The Highland Chamber Players

The Highland Chamber Players are a fully professional ensemble which has provided elegant musical entertainment in the Kentuckiana area since 1982 while performing at over one hundred and fifty weddings per year..

Organizations our musicians have performed with include:

The Louisville Orchestra,
Louisville Bach Society,
Lexington Philharmonic,
Derby Dinner Playhouse, and
The Broadway Series (most recently in "Showboat" " Ragtime" " Lion King," "Cinderella," "The Producers" and "Sound of Music" at the Center for the Arts).
Broadway Series: Through Harris Entertainment: Josh Groban, Johnny Mathis; Transiberian Orchestra and many others...

Sample cost for Weddings / Full Mass

String Quartet with Harp and Vocalist or Trumpet - 625 / 675
String Quartet with Harp - 500 / 550
String Quartet with Trumpet or Vocalist - 605 / 635
String Quartet - 480 / 510

Additional music for the reception is at the following rates(per hour): $140 for four players; $120 for three players and $80 for two players

Wedding services include a half hour of music prior to the ceremony, all processionals, music during the service as needed, recessionals and music as guests leave the church. We can also provide and perform with trumpeters, vocalists, and organists.

Our fee also includes a personal meeting with violinist Ray Weaver to discuss the music for your wedding.  Ray can play musical examples of the many options available for processionals, recessionals and other ceremonial moments to help you make choices that will create the wedding ceremony you envision.

Just a few of our clients have included...

  • J.B. Speed Museum
  • Brown-Forman Distillers
  • Humana Corporation
  • General Electric
  • Wakefield-Scearce Galleries
  • The Fillies Inc.
  • Kentucky Opera Association
  • Actor's Theater
  • Sher's Bridal
  • Southern Baptist Seminary
  • Office of the Governor
  • Office of the Mayor
  • The Louisville Ballet
  • The Seelbach Hotel
  • The Brown Hotel
  • Baptist East Hospital
  • Alliant Health Systems
  • Phillip-Morris Inc.

Notable Performances:

The HCP peformed for the wedding of "Outback Jack" and Natalie Franzman at the Olmstead which was filmed by Fox for later broadcast. We enjoyed working with Natalie and her family - they were great fun and very down to earth.

Other shows include "Spamalot" and "Camelot".

Members of the  Highland Chamber Players performed at the the following churches during the past Christmas season:  St. Boniface, St. Stephen Martyr, Christ Church United Methodist, St. Matthews United Methodist, St. Patrick's, Summit Heights United Methodist, and Christ Church Cathedral in Lexington.
 
On December 8th we had the pleasure of playing for a special Dinner at the Brown Hotel’s award-winning English Grill.  This special evening was designed to highlight Austrian and German cuisine and we provided three hours of Viennese Waltzes and other music to create the appropriate ambience.
 
Last December we had the honor of performing for the wedding of the daughter of Kentucky’s representative Anne Northup at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. A couple of months prior to this we also enjoyed performing for the wedding of Rosa and Vincenzo Gabriele's daughter. The mass, which was read in both English and Italian, was interwoven with romantic music from Italian composers.

Among the various bridal shows  for which the Highland Chamber Players performed this winter were the Bridal Fair Expo on January 20th at the Convention Center, Whitehall House and Gardens Show on January 26th, Oxmoor Bridal Show on January 27th,  and the Gardencourt Bridal Show on Febraury 3rd. 

Our musicians enjoyed a busy Christmas week with performances at Central Presbyterian with 10 players performing with their choir and also performing the "Christmas Concerto" by Corelli.  We also played al concert of holiday favorites at the Assembly of God church  in Madision, and also for services at St. Boniface and St. Stephen Martyr.  We also performed "Messiah" by Handel at St. Gabriel's Church in early January.