Ensembles for Hire

The Stanford Symphony Orchestra can provide small ensembles for every occasion! We offer affordable quality music. In lieu of a standard rate, we are asking for donations to help support our tour this year. Donations will go towards ensuring that all our student-musicians are able to attend the tour, supporting financial assistance for qualified students and lowering the contributions required per student.

  • On-campus events - suggested donation of $400 per hour
  • Off-campus events - suggested donation of $450 per hour, plus travel expenses

We primarily offer string quartets, but requests for other kinds of ensembles are welcome. We may be able to provide anything from solo trumpet players to woodwind quintets to multiple string ensembles. We normally ask for surcharges on larger ensembles, and discounts are negotiable for smaller groups.

We have a list of standard repertoire below; if you don’t see your favorite quartet on the list, talk to us and we’ll do our best to accomodate you.

For more information, please email Virginia Wang.


Bach
Air on G string
Aria
Arioso
Brandenburg No. 3, 3rd mvmt
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Little Fugue in G minor
Overture, Suite 3
Praeludium in E major
Sheep May Safely Graze
The Art of the Fugue

Bach/Gounod
Ave Maria

Barnby
O Perfect Love

Beatles
Yesterday
Eleanor Rigby

Beethoven
Cavatine
Minuet from the Septet

Bizet
Carillion

Boccherini
Minuet
Larghetto (Op. 33, No. 4)

Borodin
Quartet No. 2

Brahms
Theme from 1st Symphony

Campra
Raudon

Cherubini
Scherzo

Chopin
Etude No. 3

Clarke
Trumpet Voluntary

Corelli
Concerto VIII

De Koven
Oh, Promise Me

Dittersdorf
Andante (String Quartet in Eb Major)

Dubin
Lullaby of Broadway
September in the Rain

Esposito
Wedding Song (There is Love)

Frank
Panis Angelicus

Garner
Misty

Gershwin
I Got Rhythm
I’ve got a Crush on You
Someone to Watch Over Me
S’Wonderful
SwaneeTramp!
Tramp! Tramp!

Glazounow
Interludium in Modo Antico

Gluck
Minuet

Greig
Ich Liebe Dich

Haggart
What’s New

Hamlisch
The Way We Were

Hammerstein II
Wanting You
Stouthearted Men

Handel
Aria
Hornpipe
La Rejouissance
Pastoral Symphony
Queen of Sheba
Water Music Suite in F Major
Water Music Suite in D Major

Hasse
Canzona

Haydn
Andantino Grazaioso (Op. 3, No.1)
God Save Francis, the Emperor
Quartet No. 35
Quartet No. 49
Quartet No. 36
Serenade

Heyman
Body and Soul

Hupfeld
As Time Goes By

Ivanovici
Waves of the Danube

Jewish Folk Songs
Bashana Haba’ah
Chanukah, Oh Chanukah
Dona Dona
Eyn Ke’eloheynu
Hava Nagila
Hevenu Shalom Aleychem
Mayim, Mayim
Oseh Shalom
Rock of Ages
Yerushalayim Shel Zahav

Johnson
Since I Fell for You

Joplin
Country Club
Euphonic Sounds
Heliotrope Bouquet
Maple Leaf Rag
Paragon Rag
Pineapple Rag
Scott Joplin’s New Rag

Legrand
The Summer Knows

Louiguy
La Vie en Rose

MacDowell
To a Wild Rose

Massenet
Meditation

McBroom
The Rose

Mendelssohn
Canzonetta
Scherzo (Op. 44, No. 2)
Wedding March

Mercer
And the Angels Sing

Mouret
Rondeau (from Premiere Suite)

Mozart
Alleluia
Divertimento I
Divertimento III
Eine Klein Nachtmusik
Flute Quartet
March
Quartet No. 13
Quartet No. 16

Pachabel
Canon

Pochon
Song of the Volga Boatmen
Irish Reel

Porter
Night and Day
I Get a Kick Out of You
Let’s do It (Let’s Fall in Love)

Puccini
Crisantemi
Minuet I, II, III in A Major
Quartet in D Major

Purcell
Trumpet Tune

Rose
Without a Song

Schubert
Ave Maria

Schuman
Dreaming from “Scenes from Childhood”

Smith
Romany Life

Tchaikovsky
Andante Cantabile (Quartet 1, Op. 11)

Traditional
Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms

Vivaldi
Autumn, mvmt. 1
Autumn, Finale
Spring, mvmt. 1
Spring, mvmt. 2
Spring, Danza Pastorale
Winter, Largo
Winter, Allegro

Webster
Secret Love

Wagner
Bridal Chorus