promenade ensemble, STRING QUARTET

Based in Johannesburg

Founded in 1984 by members of the former NSO of SABC, Promenade are a group of professional musicians bound by the same concept that music is an integral part of life as old as mankind. Because it is a form of positive and constructive communication, it enhances the quality of life.

Over the years, they have accumulated a vast repertoire of light classics and contemporary pop, the latest commissioned to Peter McLea, one of South Africa’s most talented arrangers/composers. The group has performed at public concerts for Classic FM, Walter Sisulu & Pretoria Botanical Gardens, Alice Art Gallery and at numerous private and corporate functions.
At present members of the Promenade Ensemble are with the high ranks of the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of S.A. and the Johannesburg Festival Orchestra, also performing as solo artists in recitals and chamber music concerts.

WHAT THEY DO:
Perform background music that is never too soft or too loud to be enjoyed by all. Perofrmances include launches, corporate functions, weddings, birthday parties, in fact for anything where music adds glamour to the function.

REPERTOIRE:
Classics, South American Tangos, Films & Musicals, French Café, Abba, Carpenters, Freddie Mercury, Frank Sinatra, The Corrs, Beatles, Ragtime, Evergreen favourites.

OPTIONS:
Apart from the quartet configuration, other options include:

• String Duo: violin & cello or 2 violins
• Violin / Cello Solo
• String Quintet: adding double bass

The Promenade, due to its highly professional, artistic and visually integrated performances has always earned great acclaim from all types of audiences eloquently summarized in the words of Tim Rice: “A FABOULOUS COMBINATION”