Astral String Quartet

Eileen and the Astral Strings ladies were so lovely both leading up and during our wedding day. Eileen thoughtfully suggested including our parents first dance songs in the songs used before our ceremony and had great ideas on how to incorporate songs. They also learned our first dance song for our recessional! She was a pleasure to communicate with and they sounded perfect the day of.

Astral String Quartet were absolutely fabulous from beginning to end!! We could not have been happier with the service and Eileen was always contactable no matter what time of day it was. Incredibly grateful to have had them play at our day and compliments were plentiful from all guests.

Well, where to start... From the first enquiry email, Eileen and the ladies were so professional and responsive.

Eileen called me once we had booked them and went through everything with us.

From modern to classical, there wasn't one song on our list that was an issue.

On the wedding day, the ladies arrived at our venue and seamlessly set up and began playing for our guests.

The music was MAGICAL ?? I don't know if one normally applauds the ceremony music but it was so beautiful that we felt compelled to.... at one stage I almost forgot that I was being married and felt like I was at the most beautiful strings concerto... or in an episode of Bridgerton!

Everyone at our wedding commented on how beautiful the ceremony and drinks reception music was.

I was lucky enough that some of my guests created videos and captures some snippets of the beautiful music. I will cherish those videos ????

If you're contemplating having a string quartet for your special day, Astral Strings will not disappoint!

Thanks so much again Eileen and team, you made our day so magical ????

Honestly the best decision we made for our wedding! We had so many compliments on the music, it was just perfect. Eileen and the group were so responsive, and learned a couple of pieces of music we had our heart set on. We are only sorry we didn't get to hear more of the reception music!! Highly highly recommend Astral Strings

Eileen and the rest of Astra String Quartet were an absolute pleasure to deal with from start to finish. They were very communicative; very organised and clear; their music was beautiful; they even managed to cope with our priest going a bit rogue with the order of service. All in all, we were very impressed and so glad to have them as part of our special day!

Astral String were friendly and easy to deal with in the build up to our wedding. They made everything stress free and straightforward, and nothing was too much. Our ceremony was small and intimate and the music created the perfect atmosphere. We felt that the music was a great investment as it gave an air of sophistication and warmth before and during the ceremony. Thank you Astral String for adding to our perfect day.

What can I say about Astral Strings, other than the ladies were absolutely amazing. The music on the day in the church as just stunning and the vocals were amazing! Eileen was very helpful suggesting different sings and music pieces. All the guests commented on the music and mentioned that it created such a beautiful atmosphere in the church. If you are thinking about booking this group...GO FOR IT!!!! Thank you so so much! Ciara and Justin :)

We wanted a quartet which would play string versions of our favourite contemporary songs.
Astral Strings were a pleasure to deal with. They helped us to tailor a great programme of music. They were a pleasure to deal with. Most importantly, the performance was excellent, and perfectly set the tone for our big day.

ii would just like u to thank you for playing at my civil ceremony in october last year.i just recievedmy ceremony dvd and nowherewhat anexcellant job u done with my chosen songs as the day was emotional ancouldnt quite remember how good u sounded.u were a most welcome addition to our day.i highly recommand you for anyone wedding or ceremony thank you so much for helping make our day special

"I wanted to drop you a line to say how truly grateful both myself and Rob are that you and you're talented accomplices were involved in our big day. The music was pure perfection and stirred the souls of all who joined us to witness our marriage. It served to set the a beautiful tone for the entire ceremony from that emotional moment I set foot in the church alongside my dad, to leaving it as a wife.
We were flooded with compliments throughout the day as a result, and I was so pleased to hear that so many of our guests let it be known personally to you, and indeed the choir in The Church of the Assumption in Castledermot, that they were so moved by what they heard.
I don't know what else to say except thank you for everything. Engaging with individuals with such levels of professionalism in the run up to our wedding was an absolute pleasure and having confidence in the fact that all was in hand with the music was a huge relief, most particularly when you were playing alongside our very nervous local choir for the first time.
We were thrilled with everything and I have already recommended Astral to all of my friends who are getting set to tie the knot with great confidence."

We booked Astral for our ceremony music and there were just amazing. They added such class and elegance to our ceremony. Eileen was so helpful in picking the right music and was always just a phone call away.All our guests commented on what great musicians they were. It was just beautiful - thank you.

Eileen,

thank you and the rest of Astral Strings for helping our wedding to be wonderful. We all really enjoyed the music, and many friends commented on how lovely you were. Connie Gardner was really a beautiful singer. The strangest thing was that I expected to cry when you played, but a very strong feeling of calmness came over me each time you played. It really added so much to the wedding.
thank you so much, Daniel sends his thanks too.

Hi Eileen

I didnt even get to meet you the day off our wedding on the 5th April. Ye were amazing thanx so much for having everything perfect. Cant wait to get dvd to watch it all back. Chasing Cars was fab! alot of ppl were raving about ye.

Thanks so much

Hi Eileen,

Just a quick mail to say thank you so much for great music. You created great atmosphere.

Thanks,

Hi Eileen, Dermot and I returned to work this week after a fantastic wedding day and honeymoon and I just wanted to drop you a quick note to say thank you again for helping to make our day so perfect. Your music was amazing and was exactly what I hoped for. Our guests have also mentioned you several times since saying how lovely the music was at both the church and the reception.

Hi Eileen,
Just a quick note to thank you and the other members of Astral for the beautiful music at our wedding on the 19th May. I was really really happy with it. I just wish I could have heard more! I'll be sure to recommend you!
Thanks again!

Hi Eileen, Just wanted to say the music was AMAZING!!! I loved it and so many people said how wonderful it was.
My new father in law was thrilled, he said it was the best wedding music he'd ever heard!! So thanks to you and your wonderful musicians

Dear Eileen, I did not have a chance to thank you and the other members of Astral. Everything was great and everything went exactly how we discussed. Thank you so much for taking part in our special day and making it even more special! :) Kind Regards, Naz.

I would just like to say a huge thank you to you and the ladies. You did an incredible job. EVERYBODY is talking about the church music. I can assure you that I will be going out of my way to recommend Astral! Thanks again

The astral string quartet played at my wedding on the 27th December 2010.
It was a perfect day, the music was fabulous better than i Could have imagined!
It was just the music I picked and it sounded beautiful in the church!
I couldn't recommend them higher.
I would get married again just to hire them again!

Just a very short note to thank you and your musician's for such an amazing wedding service on April 9th - we loved every minute of it and really appreciated the advice and guidance in the run up to our wedding. The music was so lovely and everyone loved it - you really made the service - even Fr Kenny couldn't stop talking about how great ye were!



Thank you for making our day exactly want we wanted.

Just a note to thank you & your musicians for the fantastic music at our wedding on 13th March. I was just sorry I couldn't hear more of it!! From the minute I stood in the church porch it sounded fantastic- Like I say, I was sorry I wasn't there to hear the settling music but I know that everyone was really impressed and my mother in law was delighted to hear the Rose of Mooncoin (haven't had time to talk to the Cork crew yet but I'm sure The Banks was even more impressive!)!! I absolutely loved "If you love me" and particularly "Jersey Girl" but the photographer kept telling me to concentrate on him & not you guys!! Thanks so much for all the time and effort you put in, You were incredibly helpful from the minute I contacted you and made it all very easy. We didn't have a video but I wish that we had a recording of the music!

Thanks again,

I?d just like to say thanks again to you and the rest of the Astral String Quartet for playing at my wedding. Myself and Aileen thought that the music and singing was beautiful and we really appreciate the fact that you could help in making our wedding day a fantastic experience.

Astral Strings provided the music for our wedding and it set the most perfect tone for the ceremony. They were a pleasure to deal with when we were picking the pieces we would like and had no problem learning and performing a new piece that we requested which they had not done before. The music was a lovely mix of classical pieces, hymns and modern songs. It was fantastic to have the option of both instrumentals and a singer using only one group. All our our guests commented on how beautiful the music was and it helped make our ceremony one of the most perfect we have every been to (even if we are biased:-)). We would highly recommend Astral Strings too anyone looking for music for their wedding. Thank you Astral Strings!! Gr?inne and Cathal.



Best wishes for 2010,

I couldn't have been happier with the music at my wedding. I was so worried leading up to it as I wanted the music to be perfect, but my friend told me about the Astral String Quartet and I couldn't have been happier. They were more than I could hope for and were so flexible and played everything I had dreamed of! I couldn't have wished for better.

I can't recommend Astral strongly enough. They played at my wedding a couple of weeks ago in Longford and really made the ceremony. Everyone there commented on how good they were. I had them play at the church and even my uncle our priest (who is very fussy) was impressed. They played later at the reception and set a wonderful tone for the day.