Monte Vista Strings

Andrew and his team of Monte Vista Strings and Jazz provided the music for our wedding ceremony, cocktail hour and during our sit down dinner. Everything was perfect! I trusted completely in Andrew to provide the best music selection, and he delivered!nThe music and cantor during our ceremony was wonderful. Leaving the cathedral we were greeted by a Mariachi group playing fun and lively music, and it was so delightful. Our guests absolutely loved the 3 piece jazz group during the cocktail hour. During dinner, they provided a contemporary wired strings group that was beautiful. The level of professionalism and performance far exceeded my expectations. I want to thank Andrew and his team for making our special day a memorable one!

I am a wedding coordinator with Events by Reese, an event design and coordination company, in San Antonio. We refer Monte Vista Strings and Jazz to clients all the time and have always been so happy with them. The musicians are always prompt, friendly, well dressed and talented. Andrew Small is always wonderful to work with prior to the event as well. He guides my clients through the music selection process and is flexible with changes. This past weekend, Monte Vista Strings did the ceremony and cocktail music for my boss, Greg Reese's vow renewal and like always did a fabulous job! I will continue to recommend Monte Vista Strings to my clients and would suggest to anyone having a special event to use them!

We had the 3-string quartet play at our wedding on 11/18/17, and were beyond happy & impressed with them! They sounded awesome. They were perfection during the ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception! They even took some special requests from guests! Our guests truly loved them, and we received so many compliments. Prior to our event, Andrew was always there & quick to communicate with any questions I had. What an amazing asset to our wedding to have them play. I highly recommend MVSJ.

I hired a Monte Vista String stringed trio and piano to play for our wedding. I wanted to discuss music with Andrew and could not reach him until just before the wedding preludes started. He told me specifically he could learn two requested pieces and was unable to do so despite having 3 months. All the musicians admitted to NEVER EVEN SEEING the sheet music until just before the wedding started. He replaced a slower classical piece with a Taylor Swift song that I would never have chosen. The entire ensemble played only a few pieces...it was the mostly piano that played. There were missed timing and notes. I'm sure for the lay person, it was just fine. These are well seasoned musicians after all. However, for me and my musical family, it was insufficient. I was sorely disappointed as I had been eagerly waiting to hear these pieces by professional musicians. For $1350, I expected the musicians to have seen and practiced the music beforehand and to have played for all the pieces. Though I am sure others may have had pleasant experiences, mine was not. I do appreciate musicians and the arts and so ask for nothing in return, only acknowledgement that for the next bride, they should be more responsive and practice! Nothing will ruin our special day, but this company made it more stressful and much less beautiful than it could have been. As a musician who performs at weddings, I am very disappointed in their lack of professionalism.nnDespite what you may see posted below, I did send an email initially with the two requested pieces. One had sheet music and the other did not. I was assured both could be played. I also sent audio for both songs. The piece with sheet music did not have part of the melody, and the ensemble did play what was written, but if they had listened to the audio and practiced, they would have realized there was an essential piece missing. It seems the only way I have been able to get this company to consistently reply is by writing this review. I have never ever written a review about anything, but feel this is justified. I am giving two stars because at baseline, they are very good individual instrumentalists.

Absolutely the best! Our ceremony was like a dream...like being in a romance film. :) I love watching the film of that day and hearing the beautiful instruments that Monte Vista played. Truly amazing! Highly recommend them. Great vendor!