Wedding music
Raleigh, NC
Wedding musician in Raleigh · live solo violin for ceremonies, cocktail hours, and featured moments. 33 five-star reviews. Check your date.
As featured in Brides & Style Me Pretty
Updated July 2026
Performances
A few moments from real performances.
Live Violin at a Baby Shower · Raleigh, NC
Live violin at a baby shower in Raleigh, private events as well as weddings.
Canon in D / Gratitude (Brandon Lake) · Bride's Processional Medley
Canon in D flowing into Gratitude, a custom processional arrangement.
Wildest Dreams (Taylor Swift) · Wedding Violin Cover
Wildest Dreams, one of my favorite songs to play at weddings.
About
If you're looking for a wedding musician in Raleigh, this is what I do: live solo violin for ceremonies, cocktail hours, corporate receptions, and private events across the city. I perform over a professionally produced backing track, so one musician fills a room the way a small ensemble would, backed by 33 five-star reviews across Google and WeddingWire. Tell me your date and venue, and I'll tell you exactly how the music would work.
Raleigh's wedding venues run the full range (historic homes downtown, modern lofts in the Warehouse District, gardens, hotel ballrooms, country clubs) and the solo-violin-over-track format was built to fit all of them. At a venue like the Merrimon-Wynne House, the Victorian mansion on North Blount Street that anchors so many downtown Raleigh weddings, couples typically stage the ceremony on the lawn and cocktail hour on the porch; that's a layout I love, because one violinist can carry both without a single equipment move slowing down your timeline. The same is true at garden and estate venues across Wake County: my entire setup is self-contained and battery-capable, so I don't need power runs, a stage, or anything from the venue beyond a level spot to stand. Here's what a typical Raleigh wedding looks like with me. As your guests arrive, I play a prelude set, a mix you've chosen, anywhere from classical standards to film scores to current pop arranged for violin. Processional pieces are locked in ahead of time in our planning conversation, cued live with your coordinator so the walk starts exactly when the music does. After the ceremony I move to cocktail hour, where the violin sits over the conversation rather than on top of it, present, warm, never fighting the room. If your reception includes a featured moment (a first dance played live, a parent dance, an entrance) we plan it the same way: seated or stationary, intentional, and rehearsed. Every arrangement I perform is a real production, not a karaoke bed. The backing tracks are professionally produced instrumentals mixed to sit under a live lead violin, which is why the sound reads as an ensemble even though one musician shows up. It's also why the price works the way it does: you're booking one performer's time, not four schedules. Planning-wise, Raleigh couples usually book six to twelve months out for Saturday dates in the spring and fall peaks; holiday-season and weekday dates have more flexibility. I hold one event per day, so once your date is confirmed it's yours, no stacking, no rushing out mid-cocktail-hour. Requests are genuinely open: if the song that matters to you isn't already in my book, tell me early and I'll arrange it. With 33 five-star reviews across Google and WeddingWire and years of Triangle weddings behind me, the process is built to be the easiest vendor decision on your list: one conversation, one contract, one musician who shows up ready. What booking actually looks like: we start with one planning conversation, usually thirty to forty-five minutes, where we walk the day from prelude to last note. You leave with a written music timeline your coordinator can work from: every piece named, every cue marked, every position on the property noted. From there, changes are as easy as an email; couples routinely swap a processional three weeks out, and it costs nothing but the message. On the day itself I arrive at least an hour before guests, which means the sound check is finished before the first car parks and the only interaction your venue has with me is a wave. Raleigh also keeps me busy outside wedding season. Corporate events across downtown and North Hills (client dinners, galas, holiday parties) book the same ceremony-grade preparation, with invoicing under NC Violinist LLC and a certificate of insurance available for any venue that asks. If you're an event planner reading this on a couple's behalf: the answer to the three questions you're about to ask is yes, self-contained power, one-hour arrival buffer, and a single point of contact from inquiry to teardown. If you're weighing options, the simplest next step is a date check, it costs nothing, takes a day to answer, and tells you whether the rest of the conversation is worth having. From there, most Raleigh couples go from first message to signed contract inside a week.
About
If you're planning a wedding in Raleigh, the music question usually comes down to this: you want something live, something that feels intentional, but you don't want to manage a four-piece ensemble's logistics on the busiest morning of your life. That's exactly the gap I built this around. I'm a solo violinist performing over professionally produced backing tracks, the fullness of a complete arrangement with the footprint of one musician, one small setup, and one person to coordinate with. I handle ceremonies, cocktail hours, and featured moments across Raleigh every season, from downtown mansions to garden ceremonies out past the beltline, and every booking includes professional amplification scaled to the space. You pick the music; I arrive early, sound-checked and self-contained, so the only thing your coordinator hears from me is that everything's ready. Raleigh is the heart of my service area. My studio sits in Pittsboro, and the first 35 miles of travel are included with every booking, so for most Raleigh venues there's nothing extra to arrange and no travel surprise on the quote. Whether it's a 200-guest ceremony or an intimate exchange of vows with twenty chairs on a lawn, the format scales without changing what makes it work: live violin, real arrangements, played for the room in front of me. It's a format built from years of watching what actually goes wrong with wedding music (late load-ins, dead batteries, quartets stuck on the beltline) and removing each failure point one at a time.
Venues
I've performed all over the Merrimon-Wynne House downtown (ceremonies on the lawn under the pecan trees, cocktail hour inside the main house, receptions in the Carriage House) so I know how sound behaves at a downtown Raleigh historic venue, indoors and out. Wherever your Raleigh venue sits, the setup is the same: self-contained, one small footprint, ready in about twenty minutes.
Planning
For downtown Raleigh venues, confirm where amplified sound is allowed for outdoor ceremonies, most historic-home venues have a preferred ceremony corner that keeps sound away from neighbors. Spring and fall Saturdays book earliest; if your date is peak season, reserve music six to twelve months out.
Answers
Client reviews
Great music and so kind and supportive!
Christine
via WeddingWire
Andreea was such pleasure to work with. She provided a list of songs she covered, but I wanted a Spanish song for our first dance. This song is so special to my husband and I. I provided the name of the song and Andreea learned the song and made it absolutely perfect.
Andreia
via WeddingWire
She was absolutely amazing. We had to find a musician last minute and she was very flexible and helped choose songs and was very professional and helpful. 100% would recommend. When I came down the corridor to our wedding and heard her playing the violin with our hand picked songs for the aisle, I broke into tears. Never had a chance against the beauty that was her music! Great price as well, she was on time and cordial and bid us farewell before she left.
Shelby
via WeddingWire
Andreea was amazing to work with and really professional. She made our ceremony extra special and all of our guests raved about the music. She is so talented and fun to work with. She even played Queen - Another one bites the dust for the guys to walk out to. Hiring Andreea for our ceremony music was one of the best decisions we made! Thank you!!!!
Glenna
via WeddingWire
Andreea was great to work with. She communicated with us regularly and was very flexible in our planning. Her playing and arrangements were a beautiful addition to our wedding ceremony. Would absolutely hire her again.
Jordan
via WeddingWire
I had a great experience with the NC Violinist at my wedding. Her music was beautiful and all the guests enjoyed having her as an addition to the wedding.
Jennifer
via WeddingWire
Tell me about your event and I'll confirm availability.
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