FAQs
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What is your minimum booking time?
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What are your rates?
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Do you have a demo?
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Do you travel outside of
Montreal?
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Do the musicians attend the
wedding rehearsal?
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What do the musicians wear?
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When do the musicians
take breaks?
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When am I required
to provide food to the musicians?
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How long has your
Trio been performing together?
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Can
I hire two musicians instead of three?
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Your price is
more than I had anticipated...?
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How far in advance should your
services be booked?
Our minimum booking time is
one hour. For wedding ceremonies, our trio will perform
ten minutes of prelude music before the ceremony begins, at no extra
cost to you. After the
minimum hour, you may hire us in half-hour or one-hour
increments. When traveling time to an event exceeds one hour in one
direction, we recommend that our clients book us for a minimum of
two hours (ceremony and cocktails) in order to offset the travel
costs.
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Our rates are based on the duration of the
engagement,the number of musicians performing and the location
distance from Montreal. Because
every event requires individual planning, we must first discuss your needs
before quoting you a price. Our rates are very comparable to
other professional ensembles.
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Yes, we do. You can listen to a sample of our most popular wedding pieces by clicking
here.
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Yes, we often travel outside of the Montreal
region (eg. Mont-Tremblant, St-Sauveur, Montebello, Rigaud, Vaudreuil, Ste-Marthe
sur Richelieu, St-Jean sur Richelieu, Ste-Hilaire etc.). In such
cases, we charge an additional fee to cover the gas expense and
travel time.
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Because of our extensive experience with
wedding ceremonies, we generally do not attend the wedding
rehearsal. However, the music leader will coordinate the events of the ceremony with the bride and groom before the
actual day.
It is important for the musicians to know how many
persons will partake in the ceremony (flower girl, ring bearer,
bridesmaids, grandparents etc.) because they will be better able
to synchronize the duration of the music to the number of
persons entering with that particular piece of music.
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We generally wear black formal wear not to stand
out. During the summer, we may at times wear off-white blouses to
keep cool when playing outdoors.
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We normally take a ten minute break
after the first hour. However, if the event lasts only one hour,
we generally do not take one. We try to coordinate our breaks
with speeches or during transition periods (when the guests are
being moved from one room to another) so that we can our playing
time.
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This is generally not a requirement. The
only exception to this occurs when the musicians are engaged for
a function lasting more than four hours and during which their
normal dinner period would have taken place. When this occurs, a light meal is
always appreciated.
The musicians generally break at a designated time requested by
the client.
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We have been performing as an ensemble for
over 14 years. Individually, we have over 25 years of
professional experience performing in distinguished chamber
music and symphony orchestras in Montreal and elsewhere
throughout Canada.
When
you hire Trio Amore, you will be
in the trusted care of professionals.
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Yes, you have the option to
hire a duo.
Although Trio Amore is comprised of flute, violin and cello, you
may have a preference for a smaller ensemble and Trio Amore can accommodate
your needs. We have music repertoire to suit two instruments (duo) as
well as four instruments (quartet). The number of
musicians largely depends on the size of the venue. For an
intimate wedding of 15-40 guests, we recommend a duo (flute,
violin). For a wedding of more than 50 guests, we recommend a
trio. The sound will carry much better and the harmonies are
richer.
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Anyone who has attended an event where amateur,
sub-standard, or even student musicians were hired (because the
price was 'right') can tell you it really is true--you do
get what you pay for. There is no substitute for the years
of experience and the high level of performance expertise our
musicians provide. We have worked long and hard to get
where we are today, sacrificing long hours to schooling and
practice in order to become very good at what we do.
Anyone can play a CD...fewer people can play an
instrument, and fewer still play well. When you hire
Trio Amore,
you are getting something unique and special. Music is too
important an aspect of your event to be trusted to just
anyone. Leave it to talented professionals to make it just
right!
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Musicians are a little
different from other wedding and commercial services. Your
wedding dress, your caterer, or your hall often require
bookings in advance of at least a year. However, we can be
booked as early as one year or as late as one week provided
we are available on that given day. It goes without saying --the
earlier, the better. A signed contract along with
your deposit will guarantee your booking.
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Revised:
05/19/10
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