The SweetBeats
Kennebunkport String Quartet for Weddings
Live strings for oceanfront ceremonies, inn weddings, and seaside cocktail hours on the Maine coast.
Strings for a Seaside Ceremony
A Kennebunkport string quartet is a natural fit for a wedding on the Maine coast. The SweetBeats String Ensemble brings musicians from the New England Conservatory and the Boston Conservatory to ceremonies and cocktail hours from Dock Square to Ocean Avenue.
Book a solo violin, a duo, a trio, or a full quartet. We play everything from Bach and Vivaldi to jazz standards and string arrangements of pop songs, and we can learn most songs on request.
Choosing the Right Ensemble Size
Outdoors, more players means a fuller sound, so a trio or quartet works best for a large lawn ceremony. For an intimate elopement on the rocks or a small inn ceremony, a solo violin or a violin and cello duo keeps things simple and lovely.
Tell us your guest count and where you plan to hold the ceremony, and we’ll recommend the size that will carry best.
Booking Made Simple: 4 Steps to a Flawless Event
Reach out to see if your date is open.
We’ll respond quickly to confirm and answer any initial questions.
Talk directly with our team — no middlemen.
We’ll help you choose the right band and provide honest advice tailored to your event.
Once you're ready, we’ll finalize the booking with a simple contract and deposit to lock in your date.
Once booked, you’ll receive a personalized planning form.
This covers your timeline, music preferences, names, and any special requests — making sure everything is perfectly customized.
On the big day, we arrive early, fully prepared, and ready to perform.
Every song, cue, and moment is handled so you can relax and enjoy.
Kennebunkport String Ensemble Song List
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Air on G-String (Bach)
Water Music Suites (Handel)
Arioso (Bach)
Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
“Air” from Water Music Suite (Handel)
Xerxes.Largo (Handel)
St. Anthony Chorale (Haydn)
“One Hand, One Heart” (Bernstein)
“Nocturne” from Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mendelssohn)
Wachet Auf (Bach)
“Winter” from Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
Ave Maria ( Schubert)
“Waltz” (Tchaikovsky)
“Pavane”( Faure)
Messiah. Hallelujah Chorus (Handel)
Over The Rainbow (Harburg)
You Raise Me Up (Lovland)
What a Wonderful World (Weiss)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart)
Andante from String Quartet in A minor (Schubert)
Largo in D (Handel)
Amazing Grace (Traditional)
The Heavens Are Telling (Haydn)
Be Thou My Vision (Traditional Irish Melody)
Children’s Prayer ( Humperdinck)
Deep River ( Spiritual)
Go Tell it on the Mountain ( Spiritual)
He’s Got the Whole World ( Spiritual)
Meditation from Thais (Massenet)
My Heart Ever Faithful (Bach)
On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn)
Te Deum (Charpentier)
Bridal Chorus “Here Comes the Bride” (Wagner)
Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Ave Verum Corpus ( Mozart)
Flower Duet (Delibes)
Panis Angelicus (Franck)
Ave Maria ( Bach)
I can’t stop falling in love (Presley)
All you need is Love ( McCartney)
Tenderly ( Gross)
Only You (The Platters)
Erev Shel Shoshanim (Processional)
Simon Tov and Chosen Kalle Mazel Tov (Recessional)
Od Yeshoma
“Sunrise, Sunset”
Oif’n Pripetshok
Hatikva ( The Hope)
Bashana (Traditional Jewish)
Yedid Nefesh ( Wedding Processional)
Have Nagila
Tsena Tsena
Jerusalem of Gold ( Traditional Jewish)
Wedding March (Mendelssohn)
La Rejouissance from Royal Fireworks Music (Handel)
Brandenburg Concerto #3 (Bach)
“Spring” from Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
Entrance of Queen of Sheba (Handel)
I can’t stop falling in love (Presley)
All you need is Love (McCartney)
Tenderly (Gross)
Only You (The Platters)
Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You
Yellow (Coldplay)
Palladio (Jenkins)
Rocky Top (Osborne Brothers)
“Rondeau”-Theme from Masterpiece Theatre (Mouret)
Meditation from “Thais” (Massenet)
All I Ask of You (Webber)
Ashokan Farewell (Ungar)
Brandenburg Concerto #3 (Bach)
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart)
Minuet in G (Beethoven)
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)
Divertimenti (Mozart)
Shaker Melody “Simple Gifts” (Copland)
Ave Maria (Gounod-Bach)
Humoresque (Dvorak)
Salut d’ Amore (Elgar)
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (Debussy)
Nocturne in E flat Major (Chopin)
Finale from Sonatina in g (Dvorak)
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Handel)
Greensleeves (Traditional)
Pierre a Notre-Dame (Boellman)
Vivaldi. Concerti from L’Estro Armonico
Planning Strings for an Oceanfront Wedding
Kennebunkport weddings often happen outside: on a hotel lawn above the water, at a historic inn, or on a private estate near the shore. The setting is beautiful, and it shapes how we set up.
Ocean wind moves sheet music, and salt air, sun, and sudden showers are hard on wooden instruments. We bring clips and stands that hold up to a breeze, and we ask for a shaded, covered spot with a backup indoors. That way the music stays steady while the view does the rest.
Strings’ Packages for Ceremony and Cocktail
From the Processional to Cocktails by the Water
We start with a prelude as guests take their seats, then play the music you chose for the wedding party, your entrance, and the recessional. Pachelbel’s Canon, Handel’s Water Music, and arrangements of “A Thousand Years” are popular choices for a coastal ceremony.
Once you’re married, the cocktail hour can move to the patio or porch with lighter classical pieces and familiar pop melodies, played at a level that leaves room for conversation.
Add The SweetBeats Band for Your Kennebunkport Reception
Strings for the ceremony by the water, then The SweetBeats Band to keep the dance floor full all night.
Yes. We are based in Boston and regularly perform along the southern Maine coast, including Kennebunkport, Kennebunk, and York.
Yes. We need a shaded, covered spot and an indoor backup, since string instruments are sensitive to sun, salt air, rain, and cold. We bring clips to keep music in place in the wind.
For larger outdoor ceremonies we usually suggest a trio (two violins and cello) or a quartet (two violins, viola, and cello), which project well in open air.
Yes. Our musicians can learn most songs on request, so your recessional can be anything from Mendelssohn to a modern pop song.
Summer and early fall weekends on the Maine coast are very popular, so contact us as soon as you have a date and venue.
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