. We are excited to highlight one of the most stunning ceremonies we performed for last summer at the always-gorgeous, Stroudsmoor Country Inn located in Stroudsburg, PA in the beautiful Pocono Mountains. We positively love performing at Stroudsmoor - all of their celebration spaces are spectacular and the Stroudsmoor wedding team is second to none. 

AVIVA Strings strings ensemble warming up before a ceremony at the spectacular Stroudsmoor Country Inn in the Pocono Mountains.

Photo courtest of Michelle Holt Photography

This wedding took place Stroudsmoor's Woodsgate venue, which is tucked away in the trees to create the most magical, intimate atmosphere. Our couple chose a cello and flute duo and had special requests ranging from Canon in D to John Legend's 'All of Me' to The Beatles! We had the best time working on all aspects of Serena & Matthew's ceremony music and wish them a lifetime of love and happiness!

We had the pleasure of working with some unbelievable colleagues on this beautiful wedding! 

Vendor Team

Ceremony Strings | AVIVA Strings

Venue | Stroudsmoor Country Inn

Photographer | Michelle Holt Photography

Videographer | Kevin Fonash Studios

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: The Knot Best of Weddings 2016!

Hello again! Wow - its been awhile. We admit - we have been the WORST with our blogging! Going into 2016, we plan to change that. We are looking forward to updating our blog regularly with all of our exciting news and happenings so please stay tuned!

We are starting things off right NOW with a piece of news that we just can't wait to share with you! In our inaugural year as AVIVA Strings, we have been awarded by YOU, our incredible clients, The Knot Best of Weddings in the Lehigh Valley and Poconos for 2016! WOW! We can't even describe how humbled and grateful we are. We work so hard to be the very best we can, giving 150% percent to every wedding, event, special occasion, party, and memorial that we play, and we are thrilled that our clients love what we do as much as we love what we do. So thank you thank you thank you - we couldn't be more thrilled!

A little bit more about this prestigious award: 

In 2016, only 2% of the 250,000 local wedding professionals listed on TheKnot.com have received this distinguished accolade. In its tenth annual year, The Knot Best of Weddings 2016 provides an annual by-couples, for-couples guide to the top wedding professionals across the country. To determine the winners, The Knot assessed almost one million reviews from real couples across the various vendor categories—venues, musicians, florists, photographers, caterers and more.These winners represent the best of the best for wedding planning professionals that a bride or groom would want to consider in order to inspire, plan and pull off their own unique wedding.

Thank you for this immense honor! We look forward to continuing to provide the highest level of artistry, musicianship, and professionalism to all of our clients for many, many years to come!

xo Jessica

Our First Blog Post!

Hello everyone! We are super excited to write our very first blog post! We've been meaning to do this for quite some time, and now seemed like a good time to get started! 

We will use this blog to talk about all things wedding and event music-related and hopefully we will even have some of our fabulous vendor friends as guest bloggers in the future as well. Please leave us a comment if you want a blog post on a specific topic! We want to write about what YOU want to read about it! 

In the meantime, please keep up with whats happening on our Facebook Page, Instagram Page, and Twitter Feed, and of course, don't forget to bookmark the blog! Hope you all have some fabulous weekend plans that involve beautiful music in one way or another!

Talk to you soon!

xo Jessica

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