Fritz Quartet at Grand Hyatt Hotel (Ballroom 2)

11 November

Today, the Fritz Quartet performed for the wedding of Jessica and Lyonnel at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. We arrived slightly earlier to rehearse the march-in, as well as to finalise where we would be situated for the evening.

We started our first set at 5.30pm when the guests were arriving, followed by Barcarolle for the processional at 6pm. Trumpet Voluntary was the recessional piece.

While the couple was busy taking photographs, we shifted our stands and music to the area outside the ballroom, where there would be a cocktail reception before dinner. Jessica had specially requested in our previous correspondences, for us to play Boccherini's Minuet, whihc we also included in our set list. After the piece, Jessica came over to us and said "you guys sound 20 times better than the recording!". Awwwww. :)

Compliments from Jessica:
Thanks for the lovely music. If I could do this all over again, I am very certain that I will still want the Fritz Quartet to perform for my wedding. haha... It was simply magical marching in to the tune of Barcarolle (LIVE no less!!!). Love the recessional piece too. Only regret is that I am unable to freeze those moments. (...) I had to go back to the suite to wait for the dinner to start. BUT I got to listen to Boccherini's Minuet!! haha which I think I requested for you guys to play. I enjoyed it totally!! LAPPED IT UP. (...) Overall, I love the stuff which you guys did. VERY happy that I got u guys. Really. I would definitely recommend you guys to anyone who wants GOOD live music for their wedding.

Thanks Jessica and Lyonnel, for inviting us to be part of your special occasion. And thanks as well for specially giving us a whole box of cakes and puffs as well as drinks for refreshments! :)

Members of the Wedding Party!

Fritz Quartet at Grand Hyatt Singapore

Tuesday 28th August
PricewaterhouseCoopers Dinner

The Fritz Quartet was invited to perform for PricewaterhouseCoopers' dinner, held at Grand Hyatt Singapore, Sir Stamford Room. We had performed for PricewaterhouseCoopers previously and we were honored to be invited again. The dinner was hosted by Mr Gautam Banerjee (PwC Singapore Executive Chairman) and the Guest of Honor was Mrs Lim Hwee Hua (Minister Of State for Finance and Transport).

We started off the evening with Grieg's "Morning" from Peer Gynt Suite as the guests mingled at the cocktail area. Half an hour flew by, and the guests streamed into the main ballroom, signalling the start of dinner.

While speeches were being presented, we lounged at the sofas outside the ballroom, waiting to go on stage.

Bingling poses for the camera

Tze Chuan and Johnny decided to switch their instruments

Looks of intense concentration on their faces

Max (with his viola bow, pointing at the PricewaterhouseCoopers sign at the back) and Tze Chuan (with Johnny's cello, which acts as a really good prop).

While the first course was served, we proceeded on stage. Special thanks to the Grand Hyatt Hotel staff, who did a marvellous job of setting up the mics for us. Meanwhile, the projector in the room was showing photographs taken earlier in the cocktail session. It was quite surreal seeing our faces beamed to the whole room!

We ended off the night with a rendition of Bengawan Solo, which was well received by the guests.

Special thanks to Yvonne and Cami from PricewaterhouseCoopers, as well as staff from Grand Hyatt.