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Atoka String Quartet has won the Virginia Living Magazine's Top Wedding Vendor Award for the past five years in a row! We provide high-quality customized music for our clients' special day. ASQ performs all of the standard classical repertoire, and is also known for their versatility with rock/pop music. We take special requests so couples can create their own unique song list, and also offer amplification for larger events. Atoka Strings is also available as a duo and trio, and can occassionally subtitue other instruments as well. Check out our new videos, and contact us for a quote!

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Reviews of Atoka String Quartet

Hayley
Hayley Sent on 11/02/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing Musicians!

My wedding vibe was an extravagant Bridgerton-style party - and wow, did Atoka Strings deliver! The musicians were incredibly talented, and their performance created exactly the elegant, romantic atmosphere I had envisioned.

The team was so easy to work with and had such a wide repertoire, which made choosing songs a really fun part of the planning process. I absolutely loved having them as part of my day. They were truly unforgettable!
Rohan
Rohan Sent on 06/21/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Great musicians for fusion events

We hired Atoka for 2 nights, 1 night a violinist and another trio for our wedding ceremony. They have a large repertoire of modern, classical, and Bollywood music. They are very professional and charge fairly for their services. Would recommend!
Alexandra
Alexandra Sent on 12/02/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Great vendor and great value!

We hired Atoka Strings for our intimate wedding ceremony in September 2024. We communicated with Tara, who was very pleasant and easy to work with. We hired a string duo and it was the perfect addition for our small guest count and cocktail hour. Nothing tops live music! The musicians were very professional and highly talented! I will also say Atoka Strings is a very great value as well. We'd highly recommend to anyone looking for beautiful live strings during their wedding day!
Kristi
Kristi Sent on 11/10/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Absolutely beautiful!!!

Atoka Strings was fantastic to work with. Tara was responsive, accommodating, and the easiest vendor we worked with for the wedding! We made a special request for a song to be played for our procession and they did a FANTASTIC job learning it and making it happen. Everyone raved about how talented they were and we really enjoyed the ambiance they brought to the wedding. We are especially grateful for them playing outside when it was a little chilly. We're so grateful!
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Melissa Sent on 11/10/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Professional and Talented!

We hired Atoka Strings for an October outdoor wedding and were very impressed. We went with a violin and keyboard duo. The two artists were very professional and talented. Atoka Strings has quite a long repertoire list of songs to select from. Before the wedding we filled out a questionnaire form and during the wedding they played all the music we picked out for the ceremony and cocktail hour. Many of our guests commented on how great the live music was.
Alaina
Alaina Sent on 06/19/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Professional and Highly Skilled

We hired the string trio for our wedding and we were so impressed! The professionalism, clarity, and communication during the lead-up to our wedding was amazing and so appreciated! They are very reliable and extremely skilled at a very reasonable price point. I would 100% hire them again! (Attached photo by Chelsea Clayton of Toujours)
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April Sent on 06/26/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful Ceremony Music

Atoka Strings was fantastic to work with - Tara was such a pleasure! She was extremely communicative and easy to work with. She answered all of our questions and really put us at ease. The music they played at our ceremony was beautiful and we are so happy we picked them to be part of our special day!
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Emily Sent on 05/26/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing experience!

I was initially on the fence about hiring a string trio for our intimate wedding (a small reception at a northern Virginia restaurant), and I am so grateful we did. I honestly can't imagine our reception without Atoka Strings! They showed up early to set up and were super understanding as we had to adjust their location because of rain. They played through cocktail hour and dinner, and even stayed an extra 30 minutes at our last-minute request. The music was phenomenal - we had picked a few songs that we wanted played in advance from their repertoire, but they did a wonderful job at mixing in classical songs with more modern-day hits. Everyone was playing "guess that tune" throughout the night and it really kept the reception going! Tara was also incredibly responsible and helpful throughout the planning process, from our very first email to a last-minute check-in. An important note for those on a budget: their prices were incredibly reasonable. In sum, booking with Atoka Strings was one of the best decisions we made!
VyVy
Vyvy Sent on 01/04/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Hire ASQ for your event!

We are so happy to have found Tara and ASQ! From the first email to after our big day, Tara and her team have been phenomenal! She's a great and prompt communicator and gladly found the sheet music for my dream processional song down the aisle. Our guests loved the live string quartet as they were getting seated and waiting for our ceremony to begin. Everything was a dream come true and we can't thank Tara and her quartet enough!
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Melanie Sent on 12/20/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful Music from a Professional Team

The music from Atoka String Quartet was the perfect backdrop for our ceremony and cocktail hour. We are still on cloud nine looking back on our wedding day. They exceeded our expectations and went above and beyond by playing outside in the cold (our wedding was in November), under conditions that were not ideal. We were so impressed with their professionalism and talent, and we got so many compliments from all of our guests. Their music helped create the perfect atmosphere. They learned a new, lesser known song for us and knocked it out of the park, and they also accommodated some last minute change requests to our song list. They were professional and responsive in all our interactions. We would highly recommend hiring them for your next event!!
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