High Grove Estate Wedding in Furquay-Varina, North Carolina

Sunday was our first time at High Grove Estate in Fuquay-Varina, NC.  Apparently this is a big up and coming event venue in the Raleigh area, and it seems like they’re doing a ton of weddings.  It’s a gorgeous venue with a lot of versatility. 

In the COVID wedding era, we stayed masked and set up away from guests, but with the string trio for the wedding ceremony music, it was plenty of sound and carried beautifully.

​We packed up on Sunday afternoon and headed to Fuquay-Varina.  Yes - those are two music stands and two violins - for one musician.  We’re a little obsessed with taking extra things, just in case :)

High Grove Estate in Fuquay-Varina is this beautiful mansion tucked away with gorgeous landscaping and lots of room to turn this space into your dream venue.  There are so many fantastic venue options in the Raleigh area, and this one is a great one!

You can see that the seats are spaced farther apart due to COVID precautions. 

One very small but important detail that we always enjoy is that the aisle is paved.  Many times, in garden venues, the aisle is grass, and everyone has to be careful walking down the aisle in heels.  I think it’s really beautiful to have a paved aisle, and it makes the walk down the aisle much easier and more fluid :)

Bride Kate and Groom John contacted us first a few months ago to book a classical string trio.  These days, most of our weddings are crossover styles, like modern and popular music, so it’s really rare for us to play a fully classical wedding.  So we were excited to dive into these traditional classical wedding songs. 

During the prelude, our string trio (which consisted of two violins and a cello) played Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi.  It’s so nice using an iPad for these, because the page turns in classical music can be really tricky.  The iPad makes it go so much more seamlessly.

​The two mothers walked down the aisle to Come Thou Fount, followed by the bridal party to Be Thou My Vision, and the bride walked down the aisle to the string trio playing Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.  These were lovely selections, and they flowed well from one to the other. 

The recessional was La Rejouissance by Handel, on string trio. 

John and Kate were fantastic clients, and we loved working with them!  Thanks for asking us to play for your wedding in Fuquay-Varina!