Have you played Villa Terrace weddings?
Yes. Dream City Strings has played 9 weddings at the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum in Milwaukee.
Yes. We've played 9 weddings at Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum: 3 in 2019, 1 in 2021, 2 in 2022, 2 in 2023 and 1 in 2024. Choose a quartet (two violins, viola and cello), a trio or a duo for your ceremony and cocktail hour. Call 414-253-2504.
Planning your Villa Terrace ceremony music
- Prelude. Pick about 10 songs. That fills roughly 30 minutes while guests arrive and find their seats.
- Processionals. Keep song changes to a few. Players turn pages between songs, so every change adds a small gap. Repeating one song for a long line of attendants is fine.
- Vows. We stop playing after the bride's entrance so everyone can hear the officiant.
- Recessional and postlude. One song to walk out, then about 3 more as guests move on to cocktail hour.
Want strings for cocktail hour as well? Plan on about 20 songs an hour. How many songs a ceremony needs.
If any part of your day is outside
- Shade. Our contract requires shade for the players: a tent or a big leafy tree.
- Rain. Anything more than a drizzle and the instruments go back in their cases, so keep a covered backup in mind.
- Temperature. Strings play best between about 55 and 92 degrees.
More detail: outdoor weddings with strings.
What couples say
Samantha M.'s review is from a Villa Terrace wedding. The others are from other Wisconsin weddings.
★★★★★“Everyone loved the performance, it was a crowd favorite. The song choices were great, the communication was spot on, the quartet was friendly and willing to go with the flow.”
★★★★★“The process to organize this was easy to follow and the repertoire is large and varied.”
★★★★★“We loved having them play during both our ceremony and cocktail hour, it was perfect!”
Booking a Villa Terrace date
Tell us your date and the times you want music. Once you sign, a 50% deposit in your BookLive client portal holds the date, and the balance is due a week before the wedding. You'll pick songs in the same portal, or tell us the feel you want and we'll choose for you. Picks are due about two weeks before, and a song that isn't in our library is usually $25 to $50.
Villa Terrace questions
How many Villa Terrace weddings have you played?
9, from 2019 to 2024.
Can we have the same group for the ceremony and cocktail hour?
Yes. Many couples book both. Cocktail hour takes about 20 songs an hour.
What happens if it rains?
If it's more than a drizzle, the instruments have to go in their cases, so plan a covered backup.
Do we have to choose every song?
No. Pick the ones that matter to you in your BookLive client portal and we can fill in the rest.