Perfect Harmony String Ensemble

Gretchen and her team did a fantastic job at our ceremony. Gretchen was extremely responsive and provided great assistance with our choices for our ceremony music. On the day of the event, the trio arrived early and delivered the arrangements right on cue.

Working with Perfect Harmony was professional and easy. They delivered exactly what they promised with no drama.

The string trio was a great addition to our ceremony and we highly recommend them for a wedding or other event. Reasonable rates and easy to work with.

Absolutely a pleasure to deal with and the talent is amazing!!!! Quality service and extremely responsive and accommodating.

Excellent performance. Would work with these musicians again.

Obtaining ceremony music was something I decided to do at the last minute. I was an anxious bride to start and booking them late was really out of charachter for me, but everything went perfect. Perfect Harmony was extremely responsive and Gretchen even called to follow up and ensure that everything was in place. I conducted mostly all of the arrangements via email which expedited the process and was easier for me. Their pricing is all inclusive which was great. On the day of the event the music was beautiful and my guests enjoyed it very much.

The musicians arrived timely and were easy to work with. The weather was not the best for what was essentially an outdoor venue, but the quartet was flexible and accommodating when the plans of where to position them needed to be adjusted when it was time for the ceremony to start.
During the planning stages, Gretchen provided much helpful guidance and a huge list of numbers in their repertoire. Early on the e-mail responses were somewhat slow, but when we got closer to the wedding date, her response time was much better.

Gretchen was very attentive during the planning process and Perfect Harmony was absolutely outstanding! They played the most beautiful music - Guests are still raving about them!

Gretchen emailed after my early Oct wedding asking us to review PH. Our wedding was held in an intimate garden setting. We had discussed the use of a sound system to ensure appropriate volume and enjoyment for the guest. Our contract paperwork included the use of a speaker/ sound system as promised to us as a special perk of booking PH through a bridal expo. Despite our agreement for this sound system to be supplied and used it was not brought to my wedding. The quartet was not loud enough to be heard throughout a very small garden. My mom was seated approx. 20-25 feet from them and could barely hear them. As my bridesmaids, the flower girl and I processed and recessed the music was too quiet to hear. Some of my guest who were seated in the section directly in front of the quartet and though they were very pleased with the music they also remarked to me the music was not very loud , as did many of my guest who were seated on the opposite side of the garden. It would have been nice to have a sound system as promised in our contract so everyone could have enjoyed the music. In addition many of our own formal pictures showed one of the musicians wearing a very large oversized bright blue sweatshirt like jacket...as there was a cool wind blowing on the beautiful Oct day. I understand the need for warmth but also feel that a more appropriate and professional sweater or jacket cold have planned for and worn. It really did not look professional at all and many of my guests even commented, as all of the other musicians were dressed in black/white. In addition to everything, responsiveness to emails and phone calls was always very slow through our year of planning the wedding.

We wrote Gretchen to voice all of these concerns two weeks after the wedding asking for a partial refund due to their lack of upholding the contract. To this day we still have not ever heard back from her or the company. No email, no phone calls. Very unprofessional. Spend your money elsewhere.

Really, friendly, down-to-earth, and helpful in making our music selections! All of our guests loved the music!

They added a great touch to my perfect wedding. I was very pleased with the performance

We hired a string duo from Perfect Harmony String Ensemble to perform at our wedding ceremony and cocktail hour. The music they played for us was beautiful and the they were very professional. They provided great quality music, especially for the price. Many of our guests told us afterwards that the music was wonderful and we both agreed. We would definitely recommend Perfect Harmony to anyone.

Was impressed by their professionalism.

They were professional and very talented. The music was beautiful and helped to make our wedding perfect!! Highly recommended!

Perfect Harmony was great to work with leading up to my wedding as the group was helpful to me when I had questions about the flow of the ceremony and the music they perform. My ceremony went off without a hitch and the music was beautiful. My husband even commented after the ceremony how much he loved the music they were playing before I came down the aisle. Highly recommend!

They played everything I wanted them to play and they played the music so beautifully! I would recommend them to everyone I know.

This group has a long and varied repertoire, and we were able to find the perfect music both for the wedding and for the cocktail hour afterwards. They were prompt and courteous during the process of making arrangements beforehand and on the wedding day.

Excellent trio! They were on-time, setup and ready outside even though the weather was iffy. The wedding was outside and the trio sounded AWESOME! I would highly recommend!

Perfect Harmony String Ensemble performed at our wedding ceremony and during our cocktail hour. They were incredibly professional as well as talented. They were extremely accommodating in regards to our musical tastes. I would strongly recommend them. They honestly made our wedding day perfect!.

I have received the best service and absolutely love Perfect Harmony....would definitely recommend using for a wedding....

(Im)perfect Harmony were late and unprepared. Sounded like they had not played together before. They sounded off-key. Guests noticed the mess. Fidgeted with music sheets and stands before they could get started. Paid $750 and maybe they played a total of 5 or 6 complete songs. To top it off, I paid for an extra performer so we could have a particular song for the bride's processional. They played the WRONG song.
Complained to them because wanted refund. No response.

Booked through Gigmasters and they were no help.

Perfect Harmony did a great job providing music for my ceremony and reception at Mt. Vernon Inn. I was able to set everything up through email, and Gretchen was always very timely in getting back to me. They have a large number of songs to choose from, too--everything from classical to rock.

Our ceremony music by Perfect Harmony String Ensemble was beautiful. They started a half hour prior to the ceremony and stuck around a bit after as the guests wandered over to our reception. We found some perfect pieces for us on their extensive repertoire list. The only small problem I had was that it could be a little slow to hear back from them by email, but everything else was great!

With Perfect Harmony, you can practically sign the contract and then forget about it until the day of the wedding (this is a good thing). We went with them for our ceremony music and cocktail hour. They are professional, responsive and excellent musicians.

Perfect Harmony's String Trio played at our May 5 wedding at Brookside Gardens, in Wheaton, MD. They also sent a representative to our rehearsal the day before, and she played the start of each piece to be used in the ceremony. The group was very responsive and helped me a great deal by answering my dozens of questions about song suggestions, what they were able to play, what they recommended, etc. Gretchen was extremely helpful and patient with me! The day of the ceremony they were on time, played beautifully, and we never had to think about them being there - everything just went so smoothly. Highly recommended!

Perfect Harmony provided the music for our wedding ceremony, cocktail hour, and dinner. The music was beautiful and our guests all provided compliments. There was a large selection of music from which we could choose, which was really nice, as from what little we were able to hear (when we weren't off taking pictures!), they fulfilled all of our selections. I made a note on the paperwork that I would like them to play one song when I returned from taking pictures, and they were kind enough to remember and follow through on this request shortly after I entered the reception, which was greatly appreciated.

Of all of our wedding vendors, Perfect Harmony was the most difficult to deal with because of Gretchen's lack of responsiveness by both email and phone. I hate to be so critical, but there would be times when I waited months to hear from her, which almost made us switch vendors. It was not like I was asking her difficult questions, and most of the time, when I actually got a response, it was a canned email that she easily could have sent months earlier (i.e. asked her when I should expect to make song selections, waited months, then received a canned message that included all of the selection information). I mentioned several times that her lack of responsiveness was making us nervous, but that never helped the situation. We understand that vendors are busy, but several months of waiting was a bit...

In addition to playing beautiful music, Perfect Harmony is a delight to work with. Their contract is straightforward,they are an incredibly "low maintence" vendor and their fees are very reasonable. They also have a large "playlist." Our daughter walked down the aisle to "viva la vida," from Coldplay. With cello, violin and flute, it was simply beautiful.

I was extremely happy with Perfect Harmony String Ensemble. Gretchen and team were professional, personable and sounded so SO beautiful. They were all very talented, easy and flexible to work with and definitely added a touch of elegance to our wedding. All our guests had nothing but great things to say about them. I'm so glad we chose them to provide our ceremony music.

Gretchen Heller and Perfect Harmony were very talented, very accommodating, a joy to hear and a pleasure to do business with. I want to hire them for any important events that we will hold in the future.

I was so excited to have Perfect Harmony's string trio play at our outdoor ceremony, however, on our wedding day we were sad to learn that they would not be able to play because temperatures were too low for their instruments. We didn't realize when we booked them that they would be unable to play if the temperature was below 65 degrees. We were told this a few weeks before the wedding, but we were still hoping for the best temperature-wise. When our wedding day came and the temperatures were in the 50s, they couldn't play. This was very disappointing because we were still holding our ceremony outside. However, they were flexible and offered to play inside as the wedding party walked outside to the ceremony, and as guests came back inside afterwards. They sounded amazing and did a great job, we just were not able to utilize them as we had originally hoped. Keep this in mind if you are a bride that's planning on having an outdoor ceremony during a month where the weather and temperatures could be questionable.

Perfect Harmony was the most disappointing part of our otherwise wonderful ceremony. The owner was extremely unresponsive throughout the planning process. I had to send her numerous emails and call her multiple times before getting basic information, such as the musical selections her musicians could play. She was very nice and apologetic about it, but what really prompts me to write this review is my family's disappointment with the quality of the service we ultimately received. We arranged for a string trio to play during our ceremony. The contract includes 30 minutes of pre-ceremony music as the guests arrive. My mother was outraged that the musicians did not do this, refused to do so even when asked, and said they did not know what music to play (which was odd, since this had all been arranged before). For some reason, they were seated so that they played away from our guests, so it was very hard to hear them. In short, they were completely indifferent and it was obvious they had no interest in being part of our wedding ceremony - not something the bride wants to deal with on her wedding day. I would recommend finding a different string ensemble.

Perfect Harmony provided wonderful music on our wedding day. It was an easy process considering it was almost a last minute decision. The music selection process was easy and straight forward. We highly recommend Perfect Harmony!

Working with Gretchen and Perfect Harmony was a wonderful experience for our wedding! We loved their vast repetoire of music and their string versions of recent tunes were a perfect addition to our wedding. The Ensemble was able to easily adjust to our rain plan and provided great tunes during our ceremony and cocktail reception. We would highly recommend Perfect Harmony!

My husband booked this group for our September 18th wedding using gig masters. He insists that they were very responsive, professional, and flexible.
My only job concerning the strings was to listen to their long repertoire list to find music that I absolutely loved. It really wasn't a hard thing to do because they were well versed. I decided on some classical pieces that I normally don't hear at weddings.
The Big Day came and I was in the vestibule alone awaiting my entrance. I listened to Perfect Harmony play the bridesmaids processional , Chopins "Nocturne," with ease. They sounded amazing!
Perfect Harmony was flexible. My husband and I decided to coordinate them with an opera singer they never worked with before. We picked pieces that they both knew and again, Perfect Harmony did a fantastic job. My recessional "Gigue" by J S Bach was also very awesome!
My only gripe is that I wasn't sitting in the pews of the church listening to them play the whole time! I can't wait to hear them in the video.

It was a pleasure working with Perfect Harmony, they helped me figure out my music, and were patient with me as I changed my mind (a lot)! I felt very secure that the entire mood of my wedding would be in their hands, and they did a fantastic job! We recieved many complimets. I wish I could've heard more (being the bride, I was in a separate room and unable to hear the prelude music), but my husband told me it was beautiful, and when I heard my bridemaids' song, and my song, it was just as I had pictured it in my head. I can't wait to watch our wedding video so I can hear the rest. I would confidently recommend them to anyone. Thank you Perfect Harmony! You helped make our day absolutely PERFECT!

Although most of the string music took place when I wasn't there, I heard a lot of my guest rave about how beautiful the string trio was and how well they could hear their music. Definitely recommend Perfect Harmony.

For the ceremony & cocktail hour we used a string trio through Perfect Harmony. Gretchen was very helpful in assisting us choose music for the ceremony. When looking through their playlist, we were so intrigued and surprised that the musicians could play R&B & pop music. For the cocktail hour we gave them a list of songs and let the musicians fill in the rest along the same vibe. Unfortunately, my husband and I were away taking pictures during the happy hour but were were able to catch a little bit of them playing Lady Gaga :) My guests were very impressed with the musicians and excited to hear the string versions of various popular tunes. The musicians were very talented and professional.

Perfect Harmony provided beautiful music for my wedding ceremony on June 18th, 2011. I would highly reccommend them!!! :)

I was very happy with this vendor. They played at both my ceremony and cocktail hour. I think it was a nice touch over traditional piano/organ music in a church.
When we had a timing change in our cocktail hour, this vendor was willing to accommodate this change, which was very appreciated!

We had Perfect Harmony play at our wedding on May 7th durring our ceremony and cocktail hour. They did a fantastic job and the music was beautiful. They did everything we asked them to do from day one and were very helpful. Gretchen was a pleasure to work with and asked all of my many questions. Thank you for making our ceremony so beautiful!!

Perfect Harmony did a great job for our ceremony and cocktail hour. They were easy to work with, and the best cost in the area. Our guests said great things about their music!

PH was great because unlike some of my other vendors, they didn't need a lot of hand holding! They sent me a huge selection of music to choose from and waited patiently until the week of the wedding for my choices! I was busy getting ready when they showed up and they were able to do their thing! There was beautiful music as I walked down the aisle and they were even able to adapt when my officiant messed up and skipped part of the ceremony. PH was probably caused me the least stress out of anything on the big day!

Of the many ceremony music vendors I went to, Perfect Harmony was the best value for cost. They were very professional, open to the choice of music I wanted as well as being very helpful in their recommendations. We corresponded purely through e-mail which was my preferred way of communication. They were punctual on our wedding day and did a great job! I highly recommend PERFECT HARMONY!!!

They were early, set up quickly and sounded great. Very professional and flexible with the times. Definitely recommend Perfect Harmony String Ensemble!

Gretchen and her musicians were great! It was was one of the more expensive vendors we chose relative to how long they played, in part because their transportation cost is built in and because it's a flat rate rather than per hour. However, they really did a wonderful job. They provide you with all the music selections to choose from and have a wide variety from which to choose. I did notice that at the end of our ceremony, there was a small delay in playing the recessional song so that we were almost down the aisle before it started but I was probably the only one that noticed. Otherwise, they were great and I would definitely recommend them to others!

They were wonderful!

We hired the three trio for our wedding. It was absolutely beautiful. Your able to pick your own music. Gretchen was totally professional and funny.

Perfect Harmony was amazing. Transitions were flawless, they appeared professional and it was the perfect touch for our daughter's wedding ceremony. I highly recommend them.

Gretchen was amazing to work with and very responsive to any questions or correspondence. Having violins play during our ceremony was very important, but we had no idea what songs we wanted. Perfect Harmony gave us a guide, and links to listen to different music options. I booked PH months before the wedding, and even without me checking in the musicians showed up on time, looking professional, and played beautifully. Fantastic.

I recieved referrals from friends about other wedding musicians in the area and the search process was very frustrating because there was a lack of responsiveness from many of the referrals. And then I decided to take matters into my own hands and found Perfect Harmony on Wedding Wire. Gretchen's responsiveness and professionalism were exactly what I needed. She made the entire process from the music selection, to showing up and playing at the wedding so easy for me. And I have to say that I have gotten so many compliments on the ensemble. My DJ was even impressed by the ensemble and they do weddings all the time. Gretchen-You helped me have the wedding ceremony that I'd always dreamed of. Thank you!

They did a great job and our guests really loved them!

Perfect Harmony played (as a quartet) for my wedding reception during the cocktail hour, first dance, and dinner.

Very professional, well dressed, and very talented.

They are very capable musicians with a wide repertoire of classical, classic rock, 80's, and pop-music.

They did an excellant rendition of Journey - Don't Stop Believin' for our first dance.

Highly recommend!

My only regret is not knowing they would need amplification during the dinner hour- I was on the opposite side of the room and could barely hear them over the chatter of our guests. Plan accordingly!

Perfect Harmony provided my clients with a wonderful array of music. I look forward to working with them again for future events!

Perfect Harmony Strings did a great job! They were very professional and played lovely! As the bride, I didn't really get to "enjoy" the music too much, but my guests all raved about the beautiful music performed by Perfect Harmony Strings. In addition, Gretchen was great to deal with and made the entire process of setting up the musicians and music selection very easy. I would definitely recommend Perfect Harmony Strings to other brides!

Perfect Harmony was very easy to work with. Excellent communications...all our music was chosen via email communications. Beautifully orchestrated....we had dual violins playing in the rose garden before the ceremony...during the cermony and afterward. Very classy touch. All the guests enjoyed the music. Would probably choose someone more local due to traffic next time......but the service and quality of music was top notch.

A nice final touch on a small private wedding. Very professional and not to mention photogenic.I would reccomend this company!!!They really are the best!True proffessional.

Perfect Harmony was wonderful to work with. More importantly the music was heavenly! I wish all my vendors were as easy to work with and reliable! I highly receommend them for any occasion and will certainly hire them again.

Perfect Harmony was great to work with, and they did a great job at the wedding. I definitely recommend them.

Perfect Harmony was the perfect selection for our wedding reception music! The customer service was wonderful and the group was professional. But most importantly, the music was beautiful!

I was very happy with Perfect Harmony. They provided a cello/violin duo for my wedding and played everything just the way I wanted it. Working with Gretchen was a huge pleasure and she was on top of things until the very end. As someone who planned and executed my own wedding without the help of a planner/coordinator, I was very pleased with my experience. I'd definitely recommend them!

very professional and very talented

Most likely we would recommend Perfect Harmony to others. Overall, they played very well, arrived on time, and dressed in professional attire. We got several compliments about how lovely the music was. Discussion of what song(s) to play in the event of delays in the ceremony would have been helpful ahead of time, rather than having them pick songs we were unfamiliar with on the fly. It would have also been helpful to hear samples of traditional and modern wedding music as performed by the flutist and violinist we hired. It was risky having to make all payments in advance without knowing what the music was going to sound like prior to the actual wedding ceremony.

Perfect Harmony was indeed perfect for my wedding. They assisted with music selection, came to the rehearsal, and set just the right tone for the ceremony. My guests loved the music. Because I had a unique venue, the musicians had to adapt to the venue manager not being quite ready for them when they arrived. But they were completely professional and came through with spectacular music.

Perfect Harmony did an amazing job at my wedding. They were very professional and very easy to work with. They made my ceremony extra special and everyone raved about the music. I had the violin and cello, the music was fabulous! I would highly recommend them to anyone having a wedding or a special event!

they were great! they flex'd to performing a song that wasn't on the original play list - very well received!

Perfect Harmony String Ensemble for lack of a better word were PERFECT! They were extrememly professional, timely, and talented. They spoke with us throughout the process of selecting music for both our ceremony and our cocktail hour, and even provided a few suggestions. We were pleased with the addition of their music (including classical pieces and jazz pieces) at both parts of our wedding. The day would not have been the same without them.

Gretchen and the rest of the quartet ensemble were just as the name says, Perfect. They hit every cue with no glitches and the music was great. Plus they were easily reachable through e-mail which is my communication tool of choice.

Perfect Harmony provided excellent musicianship & professionalism & were also very responsive to the repertoire which I requested. I would definitely recommend them!!

We hired Perfect Harmony 1 month before our wedding. It was last minute for us, so we were really happy that they were available on our day. They were the most reasonably priced out of the string quartets we researched. We liked their sample music from their website and they had really positive reviews. On the day of our wedding, Perfect Harmony arrived on time and they played beautifully. I was happy with our decision.

I recommend the services of Perfect Harmony String Ensemble to make your Wedding Day that very special day you always wanted,that will be remembered and cherished by you and all your guests for many years to come. ~~ Angela Neik, www.calligraphybyangela.com Dallas Calligrapher

We recently coordinated a wedding in which Gretchen and two others performed as a trio at the ceremony. The selections the couple chose were played Beautifully by the trio! Gretchen and her team were wonderful to work with. They were well aware of what they were doing when they walked in the door. We "meshed" very well with them. They made our job a lot easier that day. We would gladly recommend them!!!