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The Laurelin String Quartet was formed in Glasgow in 1995 by students then at the RSAMD.

The young founder members have each gone on to have their own flourishing professional playing careers and have between them played with every professional orchestra in Scotland; with touring London shows such as Phantom of the Opera; and with live shows, recording sessions and videos for famous artists as diverse as top singer Michael Ball and Brit Award Winners 'Belle and Sebastion'.

The original quartet are still based in Glasgow, and now due to increasing demand bookings ‘south of the border’ subsidiary groups have been formed in Glasgow, Leeds and London. The result is "Laurelin Strings".

Laurelin Strings have performed at prestigious venues all over the UK.

Recent engagements have included BBC Music Live at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall; Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh before HRH Prince Edward; the Premier of Gordon McPherson 3rd String Quartet at the Salisbury Festival; recitals at St. Martin in the Fields, London.
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Popular 'Classical' Repertoire includes...

J.S.Bach - Air on a G string, Brandenburg Concerto III, Sheep May Safely Graze, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
Beethoven - Ode to Joy, Serenade
Bizet - Carmen Suite
Boccherini - Minuet
Borodin - Polovtsian Dances
Brahms - Hungarian Dances No. I & V
Debussy - Claire de Lune, Reverie
Delibes - Flower Duet from Lakme
Dvorak - Humoresque, Slavonic Dance
Elgar - Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit
Faure - Pavane
Handel - Largo, Queen of Sheba
Haydn - Variations from 'Kaiser Quartet', Serenade
Lehar - Merry Widow Waltz
MacDowell - To a Wild Rose
Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Divertimenti I,II,III. Ave Verum Corpus, Rondo alla Turca
Mendelssohn - Wedding March
Monti - Czardas
Pachelbel - Canon
Purcell - Two Rodeaux, Chacony
Puccini - Crisantemi
Schumann - Traumerei
Shostakovich - Romance from the Gadfly
Strauss - The Blue Danube, Radetzky March, Pizzicato Polka
Tschaikovsky - Waltz of the Flowers, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Trepak
Verdi - Andantino from the Force of Destiny
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Wagner - Bridal March

and many many more...

Popular 'Light' Repertoire includes...

All I Ask of You
Anything Goes
Blackadder Theme
Blue Tango
Caravan
Cry Me a River
Drunken Sailor
Eastenders
The Entertainer
Fawlty Towers
Forgotten Dreams
God Bless the Child
Glenn Miller Medley
Hey Jude
Hello Dolly
I Got Rhythm
Irish Songs
If I Were a Rich Man
James Bond Theme
Leaning On a Lamppost
Let's Do It
Love is Here to Stay
Lovejoy
Lullaby of Birdland
Makin’ Whoopee
Maple Leaf Rag
Maria
McMozart's Eine Kleine Bricht Moonlicht Nichtmusik
Misty
Miss Marple
Moon River
Moonlight in Vermont
My Funny Valentine
My Heart Will Go On (from Titanic)
New York, New York
Pennies From Heaven
Por una Cabeza (From Scent of a Woman)
Round Midnight
Sailor's Hornpipe
Scottish Songs
Somebody Loves Me
Speak Softly Love
Spread a Little Happiness
Summertime
Titanic Quartet Music (Hymn)
Waterloo
Whiter Shade of Pale
Yesterday

...and many more.......