Capriccio Ensemble's Blog

We are currently running a special for a Solo Violinist for either the ceremony or cocktail hour!

It is a very good discount for the experience, great sound, training huge repertoire and all of the tlc that goes together with pariticular performer and performance.
For more information/if interested E-mail Natalie @ NDK1capriccio@Msn.com or contact her at either 212 923 4807 or at 917 273 9183.

The Discount expires on 12/15/09 however is applicable to anyone who gets in touch with me before that date and is applicable for any wedding or special event this year or in 2010.

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On 10/12/09 the Capriccio Ensemble;
Natalie
Susan
Julie
Elina

A String Quartet will record for the Radio show of Dr. Jennifer Pascual , the Director of Music for the Cathedral of St. Patrick, NY NY.
The Show is called "Sounds from the Spires" and Dr. Pascual invited me personally to be on the show and to play recordings of the ensemble. We then spoke and decided it would be great and lots of fun to have our String Quartet perform on the show.

The show will be on the Sirius Sattelite Channel Catholic Channel 159.
The Show will be broadcasted on 10/26/09 at 1 PM - 2 PM.
Please tune in to hear us perform:
1. "Gigue" by Pachelbel
2. "Allegro con brio" from String Quartet in G Major Opus 54 No. 1 by Haydn
3. "Romanza" from String Trio Opus 10 by Dohnanyi
4. "I Want to Marry You" an Original Composition for the wedding Processional of his sister on 10/11/09, Composer, Mike Lee
5. "Groovey Kind of Love"
6. "Never Tear us Apart" by the INXS
7. "Bittersweet Symphony" by the Verve

We are thrilled and I had better get to sleep so that I can play my best on the show!

Thank you for reading our latest news!

Natalie
and Capriccio Ensemble

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Happy Fall!

We are getting into cooler weather, seeing pumpkins in windows and on porches, apple picking season and the great colors and climate of fall!

We have 2 Halloween weddings reserved.
One is being held at the Inn at New Hyde Park and the other will be an evening wedding held at the Royalton of Roslyn. We're really looking forward to being a part of these 2 beautiful and festive occasions!

On October 26th, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM our String Quartet will perform on as well as to be interviewed on the Sirius XM Sattelite Radio Network on the Catholic Channel 159 by Dr. Jennifer Pascual, the Director of Music of the Cathedral of St. Patrick, NYC.
She has been so wonderful and is allowing the quartet to perform all of our different and very eclectic music on the show from Haydn to the INXS and the Verve!

2. A String Trio for Concerts has been formed: Elina, cellist, Julie, violist and me.
We are working up a program which shall include several great classical and authentic selections such as the Dochnanyi trio, a Trio by Haydn, 1 by Beethoven and we plan to conclude each concert with my very own arrangements of rock songs for strings! Selections TBD.
We are in the rehearsal stages/initial stages of the all new trio which has been a dream of ours for a few years now and which had to be placed on the back burner due to schedule concerns and other reasons.

3. On October 21st we (specific ensemble TBA and will be on our website on
http://www.capriccioensemble.com/showcases.html soon) will provide beautiful background music for the lovely Pelham Split Rock Golf Club's bridal show. Our music will be performed inside of "The Rotunda" from 7 PM - 9 PM.

4. On November 4th, we will provide music for a live Bridal Show to be held at the Surf Club of New Rochelle from 6:40 PM until approximately 7:30/40 PM.

5. On December 5th, 7:30 PM and also on December 6th, 3:00 PM our String Quartet will perform together with Choir, Organist, Trumpeters and Vocal Soloists under the Baton of Dr. Jennifer Pascual for the annual Advent Christmas Concerts which are to be held at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers.
For ticket info, please contact the seminary (I will be back again soon with a specific phone #!).

..wishing everyone a wonderful and joyous season!

Natalie & the members of Capriccio Ensemble

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9/6/09,
St. Robert Bellarmine Church:
Bayside, NY.
Our String Trio performed at a Wedding Mass together with Margaret Joyce, organist and cantor. We performed for one of the most darling and beautiful brides we've ever met.
Her name was Lydia and she was married to Angelo.
Everything was perfect and I'll never forget her always up beat E-mails which appeared this way:
"hi Natalie!!! It's Lydia!!!!!!!
I will miss her and Robert. Katheleen and I all truly wish Lydia and Angelo a lifetime of so much happiness!

9/12/09:
I travelled to FIre Island with Elina, cellist to perform at a wedding mass
I was so nervous and scared to do this as I had once crossed the Atlantic Ocean from St. Thomas to Italy on a cruise ship and for me it was on the scary side of things to do in one's lifetime! . That same summer of my boat trip (and I was performing in a small orchestra as well as string quartet on an Italian Cruise Ship called the "Costa Eugenio") there had been a horrible cruise ship hi jacking and also a horrible tragic smaller cruise boat had capsized in the Baltic Sea and many lives were lost..so.......
I wasn't too keen on getting any sea travel or going out on any Ferry boat even though I had not hear of any problems with any of the ferry boats out on LI that traverse back n forth to Fire Island.
I left early on my own, before Elina (cellist) and decided to just sit still and not to look at the sea while on the boat..and so I talked to people near me and checked e-mails and etc.
Ahhhh..made it back n forth!
We performed out there at Our Lady of Magnificat Church on Ocean Beach at 3:30 PM.
People from the town stopped us on our way walking back to the ferry and told us a that they had heard our music (doors of church had been wide open to passersby) and wanted us to know how much they had enjoyed it.
The bride was radiant at her ceremony albeit very emotional. Iall in all it was a great day out there and we are both very happy that we had such a beautiful opportunity to perform out there!

9/13/09, we performed at the Davenport Club on Davenport Avenue, New Rochelle.
The bride, groom and mother of the bride had met us back in January (just after my home had a small fire in it lol!) and
the bride's mother had asked me to play "Ave Maria" as a solo for her as she told me it had special meaning to her. She was in tears and told me she was so moved to hear my rendition of "Ave Maria" which happens to be a piece of music which also has very special meaning to me as well and one I love to play and which I attempt to always do my best with always by putting alot of heart and tlc into the music as I play it. I do not think of it as a piece only for funerals solely,
I used to perform it every year for a special service in the Catholic Church which is in honor of women/mothers and so I believe the piece has more to do with the blessed mother Mary than any funereal situations although it is performed at many funerals. I just performed it on 8/18/09 at a funeral for my husband's Uncle at his family church in West new Rochelle with singer, and organist..so yes it is also performed as a funeral selection.
At any rate we met our bride and groom whom we performed for on 9/13 at the Osborne Jenks Bridal Show at the County Center in White Plains in late January (brrr..it was such a cold day that day!). The show producers invited us to perform there all day and did not charge us to play which was so wonderful and we met so many lovely people there including Christina, Robert and Christina's mother.
Their day was so perfect from the weather, the outdoor ceremony which was officiated by our dear friend and colleague Fr. Gorge Hintz . He made sure that the couple's Unity Candle would be lit in the wind!
When we spoke of their having the Unity Candlelighting prior to the ceremony and about how windy it was etc he just said calmly that they had opted for the Candlelighting and that he would help them to be sure that they lit it...even if the wind may take out the candle light and he also had 2 votives underneath to symbolize same, and they were able to stay lit.
We received so many compliments at this wedding. and talked to so many nice members of the family as well as guests. One gentleman asked us to perform for his wedding to be held out in Newport RI next year!

Next weekend we are performing for a DJ friend of ours or his wedding on Friday night at the Tides Estate in NJ, and
on Saturday we are performing in NJ at a Mass in the early afternoon followed by a Trio of Violin,Flute Cello at the Mandarin Oriental in Manhattan.
After that I take my hubby for a week of fresh air. He's been receiving chemo treatments and needs a change of pace.
When we (Trio of Violin, Piano and Soprano) return there is a beautiful ceremony we are to perform at at a Seventh Day Adventist Church in Wayne NJ.

Hope everyone reading this is healthy and doing very well!

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SCHEDULE OF PERFORMANCES, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, CAPRICCIO ENSEMBLE:

1. 9/6/09: 3:15 PM, String Trio (violin, viola and cello) performed at St. Robert Bellarmine Roman Catholic Church, 56th Avenue at 213th St, Bayside, NY
2. 9/12/09: String Duet (violin and cello) performs at Ocean Beach, Fire Island, Our Lady of Magnificat Church
3. 9/12/09 String Duet (violin and cello) performs at the Woodbury Country Club 12:30 PM for a Private Event
4. 9/13/09 4:30 PM String Duet (violin and cello) performs at the Davenport Club, New Rochelle, NY for a Private Event

5. 9/18/09 6:00 PM: String Quartet performs at the Tides Estate, North Haledon NJ for a Private Event
6. 9/19/09 1:00 PM: String Quartet at Our Lady of Grace Church, 400 Willow Avenue in Hoboken, NJ 07030
7. 9/19/09 7 PM Trio of Violin, Flute, Cello, performs at the Mandarin Orientale 80 Columbus Circle, for a Private Event

No performances scheduled from 9/20-26 as Natalie and Bob will be on vacation/out of town.

8. 9/27/09 1:30 PM Trio of Violin, Piano and Soprano will perform at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Wayne NJ

1. 10/2/09: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, String Quartet performs at the Pleasantdale Chateau, West Orange NJ for a Private Event
2. 10/3/09: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM, String Duet (violin and cello) performs at Vineyard Estate Caterers, Aquebogue NY, for a Private Event
3. 10/3/09: 11:40 AM-1:10 PM, Duet of Harp and Violin will perform at St. Charles Roman Catholic Church, 83 Mills St. Dover Plains, NY 12522
4. 10/4/09 4:00 PM- 6:00 PM. String Trio performs at the Old Field Club, Setauket NY for a Private Event
5. 10/10/09: 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM, Duet of Violin and Piano will perform at the Union Theological Seminary, for a Private Event
6. 10/11/09: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, String Quartet performs at the Glen Island Harbour Club for a Private Event
7. 10/12/09: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, String Quartet performs LIVE for "Music from the Spires" a Radio Show on the Catholic Network of the "Sirius Radio Network"

8. 10/17/09: 7:15 PM - 8:30 PM, Duet of Harp and Violin will performat the Central Park Boathhouse for a Private Event
9. 10/21/09: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Strings/Harp will perform in the Rotunda at the Pelham Split Rock Golf 19. Club for a Promotional Event. All are welcome
10. 10/23/09: 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, String Quartet performs at the North Ritz Club, Syosset, NY for a Private Event
11. 10/24/09: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, String Quartet performs at the North Ritz Club, Syosset, NY for a Private Event
12. 10/24/09: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, String Trio performs at the Atlantica of Westhampton Beach NY, for a Private Event
13. 10/25/09: 11 AM - 1:00 PM, String Quartet performs at Vetro by Russo's on the Bay of Howard Beach NY for a Private Event
14. 10/31/09: 12 PM , String Quartet at the Inn at New Hyde Park, NY for a Private Event
15. 10/31/09: 6:00 PM, Duet of Strings (violin and cello) performs at the Royalton of Roslyn NY for a Private Event

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Bill stopped by a Pet Store every day.
Outside the pet store was a brilliant Parrot in a cage.
Every day Bill would look at the Parrot and say "What"? to him.
The parrot would go off on a diatribe of cursing out Bill from everything imaginable..."you mo fo....you a****** ..." and on and on and on.
The parrot did this EVERY day to Bill who without fault (trying to maybe just 1x not hear all this?) was only saying/asked him "What"?

Well, Bill took it upon himself to speak to the Pet store owner and he was like..
"hey this bird of yours, ...common now, every day he goes off on me, EVERY day. Really...whew and gee whiz"!!!!

So the pet store owner takes the Parrot into the shop (in his cage still) one night and gives him a talking to, and shakes the cage a bit at same time. He tells him to stop cursing Bill out in no uncertain terms or else!!

...OK...
Next day Bill comes by the pet store to see the lovely and briliantly colorful Parrot still there in his cage, as always.
So he says/asks "What"? and the Parrot replies:

YOU KNOW WHAT!!!!

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Hi Everyone,

..hope things are going great for you.

Capriccio Ensemble has participated this month on a Charity Event by "Housing Works" in NYC.

Many beautiful designer gowns were donated to Housing Works to be sold at discounted prices to brides to be.

We performed as a backdrop to this wonderful event the proceeds of which will benefit people with Aids and homeless people in NYC.

It was a very well run event and we would participate in a heart beat again if asked

We were contacted to participate by our friend and colleague who also advertises here, Elaine DeLuca of "Exquisite Events New York" who also helped out with and participated at this event.

On a sad note one of our violinists mother's just passed away and we will be keeping her and her family in our thoughts and prayers.

My own hubby underwent major surgery for a bout with cancer, this month and he (the "Iron Man" that he is tee hee) is recovering beautifully from this for which I am so grateful and thankful.

Wishing all who read this latest news from us...all the best,

Natalie and Capriccio Ensemble

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Happy Spring from Natalie and the Capriccio Ensemble.

We're looking forward to a few special events and weddings coming soon.

Details to come!

Happy Holiday Weekend from all of us!

Natalie and Capriccio Ensemble

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