Occasional Brass & Strings

Occasional Brass & Strings offers versatile ensembles ranging from duos to quintets, performing repertoire that spans classical masters like Bach, Handel, and Mozart to contemporary favorites including Coldplay, The Beatles, U2, and Journey. Based in Boston, the group specializes in trios, quartets, and quintets for outdoor weddings and cocktail hours. They create custom ensembles with various combinations of trumpet, french horn, trombone, tuba, violin, viola, cello, piano, flute, harp, and saxophone. Their contemporary arrangements include songs by artists such as Queen, Taylor Swift, Pearl Jam, AC/DC, Madonna, and Shania Twain, alongside jazz standards from Count Basie and Scott Joplin. The team maintains musicians in Boston, Worcester, Cape Cod, Newport, Portland, and Hartford, which helps reduce travel expenses for clients across New England. Occasional Brass & Strings has received multiple WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards from 2011 through 2022, along with The Knot Best of Weddings recognition in 2022.