Promenade Ensemble
Location: Based in JohannesburgBiography



Founded in 1984 by members of the former NSO of SABC, the Promenade Ensemble is a group of professional musicians who live, eat and breath music, and live to perform it!
Over the years, they have accumulated a vast repertoire of light classics and contemporary pop, the latest commissioned to Peter McLea, one of South Africa’s most acclaimed arrangers/composers. The group has performed at public concerts for Classic FM, Walter Sisulu & Pretoria Botanical Gardens, Alice Art Gallery and at numerous private and corporate functions, parties and weddings. The members of the Promenade Ensemble are also involved with the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of SA, and the Johannesburg Festival Orchestra, whilse also performing as solo artists in recitals and chamber music concerts.
The Promenade Ensemble performs background music that is never too soft or too loud, to be enjoyed by all.
REPERTOIRE
Classics, South American Tangos, Films & Musicals, French Café, Abba, Carpenters, Freddie Mercury, Frank Sinatra, The Corrs, Beatles, Ragtime, Evergreen favourites.
Instrumentation
Apart from the standard quartet configuration, other options include:
- String Duo: violin & cello or 2 violins
- Violin / Cello Solo
- String Quintet: adding double bass
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